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3.4 Using Presentations with Impress
Use OpenOffice.org Impress to create presentations for screen display or printing, such
as slide shows or transparencies. If you have used other presentation software, you can
move comfortably to Impress, which works very similarly to other presentation software.
Impress can open and save Microsoft Powerpoint presentations, which means you can
exchange presentations with Powerpoint users, as long as you save your presentations
in Powerpoint format.
3.4.1 Creating a Presentation
1 Click File → New → Presentation.
2 Select the option to use for creating the presentation.
There are two ways to create a presentation:
• Create an empty presentation
Opens Impress with a blank slide. Use this option to create a new presentation
from scratch, without any preformatted slides.
• Create a presentation from a template
Opens Impress with your choice of template. Use this option to create a new
presentation with a predesigned OpenOffice.org template or a template you've
created or installed yourself, such as your company's presentation template.
Impress uses styles and templates the same way other OpenOffice.org mod-
ules do. See
(page 94) for more information about templates.
3.4.2 Using Master Pages
Master pages give your presentation a consistent look by defining the way each slide
looks, what fonts are used, and other graphical elements. Impress uses two types of
master pages:
Section 3.2.4, "Using Templates to Format Documents"
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