Operation Manual

Hiding slides
1) Select the slide you want to hide in the Slide Pane or Slide Sorter view on the Workspace
area.
2) Go to Slide Show > Hide Slide on the main menu bar or right-click on the slide thumbnail
and select Hide Slide from the context menu. Hidden slides are marked by a diagonal bars
across the slide.
Custom slide shows
If you want to create a custom slide show from the same presentation:
1) Select the slides you want to use in your custom slide show.
2) Go to Slide Show > Custom Slide Show on the main menu bar.
3) Click on the New button to create a new sequence of slides and save it with a different
name. You can have as many slide shows as you want from a single presentation.
Slide transitions
Slide transition is the animation that is played when a slide is changed for the next slide in your
presentation. You can configure the slide transition from the Slide Transition section in the Tasks
Pane.
1) Select the desired transition, the speed of the animation, and whether the transition should
happen when you click the mouse (preferred) or automatically after a certain number of
seconds.
2) Click Apply to All Slides to apply the transition for all of your presentation or continue
selecting transitions to place between each slide in your presentation.
Tip
The Slide Transition section has a very useful choice: Automatic preview. Select its
checkbox and when you make any changes in a slide transition, the new slide is
previewed in the Slide Design area, including its transition effect.
Slide advance
You can set the presentation to automatically advance to the next slide after a set amount of time
from the Slide Transition section in the Task pane.
1) Go to Advance slide and select the Automatically after option.
2) Enter the required amount of time in seconds that each slide will be displayed.
3) Click on the Apply to All Slides button to apply the same display time to all slides.
To apply a different display time to each slide in your presentation:
1) Go to Slide Show > Rehearse Timings on the main menu bar and the slide show starts.
2) When you are ready to advance to the next slide, mouse click on the display background or
press the right arrow or spacebar on your keyboard.
3) Impress will memorize the timings for each slide and advance to next the slide
automatically using the timings when you run the slide show.
To automatically restart a slide show after the last slide has been displayed:
1) Go to Slide Show > Slide Show Settings on the main menu bar.
2) Select Auto and the timing of the pause between slide shows.
3) Click OK when you have finished.
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