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Slide Master, Slide Design

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Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Slide Master and Slide Design in LibreOffice Impress.

Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Slide Master and Slide Design in LibreOffice Impress.

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Learning Objectives:

  • Backgrounds for slides
  • Layouts for slides

In this tutorial we will learn how to apply:

  • Backgrounds for slides
  • Layouts for slides
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Systems Requirements

  • Ubuntu Linux version 10.04
  • LibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4.

Here we are using GNU Linux as our operating system and LibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4.

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What is a Background? Background refers

  • to all the colors and effects
  • applied to the slide
  • which are present
  • behind the content

Background refers to all the colors and effects applied to the slide, which are present behind the content.


Impress Background Options

  • Many background options that help you create better presentations.
  • You can even create your own custom backgrounds.
  • LibreOffice Impress has many background options that help you create better presentations.
  • You can even create your own custom backgrounds.
Open the presentation Sample-Impress.odp. Let’s open the presentation Sample-Impress.odp.
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Create a Custom Background

  • Create a custom background for our presentation
  • Apply this background to all the slides in the presentation


  • Let’s create a custom background for our presentation.
  • We shall also apply this background to all the slides in the presentation.
Create a Custom Background
  • Use the Slide Master option to create this background
  • Any change made to the Master slide is applied to all the slides
  • We shall use the Slide Master option to create this background.
  • Any change made to the Master slide is applied to all the slides in the presentation.
From the Main menu >> click on View >> Master >> Slide Master From the Main menu, click View, select Master and click on Slide Master.
Point to the Master Slide. The Master Slide appears.
Point to the Master View toolbar. Notice, that the Master View toolbar is also visible.

You can use this to create, delete and rename Master Pages.

Point to the Slides pane, where two slides are displayed. Notice, that two slides are displayed now.
These are two Master Pages that have been used in this presentation.
From the Tasks pane, click on Master Pages. From the Tasks pane, click on Master Pages.
Point to the Used in This Presentation field. The Used in This Presentation field displays the Master slides used in this presentation.

• The Master slide is like a template.

• You can set formatting preferences here, which are then applied to all the slides in the presentation.

In the Slides pane select Slide 1. First, from the Slides pane, let’s select Slide 1.
Let’s apply a white background to this presentation.
From the Main menu >> click Format >> select Page. From the Main menu, click on Format and click Page.
Point to the Page Setup dialog box. The Page Setup dialog box appears.


Click on Background tab. Click the Background tab.
Click on Bitmap. From the Fill drop down menu, select the option Bitmap.
From the list of options, select Blank and click OK. From the list of options, select Blank and click OK.
Point to the slide background. The slide now has a white background.
Point to the text. Notice that the existing text color doesn’t show up very well against the background.
Always choose a color that is visible distinctly against its background.
Let’s change the color of the text to black.

This will make the text clearly visible against the white background.

Select the text displayed in the second box, the content text. First select the text.
From the Main menu >> click Format >> Character. From the Main menu, click Format and select Character.
Point to the Character dialog box. The Character dialog box appears.
From the Character dialog box >> click Font Effects tab.

From the Font Color drop-down, select Black.

From the Character dialog box, click Font Effects tab.

From the Font Color drop-down, select Black.

Click OK. Click OK.
Point to the text. The text is now black in color.
Now, let’s apply a color to the slide.
Right-click on the slide for the context menu and click Slide and Page Setup. Right-click on the slide for the context menu and

click Slide and Page Setup.

From the Fill drop down menu, select the option Color.

Select blue 8 and click OK.

From the Fill drop down menu, select the option Color.

Select Blue 8 and click OK.

Notice, that the light blue color we selected is applied to the slide.
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Assignment

  • Create a new Master Slide
  • apply the color red as the background.
Pause this tutorial and do this assignment.

Create a new Master Slide and apply the color red as the background.

Let’s now learn how to add other design elements to this presentation.

For example, you can add a logo to your presentation.

Point to the Basic Shapes toolbar at the bottom of the screen. Look at the Basic Shapes toolbar in the bottom of your screen.
You can use it to draw a variety of basic shapes such as circles, squares, rectangles, triangles and ovals.
Let’s draw a rectangle in the Title area of the slide.
From the Basic Shapes toolbar click on Rectangle. From the Basic Shapes toolbar click on Rectangle.
Now move the cursor to the Title area in the slide. Now move the cursor to the top left corner of the slide, in the Title area.

You will see a plus sign with a capital I.

Hold the left mouse button and drag.

Draw a rectangle in the top left corner of the slide, in the Title area. Now release the mouse button.

Hold the left mouse button and drag to draw a small rectangle.

Now release the mouse button.

You have drawn a rectangle!
Point to the 8 handles. Notice the eight handles on the rectangle.
Handles or control points, are the small blue squares

that appear on the sides of the selected object.

We can use these control points to adjust the size of the rectangle.
Hover over the control point. As you hover your cursor over the control point, the cursor changes to a double-sided arrow.

This indicates the directions in which the control point can be moved

to manipulate the basic shape.

  • Adjust the size to fit the title section.
  • Ensure that the width of the rectangle is the same as the width of slide.
  • Also, ensure that the top of the rectangle coincides with the top of the slide and that the height covers the title area completely.
Let’s enlarge this rectangle so that it covers the title area completely. <Pause>
We can format these shapes too!
Right click on the rectangle to view the context menu. Right-click on the rectangle to view the context menu.
Here you can choose various options to modify the rectangle.
Click on Area.

Point to the Area dialog box.

Click on Area.

The Area dialog box appears.

In the Fill field, from the drop-down menu, choose Color . In the Fill field, from the drop-down menu, choose Color.
Choose Magenta 4 and click OK. Choose Magenta 4 and click OK.
Point to the rectangle. The color of the rectangle has changed.
The rectangle has now covered the text.
First select the rectangle. To make the text visible, first select the rectangle.
Right-click to open the context menu. Now right-click to open the context menu.
Click on Arrange and then Send to back. Click on Arrange and then Send to back.
The text is visible again!
Here the rectangle has moved behind the text.
In the Tasks pane, click on the preview of the Master Page to the left. In the Tasks pane, click on the preview of the Master Page.
Right-click and select Apply to All Slides. Right-click and select Apply to All Slides.
Close the Master View by clicking on the close master view button. Close the Master View by clicking on the Close Master View button.
Point to the slides in the Slides pane. The formatting changes made in the Master are applied to all the slides in the presentation now.
Point to all the slides in the the slides pane that now display the rectangle. Notice, that the rectangle is also displayed in all the pages.
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Layouts

  • Let us learn to change the layout of the slide
Let us learn to change the layout of the slide
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What are Layouts? Layouts

  • are slide templates
  • that are pre-formatted
  • for position of content
  • with place holders
What are Layouts?

Layouts are slide templates that are pre-formatted for position of content with place holders.

From the right panel, click Layouts. To view the slide layouts, from the right panel, click Layouts.
Point to all the layouts that are displayed. The layouts available in Impress are displayed.
Point to the Layouts preview pane.


Look at the layout thumbnails.

It gives you an idea of how the slide will appear after the layout has been applied.

Point to the slides in the layout pane. There are layouts with titles and two-columnar formats, layouts where you can position text in three columns and so on.
Point to the blank slide layout. There are also blank layouts.

You can apply a blank layout to your slide and then create your own layouts.

Let’s apply a layout to a slide.
From the Slide pane, slect the slide Potential Alternatives and delete all text. Select the slide Potential Alternatives and delete all text.
From the layout pane on the right hand side, select title 2 content over content. Now, from the layout pane on the right hand side, select title 2 content over content.
Point to the slide. And the three text boxes. The slide now has three text boxes and a title area.
Point to the rectangle. Notice, that the rectangle we inserted using the Master page, is still visible.

• This rectangle can only be edited using the Master slide.

• The settings in the Master slide overrides any formatting changes or layouts applied to slides.

Let’s enter content in these boxes now.
In the first text box type;

Strategy 1 PRO: Low cost CON: slow action

In the first text box type:

Strategy 1 PRO: Low cost CON: slow action

In the second text box type:

Strategy 2 CON: High cost PRO: Fast Action

In the second text box type:

Strategy 2 CON: High cost PRO: Fast Action

In the third text box type:

Due to lack of funds, Strategy 1 is better.

In the third text box type:

Due to lack of funds, Strategy 1 is better.

You can similarly choose the layout type that is most suited to your presentation.
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'Summary:'

  • Backgrounds for slides
  • Layouts for slides
This concludes this tutorial.

In this tutorial we learnt how to apply;

  • Backgrounds for slides
  • Layouts for slides
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Assignment

  • Create a new Master Slide.
  • Create a new background.
  • Change the layout to
    • title,
    • content over content.
  • Apply a Layout to a Master slide
  • Insert a new slide
  • apply a blank layout.
  • Use text boxes and add columns to it.
  • Format these text boxes.
  • Enter text in these boxes.
Here is an assignment for you.
  • Create a new Master Slide.
  • Create a new background.
  • Change the layout to title, content over content.
  • Check what happens when you apply a Layout to a Master slide.
  • Insert a new slide and apply a blank layout.
  • Use text boxes and add columns to it.
  • Format these text boxes.
  • Enter text in these boxes.
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