LibreOffice-Suite-Impress-6.3/C2/Creating-a-presentation-in-Impress/English

Title: Creating a presentation

Author: 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

Visual Cues	Narration
Slide: Title	Welcome to the spoken tutorial on Creating a presentation.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Click on ‘x’ at the top right corner of the Properties section.	Let’s close the Properties section.
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.
Click on ‘slide 2’ in the Slides Pane. Go to the Standard Toolbar-> New Slide icon.	Select slide 2 in the Slides Pane, by clicking on it. Click on the New Slide icon in the Standard Toolbar.
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
Click on the New Slide icon. Point to a new slide in the Slide Pane.	Click on the New Slide icon. A new blank slide gets inserted after slide 2.
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.
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.
Click on ‘slide 3’ in the Slides Pane. Go to the Standard Toolbar-> Duplicate Slide icon. Point to the new duplicate slide in the Slides Pane.	Let’s look at the first way. Select slide 3 in the Slides Pane, by clicking on it. Click on the Duplicate Slide icon in the Standard Toolbar. A new duplicate slide gets inserted after slide 3.
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.
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”.
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.
Narration only:	Next, let’s change the color of the font.
Click on the Body textbox and select all the text. Go to the Sidebar >> Properties	Click on the Body textbox and select all the text by pressing Ctrl+A keys.
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.
Click on the Title textbox and select 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.
Narration only	Finally, we will learn to delete a slide from the presentation. There are 2 ways to do this.
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.
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.
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.
Narration only:	With this, we have come to the end of this spoken tutorial. Let us summarize.
Slide: Summary	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
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
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 usingspoken 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
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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