Operation Manual

Several additional operations can be performed on one or more slides simultaneously in the Slides
pane:
• Add new slides to the presentation.
• Mark a slide as hidden so that it will not be shown as part of the presentation.
• Delete a slide from the presentation if it is no longer needed.
• Rename a slide.
• Duplicate a slide (copy and paste) or move it to a different position in the presentation (cut
and paste).
It is also possible to perform the following operations, although there are more efficient methods
than using the Slides pane:
• Change the slide transition following the selected slide or after each slide in a group of
slides.
• Change the sequence of slides in the presentation.
• Change the slide design.
• Change slide layout for a group of slides simultaneously.
Tasks pane
The Tasks pane has five sections. To expand the section you wish to use, click on the title bar of
each section. Only one section at a time can be expanded.
Master Pages
Here you define the page (slide) style for your presentation. Impress includes several designs
of Master Pages (slide masters). One of them - Default - is blank, and the rest have
background and styled text.
Tip
Press F11 to open the Styles and Formatting dialog, where you can modify the
styles used in any master page to suit your purpose. This can be done at any time.
Layout
The layouts included in Impress are shown here. You can choose the one you want and use it
as it is, or you can modify it to meet your own requirements. However, it is not possible to save
custom layouts.
Table Design
The standard table styles are provided in this section. You can further modify the appearance
of a table with the options to show or hide specific rows and columns, or to apply a banded
appearance to the rows and columns.
Custom Animation
A variety of animations can be used to emphasize or enhance different elements of each slide.
The Custom Animation section provides an easy way to add, change, or remove animations.
Slide Transition
The Slide Transition section provides access to a number of slide transition options. The default
is set to No Transition, in which the following slide simply replaces the existing one. However,
many additional transitions are available. You can also specify the transition speed (slow,
medium, fast), choose between an automatic or manual transition, and choose how long the
selected slide should be shown (automatic transition only).
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