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78 Chapter 7. Working with Documents
Figure 7-5. OpenOffice.org Impress
When you first start OpenOffice.org Impress, you are presented with the AutoPilot. You can choose
the style of your slides, the medium with which you present your slides (plain paper, transparent
paper for overhead projectors, slides, or a display monitor), and any animated visual effects you want
to apply to the slides if you run presentations from your computer.
Figure 7-6. OpenOffice.org Impress AutoPilot Wizard
Once you have chosen your preferences with AutoPilot tool, you can choose the type of slide you want
to create. You can select a pre-formatted slide from the list or start with a blank slide and customize
the layout yourself. To add new slides to your presentation, click Insert Slide... in the floating toolbar,
and a pop-up window appears allowing you to choose the layout of the new slide. You can have as
many slides in your presentation as you need.
You can also preview your presentation at any point by selecting Slide Show => Slide Show from the
file menus. The presentation is presented in full screen, which you can exit by cycling through every
slide until you reach the end or by pressing the [Esc] key at any point in the slide show.
Your presentation can be saved in several file formats. You can save in the native OpenOffice.org
Impress format (for example,
), the Microsoft PowerPoint format
mypresentation.sxi
( ), or StarImpress format ( ). You can also print your
mypresentation.ppt mypresentation.sdd
presentation to plain or transparent paper formats by clicking File => Print from the file menu.