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WorkspaceThe Workspace (normally in the center) has five tabs, also called View buttons.Figure 3: Workspace tabsThe Workspace below the View buttons c

2) In the dialog box that appears, specify the type (Point, Vertical line, or Horizontal line).3) Depending on the choice made, the two edit fields X

Arranging shapesArrange determines the stacking order of the selected object. Draw and Impress organize objects in a stack so that the objects on a hi

For instructions on how to format a connector, refer to the corresponding section in Chapter 6 (Formatting Graphic Objects).Managing glue pointsAs des

Working with 3D shapes3D graphic objects can be created in different ways in Impress:• From the 3D-Objects toolbar. The 3D-Objects tool is not include

Depth: determines the thickness of the shape. An extended toolbar opens where some default values are given. If none of them is satisfactory, select C

Setting up interaction with a shapeYou can associate a shape or an image with some action to be performed when the user clicks on it. To create an int

Interaction type ParametersPlay sound Select the file containing the sound to be played. Use the Browse button to open a file picker dialog box.Run pr

NoteIf the image to be copied in the Animator consists of several objects, you can choose to treat each object as a separate frame. In this case click

Using FontworkUse Fontwork to obtain special text effects. For more about this topic, see Chapter 11 (Graphics, the Gallery, and Fontwork) in the Gett

Figure 88. Editing Fontwork textUsing the Fontwork toolbarMake sure that the Fontwork toolbar, shown in Figure 89, is visible on the workspace. If not

• A flag indicating whether the document is digitally signed.• The slide number currently displayed in the workspace, and the total number of slides i

Fontwork Alignment: specify the alignment of the text within the frame from the choices available. The effects of the text alignment can only be appr

Chapter 6 Formatting Graphic Objects

Formatting objectsThis chapter describes how to format the graphic objects created with the available drawing tools.The format of each graphic object,

Figure 92: Main line formatting dialog box• Transparency: sets the transparency value of the line, a useful property when you do not want to hide the

Figure 94: Default arrowheads (left) vs centered arrowheads (right)The Corner style section of this page determines how the connection between two seg

Figure 96: Advanced options for creating line stylesTo create a new line style:1) Choose Format > Line from the menu bar.2) Click on the Line Style

Creating arrow stylesUse the third page of the Line dialog box to create new arrow styles such as the ones in the figure below, to modify existing arr

Figure 98: Advanced options for creating arrow stylesFormatting the fill areaThe term area fill refers to the inside of an object, which can be a unif

To format the area of an object, select it so that the green resizing handles show. A wide number of default fillings are readily available from the L

Figure 102: Filling with a gradientFill with a line pattern (hatching)Select the object you wish to edit. On the Line and Filling toolbar, select Hatc

Outline viewOutline view contains all of the slides of the presentation in their numbered sequence. It shows topic titles, bulleted lists, and numbere

Figure 104: Filling with an imageUsing the Area dialog boxIn addition to using the Line and Filling toolbar, you can use the Area dialog box to apply

NoteIn the Area dialog box, the choice for no fill is None rather than Invisible.When using the Area tab of the Area dialog box, some additional optio

You can specify a new color either as a combination of the three primary colors Red, Green, and Blue, (RGB notation) or by the percentage of Cyan, Mag

Creating gradientsTo create a new gradient or to modify an existing one, select the Gradients tab from the Area dialog box. Several types of gradients

Figure 109: Center option in a radial gradient3) Depending on the chosen type some options will be grayed out. Set all the properties as desired (very

Creating hatching patternsYou can create new hatching patterns or modify existing ones. Start by selecting the Hatching tab of the Area dialog box.Fig

Working with bitmap fillsOn the Area tab, chose Bitmap from the drop-down list. Select from the list of bitmaps the one to be used to fill the area. N

Property MeaningPosition – X offset When Tile is enabled, enter in this box the offset for the width of the bitmap in percentage values. 50% offset me

Creating and importing bitmapsYou can add (import) new bitmap fills or create your own pattern on a 8x8 grid, using the Bitmaps tab of the Area dialog

Formatting shadowsShadowing can be applied to both lines and areas. To apply a shadow to an area, first select the object to which shadowing should be

Figure 8: Adding notes in Notes viewHandout viewHandout view is for setting up the layout for a printed handout. Click the Handout tab in the workspac

Transparency formattingTransparency is applicable to lines and areas as well as shadows. To apply transparency to lines, refer to “Formatting lines” o

Figure 117: Example of gradient transparencyAdvanced gradient controlsAs discussed in “Creating gradients” on page 127 and “Transparency formatting” o

Figure 119: Green to magenta gradientFigure 120: Transparency gradient (note how the background becomes visible close to the white square)For linear g

For square and rectangular gradients, move the From color to modify the border (the size of the gradient square or rectangle) and the angle of the gra

Figure 121: Main dialog box to set the text propertiesIn the Spacing to borders section, specify the amount of space to be left between the border of

Formatting connectorsConnectors are lines that join two shapes. Connectors always start from a glue point on the shape. Refer to Chapter 5 (Managing G

If you use Impress frequently, a library of well-defined graphics styles is an invaluable tool for speeding up the process of formatting your work acc

Creating a new graphics style using the Style dialog boxChoose the Graphics Styles icon at the top of the Styles and Formatting window.To link a new

NoteIn most cases you will not need to configure the parameters of every page; for example, to create a simple line style you will probably only use 3

Figure 127. Updating a style from a selectionTipAny changes you make to a style are effective only in the document on which you are working. The chang

Figure 10: Slide Sorter viewCustomizing Slide Sorter viewTo change the number of slides per row:1) Check View > Toolbars > Slide View to show or

Chapter 7 Including Spreadsheets, Charts, and Other Objects

Using spreadsheets in ImpressA spreadsheet embedded in Impress includes most of the functionality of a spreadsheet in Calc and is therefore capable of

Figure 129: Inserting a blank spreadsheetThis inserts a blank spreadsheet in the center of a slide, as shown in Figure 130. The spreadsheet is in edit

Figure 131: The menu bar and the formatting toolbar in spreadsheet editing modeIf you are familiar with Calc, you will immediately recognize the tools

The default for a spreadsheet embedded in Impress is one single table called Sheet 1. The name of the table is shown at the bottom of the spreadsheet

TipSometimes it is useful to treat numbers as text (for example, telephone numbers) and to prevent Impress from removing the leading zeros or right al

To insert rows and columns in a spreadsheet, use the Insert menu or right-click on the row and column headers and select the appropriate option from t

2) A full-sized chart appears; it contains arbitrary sample data (see Figure 134).3) To enter your own data in the chart, see “Entering chart data” on

Choosing a chart typeYour data can be presented using a variety of different charts; choose a chart type that best suits the message you want to conve

Bar chartsBar charts are excellent for giving an immediate visual impact for data comparison where time is not important, such as comparing the popula

• Use the mouse: Click slightly to the left of the first slide to be selected. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse pointer to a spot sl

Column and line chartsA column and line chart is a combination of two other chart types. It is useful for combining two distinct but related data seri

Adding or removing elements from a chartThe default chart includes only two elements: the chart wall and the legend (also known as the key). You can a

• Position and Size opens the Position and Size dialog box (see “Resizing andmoving the chart”).• Arrangement provides two choices: Bring Forward and

Resizing and moving the chartYou can resize or move all elements of a chart at the same time, in two ways: interactively, or by using the Position and

3) Select Format > Chart Area.4) In the Chart Area dialog box, choose the desired format settings.Figure 140: Chart Area dialog boxChanging the cha

Figure 141: Part of the Insert menuMovies and soundNoteOn UNIX systems, the Media Player requires the Java Media Framework API (JMF). Download and ins

Note that Impress will only link the media clip, not embed it. Therefore if the presentation is moved to a different computer, the link will be broken

NoteIf the object inserted is handled by OpenOffice.org, then the transition to the program to manipulate the object will be seamless; in other cases

Figure 145: Insert object from a fileFormulasUse Insert > Object > Formula to create a Math object in a slide. When editing a formula, the main

Chapter 8 Adding and Formatting Slides, Notes, and Handouts

When you start Impress, the Presentation Wizard appears.Figure 12. Choosing the type of presentation TipIf you do not want the wizard to start every t

IntroductionThis chapter describes how to add new slides to the presentation and how to format them. It also explains how to format both the Notes and

Adding, renaming, and removing slidesAdding a new slideThere are several equivalent ways to add a slide to a presentation:• Select Insert > Slide (

Figure 148: Inserting slides from another presentationTo copy and paste slides between presentations:1) Open the presentations that you want to copy f

TipDuplicating a slide is a good way to prevent having slides with too much information crowded on them. Try duplicating the “busy” slide and split th

Figure 149: Slide 1 is expanded in slides 2, 3 and 4Creating a summary slideIt is also possible to “reverse” the Expand operation to create summaries.

TipWhen working in the Slide sorter view (View > Slide sorter) it is possible to delete multiple slides simultaneously by selecting them with the m

As shown in Figure 151, some outline levels may have too many points to fit on one slide. You can expand those slides as described in “Expanding a sli

Figure 152: Choosing outline levels for an autoabstractCopying and pasting an outlineUse this method to add slides from an outline to an existing pres

To start, click the Normal tab in the main work area or select View > Normal in the menu bar. Select Format > Page from the menu bar, or right-c

Choosing a slide master from the listIn the Task Pane, select the Master Pages tab.To apply one of the slide masters to all slides in your presentatio

Impress contains three choices under Presentations:• <Original> is for a blank presentation slide design.• Both Introducing a New Product and Re

NoteIf the layout is changed when the slide already contains contents, Impress will not delete the contents but just reposition them according to the

Figure 155: Comments text box in actionEditing, deleting and replying to commentsYou can only edit comments if you created them. You can reply to a co

Adding and formatting notesNotes view provides a convenient way to create reminders or add extra information to the slides in the presentation. Notes

3) Click in the text box showing “Click to add notes” and type or paste text or graphics as needed.4) To add notes to another slide, select it in the

2) Select Format > Page from the menu bar, or right-click and choose Slide > Page Setup to open the Page Setup dialog box, shown in Figure 159.3

If the Page number checkbox is activated, to format the type of numbering refer to “Formatting the Notes page” on page 179).5) Click the Apply to All

Figure 161: Select Notes for printingExporting notes to PDF1) Choose File > Export as PDF from the menu bar.2) In the PDF Options dialog box, choos

Figure 163: Example of handout with four slide thumbnailsNote that the Handout view consists of only one page regardless of the number of slides in th

Figure 164: Layouts for handoutsFormatting handoutsYou can format several aspects of the handout, from the page style to the elements that appear on t

TipAfter designing a handout, you may wish to save it in a template so you can reuse it whenever you want. See “Working with templates” in Chapter 2 (

Figure 14: Selecting a slide transition effect6) Click Create. A new presentation is created.TipYou might want to accept the default values for both E

3) On the Options page, select the Print to file option. The Print button changes to Print to File.Figure 167: Printing to a PostScript file4) Click t

Chapter 9 Slide ShowsTransitions, animations, and more

Putting together a slide showOpenOffice.org Impress gives you the tools to organize and display a slide show, including:• Which slides to show and in

when you present this show to your work colleagues, you want to skip that introduction.• Custom Slide Show shows the slides in a different sequence th

Hiding slidesYou may not want to show all of the slides in a particular show. You can either hide some of the slides or set up a custom slide show; wh

Figure 170: Start here to define or change a custom slide show3) On the Define Custom Slide Show dialog box, type a name for the new custom show. Then

NoteIf you include several slides at the same time, they are added to the Selected slides list in numerical order regardless of the order in which you

4) Modify the selected transition by changing the speed or adding a sound, in the Modify transition area. If you choose to play a sound, select it in

presentation. Impress records the display time for each slide. When you next look at the time set under Automatically after, you will see that the tim

Applying an animation effectIn Normal view, display the desired slide. Select the text or object you want to animate. An object such as a graphic or a

Formatting a presentationA new presentation only contains one empty slide. In this section we will start adding new slides and preparing them for the

Figure 174: Custom Animation dialog box. Choices may vary depending on the selected object; for example, pictures and text have different Emphasis cho

Example: Using multiple animation effectsTo illustrate how you can set up multiple effects, let’s look at a common animation: list items fly in one at

Figure 176: Choosing an entrance effectFigure 177: Animation list, showing four items198 OpenOffice.org 3.3 Impress Guide

Step 2. Apply the “change font color” effect to some list items.Now we want to set each of the first three list items to change color when the followi

Figure 180: Animation list after moving items into required sequenceStep 3. Change the timing for some list items from With previous to On clickNotice

NoteWhen moving a path, remember to also move the object on that path; otherwise the animation will start with a jump. Currently it is not possible t

Advanced animation effectsClick the Effect Options button [...] next to the Properties drop-down list to display the Effect Options dialog box.NoteWha

Figure 186: Text Animation effect optionsThe choices on the Timing page of the Effect Options dialog box, shown in Figure187, allow you to change the

With some interactions, after you select one, the dialog box changes to offer more choices. For example, Figure 189 shows the Interaction dialog box a

• Click the left mouse button.• Press the Spacebar.To go backwards through the show one slide at a time, press the up arrow key, the left arrow key, o

CopyrightThis document is Copyright © 2005–2011 by its contributors as listed in the section titled Authors. You may distribute it and/or modify it un

If you are using the Title Slide layout, click on Click to add text to add a subtitle. Proceed as above to make adjustments to the formatting if requi

Chapter 10 Printing, e-mailing, exporting, and saving slide shows

IntroductionThis chapter provides information about printing, exporting, and e-mailing documents from OpenOffice.org Impress.Quick printingClick the P

The Print dialog box has four tabs, from which you can choose a range of options, as described in the following sections.NoteThe options selected on t

Figure 192: Printing multiple pages per sheet of paperSelecting slides to printIn addition to printing a full presentation, you can choose to print in

Selecting other information to printOn the OpenOffice.org Impress tab of the Print dialog box, you can choose:• What to print in addition to the slide

To print handouts, notes, or outlines:1) Choose File > Print from the menu bar.2) In the Print section of the Print dialog box, select the required

Figure 196: Printing a brochure from Impress8) Take the printed pages out of the printer, turn the pages over, and put them back into the printer in t

General page of PDF Options dialog boxOn the General page, you can choose which pages (slides) to include in the PDF, the type of compression to use f

Images section• Lossless compression: Images are stored without any loss of quality. Tends to make large files when used with photographs. Recommende

Figure 198: Initial View pageUser Interface page of PDF Options dialog boxOn the User Interface page, you can choose more settings to control how a PD

Modifying the slide elementsAt this stage, the slide consists of everything contained in the slide master, as well as in the chosen layout slide; you

Window options section• Resize window to initial page. Causes the PDF viewer window to resize to fit the first page of the PDF.• Center window on scre

Export URLs relative to file systemIf you have defined relative links in a document, this option exports those links to the PDF.Cross-document linksDe

Figure 202 shows the pop-up dialog box displayed when you click the Set open password button on the Security page of the PDF Options dialog box.Figure

1) Select File > Export and choose HTML Document as the file type.2) Create a folder for the files, supply a name for the resulting HTML file, and

Figure 204: HTML Export – Choose publication type5) Decide how the images will be saved (PNG, GIF or JPG) and what resolution to use. When choosing a

Figure 206: HTML Export – Title page information7) Choose the navigation button style to use to move from one page to another. If you do not choose an

Figure 208: HTML Export – Choose color scheme9) Click Create to generate the HTML files. If this is a new design, a small dialog box pops up. If you m

Similarly, if you choose E-mail as PDF, OOo first creates a PDF using your default PDF settings (as when using the Export Directly as PDF toolbar butt

In Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > Security > Options, you can set OOo to remind (warn) you when files contain certain information and

Opening a PowerPoint file in ImpressIf you receive a file from someone in PowerPoint format and need to edit it in Impress, here is how:1) In OpenOffi

Modifying the appearance of slidesTo change the background and other characteristics of all slides in the presentation, you need to modify the slide m

Chapter 11 Setting Up and Customizing Impress

Choosing options that affect all of OOoThis section covers some of the settings that apply to all the components of OpenOffice.org and are of most int

See Chapter 10 (Printing, e-mailing, exporting, and saving slide shows) for more about the options on this page.Color optionsOn the OpenOffice.org – C

To change the default color for grid points, click the down-arrow by the color and select a new color from the pop-up box.If you wish to save your col

Text objects sectionAllow quick editing sets Impress to switch immediately to the text editing mode when you click a text object. You can also activat

View optionsIn the Options dialog box, click OpenOffice.org Impress > View.Figure 216: Specifying view options for ImpressRulers visible displays t

Figure 217: Specifying grid options for ImpressSnap sectionA graphic object will be snapped (aligned with an existing reference point) if it is dragge

Snap position sectionWhen creating or moving objects restricts graphic objects vertically, horizontally or diagonally (45°) when creating or moving th

Customizing the user interfaceCustomizing the menu fontIf you want to change the menu font from that supplied by OOo to the system font for your opera

5) To customize the selected menu, click on the Menu or Modify buttons. You can also add commands to a menu by clicking on the Add button. These actio

Once you have answered these and your own questions, make the necessary changes. This is done most easily in the Slide Sorter view (see page 14). Use

are easily identified in the Entries list by a small black triangle on the right hand side of the name.In addition to renaming, you can specify a keyb

Modifying menu entriesIn addition to changing the sequence of entries on a menu or submenu, you can add submenus, rename or delete the entries, and ad

To customize toolbars:1) In the Save In drop-down list, choose whether to save this changed toolbar for Impress or for a selected document.2) In the O

3) Back on the Customize dialog box, you can use the up and down arrow buttons to arrange the commands in your preferred sequence.4) When you are done

As an example, suppose you wish to assign a shortcut key to easily insert a duplicate slide in your presentation. You could assign the Insert key as a

Note1) All existing shortcut keys for the currently selected Function are listed in the Keys selection box. Since there was no currently assigned shor

Installing extensionsTo install an extension, follow these steps:1) Download an extension and save it anywhere on your computer. 2) In OOo, select Too

Oracle Presenter ConsoleProvides extra control over slide shows (presentations); for example, the presenter has the ability to see the upcoming slide,

Appendix A Keyboard Shortcuts

IntroductionYou can use OpenOffice.org (OOo) without requiring a pointing device, such as a mouse or trackball, by using its built-in keyboard shortcu

Using Impress on a MacSome keystrokes and menu items are different on a Mac from those used in Windows and Linux. The following table gives some commo

Function keys for ImpressShortcut Keys EffectF2 Select text toolF3 Enter groupCtrl+F3 Exit groupShift+F3 Duplicate graphic objectF4 Open Position and

Other shortcut keys for ImpressShortcut Keys EffectArrow key Move the selected object or the page view in the direction of the arrow.Ctrl+Arrow key Mo

Shortcut keys in the Normal viewShortcut Keys EffectPlus(+) key Zoom in.Minus(-) key Zoom out.Times(×) key (number pad)Fit page in window.Divide(÷ or

Shortcut keys in slide showsShortcut Keys Effect Esc End presentation.Spacebar or Right arrow or Down arrow or Page Down or Enter or Return or N Play

IndexA accessibility 246adding pictures 78agenda, creating 170alignment of text 60Alignment toolbar 103alignment tools 103animation effects ap

inserting 73file name field 73file, inserting 163Fill Format mode 143filters 85Flash export 219flip an object 100folded corner 95font effects

menu font, customizing 235menus adding commands 237creating 236customizing 235modifying 236modifying entries 238mirror copies 100modifying sli

multiple pages per sheet 209notes (Impress) 211page orientation 209selecting what to print 210Professional Template Pack extension 244Q quick ed

formatting text 51graphic styles 35graphics 139graphics styles 140lines 118modifying 54, 142new style from selection 142spreadsheet cell 150St

Chapter 2 Using Slide Masters, Styles, and Templates

Designing a presentationIn addition to careful planning of the content (as discussed in Chapter 1), you need to plan the appearance of the presentatio

Slide masters have two types of styles associated with them: presentation styles and graphics styles. The pre-packaged presentation styles can be modi

2) In the Tasks Pane, right-click on the slide master you want to apply to the selected slides, and click Apply to Selected Slides on the pop-up menu.

NoteThe slide masters you have loaded will also be available the next time you load the presentation. If you want to delete the unused slide masters,

ContentsChapter 1 Introducing Impress...7What is

To select the slide master for modification:1) Select View > Master > Slide Master from the menu bar. This unlocks the properties of the slide m

Figure 19: Background choicesA list of choices for the selected fill type then appears (see Figure 20 for an example).Figure 20: Background colors3) S

Adding background objectsThis section describes how to add background objects and graphic elements (such as a logo, decorative lines, and so on). OOo

Figure 21: Example of a complex slide with several modificationsSlide master stylesWithin the slide master you can define a complete set of styles tha

NoteThe presence of text and title styles both in the Presentation and Graphics styles may seem confusing. This apparent duplication is due to the fac

Modifying default text areasWhen a slide master is opened for editing, it contains five areas, as shown in Figure23:• Title area for AutoLayouts• Obje

TipTo keep the ratio between the sides of the rectangular area constant, move the mouse to one of the 4 green handles at the corner of the area and ke

While the background style and line style of an area can be accessed from the Format menu, in order to access the Alignment and Arrange menus you need

Working with styles in ImpressIf you are familiar with styles in Writer, you will find both similarities and differences in Impress. The presentation

installed in their own folders. You can use them in the same way as the templates installed with Impress.See page 45 for information on importing temp

Grouping shapes together...95Moving graphic objects...

Figure 26. Saving a new templateNoteAll the slide masters used in the template become available for use in other presentations.Setting a default templ

2) In the box on the left, double-click the folder containing the template that you want to set as the default, then select the template.3) Click the

Organizing templatesOOo can only use templates that are in OOo template folders. You can create new OOo template folders and use them to organize your

Importing a templateIf the template that you want to use is in a different location, you must import it into an OOo template folder.To import a templa

Chapter 3 Adding and Formatting Text

IntroductionThis chapter describes the different ways to add text to slides and format the text.Text in slides is contained in text boxes.There are tw

Figure 29: Selected text box and text toolbarMoving a text boxIn Normal view, notice how the pointer changes from an arrow to an I-beam as you move it

Resizing a text boxIn Normal view, enter edit mode by clicking on the text box, then move the mouse to the gray edge of the text box. When the cursor

TipSometimes it is faster to to delete a text box by dragging a selection rectangle around the text box and then hitting the Delete key. Take care to

2) Select the text you have just pasted (see “Selecting text” on page 54 for details).3) Select the desired graphic style.4) Apply manual formatting a

Chapter 10 Printing, e-mailing, exporting, and saving slide shows...207Introduction...

the selected characters and delete any unwanted ones from the document, as special characters behave like any other character.Inserting non-breaking s

NoteUnlike in Writer, where it is recommended to try to use styles whenever possible, in Impress manual formatting needs to be used more often. This i

Figure 33: The dialog box for a presentation styleThis dialog box consists of 14 pages, which can be divided in two groups: those that determine the f

Formatting charactersTo view the character formatting options, select Format > Character or click the Character button on the Text Formatting too

Figure 36: The Font page when Asian language support is enabledThe page is divided into three parts. The top and bottom parts have the same functional

2) Specify the amount by which the text should be raised (superscripts) or lowered (subscripts).3) Specify the dimensions of the character relative to

Figure 39: The paragraph formatting dialog boxIndents and Spacing pageThe Indents and Spacing page, shown in Figure 39, has four sections: • Indent: m

Figure 40: Indent and Spacing settings for the selected paragraph or styleThe Indents and Spacing page is also available when creating or modifying a

Tabs pageUse the Tabs page to set tab stops. To delete an existing tab stop, select it in the list and click the Delete button. To delete all the tab

Figure 43: The Asian Typography pageCreating bulleted and numbered listsThe procedure to create a bulleted or numbered list varies depending on the ty

Chapter 1 Introducing Impress

Creating a new outline level1) If necessary, press Enter to begin a new line.2) Press Tab or click the indentation arrows in the Text Formatting toolb

apply to all the slides using them, so be careful before using this command. The pages related to list management are described below.Figure 44: The B

Figure 45: The Position page used to set list indentationCustomize pageUse the Customize page, shown in Figure 46, to alter the style of all the outli

The options available on this page depend on the type of marker selected for the list. Select first the level you want to modify on the left hand side

Figure 48: Nested list with mixture of numbers and bulletsChanging the order of the outline level linesClick once in a line of text to place the curso

Figure 49: The Table Design task paneCreating a tableWhen working with tables it is useful to know the number of rows and columns needed as well as th

Figure 50: Insert Table dialog boxThe table is placed initially at the center of the slide, but you can move it by selecting it and then dragging it t

1 Create Table 7 Merge Cells 13 Insert Row2 Line Style 8 Split Cells 14 Insert Column3 Line Color (border) 9 Optimize 15 Delete Row4 Borders 10 Top al

Line ColorOpen a color selection dialog box where you can choose the color of the lines around the selected cells.BordersUse to select among some pred

Insert or delete rows and columnsUse the Table toolbar to insert or delete rows and columns of your table. Rows and columns are inserted below and to

What is Impress?Impress is OpenOffice.org’s slide show (presentations) program. You can create slides that contain many different elements, including

Position and sizeImpress treats tables just like any other graphic object; it is therefore possible to change their position on the slide as well as t

TipA similar list of format choices can be accessed by selecting the field and right-clicking.Figure 55: Setting the Time format for a time fieldModif

To insert a hyperlink, or to customize the appearance of a hyperlink, select Insert > Hyperlinks from the menu bar. The dialog box shown in Figure

to create (text, spreadsheet, etc.). For a presentation, Edit now is the more likely choice. The Select path button opens a directory picker.The Furth

Chapter 4 Adding and Formatting Pictures

IntroductionPictures are often used in presentations as they can convey a large amount of information more quickly than the written word. They can als

3) Select the file. OOo recognizes a large number of image types. If the Preview option (in the lower left-hand area) is selected, a thumbnail of the

To insert an image from the scanner:1) Prepare the image in the scanner and make sure that the scanner is ready.2) Choose Insert > Picture > Sca

Positioning the GalleryTo expand the Gallery, position the pointer over the line that divides it from the top of the workspace. When the pointer chang

Deleting images from the GalleryTo delete an image from a theme:1) Right-click on the image in the Gallery window.2) Choose Delete from the pop-up men

The main Impress windowThe main Impress window (Figure 2) has three parts: the Slides pane, the Workspace, and the Tasks pane. Additionally, several t

Formatting picturesThis section discusses the formatting of pictures inserted with one of the methods explained in “Inserting pictures” on page 78.Mov

Figure 62: Shape showing the red rotating handles2) Click the Rotate button on the Drawing toolbar. This toolbar is usually located at the bottom th

Applying filtersUse the icon on the toolbar to apply various filters to the selected picture. The best way to judge if a filter works for your pictu

Changing the graphics modeUse the graphics mode drop-down list in the Picture toolbar to change the mode of the image. Choose between:• Default: no

Figure 66: Interactive crop marks When you place the cursor over any of the crop marks, the cursor changes shape. Drag the mark to crop the picture. C

When Keep scale is selected, the size of the image also changes, so in this example the width will be reduced by 3 cm. If Keep image size is selected

Figure 68: The dialog box to create or edit an image map• Active icon: toggles the status of the hotspot activating a selected hotspot or deactivati

Chapter 5 Managing Graphic ObjectsMoving, rotating, distorting, and positioning objects; animations; Fontwork

IntroductionThis chapter describes how to manage graphic objects and in particular how to rotate, distort, arrange, and position them on the slide. Th

9) Connector: draws a connector line between two figures. Click the black triangle for additional connectors. Their use is described in “Working with

• Duplicate a slide (copy and paste) or move it to a different position in the presentation (cut and paste).It is also possible to perform the followi

1 Edit Points 4 From File 7 Alignment 10 Interaction2 Glue Points 5 Gallery 8 Arrange 11 Visible buttons3 Fontwork 6 Rotate 9 Extrusion On/OffFigure 7

draws the line connecting the last point to the start point and fills the inside area with the default color.When drawing certain shapes, one or more

TipIf you use the group and ungroup commands often, why not add them to one of the toolbars shown by default so that the commands are readily availabl

Use the Position section of the dialog box to specify the X (horizontal) and Y (vertical) position of the graphic object. The values represent the dis

1 Rotate 4 Set in Circle (perspective) 7 Transparency2 Flip 5 Set to Circle (slant) 8 Gradient3 In 3D Rotation Object 6 DistortFigure 74: Mode toolbar

Figure 75: Shape showing the red rotating handles. Only the corner ones are active. The black crosshair indicates the rotation pivot.Instead of rota

Flip an objectSelect an object and click on the Flip icon . You will see a dashed line through the middle of the object.This dashed line is the axis

Distorting an imageThree tools on the Mode toolbar let you drag the corners and edges of an object to distort the image.The Distort tool distorts an o

Set in circle (perspective)Select an object and click on the Set in Circle (perspective) icon. After converting to a curve , move the object handle

Aligning shapesUse the alignment tools to adjust the relative position of a graphic object compared to another object. Clicking on the arrow beside th