LibreOffice-Suite-Impress/C2/Inserting-Pictures-and-Objects/English
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Show Slide 1. | Welcome to the Tutorial on LibreOffice Impress - Inserting Pictures and Objects. |
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Learning Objectives Insert Pictures and Objects Format Pictures and Objects Hyperlink within and outside the presentation Insert Tables |
In this tutorial we will learn how to: Insert Pictures and Objects into a presentation Format the Pictures and Objects Hyperlink within and outside the presentation and Insert Tables |
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OS and versions |
Here we are using Ubuntu Linux 10.04 and LibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4. |
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In a web-browser URL bar, type - http://www.rushimprint.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/opensource-bart.png |
In a web-browser address bar, type the URL shown on the screen. |
Point to the image.
Right-click on the image >> click on Save Image As. Point to a dialog box.. |
This will display an image.
Now right-click on the image and choose the Save Image As option. A dialog box will open. |
Point to the Name field >> Choose Desktop on the left-pane >> click on the Save button. | In the Name field, ‘opensource-bart.png’ is already displayed.
I will choose the location as Desktop and click on the Save button. |
Switch to the Desktop >> double-click on ‘Sample-Impress.odt’ | Lets open our presentation ‘Sample-Impress’ which we had saved earlier. |
Click on Insert from the Main menu >>Picture >>From File option. |
We will now see how to add a picture into this presentation.
Click on Insert from the Main menu and then click on Picture. Now click on From File option. |
Point to the dialog box.
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A dialog box will open.
Choose the folder from which you want to insert a picture. I will choose the Desktop folder. |
Choose opensource-bart.png >> click on Open button. | Now choose the picture we want to insert and click on the Open button. |
Point to the picture. | The picture gets inserted into the slide.
Lets undo the changes |
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Let me demonstrate another way to insert pictures.
Insert a new slide after the slide titled ‘Overview’ by clicking on Insert and Slide. |
Click on the Title text box >> change the title to ‘Opensource Funny’. | Click on the Title text box and change the title to ‘Opensource Funny’. |
Point to the small box with 4 icons in the centre. | Notice a small box with 4 icons in the centre. This is the Insert toolbar. |
From the Insert toolbar >> click on the Insert Picture icon (bottom left icon) | From the Insert toolbar, click on the Insert Picture icon. |
Choose opensource-bart.png >> click on Open button. | Choose a picture and click on the Open button. |
Point to the inserted picture. | Notice that the inserted picture covers almost the whole slide. |
Click on the picture.
Click and hold the left mouse button on the control points and resize the picture. |
You can change the shape and size of the image by first clicking on it and manipulating the control points. |
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Click on Insert >> Slide. Display the new slide and then proceed. |
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Point to the right-side icons in the Insert toolbar - Insert Charts and Insert Movies. | In a similar manner we can also insert other objects like charts and movie-clips into our presentation.
Explore all these possibilities. |
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Hyperlinking allows you to easily move from slide to slide or open a web page or a document from the presentation. |
Now lets learn how to hyperlink.
Hyperlinking allows you to easily move from slide to slide or open a web page or a document from the presentation. |
Select the slide entitled Overview in the Slides pane.
Go to Insert >> Slide |
First we will look at how to hyperlink with in a presentation.
Insert a new slide after the slide titled Overview. |
Click on the title and type ‘Table of Contents’. | Click on the title and type ‘Table of Contents’. |
Click on the Body text box and type:
OpenSource Funny The Present Situation Development up to present Potential Alternatives Recommendation |
Click on the Body text box and type the titles of the succeeding slides as follows:
OpenSource Funny The Present Situation Development up to present Potential Alternatives Recommendation |
Select the line of text ‘Development up to present’. | Select the line of text ‘Development up to present’. |
Click on Insert and Hyperlink.
Point to the dialog box. |
Click on Insert and Hyperlink.
This will open the hyperlink dialog box.. |
On the left pane, select ‘Document’ >> click on the button to the right of the field ‘Target in document’ >> Target | On the left pane, select ‘Document’.
Then click on the button to the right of the field ‘Target in document’. |
Drag the cursor down the list. | The list of slides present in this presentation opens up. |
Select the slide entitled ‘Development upto present’ from the list. | Select the slide entitled ‘Development upto present’ from the list. |
Click on the Apply button >> click on the Close button. | Click on the Apply button and then click on the Close button in this list. |
Again click on the Apply button >> click on the Close button. | Again click on the Apply button and then click on the Close button in the Hyperlink dialog box. |
Hover cursor over hyperlinked text. | Click anywhere in the slide.
Now when you hover your cursor over the text, the cursor turns into a pointing finger. This means that the hyperlinking was successful! |
Click on the hyper linked text. | Clicking on the hyperlinked text takes you to the relevant slide. |
In the Table of Contents slide, add another line item:
External Document |
To hyperlink to another document, lets go back to the Table of Contents slide.
Now add another line item: External Document |
Select the line of text and click on Insert and then on Hyperlink. | Select the line of text and click on Insert and then on Hyperlink. |
In the left pane, select Document. | In the left pane, select Document. |
Click on the folder icon to the right of the Document Path field. | Click on the folder icon to the right of the Document Path field. |
Choose resume.odt created in the LO writer tutorial >> click on the Open button. | Select the document which you want to hyper link. We will choose resume.odt which we created in the Writer series and click on the Open button. |
Click on the Apply button >> click on the Close button. | Click on the Apply button and then click on the Close button in the Hyperlink dialog box. |
Click anywhere on the slide.
Hover the cursor over the hyperlinked text
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Click anywhere on the slide.
Now when you hover your cursor over the text, the cursor turns into a pointing finger. This means that the hyperlinking was successful! |
Click on the hyperlinked text. | Now clicking on the hyperlinked text takes you to the relevant document.
In our case, it takes us to resume.odt <PAUSE> |
Insert a new slide at the end of the presentation. |
Hyperlinking to a web page is similar.
Insert a new slide at the end of the presentation. |
Change the title to ‘Essential OpenSource Software’. | Change the title to ‘Essential OpenSource Software’. |
In the Body text box type:
Ubuntu LibreOffice |
In the Body text box type:
Ubuntu LibreOffice |
Select the second line of text.
Go to Insert -> Hyperlink |
Select the second line of text and click on Insert and then on Hyperlink. |
On the left pane, select Internet. | On the left pane, select Internet. |
In the Hyperlink type, select Web.
In the Target field, type ‘www.libreoffice.org’ |
In the Hyperlink type, select Web.
In the Target field, type ‘www.libreoffice.org’ |
Click on the Apply button >> click on the Close button.
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Click on the Apply button and then click on the Close button in the Hyperlink dialog box.
Click anywhere on the slide. |
Hover cursor on hyper linked text. | Now when you hover your cursor over the text, the cursor turns into a pointing finger.
This means that the hyperlinking was successful! |
Click on hyperlinked text. | Now clicking on the hyperlinked text takes you to the relevant web page. |
Switch back to the Impress window. | Lastly, tables are used to organize data into columns and rows.
Let’s now learn how to add a table in LibreOffice Impress. |
Select the slide entitled ‘Development up to the present’ from the Slides pane. | Select the slide entitled ‘Development up to the present’ from the Slides pane. |
On the right-side >> Tasks pane >> click on Layout section >> click on 2nd row, 2nd icon. Linger mouse over the icon to display the black textbox which shows “Title and 2 content” | From the Layout section on the Tasks pane, select Title and 2 Content icon. |
Select the text in the left side text box and reduce the font size to 26. | Select the text in the left side text box and reduce the font size to 26. |
In the right side text box >> click on the icon ‘Insert Table’ from the Insert toolbar in the centre. | In the right side text box, click on the icon ‘Insert Table’ from the Insert toolbar in the centre. |
Point to Number of columns >> 5
Point to Number of rows >> 2 |
By default, Number of columns is displayed as 5 and Number of rows is displayed as 2. |
We will change the Number of columns to 2 and the Number of rows to 5.
Click on the OK button. |
We will change the Number of columns to 2 and the Number of rows to 5.
Click on the OK button. |
Elongate the table. | Lets elongate the table so that the text is readable. |
Enter data into the table as follows
Implementation Year % 2006 10% 2007 20% 2008 30% 2009 40% |
Enter data into the table as shown -
Implementation Year and % 2006 10% 2007 20% 2008 30% 2009 40% |
Select the text in the top row and click on Bold icon.
Then select text and click on Center Align icon. |
Now lets change the font of the header row to bold and center the text.
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From the Table Design section on the Tasks pane >> select table-style 8
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To change the color of the table, first select all the text.
Then from the Table Design section on the Tasks pane, select a table style. I will select this one. See how the Table looks now. |
This is the starting point for the next tutorial. | |
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Summary • Insert Pictures and format them • Hyperlink within and outside the presentation and • Insert Tables |
This brings us to the end of this tutorial.
To summarize, in this tutorial, we learnt how to: • Insert Pictures and format them • Hyperlink within and outside the presentation and • Insert Tables |
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Comprehension Test Assignment. Create new presentation. Insert a picture on the 3rd slide. On the 4th slide, create a table of 2 rows and three columns. In row 2 column 2 of the table, type ‘slide 3’. Hyperlink this text to the 3rd slide |
Try this comprehension test assignment.
Create new presentation. Insert a picture on the 3rd slide. On the 4th slide, create a table of 2 rows and three columns. In row 2 column 2 of the table, type ‘slide 3’. Hyperlink this text to the 3rd slide |
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