Operation Manual

Tip
To view the names for the included layouts, use the Tooltip feature: position the cursor
on an icon in the Layout section (or on any toolbar icon) and its name will be displayed
in a small rectangle.
In Tools > Options > LibreOffice > General > Help, select the Extended tips option
to get more detailed tooltip information.
To select or change the layout of a slide, select the slide in the Slides Pane so that it appears in the
Workspace and select the desired layout from the Layouts section in the Sidebar. Several layouts
contain one or more content boxes. Each of these content boxes can be configured to contain text,
movies, images, charts or tables.
You can choose the type of content by clicking on the corresponding icon that is displayed in the
middle of the content box as shown in Figure 146. If you intend to use the content box for text, click
on Click to add text.
Figure 146: Selecting content type
Modifying slide elements
A slide contains elements that were included in the slide master, as well as those elements
included in the selected slide layout. However, it is unlikely that the predefined layouts will suit all
your needs for your presentation. You may want to remove elements that are not required or insert
objects such as text and graphics.
Although Impress does not allow you to create new layouts, you can resize and move the layout
elements. It is also possible to add elements without being limited to the size and position of the
layout boxes.
To resize a contents box, click on the outer frame so that the resizing handles are displayed. To
move it, place the mouse cursor on the frame so that the cursor changes shape. You can now click
and drag the contents box to a new position on the slide.
To remove any unwanted element:
1) Click the element to highlight it. The resizing handles show that it is selected.
2) Press the Delete key to remove it.
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