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Overhead Transparencies: The slides made in a graphical presentation package can be printed into
transparent sheet which can be used for overhead presentations.
Handouts and References: The outline of slides can be printed on a paper which can be used for
reference purpose and the matter of the slides can also be used as notes.
In this chapter, we will discuss about graphical presentation package in reference to ‘Impress’.
It is used to make effective presentation with the help of slides and is incorporated with movies, sounds,
graphs, etc. It is a part of OpenOffice Suite and can be downloaded from the website ‘www.openoffice.org’.
FEATURES OF IMPRESS
Following are the features of ‘Impress’ presentation package:
In ‘Impress’ online screen presentations, web presentations, overhead transparencies, 35 mm slides,
printouts, notes, handouts and outlines can be easily made.
In ‘Impress’, there are added facilities like design templates, pictures, etc. that help the user to create
the slides easily and effectively along with predefined ideas.
The slides in Impress can contain texts, graphs, tables, graphics, photographs, sounds and even music.
The combination of various multimedia features such as sound, video and text can be easily inserted
in a presentation made in ‘Impress’.
In ‘Impress’, once a presentation has been prepared, it is very easy to change the order of different
slides. One can add or delete slides in between the slides of a presentation.
BEGINNING WITH ‘IMPRESS’ IN COMPUTER
To begin ‘Impress’ on the computer, follow the given steps:
Step 1: Double click on the icon of ‘Impress’ present on the desktop.
Step 2: It opens with ‘Presentation wizard’ with three options viz.,
Empty presentation
From template
Open existing presentation.
Step 3: ‘Presentation Wizard’ dialog box appears on the screen.
Step 4: Click on ‘Create’ button to open the main window screen of ‘Impress’.
(To create a presentation using the three ‘Type’ are discussed later).
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