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Creating a summary slide

It is also possible to “reverse” the Expand operation to create

summaries. The Summary command is useful to create an agenda for

the presentation.

1) Select the slide that will be the first one to appear in the

summary. Do this by clicking on it in the Slides Pane or in Slide

Sorter view.

2) Select Insert > Summary Slide. Impress creates a new slide at

the end of the presentation where all the titles of the slides from

the one after the selected one to the last are written as bullet

points in the body of the slide.

3) Move this slide to wherever you want it to appear in the

presentation.

Renaming a slide

To rename a slide, do one of the following:

• Right-click on the slide thumbnail in the Slides pane or in the

main area when in Slide Sorter view and select Rename Slide

from the pop-up menu.

• In Normal view, right-click on the slide in the work area, then

select Slide > Rename Slide from the pop-up menu.

In the Rename Slide dialog box, type a new name for the slide and then

click OK.

Deleting a slide

To delete a slide, use the most convenient among these options:

• In Normal, Outline or Slide Sorter view, select a slide and then

click Edit > Delete Slide or press the

Delete

key.

• In the Slides Pane (not available in Slide Sorter view) right-click

on the slide to be deleted and select Delete Slide from the pop-

up menu, otherwise just select the slide and then press the

Delete

key.

• In Normal view, right-click on the work area, then select Slide >

Delete Slide from the pop-up menu.

Tip

When working in the Slide sorter view (View > Slide sorter) it

is possible to delete multiple slides simultaneously by selecting

them with the mouse and pressing the

Delete

key.

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