Create a new presentation – Click File -> New- >
Presentation then select ForestBird template.
Activate slide pane by clicking on View tab then Slide Pane.
Right click on the first slide on the slide pane and click on
Layout then select Title Only layout.
In the title box, type – Getting started with Impress
Right click on the title box and change the alignment to
Centre
Delete other slides from Slide Pane by right clicking on the
slide or by pressing the delete button.
From the side bar on the right side, select slide then
properties and apply the following
Format Screen 16:9
Orientation: Landscape
Background – Color- Light Blue 2
To Insert a new slide – Right click on the title slide then
select New Slide. (Shortcut key Ctrl M)
Change the layout to Title and Content and set the properties
as follows
Format Screen 16:9
Orientation: Landscape
Background – Color- Light Blue 2
Copy and paste the following –
Title box- Main Impress window
Change the font to Times New Roman, 48 pt
Content box- apply Solid diamond bullets, Change the font to
Times New Roman, 20 pt, Justify the alignment
The main Impress window has three parts: the Slides pane,
Workspace, and Sidebar.
Additionally, several toolbars can be displayed or hidden
during the creation of a presentation.
Workspace - The Workspace (normally in the center of the main
window) opens in the Normal view.
It has five tabs: Normal, Outline, Notes, Handout, and Slide
Sorter.
Slides pane - The Slides pane contains thumbnail pictures of
the slides in your presentation in the order in which they will be
shown, unless you change the slide show order.
Clicking a slide in this pane selects it and places it in the
Workspace
To create a duplicate slide, right click on slide 2 then
select duplicate, change the title and content as follows
Copy and paste the following –
Title box- Workspace Views, Change the font to Times New
Roman, 48 pt
Content box- apply Solid diamond bullets , Change the font to
Times New Roman, 20 pt, Justify the alignment
Normal view View - Normal view is the main view for working
with individual slides. Use this view to format and design and to
add text, graphics, and animation effects.
Outline view View - Outline view contains all the slides of
the presentation in their numbered sequence. It shows topic titles,
bulleted lists, and numbered lists for each slide in outline
format.
Notes view View - Notes view to add notes to a slide. These
notes are for your information and are not seen by the audience
when the presentation is shown.
Handout view View - Master Handout view is for setting up the
layout of your slide for a printed handout.
Slide Sorter view Slide - Sorter view contains all of the
slide thumbnails. Use this view to work with a group of slides or
with only one slide
Create a duplicate slide and change the content as
follows
Copy and paste the following –
Title box- Working in Slide Sorter view, Change the font to
Times New Roman, 48 pt
Content box- apply Solid diamond bullets, Change the font to
Times New Roman, 20 pt, Justify the alignment
New Slide – adds a new slide after the selected slide
Duplicate Slide – creates a duplicate of the selected slide
and places the new slide immediately after the selected slide
Delete Slide – deletes the selected slide.
Rename Slide – allows you to rename the selected slide.
Slide Layout – allows you to change the layout of the selected
slide.
Slide Transition – allows you to change the transition of one
or a group of selected slides.
Hide Slide – any slides that are hidden are not shown in the
slide show.
Cut – removes the selected slide and saves it to the
clipboard.
Copy – copies the selected slide to the clipboard without
removing it.
Paste – inserts a slide from the clipboard after the selected
slide.
Insert a new slide, change the layout to Title and Two content
and type the following
Title box – Slides pane and side bar, Change the font to Times
New Roman, 48 pt
Left content box, apply Solid diamond bullets, Change the font
to Times New Roman, 20 pt, Justify the alignment
Several additional operations can be performed on one or more
slides simultaneously in the Slides pane:
Add new slides to the presentation.
Mark a slide as hidden so that it will not be shown as part of
the presentation.
Delete a slide from the presentation if it is no longer
needed. • Rename a slide.
Duplicate a slide (copy and paste).
Select the Left Content box and change the following
properties
Area – Fill : Gradient
Gradient Style – Linear
Gradient angle – 25 degree
Fill Gradient From – Light Green 4
Fill Gradient to – Light Green 1
Position and Size – Width – 13 cm or 5 inch and Height – 10 cm
or 4 inch
Right Content box- apply Solid diamond bullets, Change the
font to Times New Roman, 20 pt, Justify the alignment
Properties
Slide Transition
Custom Animation
Master Pages
Styles and Formatting
Gallery
Navigator