LibreOffice-Suite-Impress-6.3/C2/Introduction-to-LibreOffice-Impress/English

Title: Introduction to LibreOffice Impress

Author: Manish Naik

Novice Reviewer: Nikita

Domain Reviewer: Praveen and Nancy

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LibreOffice, Impress, spoken Tutorial, video Tutorial, alternative to Microsoft Powerpoint, Free Open Source Software, Impress basic features, add content to slide in Impress, add bullet points in Impress, open an existing presentation in Impress, save Impress presentation as MS PowerPoint, export in PDF format in Impress

Visual Cues	Narration
Slide: Title	Welcome to the spoken tutorial on Introduction to LibreOffice Impress.
Slide: Learning Objectives	In this tutorial, we will learn: About LibreOffice Impress Various toolbars How to create a new presentation How to save and close a presentation How to open an existing presentation How to save as MS PowerPoint presentation and How to export as a PDF document in Impress
Slide: What is LibreOffice Impress?	LibreOffice Impress is the presentation component of the LibreOffice Suite It is the equivalent of Microsoft Powerpoint in Microsoft Office Suite
Slide: What is LibreOffice Impress?	It is a free and open source software It can be shared, modified and distributed without any restrictions
Slide: OS and Versions	LibreOffice Impress can run on any of the following operating systems: Microsoft Windows 8 or higher versions GNU/Linux OS and Mac OSX
Slide: System Requirements	This tutorial is recorded using Ubuntu Linux OS version 18.04 and LibreOffice Suite version 6.3.5
Slide: LibreOffice Installation	By default, the latest Ubuntu Linux OS has LibreOffice Suite pre-installed in it To install a specific version, refer to the LibreOffice Installation series on this website.
Narration Only:	Now let us learn how to open LibreOffice Impress.
Click on Show Applications->->search bar-> type Impress-> Click on LibreOffice Impress icon	In Ubuntu Linux OS, click on the Show Applications icon located at the bottom left corner. In the search bar, type Impress. From the displayed list, click on the LibreOffice Impress icon.
Click on Start menu->->search bar-> type Impress-> Click on LibreOffice Impress icon	In Windows OS, click on the Start Menu icon located at the bottom left corner. In the search bar, type Impress. From the displayed list, click on the LibreOffice Impress icon.
Point to Select a Template dialog box >> Scroll down in the dialog box. Point to Alizarin. Click→ Alizarin > Click Open	Select a Template dialog box opens up. There are various inbuilt templates displayed here. You can choose any of them. I will select the Alizarin (uh·li·zuh·ruhn) template and click on the Open button at the bottom right corner.
Cursor on empty presentation.	This will open an empty presentation in the main Impress window.
Cursor on the main LibreOffice Impress window.	Now let us learn about the main components of the Impress window.
Drag cursor along all options in the ‘Title Bar’, ‘Menu Bar’ ‘Standard toolbar’, ‘Formatting bar’, ‘Status bar’, and sidebar.	The Impress window has various toolbars. Title bar, Menu bar, standard toolbar, Formatting bar, Status bar, and Sidebar.
Narration Only:	We will learn more about the toolbars as the series progresses. We are now ready to work on our first presentation!
Narration Only: Click on Click to add Title textbox. Type ‘‘Benefit of Open Source” >> click outside the textbox.	Let’s begin by adding some content to the slide. Click on the textbox that says Click to add Title. Now type “Benefit of Open Source” inside it and click anywhere outside the textbox.
Click on Click to add Text textbox. Type “A1 services” >> click outside the textbox.	Next, click on the textbox that says Click to add Text. Here type “A1 services” inside it and click anywhere outside the textbox.
Point to the text in both textboxes.	So, this is how we add content inside a slide.
Narration Only:	Now let us save the presentation for future use.
Go to the Standard toolbar -> Save.	To save the file, click on the Save icon in the Standard toolbar.
Point to “Name”. Type “Sample-Impress” in the “Name” field.	A dialog box appears on the screen. It prompts us to enter the name of our file in the Name field. I will type the name of the file as “Sample-Impress”.
Select the Desktop location to save the file.	On the left side, I’ll select Desktop as the location to save my file.
Click File type drop-down	Notice, we have a File type drop-down at the bottom right corner. Click on this drop-down.
Scroll down the drop-down menu Point to “ODF Presentation” and then on “odp Select ODF Presentation (.odp) format	It shows a list of file types or file extensions in which we can save our file. The default file type in LibreOffice Impress is ODF Presentation (.odp). ODF stands for Open Document Format which is an open standard.
Click on “Save”. Back to the Impress window.	Click on the Save button at the top right corner of the dialog box. We will be redirected back to the Impress window.
Point to “Sample-Impress.odp” in the title bar.	Observe the change in the title bar now. It has changed to Sample-Impress.odp
Go to the File -> Save	To save, we can also click on the File menu in the menu bar. And then click on the Save option.
Click File -> Close	Let’s close this presentation by clicking on the Close option in the File menu.
Narration Only:	Next, we will learn how to open an existing presentation in LibreOffice Impress. Let's open the same presentation Sample-Impress.odp
Click on “Open File” Point to the dialog box	Click on the Open File menu on the left of the LibreOffice interface. The file browser dialog box opens up.
Select Desktop from the file location.	Go to the location where the presentation is saved.
Click on “Sample-Impress.odp” Click on “Open”	Now in the list of filenames that appear, choose Sample-Impress.odp. Then click on the Open button at the top right corner.
	The file Sample-Impress.odp opens in the Impress window.
Narration Only:	Next, let’s learn how to save the Impress presentation as an MS PowerPoint presentation.
Click on the File menu and then on the Save As option.	Click on the File menu in the menu bar and then on the Save As option.
Point to to “Save as” Dialog box	Save As dialog box appears on the screen.
Point to the File type drop-down. Click->Drop down box.	Click the File type drop-down at the bottom right corner.
Point to “Powerpoint 97 - 2003 (.ppt)” Point to “Powerpoint 2007 - 365 (.pptx)”	We can see dot ppt and dot pptx formats are listed here. These file formats can be opened later in the MS Office PowerPoint application.
Select PowerPoint 2007-365 (.pptx) option.	Select PowerPoint 2007-365 (.pptx) file format.
Choose a location as Desktop.	Choose the location as Desktop to save the file.
Click Save option.	Click on the Save button at the top right corner.
Point to the Confirm File Format dialog box. Put a check on “Ask when not saving in ODF format”.	If we save the file in any other file format, Confirm File Format dialog box opens up. Put a check on “Ask when not saving in ODF or default format” option.
Click on “Use PowerPoint 97-2003 Format”.	Finally, click on the “Use PowerPoint 2007-365 Format button.
Hover mouse over the Title bar to show .pptx extension.	The file is now saved as a dot pptx file.
Point to Export Directly as PDF.	Impress files can also be exported to PDF format. To do so, click on the “Export Directly as PDF" icon in the Standard toolbar.
Click on File >> Export As >> Export as PDF.	Alternatively, we can do so by clicking on the File menu in the menu bar. Click on the Export As sub-menu. Then click on the Export as PDF option.
Point to the PDF options dialog box. Click on Export Click on Save	PDF options dialog box opens up. In this dialog box, we see various settings to customize the PDF option. Keep the default settings as it is and click on the Export button at the bottom. Choose the location where you wish to save and then click on the Save button. A pdf file will be created in that folder.
Go to the Standard toolbar -> Save. Click on the X icon at the top right.	Let’s save this presentation. And then close it as demonstrated here.
Narration Only	This brings us to the end of this spoken tutorial. Let us summarize.
Slide: Summary	In this tutorial, we learnt: About LibreOffice Impress Various toolbars How to create a new presentation How to save and close a presentation How to open an existing presentation How to save as MS PowerPoint presentation and How to export as a PDF document
Slide: Assignment	As an assignment Open a new presentation in Impress Type some content in the first slide Save it under the name Practice-Impress.odp Save as an MS PowerPoint presentation Then close the presentation Now reopen the presentation you have saved
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