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Formatting a presentation
Now put your presentation together based on your outline.
Caution
Remember to save frequently while working on the
presentation, to prevent any loss of information should
something unexpected occur. You might also want to activate
the AutoRecovery function (Tools > Options > Load/Save >
General). Make sure Save AutoRecovery information every
is selected and that you have entered a recovery frequency.
Creating the first slide
The first slide is normally a title slide. Decide which of the layouts will
best suit your purposes for this first slide: simplicity would be
appropriate in this instance. You can use the prepackaged layouts
available in the Layout section of the Tasks pane. Suitable layouts are
Title Slide
(which also contains a section for a subtitle) or
Title Only
,
however all but one layout (the blank one) contains a title section, so
you are not restricted to the two layouts described here.
Tip
If you do not know the names for the prepackaged layouts, you
can use the tooltip feature. Position the cursor on an icon in
the Layout section (or on any toolbar icon) and its name will be
displayed in a small rectangle.
If the tooltips are not enabled, you can enable them. From the
main menu, select Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org >
General > Help and mark the Tips checkbox. If the
Extended tips checkbox is also marked, you will get more
detailed tooltip information, but the tooltip names themselves
will not be provided.
Select a layout in the Layout section of the Tasks pane by clicking on it:
it appears in the Workspace. To create the title, click on “
Click to add
title”
(assuming the
Blank Slide
layout was not used)
and then type the
title text. Adjustments to the formatting of the title can be done by
pressing the
F11
key, right-clicking the
Title
presentation style entry,
and selecting Modify from the pop-up menu.
If you are using the
Title Slide
layout, click on
Click to add text
to add
a
subtitle
. Proceed as above to make adjustments to the formatting if
required.
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