ICDL Module 6

Table of Contents

1. Using the Application

First Steps with Presentations

Close a presentation

Close Impress

Open one, several presentations

Open multiple presentations

Open a slide show from within Writer or Calc

Create a new presentation (default template)

Create a presentation using Autopilot

Save a presentation to a location on a drive

Save a presentation under another name

Save a presentation in another file type

Switch between open presentations

Use available Help functions

Close a presentation

Adjust Settings

Full screen

Use zoom

Display, hide built-in toolbars

Modify basic options/preferences in the application: user name, default directory/folder to open, save presentations

2. Developing a Presentation

Presentation Views

Slide view

Change between presentation view modes

Slides

Change between built-in slide layouts

Change background colour on specific slide(s), all slides

Using Design Templates

Apply an available design template to a presentation

Change between available design templates

Master Slide

Insert graphic

Delete graphic from master slide

Use Main Toolbar

Insert a drawing object into the Master slide

Delete a drawing object on the Master slide

Insert text on the master slide

Delete a text box on the master slide

Add text into Footer of specific slides, all slides in a presentation

Apply automatic slide numbering, automatically updated date, non-updating date into Footer of specific slides, all slides in a presentation

3. Text and Images

Text Input, Formatting

Insert text into a slide in standard (drawing) view

Insert text in outline mode

Edit slide content, notes pages content by inserting new characters, words

Change text appearance: font sizes, font types

Apply text formatting such as: bold, italic, underline

Apply case changes to text

Apply different colours to text

Apply shadow to text

Align text: left, centre, right in a slide

Adjust line spacing before and after bulleted, numbered points

Change between the style of bullets, numbers in a list from built-in standard options

Use the undo, redo command

Pictures, Images

Insert graphics using the OpenOffice.org gallery

Insert an image into a slide

Duplicate, Move, Delete

Copy a graphic within a presentation

Copy text within a presentation

Copy text or graphics between presentations

Move text, pictures, images within the presentation, between open presentations

Move a graphic between slides within a presentation

Move text between slides within a presentation

Move a graphic or text between presentations

Resize pictures, images in a presentation

Delete text, pictures, images in a slide

4. Charts, Graphs and Drawn Objects

Using Charts/Graphs

Create a column chart

Modify chart data

Modify column

Create a pie chart

Add labels to a pie chart

Change the background colour in the chart/graph

Change the column, bar, line, pie slice colours in the chart/graph

Change the chart/graph type

Organisation Charts

View the slide show

Create a chart in Impress

Change the hierarchical structure of an organisation chart

Add, remove managers, co-workers, subordinates in an organisation chart

Drawn Objects

Change drawn object background colour, line colour, line weight, line style

Change arrow start style, arrow finish style

Apply a shadow to a drawn object

Rotate, flip a drawn object

Resize drawn object, chart within the presentation

Bring an object to the front, back

Duplicate, Move, Delete

Move a chart/graph, drawn object within the presentation, between open presentations

Delete a chart/graph, drawn object

5. Slide Show Effects

Preset Animation

Remove the animation

Change the animation

Transitions

Apply a transition to a single slide

Apply a slide transition to a number of slides

Slide show settings

6. Prepare Outputs

Preparation

Set default print options

Select print output

Drawing

Notes

Outline

Page name

Handouts

Change the number of handouts per page

Select an output medium when you create a presentation

Spell-check a presentation and make changes such as: correcting spelling errors, deleting repeated words

Add notes for the presenter to slides

Change slide setup, slide orientation to portrait, landscape. Change paper size

Duplicate, move slides within the presentation, between open presentations

Delete a slide, slides

Printing

Print a hard copy of a presentation

Print to a file

Deliver a Presentation

Custom slide shows

Start a slide show, start a slide show on any slide

Start a slide show in Outline mode

Create a custom slide show

Run a custom slide show