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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:
                      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., are present in Impress 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:   Click on Start Button and Double-click on OpenOffice Impress       .

                 Step 2:   It opens with Presentation Wizard with three options viz.,
                               Empty presentation

                               From template
                               Open existing presentation
                 Step 3:  Click on Empty presentation option radio button.
                 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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