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UNIT-5 DIGITAL PRESENTATION
2 CREATE A PRESENTATION
Presentation software is a type of application software used to create, design, and deliver slideshows to
communicate information effectively. It combines text, images, audio, video, animations, and other multimedia
elements to create engaging and professional presentations.
LibreOffice Impress is a free and open-source presentation software of the LibreOffice suite. This software
allows you to create presentations with text, graphics, and animations. Impress presentations can be opened
in Microsoft PowerPoint, though they may look little different.
Impress works on Windows, Linux, and Mac operating systems. If you need a cloud-based platform to work on
presentations, you can use Microsoft Office 365 PowerPoint, Google Slides, or Microsoft SkyDrive PowerPoint.
Formatting in Impress is similar to LibreOffice Writer and Calc.
FEATURES OF IMPRESS
Some of the important features of LibreOffice Impress are as follows:
Ð ÐLibreOffice Impress offers a wide range of features that enhance the creation and delivery of presentations.
It supports versatile output options such as online screen presentations, web presentations, overhead
transparencies, 35 mm slides, printouts, notes, handouts, and outlines.
Ð ÐImpress also offers various animations and transitions that enable users to apply animations to text and
objects and transition effects to slides.
Ð ÐIn Impress, the slide can contain text, audio, video, graphs, tables, graphics, photographs, etc.
Ð ÐImpress allows users to use various features for sharing presentations, tracking changes, and adding
comments.
Ð ÐImpress offers multiple additional export options that allow presentations to be saved into various formats,
such as Microsoft PowerPoint, PDFs, HTML, etc.
Ð ÐImpress allows you to create flowcharts, diagrams, and other visual aids by using the drawing and diagram
tools.
Ð ÐSlide management is easy in Impress. You can reorder, add, or delete slides within a presentation easily.
Ð ÐImpress provides a vast variety of templates and extensions that allow the user to improve their
presentations.
STARTING LIBREOFFICE IMPRESS
The steps to start the LibreOffice Impress application are as follows:
Step 1: Click on the Start ( ) button or press the Windows key on your keyboard. A Start menu appears.
Step 2: Scroll down the list to reach the letter ‘L’.
Step 3: Click on the LibreOffice 24.2 folder to expand it.
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