By using any of the page templates on trhe LEFT sidebar and GRAPHIC TOOLS at the bottom graphics toolbar you can insert photos, images, and a vast number of shapes and callouts provided by Impress. Here you can click with the TEXT tool and insert any content you like (just like in MS PowerPoint).īut Impress is not all about text. Please click the above image to see its larger version. Select a page and click Next to display the EDIT screen for that page (slide): If you click the + sign next to a page name, Impress will present useful hints to help you structure the page properly: The template presents a list of built-in default pages. On Wizard Screen #4, you enter such general info as Company Name, subject of presentation, and other ideas to be presented. You can even specify how long each slide will be presented and the duration of pause between the slides. Impress offers dozens of transition EFFECTS and three transition SPEEDS. Note that, once you’re done, you can save your presentation in many different output formats including hardcopy paper print, slide, and overhead transparency. Here we have selected the WINE background graphics from many that Impress offers. The Template option offers 2 main presentation style, each with built-in default “pages” (slides). You create a presentation from scratch, use a template, or open any other presentation, including those created with MS PowerPoint. No one will know the difference.Ĭlick the Impress icon to launch the Presentation Wizard: Create your presentations for free and then save them in MS PowerPoiınt format or a dozen others. Here is a quick look at Impress, OpenOffice 3.0’s impressive slide presentation program, the full equivalent of MS PowerPoint. But OpenOffice is a great productivity suite too, and it’s free as well. I have used Microsoft Office for god knows how many years and I’ll continue to use it in the foreseeable future.
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