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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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