Operation Manual

Properties
Shows the layouts included within Impress. You can choose the one you want and use it as it
is, or modify it to meet your own requirements. However, it is not possible to save customized
layouts.
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
Go to Format > Styles and Formatting on the Menu bar or press the F11 key 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.
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
Provides 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).
Styles and Formatting
Here you can edit and apply graphics styles and create new ones, but you can only edit
existing presentation styles. When you edit a style, the changes are automatically applied to
all of the elements formatted with this style in your presentation. If you want to ensure that
the styles on a specific slide are not updated, create a new master page for the slide.
Gallery
Opens the Impress gallery where you can insert an object into your presentation either as a
copy or as a link. A copy of an object is independent of the original object. Changes to the
original object have no effect on the copy. A link remains dependent on the original object.
Changes to the original object are also reflected in the link.
Navigator
Opens the Impress navigator, in which you can quickly move to another slide or select an
object on a slide. It is recommended to give slides and objects in your presentation
meaningful names so that you can easily identify them when using the navigator.
Toolbars
Many toolbars can be used during slide creation. They can be displayed or hidden by going to
View > Toolbars on the Menu bar and selecting from the context menu.
You can also select the icons that you wish to appear on each toolbar. For more information, refer
to Chapter 1 Introducing LibreOffice.
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