Operation Manual

Adding comments to a presentation
Impress supports comments similar to those in Writer and Calc.
In Normal View, go to Insert > Comment on the main menu bar to open a blank comment (Figure
150). A small box containing your initials appears in the upper left-hand corner of the slide, with a
larger text box beside it. Impress automatically adds your name and the current date at the bottom
of the text box.
Figure 150: Inserting comments
Type or paste your comment into the text box. You can optionally apply some basic formatting to
the comment by selecting it, right-clicking, and choosing from the context menu that opens. This
menu allows you to apply formatting to selected text, delete the current comment, delete all
comments from the same author, or delete all comments in the presentation.
You can move the small comment markers to anywhere you wish on the slide. Typically you might
place it on or near an object you refer to in the comment.
To show or hide the comment markers, choose View > Comments.
Select Tools > Options > User Data to configure the name you want to appear in the comment.
If more than one person edits the document, each author is automatically allocated a different
background color for their comments.
Setting up a slide show
As mentioned in “Modifying the slide show” on page 166, Impress allocates reasonable default
settings for slide shows, while at the same time allowing you to customize many aspects of the
slide show experience. This section covers only some aspects and more advanced techniques are
explained in the Impress Guide Chapter 9 Slide Shows.
Most of the tasks are best done in Slide Sorter view where you can see most of the slides
simultaneously. Go to View > Slide Sorter on the main menu bar or click the Slide Sorter tab at
the top of the Workspace.
One slide set – multiple presentations
In many situations, you may find that you have more slides than the time available to present them
or you may want to provide a rapid overview without dwelling on the details. Rather than having to
create a new presentation, you can use two tools that Impress offers: hiding slides and custom
slide shows.
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