LibreOffice-Suite-Impress/C3/Slide-Master-Slide-Design/English-timed
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00.00 | Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on in LibreOffice Impress. |
00.08 | In this tutorial we will learn how to apply: Backgrounds for slides, Layouts for slides |
00.15 | Here we are using Ubuntu Linux 10.04 and LibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4. |
00.24 | Background refers to all the colors and effects applied to the slide, which are present behind the content. |
00.32 | LibreOffice Impress has many background options that help you create better presentations. |
00.38 | You can even create your own custom backgrounds. |
00.42 | Let’s open the presentation Sample-Impress.odp. |
00.48 | Let’s create a custom background for our presentation. |
00.52 | We shall also apply this background to all the slides in the presentation. |
00.57 | We shall use the Slide Master option to create this background. |
01.02 | Any change made to the Master slide is applied to all the slides in the presentation. |
01.08 | From the Main menu, click View, select Master and click on Slide Master. |
01.15 | The Master Slide appears. |
1.17 | Notice, that the Master View toolbar is also visible. You can use this to create, delete and rename Master Pages. |
01.27 | Notice, that two slides are displayed now. |
01.31 | These are two Master Pages that have been used in this presentation. |
01.37 | From the Tasks pane, click on Master Pages. |
01.41 | The Used in This Presentation field displays the Master slides used in this presentation. |
01.48 | The Master slide is like a template. |
01.51 | You can set formatting preferences here, which are then applied to all the slides in the presentation. |
01.58 | First, from the Slides pane, let’s select Slide 1. |
02.03 | Let’s apply a white background to this presentation. |
02.07 | From the Main menu, click on Format and click Page. |
02.12 | The Page Setup dialog box appears. |
02.15 | Click the Background tab. |
02.18 | From the Fill drop down menu, select the option Bitmap. |
02.24 | From the list of options, select Blank and click OK. |
02.29 | The slide now has a white background. |
02.32 | Notice that the existing text color doesn’t show up very well against the background. |
02.38 | Always choose a color that is visible distinctly against its background. |
02.43 | Let’s change the color of the text to black. This will make the text clearly visible against the white background. |
02.52 | First select the text. |
02.55 | From the Main menu, click Format and select Character. |
02.59 | The Character dialog box appears. |
03.02 | From the Character dialog box, click Font Effects tab. |
03.08 | From the Font Color drop-down, select Black. |
03.12 | Click OK. |
03.15 | The text is now black in color. |
03.18 | Now, let’s apply a color to the slide. |
03.21 | Right-click on the slide for the context menu and click Slide and Page Setup. |
03.27 | From the Fill drop down menu, select the option Color. Select Blue 8 and click OK. |
03.36 | Notice, that the light blue color we selected is applied to the slide. |
03.42 | Pause this tutorial and do this assignment. Create a new Master Slide and apply the color red as the background. |
03.52 | Let’s now learn how to add other design elements to this presentation. |
03.57 | For example, you can add a logo to your presentation. |
04.01 | Look at the Basic Shapes toolbar in the bottom of your screen. |
04.06 | You can use it to draw a variety of basic shapes such as circles, squares, rectangles, triangles and ovals. |
04.16 | Let’s draw a rectangle in the Title area of the slide. |
04.21 | From the Basic Shapes toolbar click on Rectangle. |
04.25 | Now move the cursor to the top left corner of the slide, in the Title area. |
04.31 | You will see a plus sign with a capital I. |
04.36 | Hold the left mouse button and drag to draw a small rectangle. |
04.41 | Now release the mouse button. |
04.44 | You have drawn a rectangle! |
04.47 | Notice the eight handles on the rectangle. |
04.50 | Handles or control points, are the small blue squares that appear on the sides of the selected object. |
04.58 | We can use these control points to adjust the size of the rectangle. |
05.03 | As you hover your cursor over the control point, the cursor changes to a double-sided arrow. |
05.10 | This indicates the directions in which the control point can be moved to manipulate the basic shape. |
05.17 | Let’s enlarge this rectangle so that it covers the title area completely. <Pause> |
05.25 | We can format these shapes too! |
05.28 | Right-click on the rectangle to view the context menu. |
05.32 | Here you can choose various options to modify the rectangle. |
05.37 | Click on Area. The Area dialog box appears. |
05.43 | In the Fill field, from the drop-down menu, choose Color. |
05.48 | Choose Magenta 4 and click OK. |
05.52 | The color of the rectangle has changed. |
05.56 | The rectangle has now covered the text. |
05.59 | To make the text visible, first select the rectangle. |
06.03 | Now right-click to open the context menu. |
06.07 | Click on Arrange and then Send to back. |
06.11 | The text is visible again! |
06.15 | Here the rectangle has moved behind the text. |
06.18 | In the Tasks pane, click on the preview of the Master Page. |
06.23 | Right-click and select Apply to All Slides. |
06.27 | Close the Master View by clicking on the Close Master View button. |
06.32 | The formatting changes made in the Master are applied to all the slides in the presentation now. |
06.39 | Notice, that the rectangle is also displayed in all the pages. |
06.45 | Let us learn to change the layout of the slide |
06.49 | What are Layouts? Layouts are slide templates that are pre-formatted for position of content with place holders. |
06.58 | To view the slide layouts, from the right panel, click Layouts. |
07.04 | The layouts available in Impress are displayed. |
07.07 | Look at the layout thumbnails. It gives you an idea of how the slide will appear after the layout has been applied. |
7.16 | There are layouts with titles and two-columnar formats, layouts where you can position text in three columns and so on. |
7.24 | There are also blank layouts. You can apply a blank layout to your slide and then create your own layouts. |
07.32 | Let’s apply a layout to a slide. |
07.35 | Select the slide Potential Alternatives and delete all text. |
07.43 | Now, from the layout pane on the right hand side, select title 2 content over content. |
07.51 | The slide now has three text boxes and a title area. |
07.56 | Notice, that the rectangle we inserted using the Master page, is still visible. |
08.02 | This rectangle can only be edited using the Master slide. |
08.07 | The settings in the Master slide overrides any formatting changes or layouts applied to slides. |
08.15 | Let’s enter content in these boxes now. |
08.19 | In the first text box type: Strategy 1 PRO: Low cost CON: slow action |
08.28 | In the second text box type: Strategy 2 CON: High cost PRO: Fast Action |
08.40 | In the third text box type: Due to lack of funds, Strategy 1 is better. |
08.48 | You can similarly choose the layout type that is most suited to your presentation. |
08.54 | This concludes this tutorial. In this tutorial we learnt how to apply; Backgrounds for slides, Layouts for slides |
09.03 | Here is an assignment for you. |
09.05 | Create a new Master Slide. |
09.08 | Create a new background. |
09.11 | Change the layout to title, content over content. |
09.15 | Check what happens when you apply a Layout to a Master slide. |
09.20 | Insert a new slide and apply a blank layout. |
09.25 | Use text boxes and add columns to it. |
09.29 | Format these text boxes. |
09.32 | Enter text in these boxes. |
09.36 | Watch the video available at the following link. It summarises the Spoken Tutorial project |
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10.25 | This tutorial has been contributed by DesiCrew Solutions Pvt. Ltd |
10.30 | Thanks for joining |
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