Operation Manual

Figure 148: Example master view
Adding text, footers, and fields to all slides
A slide master can have text, footers, or fields added so that they appear on every slide in your
presentation. Due to the layout of slides in Impress, headers are not normally added to slides.
Text
1) Go to View > Master > Slide Master on the main menu bar to open Master View (Figure
148).
2) On the Drawing toolbar, select the Text icon or press the F2 key.
3) Click and drag in the master page to draw a text object and then type or paste your text into
the text object.
4) Go to View > Normal on the main menu bar or click on Close Master View on the Master
View toolbar when you are finished entering text objects that you want to appear on every
slide in your presentation.
Footers
To add a footer to your slides:
1) Go to View > Master > Slide Master on the main menu bar to open Master View (Figure
148).
2) Go to Insert > Date or Insert > Page Number on the main menu bar and time to open the
Header and Footer dialog (Figure 149).
3) Select the type of date and time, type in the footer text and slide number from the available
options in the dialog.
4) Click Apply to All to apply your changes to all the slides in your presentation, or click
Apply to apply your changes to the selected slide in your presentation.
Alternatively, you can add the date/time, footer text and slide number directly into their
respective areas as shown in Figure 148.
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