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'''Title:''' Creating a presentation 

'''Author: '''Nancy Varkey, Manish Naik

'''Novice Reviewer:''' Nikita Misal and Pooja Moolya

'''Domain Reviewer:''' Praveen S and Nancy Varkey

'''Keywords: '''

LibreOffice,Impress,Spoken Tutorial,Video Tutorial,Parts of Impress Window,Alternative of Microsoft Powerpoint,Impress Basic Features,Impress User Interface,Tabs of Impress,Slide Layouts in Impress,How to insert Slides in Impress,How to copy Slides in Impress,Formatting of Fonts in Impress



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| | '''Visual Cues'''
| | '''Narration'''
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| | '''Slide: '''Title''' '''
| | Welcome to the '''spoken tutorial '''on '''Creating a''' '''presentation.'''
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| | '''Slide: '''Learning Objectives
||In this tutorial we will learn about some important features in the '''Impress '''window.


We will also learn how to:
*Insert new '''slides''' 
*Copy''' '''existing '''slides'''
*Use various '''fonts''' in '''Impress''' 
*Format the '''fonts '''and
*Delete '''slides'''

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| | '''Slide: '''System Requirements
|| This tutorial is recorded using 
*'''Ubuntu Linux '''OS version 18.04 and 
*'''LibreOffice Suite '''version 6.3.5
|-
||Open file '''Sample-Impress.odp''' by double-clicking.
||Let's open the '''presentation “Sample-Impress.odp” '''which we created earlier.

|-
| | '''Slide: '''Code files
|| 
*This file has been provided to you in the''' Code files''' link on this tutorial page
*Pls download and extract the file
*Make a copy and then use it for practicing

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| | Narration only:
| | Let's take a closer look at the '''Impress '''window.
|-
| | Point to the center pane.
| | In the center, we see the '''Workspace''', which is our working area.
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| | Narration only:
| | We can customize the view of the '''Workspace''' based on our preferences.
|-
| | Click on '''View ->'''
| | To do so, click on the '''View menu''' in the '''menu bar'''.
|-
| | Point to '''View Tab Bar'''.
| | Then select the '''View Tab Bar''' option.
|-
| | Point to the 4 tabs at the top of the''' Workspace pane'''.
| | At the top,''' '''the '''Workspace''' has 4 tabs called '''‘View buttons’.'''
|-
| | Point to the '''Normal tab'''.
||By default, the '''Normal tab''' is selected.


This is the main view for creating individual '''slides'''.
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| | Click on the '''Outline tab'''.
| | '''Outline tab''' shows topic titles, bulleted, and numbered lists for each slide in outline format.
|-
| | Click on the '''Notes tab'''.
||'''Notes tab''' lets you add notes to each slide. 


These notes are not seen when the '''presentation''' is shown.
|-
| | Click on the '''Slide Sorter tab'''.
| | '''Slide Sorter tab''' shows '''thumbnails''' of slides.
|-
| | Click on the '''Normal tab'''.
| | Let’s click on the '''Normal tab''' again.
|-
| | Click on the '''Display Views''' -> Hover the mouse on icons.
||Another way to access these is by clicking on the '''Display Views''' icon in the '''Standard toolbar'''.


Here, we can see various icons indicating different views of the '''Workspace'''.
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||Point to the '''Slides pane''' on the left of the screen.


Point to the '''thumbnails'''.
||On the left-hand side of the screen is the '''Slides Pane'''.



It contains '''thumbnails''' of the '''slides''' in the '''presentation'''.
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||Point to the '''Sidebar''' on the right of the screen.


Point to all 7 sections.
||On the right-hand side is the '''Sidebar''', 



It has 7 sections.
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||Click on the '''Properties'''.


Point to the '''Layouts'''.


Point to the layouts.
||In the '''Sidebar''', click on the first section named ‘'''Properties’''' 


It has a property named “'''Layouts'''” 


This has various built-in '''layouts'''.

We can use these '''layouts''' directly or modify them as per our requirements.
|-
||Point to the 7 sections again.
|| We shall see each of these sections in detail as we progress through the series.
|-
||


Click on '''‘x’''' at the top right-hand corner of the Properties section.
||Let’s close the '''Properties''' section.


To do so, click on '''‘x’''' at the top right corner of the '''Properties''' section.

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||Click on the 2nd slide.


Click on ‘'''Click to add Title’ textbox -> '''Type '''‘‘Overview'''”.

||Now, let’s add some content to the 2nd empty '''slide'''.

Click on the 2nd '''slide''' in the '''Slides Pane'''.


Click on the''' textbox''' that says ‘'''Click to add Title’''' and type “'''Overview'''” inside it.

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||Click on ‘'''Click to add Text’ textbox''' and type




Summarize the main plans [Enter]

Explain the long term course to follow
||Then click on the''' textbox''' that says ‘'''Click to add Text’'''.



And type the following text:

'''Summarize the main plans'''

'''Explain the long term course to follow.'''
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||





Press Ctrl+A to select all sentences.
||Let us add '''bullet points''' to the content in the '''Body textbox.'''


So first select all sentences by pressing '''Ctrl + A '''keys.
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||Click on the '''Properties'''.


Go to '''Lists''' -> click on the''' “Toggle Bulleted List”'''.
||Then click on the '''Properties''' section.


Go to the '''Lists''' property and click on the “'''Toggle Bulleted List”''' icon.
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| | Click on '''‘x'''’ at the top right corner of the '''Properties '''section'''.'''
| | Let’s close the''' Properties '''section.
|-
||
||Notice the change in the text.
|-
| | Narration only:
||Now, let's learn how to insert a new '''slide''' into the '''presentation'''.


There are two ways in which we can insert a '''slide'''.

Let’s look at the first way.
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||Click on ‘slide 2’ in the Slides Pane.
||Select '''slide '''2 in the '''Slides Pane''', by clicking on it.

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||Narration only:


Click on Double arrow '''>>''' icon at the end of the '''toolbars'''
||If you have resized your '''LibreOffice''' window, some of the icons may not be visible.


In that case, click on the '''double arrow''' icon at the end of the '''toolbars''' to see the hidden icons

|-
||Go to the '''Standard Toolbar'''-> '''New Slide '''icon.
||Click on the '''New Slide''' icon in the '''Standard Toolbar.'''

|-
||Point to a new slide in the Slide Pane.
||A new blank '''slide''' gets inserted after '''slide''' 2.
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||



Click on the''' Slide menu''' -> '''New Slide.'''





Point to the new blank slide in '''Slides Pane'''.
||Let me show you another way to add a new '''slide'''.


Click on the''' Slide menu''' in the '''menu bar''' 

And then on the '''New Slide''' option.


Once again we see that a new blank '''slide''' has been inserted.
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| | Narration only:
| | Let's add some content into these empty '''slides'''. 
|-
||Select slide 3.


Click on ‘Click to add Title’ textbox -> type '''“Short Term Strategy”.'''
||Select the '''slide''' 3 in the '''Slides Pane.'''


Click on the textbox ‘'''Click to add title’ and '''type “'''Short Term Strategy'''” inside it. 
|-
||Select slide 4.


Click on ‘Click to add Title’ textbox -> type “'''Long Term Goal'''”.
| | Likewise, set the '''title''' for the 4th '''slide''' as “'''Long Term Goal'''”.

|-
| | Narration only:
||Now, let us learn how to copy a '''slide'''.


There are two ways in which we can make a copy of a '''slide'''.
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||Click on ‘slide 3’ in the Slides Pane.
||Let’s look at the first way.


Select '''slide''' 3 in the '''Slides Pane''', by clicking on it.
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||Go to the '''Standard Toolbar'''-> '''Duplicate Slide '''icon.


Point to the new duplicate slide in the Slides Pane.
||Click on the '''Duplicate Slide''' icon in the '''Standard Toolbar.'''



A new duplicate '''slide''' gets inserted after '''slide''' 3.
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||Click on the '''Slide menu'''-> '''Duplicate Slide.'''


Point to the new duplicate slide in the Slide Pane.
||Alternatively, click on the''' Slide menu''' in the '''menu bar''' 

And then on the '''Duplicate Slide '''option.


Once again, we see that a new duplicate '''slide''' has been inserted. 
|-
| | Narration only:
| | Now, let’s learn about '''fonts''' and how to format''' fonts.'''
|-
||Click on the slide ‘'''Overview'''’ in '''Slides Pane'''.


Click on the '''Body textbox'''.

Select the second line of text.
||Click on the slide titled ‘'''Overview'''’ in the '''Slides Pane'''.


Click on the '''Body textbox''' and select the second line of text.
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||Go to the '''Sidebar >>''' '''Properties''' >> '''Character'''.


Select '''Carlito''' from the '''Font''' '''Name''' drop-down
||Go to the '''Sidebar''' and click on the '''Properties '''icon.


In the ‘'''Character’ '''property, change the '''Font name''' to “'''Carlito”.'''
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||Select '''32''' from the '''Font''' '''size''' drop-down


Point to that line of text.
||Then change the '''Font size''' from “'''26'''” to “'''32'''”.


Notice that the '''font '''has changed as per our selection.
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| | Narration only:
| | Next, let’s change the color of the '''font'''.
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||Click on the '''Body textbox''' and select all the text.
| | Click on the '''Body textbox''' and select all the text by pressing '''Ctrl+A '''keys.
|-
||Go to the '''Sidebar >> Properties''' 

Go to '''Character >>''' '''Font color''' >>


Click on the drop-down arrow >> Select '''Teal''' color.


Point to the texts.
||In the '''Character''' property, go to the '''Font Color''' icon.


Then click on the drop-down arrow next to it and select any color that you like.


I’m selecting '''Teal''' color.


Notice the change in color in the text.
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||Click on the '''Title textbox '''and''' s'''elect the text.


Go to the''' Character.'''


Point to '''Bold''' icon -> click on the''' Italics''' and '''Underline icon.'''



Point to the text.
||Now, click on the '''Title textbox''' and select the entire text. 


Go to the '''Character '''property again.


The text is already in bold. 

Now, let’s click on the icons''' '''for '''Italics''' and '''Underline'''.


Notice the change in the text.
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| | Narration only
||Finally, we will learn to delete a '''slide''' from the '''presentation'''.


There are 2 ways to do this.
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||In '''Slide Pane''' >>select '''slide '''5


Go to the''' Standard toolbar''' -> Click on '''Delete Slide''' icon.
||First way is to select a '''slide''', say '''slide '''5 in the '''Slide Pane'''.


Then click on the '''Delete Slide''' icon in the '''Standard toolbar.'''
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||In '''Slide Pane''' >>select '''slide '''5



Press '''Delete '''key
||Second way is to select a '''slide''', say '''slide '''4 In the '''Slide Pane'''.


Click on the '''Delete''' key on the keyboard to delete this '''slide'''.
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||Go to the '''Standard toolbar '''-> '''Save.'''


click on the '''X '''icon at the top right.
||Let us save all the changes we made in our '''presentation''' by clicking on the '''Save '''icon.


And then close the file.
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| | Narration only:
||With this, we have come to the end of this''' '''spoken tutorial'''.'''


Let us summarize.
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||'''Slide: '''Summary



||In this tutorial we learnt some important features in the '''Impress '''window.


We also learnt how to:
*Insert new '''slides''' 
*Copy existing '''slides'''
*Use various '''fonts''' 
*Format the '''fonts '''and
*Delete '''slides'''

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| | '''Slide: '''Assignment
|| As an assignment
*Open “'''Practice-Impress.odp” '''file
*Insert a new '''slide''' after the 2nd '''slide'''
*Type some text in the '''Body''' '''textbox''' of the 3rd '''slide'''
*Change the '''font size''' of the text to 36''' '''
*Make the text '''Bold, Italic, Underlined''' and blue color
*Create a copy of the 3rd '''slide'''
*Save and close the '''presentation'''

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| | '''Slide: '''About the Spoken Tutorial Project
|| 
*The video at the following link summarises the Spoken Tutorial''' '''project
*Please download and watch it

|-
| | '''Slide:''' Spoken Tutorial Workshops
|| 
*We conduct workshops using'''spoken''' '''tutorials''' and give certificates
*For more details, please contact us

|-
| | '''Slide:''' Forum
| | Please post your timed queries in this forum.
|-
| | '''Slide: '''Acknowledgements
| | The''' Spoken''' '''Tutorial''' project is funded by '''MHRD''', Govt. of India
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||'''Slide: '''Thank you

Acknowledgment to DesiCrew
||This tutorial was originally contributed by DesiCrew Solutions Pvt. Ltd. in 2011


This is Arvind & Manish from '''IIT''' '''Bombay''' signing off. Thank you for watching.
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