Getting Started Guide

The Impress slide master comes with three pre-configured areas for date, footer and
page number.
Select Insert > Page Number or Insert > Date and Time to open a dialog box
where you can configure these three areas.
Figure 148: Configuring the slide footer areas
Tip
To change the number format (1,2,3 or a,b,c or i,ii,iii, etc.) for the page
number field, choose Format > Page and then select a format from the
list in the Layout Settings area.
To change the paragraph style modify the Background Objects
Presentation style.
To add a other information, such as the Author of the presentation or the name of the
file, choose Insert > Fields. and select the required field from the submenu. If you
want to edit a field in your slide, select it and choose Edit > Fields.
The fields you can use in Impress are:
• Date (fixed)
• Date (variable)—updates automatically when you reload the file
• Time (fixed)
• Time (variable)—updates automatically when you reload the file
• Author—First and last names listed in the OpenOffice.org user data
• Page number (slide number)
• File name
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