Operation Manual

Figure 149: Header and Footer dialog in Impress
Note
Normally only footers are used on a slide. To create a header, you can use a text
box as explained in “Text” on page 177.
Fields
To add a field into an object or as a separate object on a slide, select Insert > Fields on the main
menu bar and select the required field from the submenu. If you want to edit this field in your slide,
see the Impress Guide Chapter 3 Adding and Formatting Text for more information.
The fields you can use in Impress are as follows:
• Date (fixed)
• Date (variable): updates automatically when you reload a file
• Time (fixed)
• Time (variable): updates automatically when you reload a file
• Author: first and last names listed in the LibreOffice user data
• Page Number: this is the slide number in Impress.
• Page Count: this is the number of slides in your presentation.
• File Name
Tip
To change the author information, go to Tools > Options > LibreOffice >
User Data on the main menu bar.
To change the number format (1,2,3 or a,b,c or i,ii,iii, and so on) for the number field,
go to Format > Page on the main menu bar and then select a format from the
Format list in the Layout Settings area.
To change a paragraph style throughout your presentation, open the Styles and
Formatting dialog and modify the appropriate presentation style.
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