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Introduction to Impress

Time Narration
00:00 Welcome to the tutorial on Introduction to LibreOffice Impress.
00:04 In this tutorial, we will learn:
00:07 * Introduction to LibreOffice Impress
00:09 * Various Toolbars in Impress
00:12 * How to create a new presentation
00:15 * How to save as MS PowerPoint presentation
00:19 * How to open an MS PowerPoint presentation and
00:22 * How to export as a 'PDF document' in Impress.
00:27 LibreOffice Impress is the presentation manager of the LibreOffice Suite.
00:32 It is used to create powerful presentations.
00:35 It is the equivalent of Microsoft Office PowerPoint.
00:39 'LibreOffice Impress' is free, Open-Source software, free of cost and free to use and distribute.
00:47 To get started with LibreOffice suite,
00:50 you can use either Microsoft Windows 2000 and its higher versions like MS Windows XP or MS Windows 7 or you can use GNU/Linux as your Operating System.
01:02 Here, we are using:
  • Ubuntu Linux version 10.04 and
  • LibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4.
01:12 If you do not have 'LibreOffice Suite' installed,
01:15 Impress can be installed by using Synaptic Package Manager.
01:19 For more information on Synaptic Package Manager,
01:22 please refer to the Ubuntu Linux Tutorials on this website and download 'LibreOffice Suite' by following the instructions on this website.
01:32 Detailed instructions are available in the first tutorial of 'LibreOffice Suite'.
01:38 Remember, when installing, use the 'Complete' option to install 'Impress'.
01:43 If you have already installed LibreOffice Suite,
01:46 you will find 'LibreOffice Impress' by clicking on the Applications option at the top left of your screen and then clicking on Office and then on LibreOffice option.
01:58 A new dialog-box opens up with various LibreOffice components.
02:03 In order to access LibreOffice Impress, click on the Presentation component . In the new dialog-box, click on Create.
02:13 This will open an empty presentation in the main Impress window.
02:18 Now, let us learn about the main components of the Impress window.
02:22 The Impress window has various tool bars like the title bar, the menu bar, the standard toolbar, the formatting bar and the status bar.
02:36 We will learn more about the toolbars as the tutorials progress.
02:41 We are now ready to work on our first presentation! Now, close this file.
02:47 Let us go to Applications, click on Office, then click on LibreOffice Impress.
02:56 Click on From template.
02:59 Select "Recommendation of a strategy" and click on the Next button.
03:06 In the "Select a slide design" drop-down, select Presentation Backgrounds. Then select Blue Border.
03:14 In the "Select an output medium" field, select Original.
03:19 Click on Next button.
03:22 This is the step for building slide transitions.
03:26 Leave all the options as they are and click on Next.
03:32 In the "What is your name" field, you can type your name or your organisation’s name. I will type "A1 services".
03:41 In the "What is the subject of your presentation" field, type: "Benefits of Open Source".
03:47 Click on Next.
03:49 This step describes the presentation.
03:52 All the options are selected by default. Don’t change anything.
03:58 They are sample headings for the presentation.
04:01 Click on the Create button.
04:04 You have now created your first presentation in 'LibreOffice Impress'!
04:09 Now, let's learn how to save the presentation.
04:13 Click on File and Save.
04:15 The Save dialog-box will open. We will name this file as "Sample-Impress" and click on the Save button.
04:25 Note that the 'Impress' Open Document Format will be saved with the extension '.odp'.
04:33 Now we will close the file. To close the presentation, click on File and Close.
04:40 Next, let's learn how to save a 'LibreOffice Impress presentation' as a 'Microsoft PowerPoint presentation'.
04:48 We will open the Sample Impress presentation again. Click on File and Open and select "Sample Impress".
04:59 By default, the 'LibreOffice Impress' saves documents in the Open document format (ODP).
05:06 To save a presentation as 'Microsoft PowerPoint',
05:11 Click on File and Save as.
05:14 In the File type, choose “Microsoft PowerPoint".
05:18 Choose the location to save the file.
05:20 Click on Save button.
05:24 Click on “Keep Current Format” button. The file is now saved as a ppt.
05:33 Let's close this file by clicking on File and Close.
05:36 Next, we will see how to open a Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation in 'LibreOffice Impress'.
05:44 Click on File and Open.
05:46 Browse for the 'ppt.' file you want to open.
05:50 Select the file and click on Open.
05:54 Finally, we will now learn how to export a 'LibreOffice Impress' presentation as a 'PDF' file.
06:01 Click on File and "Export as PDF" . In the PDF options dialog-box, leave all the options as they are and click on the Export button.
06:12 In the filename field, type: “Sample Impress”.
06:16 In the Save in folder field, choose the location where you want to save the file and click on Save.
06:23 The document has now been saved as a 'pdf' file on the desktop.
06:29 This brings us to the end of this tutorial on 'LibreOffice Impress'.
06:34 To summarize, we learnt: * Introduction to LibreOffice Impress
06:39 * Various Toolbars in Impress
06:42 * How to create a new presentation
06:45 * How to save as MS PowerPoint presentation
06:49 * How to open an 'MS PowerPoint presentation' and * How to export as a 'PDF document' in 'Impress'.
06:58 Try this comprehensive assignment.
07:00 Open a new document. Write some text in first slide.
07:05 Save it as a 'MS Powerpoint' document. Than close it.
07:11 Now, reopen the file you have seen.
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