Impress Guide

Figure 152: Choosing outline levels for an autoabstract
Copying and pasting an outline
Use this method to add slides from an outline to an existing presentation.
1) Create a new slide and choose the “Title, Content” layout (see
“Choosing a slide layout from the list” on page 175).
2) Paste in the text area the outline created with Writer. Do not worry
if the text does not fit the space on the slide.
3) When pasting, the hierarchical structure of the outline may be lost. If
necessary, use the Demote button on the Text Formatting toolbar to
recreate it so that the outline points are at the correct hierarchical level.
Tip
It may be useful to open the Style and Formatting window at the
Presentation styles page to track the outline level of each item.
If some outline levels have too many points to fit on one slide, see “Duplicating a
slide” or “Expanding a slide” on page 168.
Modifying slides
Use slide masters to avoid manually changing the formatting of individual slides.
Multiple slide masters can be used in a single presentation to avoid modifying slide
backgrounds or other features. See Chapter 2 (Slide Masters, Styles, and Templates)
for details about using slide masters.
Formatting the slide or page area
The Page Setup dialog box (Figure 153) can be used to set up the page layout for
different views in Impress such as Notes or Handouts (see pages 179 and 182).
Note
Any changes to the page format (size, margins, orientation, and so on)
apply to all slides in the presentation. You cannot define more than one
page style in Impress, as you can in Writer or Calc.
You can change the background of individual slides, as described on page
175.
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