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8                           More on LibreOffice
                                                                Impress












                                     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.





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