Operation Manual

can move comfortablyto Impress, which worksvery similarly to other presentation
software.
Impress can open and save Microsoft PowerPoint presentations,which means you
can exchange presentationswith PowerPoint users,as long as you save your presen-
tations in PowerPoint format.
Impress also allows you to use 3D transitionsfor your slides.Accessthe available
transitionsby selecting Slide Show > Slide Transitions.
You can either create a brand new presentation(without any preformatted slides)
or use an existing templateor presentationfor your new document.Impress uses
stylesand templatesthe same way other LibreOffice modules do. A wizard leads you
through the optionsavailable for creating new presentations.
7.2 Using Databaseswith Base
LibreOfficeincludesa databasemodule called Base. Use Base to design a database
to store many different kindsof information,from a simpleaddressbook or recipe
file to a sophisticateddocument management system.
Tables, forms, queries, and reportscan be created manually or using convenient
wizards. For example, the Table Wizard containsa number of commonfields for
businessand personaluse. A wizard guides you through the stepsto create a new
database.
LibreOffice Base comeswith several predefined databasefields to help you create
a database.A wizard guides you through the stepsto create a new database.The
following stepsare specificto creating an address book using predefinedfields, but
it should be easy to use the predefinedfields for any of the built-in databaseoptions.
The processfor creating a databasecan be broken into severalsubprocesses:
Procedure 19 Creating a Database
1 ClickFile > New> Database.
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