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                                    Your Aim

                                    to learn about:
                                            Using Templates                 Adding Audio
                                              Adding Video                   Slide Transition
                                               Animation                      Running a Slide Show

                 LibreOffice  Impress  is  a  very  useful  software  application  which  is  used  to  create  electronic
                 presentations. It allows the user to create dynamic presentations that may include animation,
                 narration, images, videos, graphs, diagrams, etc. to make the presentation interesting, engaging

                 and easier to understand. A presentation is made up of several slides.

                 In this chapter, you will learn about templates and how to insert audio and video in a presentation.
                 You will also learn about slide transition, custom animation and how to run a slide show.

                     USING TEMPLATES

                 A template is a set of predefined layouts that can be used to add a professional touch to your
                 presentation. LibreOffice Impress provides a variety of options such as predefined colour palettes,
                 fonts, backgrounds and formatting effects for designing and formatting a presentation. You can
                 also customize the existing templates or build your own templates.
                 Choosing a Template

                 Impress has a number of built-in templates you can choose from. You can use a template by

                 following the below steps:
                 Step 1   Click on the File menu.
                 Step 2   Hover the mouse pointer over the
                           New option. A submenu appears.

                 Step 3   Click  on  the  Presentation  option
                           from  the  submenu.  The  Select a
                           Template dialog box appears.

                 Step 4   Select a template.
                 Step 5   Click  on  the  Open button.  The
                           selected template will be applied to
                           your presentation.
                                                                                 Creating a new presentation

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