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LibreOffice Impress Templates

The libreoffice impress templates project aims to provide a collection of well-designed, freely-licensed, usable templates for libreoffice impress. you can search below through all of the templates by name (try focus ), tag (try blue , dark , or pencil ), or collection (try material )..

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Create your first presentation using libreoffice impress.

Beginner’s guide on how to create a simple presentation in LibreOffice Impress.

LibreOffice Impress is a free and open-source presentation program for Linux, Windows and Mac. It comes with lots of features and compatibility with Microsoft PowerPoint as well.

Here is a basic guide for creating a simple presentation using Impress.

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Create Your First Presentation

• Open LibreOffice Impress.
• If the template dialog opens, select a template you want. Otherwise, click Close.
• You will be presented with the first slide with a default design – A title and content.
• Modify your presentation slide as per your choice using the toolbar options, e.g. Changing font colour, background colour, adding text etc.
• From the File menu, click Save As … Choose any file type you want. You can also choose the Microsoft PowerPoint file type *.ppt or *.pptx as well. You can also refer to the list of file formats supported on this page .
• Save the file.

Present and View Your Impress Presentation

• If you want to present the Impress presentation, double-click on the saved file and open it via Impress.
• To start the SlideShow, Press F5 Or click SlideShow > Start from First Slide from the menu.
• If you want to start the presentation from any slide, go to the slide in Impress and press SHIFT+F5.

If you are a beginner in LibreOffice Impress, this tutorial may get you started with your first presentation. Drop a comment below if you are facing difficulties with your Impress presentation.

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ibreOffice Impress Slide show ==============================

It is Useless without LibreOffice installed. Runs only from the Edit page toolbar menu, can not run it independently from a file. ————————————————————————————

I am trying to build an Family History Tree – Interactive Slide show. I have it built, and saved as an .odp file. But when I try to run the Show file, it opens up in Impress in Edit mode. How do I get it to run as a Stand-alone slide show? From the Slide-Show.odp file without LibreOffice Impress be installed? I need to email the file to my family members, or anyone who does not have it installed. None can run the slide show from the file as it is. I can save it as Windows .pptx file, but interactivity is trashed, links do not work. —————————————————————————————– Creation problems:

Another shortcoming is inability to insert multipage Document.odt files into a slide. The floating frame is postal stamp size that can not be resized, and Insert text works only for few lines of text that fits into the slide. ——————————————————————————————————————————————-

Working with any objects on the slide, from background to text boxes, lines or pictures is near impossible, everything can slide every which way taking the rest with it. Some Horizontal lines just owuld not go horizontal, only on the slant. Other lines would only snap onto invisible grid lines that can not be deactivated. There is no option to fix any slide objects into place, unless you want to specifically move them. Spent more time fixing the layout instead of concentrating on the creation instead.

What are the three options diplayed at bottom of Insert picture dialog box ?

Which dialog box?

I want to create a custom slide show with specific slides for my music. I am having trouble with the music. I am sure you can fix this. We are in a crazy world of slide shows. 😉

• Impress Basics

Where can I download pretty extra templates for LibreOffice Impress?

Try the LibreOffice Templates Center. .

You can also install this package (at least on Ubuntu): libreoffice-templates - Additional set of templates for LibreOffice.

Download “Modern Impress Templates” extension and install it through Extension Manager.

http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/node/1338

You can also use something from IBM’s repository. http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/gallery.nsf/GalleryPresentations?OpenView&Count=15

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Presentations done right

In Impress, creating and editing slides is very versatile thanks to different editing and view modes: Normal (for general editing), Outline (for organizing and outlining your text content), Notes (for viewing and editing the notes attached to a slide), Handout (for producing paper-based material), and Slide Sorter (for a thumbnail sheet view that lets you quickly locate and order your slides).

Rich content for outstanding presentations

Impress has a comprehensive range of easy-to-use drawing and diagramming tools to add style and sophistication to your presentation. What's more, you can bring your presentation to life with slide show animations and effects. The Fontworks tool lets you create attractive 2D and 3D images from text. Impress enables you to build and control 3D scenes incorporating a large variety of objects and components.

Stay in control - Master your performance

When the time comes to present your work, a powerful Slide Show mode gives you total command over how your slides are displayed and sequenced, so that you can focus on addressing your audience (which slides get shown; manual or timed slide transition; pointer visible or invisible; navigator visible/invisible; and much more).

Impress supports multiple monitors, and its bundled Presenter Console extension gives you even more control over your slide show, such as the ability to see the upcoming slide, view your slide notes, and control the presentation timer while the audience is looking at the current slide.

A touch of creativity

Take your presentations to the next level and save even more time by downloading templates from the LibreOffice template repository .

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Freely-licensed LibreOffice Impress templates

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Libreoffice impress templates.

• 1 Background
• 3 Screenshots
• 4.1 apache-oo
• 4.2.1 samples
• 4.3.1 samples
• 4.4.1 samples
• 4.6.1 samples
• 4.7 lo4-design-candidates
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• 4.9 lo51-templates
• 4.10.1 samples
• 4.12.1 samples
• 4.13 user-contrib
• 7.1 Arch Linux
• 7.2 Ubuntu & Debian

It is surprisingly difficult to find well-designed presentation templates for LibreOffice Impress under a free license.

LibreOffice comes pre-installed with a handful of barebones templates that are not terribly useful.

Many people online have asked about where to find more and better templates, and they are usually directed to the LibreOffice Templates website. There are surprisingly few usable templates there -- many are abandoned, not actually available for download, lacking any license information, and so on -- but those that can be downloaded and used are often not what one might expect to see in a modern presentation.

Further searching will turn up various odds-and-ends that have cropped up over the years -- a download here, a website there -- as well as more unlicensed or non-free templates and even suggestions to just use .ppt files from MS Office.

Most amazing of all is the lack of packages containing additional templates for most distros.

For example, the libreoffice-templates package (description: "Additional set of templates for LibreOffice") that is available in Ubuntu, only contains the 8 default templates that come with LibreOffice itself. Installing this package thus has no effect on the templates available to the user in Impress, and no other template packages appear to be available.

This project aims to improve this situation.

To provide a collection of well-designed, freely-licensed, usable templates for LibreOffice Impress.

To eventually build packages for as many distros as possible so that people can install extra templates easily through their package manager. These should work without any additional intervention on the part of the user -- if you install a templates package, you should just need to open Impress and go to the templates gallery to see all the templates you have just installed, ready for use.

To provide a central place for a curated, maintained collection of high-quality, working Impress templates designed by the community.

• Screenshots

You can now live search through all the templates using tags . Try it out on the template homepage .

There is also a full gallery of screenshots for all the templates included in this project on the screenshots page .

A collection of open-licensed templates from the Apache OpenOffice Templates collection.

chtsai-impress

A collection of 16 templates originally made between 2005-2009 for OOo Impress by Chih-Hao Tsai . It includes several templates suitable for widescreens.

These are licensed CC-BY-SA (see included license file).

The templates included in chtsai-impress are:

• cinemascope.otp
• kaohsiung.otp
• panavision.otp
• tokyo-midtown-1.otp
• tokyo-midtown-2.otp
• tokyo-midtown-3.otp
• widescreen-tv.otp
• widescreen.otp

For a full gallery of template screenshots in this package, see the screenshots page .

fedora-slideshow

A series of 18 templates based on designs by members of the Fedora Project community.

These include 3 templates ( fedora-patterns-clover , fedora-textures-grey-blue , and fedora-clean-grey ) from an open call to design a slide deck template for general Fedora presentations.

It also includes two templates ( fedora-patterns-wings and fedora-server-theme ) by William J Morenor.

The remainder of the templates are based on designs from the Fedora Project Wiki .

All of the templates have had the original Fedora branding removed to make them suitable for generic use, and have been renamed with more descriptive titles (e.g., fedora-clean-blue-white rather than Presentations_l10nDev ).

These templates are released under a CC-BY-SA license, with the exception of several which are CC-BY. For full license and attribution information, please see the README in the fedora-slideshow directory, and the metadata ( meta.xml ) included with each file.

The templates included in fedora-slideshow are:

• fedora-bubbles
• fedora-clean-blue-white
• fedora-clean-grey
• fedora-floral-green
• fedora-gradients-dark
• fedora-gradients-light
• fedora-gradients-medium
• fedora-mirrormanager
• fedora-odometer
• fedora-patterns-clover
• fedora-patterns-wings
• fedora-photography
• fedora-server-theme
• fedora-solar-splash
• fedora-sunlight-bubbles
• fedora-textures-blue
• fedora-textures-grey-blue
• fedora-textures-wings

For a full list of template screenshots in this package, see the screenshots page .

kde-files-org

A collection of 18 templates from members of the community at kde-files.org.

These have been released under a variety of different licenses (GPL, LGPL, CC-BY, CC-BY-NC, Public Domain). See the README in the kde-files-org folder for attribution and license details.

The templates included in kde-files-org are:

• autumn-flowers
• braids-gradient-blue
• letterpress
• red-flowers
• soft-background-brown
• soft-background-brown-murky-emboss
• soft-background-burgandy
• soft-background-green
• soft-background-green-emboss
• soft-background-sky
• traeth-glas

A collection of open-licensed templates from The Document Foundation Design Team's Call for Templates for LibreOffice.

lo35-templates

A series of 25 presentation template layouts provided in version 3.5 of LibreOffice. They were located in the /usr/lib/libreoffice/share/template/common/layout/ directory. They no longer appear to be available in recent versions of LibreOffice, having been replaced by ten much less useful templates ( AbstractGreen.otp , AbstractRed.otp , AbstractYellow.otp , BrightBlue.otp , DNA.otp , Inspiration.otp , LushGreen.otp , Metropolis.otp , Sunset.otp , Vintage.otp ).

The templates included in lo35-templates are:

• lyt-aqua.otp
• lyt-blackandwhite.otp
• lyt-bluegrey.otp
• lyt-bluelinesgrad.otp
• lyt-bluetitledown.otp
• lyt-book.otp
• lyt-brown.otp
• lyt-charglow.otp
• lyt-forest.otp
• lyt-frepa.otp
• lyt-glacier.otp
• lyt-greengradlines.otp
• lyt-keyboard.otp
• lyt-movwaves.otp
• lyt-numdark.otp
• lyt-ocean.otp
• lyt-organic.otp
• lyt-paper.otp
• lyt-rededges.otp
• lyt-roundedrect.otp
• lyt-sunrise.otp
• lyt-techpoly.otp
• lyt-tunnel.otp
• lyt-water.otp
• lyt-wine.otp

Most of the templates were created by Ilko Hoepping, with others by Volker Ahrendt. These appear to be licensed under LGPLv3 along with the rest of LibreOffice v3.5.

lo4-design-candidates

A collection of 12 open-licensed templates from the LibreOffice Design Team's call for templates for inclusion in LibreOffice 4.4.

lo5-design-candidates

A collection of 23 open-licensed templates from the LibreOffice Design Team's call for templates for inclusion in LibreOffice 5.0.

lo51-templates

A group of presentation templates that were included with version 5 of LibreOffice.

modern-impress-templates

A series of 41 templates made many years ago for OOo and provided as an .oxt file. This seems to have been the first attempt to collect a series of freely-licensed, well-designed modern templates for LibreOffice in one place.

Unfortunately the oxt file no longer works, and installing the extension does not actually make any templates available in Impress. However, the .oxt file contains .otp files which can be extracted and opened directly in LibreOffice.

The larger problem with these original template files is that they no longer work with recent versions of Impress. Someone commented back in 2010 that the templates had stopped working with Impress, and got a response saying a fix would come soon, however they remained broken as of 2015. It is possible that they never worked properly, as the issue in most cases turned out to be incorrectly identified images in the manifest file (e.g. specifying a background image called background.png when the image file was actually called background.jpg ). The .otp files have all been fixed one-by-one in this repo, so these very nice templates can now be used once again (if you still encounter any problems opening the files in LibreOffice, please let me know by opening an issue ).

The templates included in modern-impress-templates are:

• another-poppy
• blue-elegance
• fields-of-peace
• fresh-morning
• glowing-rectangles
• green-concentration
• greenish-wallpaper
• lightwave-in-motion
• metal-motion
• moebius-strip
• motion-stripes
• pixels-rock
• eco-lightblue
• suse-wallpaper
• the-bait-nc
• ubuntu-caramel-mocha
• ubuntu-mocha

A collection of open-licensed templates from various places around the Web.

A collection of 35 templates based on designs from members of the community at spreadubuntu , including among others 30 templates by leogg of DifundeUbuntu Nicaragua.

Most of the K/X/Ubuntu branding has been removed, except in cases where it seems generic or otherwise not obvious (e.g. a giant faint gear or circle in the background).

All of the templates are licensed CC-BY-SA (for full attribution and license information, see the LICENSE file in the ubuntu-odp folder, or the individual metadata in each templates meta.xml file.

The templates included in ubuntu-odp are:

• edubuntu-community
• edubuntu-escalante
• edubuntu-escondido
• edubuntu-esquipulas
• edubuntu-esteli
• edubuntu-estero-real
• kubuntu-community
• kubuntu-karata
• kubuntu-karawala
• kubuntu-kde-powered
• kubuntu-kilambe
• kubuntu-kubali
• kubuntu-kukra-hill
• kubuntu-kurinwas
• kubuntu-kurnog
• ubuntu-community
• ubuntu-curve-brown
• ubuntu-dots-orange
• ubuntu-gnome-powered
• ubuntu-tallship-aubergine
• ubuntu-ubaldo
• ubuntu-ukapina
• ubuntu-ulang
• ubuntu-ulwaskin
• ubuntu-umbra
• ubuntu-world-map-brown
• xubuntu-community
• xubuntu-treeline-blue
• xubuntu-xalapa
• xubuntu-xalteva
• xubuntu-xiloa
• xubuntu-xilonem
• xubuntu-xolotlan

user-contrib

Calling all designers! This is your chance to make a difference by making well-designed templates freely available so that non-designers don't have to ( shudder ) make their own. Any and all submissions are welcome in the user-contribs folder. It doesn't have to be the best presentation template you can make -- just the template you wish everyone else had used when you have to sit through a day or a week of presentations. Give the world the opportunity to not offend your design sensibilities by sharing better templates!

Details on the currently available templates in this collection can be found here .

The scripts folder contains the scripts used to build and unpack the .otp files. Binaries are purposely not stored in the repository in an effort to avoid using git for things it was not meant to do. Instead, they are made available for download in the releases section , while the repository itself contains the unpacked files inside each .otp template. The scripts allow these unpacked files to be compiled into collections of usable template binaries for download.

If you have ruby installed you can also use these to build the templates yourself from source. Just enter a directory containing template source files and execute the repack_otp.rb script.

For example, if you have cloned the repository and want to build the Modern Impress Templates collection, you can use the following commands from within the main repository directory:

You MUST change directory into a collection directory for the script to work.

This will create an .otp template file for each source folder in the directory.

You can also use the scripts to pack and unpack individual templates. Just add one or more template file or folder names after the main command, e.g.:

Head over to the releases section to download binaries containing the templates for use with LibreOffice Impress.

This collection currently includes 253 Impress templates that have been tested to work on recent versions of LibreOffice (4.2.8+).

There is now a .deb package available for Ubuntu and Debian-based systems that will install all the templates for immediate use in LibreOffice. See the releases section for the latest packages and the install guide in the wiki for help with installation.

Installation

Most of the individual templates can be used directly without installation by clicking on the .otp files (available in the release packages ).

To get the .otp file for a particular template, just download the corresponding template collection from the release section , unzip it and look in the otp folder for the file you want.

It is also possible to compile one or all of the templates manually from source, using the template packing script in the scripts folder.

Installation packages for specific operating systems are also available (see below for further details).

Ubuntu & Debian

There is now a .deb package available for Ubuntu and Debian-based systems that will install all the templates for immediate use in LibreOffice.

See the releases section for the latest packages and the install guide in the wiki for help with installation.

These templates have all been released under different (open) licenses, and are grouped together for convenience. They retain their original licenses in all cases. The repository itself (apart from the templates) is released under the MIT license.

See the readme files in each folder for an overview of the template licenses for each collection. Most of the templates also include detailed attribution and licensing details in the meta.xml file located in the template source folder.

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Version 4.4

What is a Template?

The terms Template and Master Pages refer to the same thing, but inside the Impress application they are referred to as Master Pages, and they are accessed on the right-hand side of the page. If you as the author do not choose a specific Template to use when creating a new presentation, Impress will base the presentation on the default Template that is built in to Impress. But you can create your own default Template if you like.

First, open up a blank presentation, and make the changes you want. For instance, if you work in a large organization they may well have standards that say that you should use a certain logo, or even a complete slide background. They may specify text colors and fonts, and so on. Templates are a way to contain all of these settings, Styles, and other specifications. If you know you will use the same setup over and over, it may make sense to create a Default Template so all of these settings automatically are applied every time you begin a new Presentation. When your Template has everything you want, save it as a Template by following the instructions below for Saving Templates. Then, to make it the default, go to File–>Templates–Manage, which will open up a similar window. Go to My Templates, click on the Template you just created, and then click the Set as Default button to make it the new Default Template.

Like in Writer, the Master Pages in Impress can contain their own styles, which is very useful. For example, the design of the slides may make it desirable that text be a certain color within the Master Page, and having it contain its own styles helps with this.

Finding Templates Online

In our last tutorial we saw how you can create a presentation that focuses on content by creating a black-and-white presentation. But once you have got your content into shape you will probably want to add some eye appeal to spice up the Presentation. Fortunately there are many available on the Internet:

• http://templates.libreoffice.org/template-center?getCategories=Presentation&getCompatibility=any
• http://www.presentationmagazine.com/free-open-office-impress-templates-91.htm
• http://technology.chtsai.org/impress/
• http://www.free-power-point-templates.com/articles/free-openoffice-and-libreoffice-templates-for-impress/

There are plenty more out there, just do a search for “Impress Templates” or “Impress Backgrounds” in the search engine of your choice and you will find many. I like to find ones I can use and add them to my collection.

Adding Templates

Generally there are two ways you add Templates in any LibreOffice application, and we discussed this previously in regard to Calc Templates (see LibreOffice Calc: The Object Model and Using Templates ). Since that covered the topic in some detail I won’t repeat all of it here, but I will give a brief explanation of what is involved.

In general, Templates are either packaged as stand-alone Template files or as Extensions. For Extensions, go to Tools–>Extension Manager, and click Add. For stand-alone Template files, open the Template Manager by going to File–>New–>Templates, open your My Templates folder if it is not already opened, then look for the Import button. This opens a standard file manager window. Go to where your downloaded Template file is, select it, and click “Open”. Note that a Template should be a file with the extension *.otp, but I have seen many cases where files were distributed as *.odp files instead. Strictly, *.otp is the extension for Templates, but as we discussed previously Templates, Master Pages, and slide Backgrounds are often lumped together in people’s minds as Templates. Since you will encounter this, let’s discuss how to handle these different cases.

• Real Templates – Add as above by going to File–>New–>Templates and using the Import button.
• Presentations with backgrounds added – These are *.odp files, the file format for presentations. For these see the next section on how to deal with a bug.

Saving Templates

There is a very odd bug in Impress that might bite you in trying to save a Template. The problem is that  the My Templates folder for Impress does not appear at all in the Template Manager, which makes it very difficult to save a Template, as you might imagine.  This is not the case for every version, as far as I can tell, so if you don’t run into it all the better. There is a kludgy workaround:

• Go to File > Save As Template on the main menu bar to open the Template Manager dialog. By default the Template Manager opens at the Documents page.
• Double click on the MediaWiki folder to select it and activate the Save icon, then click the Save icon.
• Specify the template name in the pop-up dialog and click Accept. The template is saved into the MediaWiki folder. This appears in the MediaWiki folder on the dialog page of the file type being saved, which is Presentations.
• Close the Template Manager dialog.
• Go to File > New > Templates on the main menu bar to open the Template Manager dialog again. Note: Closing and opening the Template Manager is necessary so that the following steps can be carried out to move your template into the My Templates folder.
• Select the Presentations tab to open the dialog page for presentations (Figure 32).
• Double-click the MediaWiki folder to open it.
• Select the template you have just added and the file handling controls are displayed.
• Click the Move to folder icon and select My Templates from the drop list that appears. Your template will be moved from the MediaWiki folder to the My Templates folder.

This is not a good thing, and I have filed a bug on it. Perhaps by the time you read this it will be fixed, but at least if you run into it you know what to do. (Thanks to Brian Barker from the LibreOffice Users list for the solution.)

Once you have succeeded in saving a Template to your My Templates folder in Impress, it will appear on the right when you select Master Pages,  and you can use the slide background and graphics in other presentations even if you did not start out to base your presentation on the saved Template.

Applying Master Pages

When you select Master Pages in the Sidebar, you will see the ones available to you right next to the Sidebar. At the start, these will be the ones that come with LibreOffice out-of-the-box, but as we saw above you can add to your selection by saving Templates, including ones you downloaded from online sites.  Click on the one you want, and it will be applied to your presentation. If you later want to change the one used (and that can be often) you might find that selecting a different one only applies to a slide you have selected. The easiest way to fix that is to go to Slide Sorter, press Ctrl+A to select all, then click on the Master Page you want to use. This will apply the Master to all of the Presentation.

Note also that you do not need to use only one Master for one Presentation. But use some common sense. In a large Presentation with two major sections, it might makes sense to give each section its own Master, but don’t go overboard. Remember that you want the attention to be on you, not on your slides.

Creating Your own Master Pages

Go to View–>Master–>Slide Master to bring up the Master view. When you do, you should see a small floating toolbar called Master View.

Master View toolbar

The first button on the left  with the Plus sign lets you create a new Master Page but you may not need to do anything because when you open the Master View it usually gives you a brand new Master to work with. You have a number of options here, including text options. Here is a screenshot of my workspace showing the Styles and Formatting window docked to the left of the Workspace.

Workspace with Styles and Formatting window docked and open

What this is telling you is that many of the elements of the Master Page can be controlled by Styles.  For the sake of not having a very long tutorial I am going to put a discussion of Styles off in detail until the next tutorial. Then I will bring the pieces together to create a with a  Master Page, and a group of Styles.

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Impress is a truly outstanding tool for creating effective multimedia presentations. Presentation edition and creation is flexible, thanks to different editing and view modes: Normal (for general editing), Outline (for organizing and outlining your text content), Notes (for viewing and editing the notes attached to a slide), Handout (for producing paper-based material), and Slide Sorter (for a thumbnail sheet view that lets you quickly locate and order your slides).

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Impress has a comprehensive range of easy-to-use drawing and diagramming tools to add style and sophistication to your presentation. What's more, you can bring your presentation to life with slide show animations and effects. The Fontworks tool permits you to create attractive 2D and 3D images from text. Impress enables you to build and control 3D scenes incorporating a large variety of objects and components.

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Impress supports multiple monitors, and the standardly-incorporated Presenter Console Extension gives you yet more control over your slide show presentation, such as the ability to see the upcoming slide, view your slide notes, and control the presentation timer while the audience is looking at the current slide.

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Impress Guide 7.0

Chapter 2 Master Slides, Styles, and Templates

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Designing a presentation

In addition to careful planning of the content, as discussed in Chapter 1 Introducing Impress, you need to plan the appearance of the presentation. It is best to do this after you have developed an outline, because the outline will determine some of the requirements for the appearance of the slides. For example:

What color combinations (background and text) will look good and also be easy for your audience to read?

Would an image help your audience understand the contents better?

Do you want particular text and image to appear on all the slides? For example a company name and logo.

Would the audience benefit from having the slides numbered so that they can quickly refer to one of them?

Do you want a background graphic or gradient? If so, you need to pick something that does not interfere or clash with content such as the colors used in charts.

Will you need one or more master slide?

Will one slide design suit all of the presentation content?

You can change the appearance of slides as you develop the presentation, but planning ahead will save you time in the long run.

What are master slides?

A master slide is a slide that is used as the starting point for other slides. It is similar to a page style in LibreOffice Writer as it controls the basic formatting of all slides based on it. A presentation can have more than one master slide.

LibreOffice uses three terms for one concept: master slide, slide master, and master page. All refer to a slide which is used to create other slides. This user guide uses the term master slide, except when describing the user interface.

A master slide has a defined set of characteristics, including the background color, graphic, or gradient. It also can include objects (for example, logos, decorative lines) in the background; headers and footers; placement and size of text frames; and text formatting.

All of the characteristics of master slides are controlled by styles. The styles of any new slide you create are inherited from the master slide from which it was created. In other words, the styles of the master slide are available and applied to all slides created from that master slide. Changing a style in a master slide results in changes to all the slides based on that master slide. It is, however, possible to modify each individual slide without affecting the master slide.

It is highly recommended to use the master slides whenever possible. However, there are occasions where manual changes are needed for a particular slide. For example, you could edit an individual slide to enlarge the chart area when the text and chart layout is used.

Master slides have two types of styles associated with them: presentation styles and drawing styles. The presentation styles can be modified, but new presentation styles cannot be created. For drawing styles, you can modify the styles and also create new drawing styles. For more information, see “ Working with styles ”  below .

Working with master slides

Impress comes with a collection of master slides. These master slides are shown in the Master Slides deck of the Sidebar ( Figure 1 ). This deck has three sections: Used in This Presentation , Recently Used , and Available for Use . Click the expand marker next to the name of a section to expand it and show thumbnails of the master slides, or click the collapse marker to collapse the section to hide the thumbnails.

Each of the master slides shown in the Available for Use section is from a template of the same name. These presentation templates are included when install LibreOffice on your computer. If you have created your own templates, or added templates from other sources, master slides from those templates will also appear in this list. See “ Working with templates ”  below for more information about templates.

If you have decided to create a new presentation without using one of the templates available (see Chapter 1, Introducing Impress for more information), then a default master slide is available. This default master slide is a good starting point for creating master slides. An example of the default master slide is shown in Figure 2 .

Figure 1 : Master Slides deck on Sidebar

Figure 2 : Default master slide

Figure 3 : Master View toolbar

Figure 4 : Rename Slide dialog

Creating master slides

Creating a new master slide is carried out when Impress is in Master View .

1)  Go to View > Master S lide on the main menu bar to open Master View in the Workspace. The Master View toolbar also opens ( Figure 3 ). If the Master View toolbar does not open , go to View > Toolbars on the main menu bar and select Master View .

2)  Create a new master slide using one of the following methods and a new master slide appears in the Slides Pane:

Click on New Master in the Master View toolbar.

R ight-click on a master slide in the Slides Pane and select New Master from the context menu.

Go to Slide > New Master on the M enu bar.

3)  R ename the new master slide using one of the following methods and open the Rename Slide dialog ( Figure 4 ):

Click on Rename Master in the Master View toolbar.

Right-click on the new master slide in the Slides Pane and select Rename Master from the context menu.

4)  Enter a memorable name for the new master slide in the Name text box, then click on OK to save the changes and close the dialog.

5)  Make sure the new master slide is selected in the Slides Pane and add all the text, graphics and master elements that you want to use for the new master slide. The chapters in this user guide give more information on adding, editing, formatting and managing the different types of objects on a master slide.

6)  When finished creating a new master slide, use one of the following methods to return to Normal View :

Click on Close Master View on the Master View toolbar.

Go to View > Normal on the Menu bar.

7)  Save the presentation file before continuing.

Applying master slides

To apply a master slide to all slides or selected slides in a presentation:

1)  C lick on the Master Slides icon to open the Master Slides deck on the Sidebar ( Figure 1 ).

2)  Right-click on the master slide you want to use in the Used in This Presentation section in the Master Slides deck on the Sidebar.

3)  Select Apply to All Slides or Apply to Selected Slides from the context menu.

Loading additional master slides

In a presentation, you may need to mix multiple master slides that may belong to different templates (for more information, see “ Working with templates ”  below ). For example, you may want a completely different layout for the first slide of the presentation, or want to add a slide from a different presentation to your current presentation.

1)  Select the slide or slides in the Slides Pane where you want to change the master slide.

2)  Go to Slide > Change Slide Master on the Menu bar to open the Available Master Slides dialog ( Figure 5 ).

3)  To add master slides, click on Load to open the Load Master Slide dialog ( Figure 6 ).

4)  In the Load Master Slide dialog, select the template category and the template from which to load the master slide

5)  Click OK to close the Load Master Slide dialog and the master slides from the selected template appear in the Available Master Slides dialog.

6)  Select the master slide you want to use in Select a Slide Design box.

7)  To apply the selected master slide to all slides in your presentation, select the Exchange background page check box.

8)  To apply the slide design to the selected slides only, deselect the Exchange background page check box.

9)  Click OK to apply your selection to the slides and close the Available Master Slides dialog.

Figure 5 : Available Master Slides dialog

Figure 6 : Load Master Slide dialog

Editing master slides

The following items can be changed on a master slide:

Background (color, gradient, hatching, or bitmap). See “ Selecting and applying backgrounds ” below for more information.

Background objects (for example, adding a logo or decorative graphics), See “ Adding images ” below , Chapter 4, Adding and Formatting Pictures, Chapter 5, Managing Graphic Objects, and Chapter 6, Formatting Graphic Objects for more information.

Text attributes for the main text area and notes. See “ Adding text and fields ” below and Chapter 3, Adding and Formatting Text for more information.

Size, placement, and contents of header and footer elements to appear on every slide. See “ Adding text and fields ” below and Chapter 3, Adding and Formatting Text for more information.

Size and placement of default frames for slide titles and content. See “ Default text areas ”   below for more information.

Editing a master slide is as follows:

1)  Select View > Master Slide from the Menu bar. This also opens the Master View toolbar ( Figure 3 ).

2)  Select a master slide you want to edit in the Slides Pane so that it appears in the Workspace ( Figure 7 ).

3)  Go to Slide > Properties on the Menu bar or right-click in the Workspace and select Properties from the context menu to open the Slide Setup dialog ( Figure 8 ).

4)  Use the various options in the Slide , Background and Transparency pages in the Slide Setup dialog to make changes to the format of your master slide.

5)  Click OK to save your changes and close the Slide Setup dialog.

6)  Select an object on the master slide, then right-click on the object to open a context menu.

Figure 7 : Master slide view

Figure 8 : Slide Setup dialog

7)  Select one of the options from the context menu to edit the object. Selecting an option may open another context menu, a dialog, an application or file browser window so you can make the necessary changes to your selected object.

8)  Click on Close Master View on the Master View toolbar or go to View > Normal on the Menu bar to exit from editing master slides.

9)  Save your presentation file before continuing.

Any changes made to a master slide when in Master Slide view will appear on all slides using the same master slide. Always make sure you close Master Slide view and return to Normal view before working on any of the presentation slides.

Any changes made to any object on a slide in Normal view (for example, changes to bullet point style, color of the title area, and so on) will not be overridden by subsequent changes made to the master slide used for that slide. However, where it is desirable to revert the formatting of a manually formatted object on a slide to the style defined in the master slide, select the object on the slide and use one of the following methods to change the formatting:

Go to Format > Clear Direct Formatting on the Menu bar.

Right-click on an object and select Clear Direct Formatting from the context menu.

Depending on the contents of a slide, you may want to apply a different layout. The title and text boxes inherit the properties of a master slide, but if you have changed the position of these text boxes in the master slide, the layout may appear corrupted. You may need to re-position some of the layout elements manually on a slide.

Selecting and applying backgrounds

Backgrounds can be applied to a number of elements in Impress (for example: slide, default text area, image and so on). The procedure is similar when applying a background to a slide or an object.

Figure 9 : Slide Setup dialog - Background page

Using slide setup

2)  Select a master slide you want to edit in the Slides Pane so that it appears in the Workspace (Figure  Figure 7 ).

4)  Select the Background tab to open the Background page ( Figure 9 ).

5)  Select the type of background required from Color , Gradient , Bitmap , Pattern and Hatch . See Chapter 6, Formatting Graphic Objects for more information on how to use the options available for each type of background selected.

6)  When satisfied with your background, click OK to save your changes and close the Slide Setup dialog.

Using background style

1)  Select View > Master Slide from the Menu bar. This also opens the Master View toolbar.

2)  Select a master slide you want to edit in the Slides Pane so that it appears in the Workspace.

3)  Click on Styles on the Sidebar to open the Styles deck.

4)  Click on Presentation Styles on the Styles deck to open the Presentation Styles list ( Figure 10 ).

5)  Right-click on Background style and select Modify from the context menu to open the Background dialog. This dialog has one tab ( Area ) and offers the same options as the Background page in the Slide Setup dialog ( Figure 9 ).

6)  Select the type of background required from Color , Gradient , Bitmap , Pattern and Hatch . See Chapter 6, Formatting Graphic Objects for more information on how to use the options available for each type of background selected.

7)  When satisfied with your background, click OK to save your changes and close the Background dialog.

Figure 10 : Styles deck on Sidebar

You can create custom fills to each type of background. See Chapter 6, Formatting Graphic Objects for more information on creating custom fills for each type of background.

Adding images

When you want the same image to appear on every slide of your presentation, the easiest and quickest solution is to use the master slide. It saves time while creating the presentation allowing you to modify or reposition the image on all slides. If the same image is added to each slide manually, modification and repositioning have to be performed on each individual slide in the presentation. In addition to images, you can add a number of other objects in the background, for example decorative lines, text, and shapes.

LibreOffice supports a large number of image and graphic formats. For more information on working with images, see Chapter 4, Adding and Formatting Pictures, Chapter 5, Managing Graphic Objects and Chapter 6, Formatting Graphic Objects.

For example, one of the most common actions in preparing a presentation is to add an image to the master slide. To insert an image already available on the computer, follow these steps:

2)  Select the master slide where you want to add an image.

3)  Select Insert > Image… on the Menu bar to open the file browser.

4)  Navigate to the directory where your image is located and select it.

5)  Click Open and the image is placed into your master slide and the file browser closes.

6)  If necessary, modify and/or reposition the image on your master slide.

7)  Right-click on the image and select Arrange > Send to Back from the context menu. This moves the image to the background so that any information you add to the slide when creating a presentation appears over the background image.

LibreOffice offers the option to insert an image as a link to the file rather than embedding it in your presentation. This is only useful when a presentation is not intended for distribution onto other computers and it will remain in the same computer and directory structure. For example, it could be created on a notebook computer, which is then used to give the presentation to a group of clients.

However, if the presentation file is to be distributed onto other computers, the image must be embedded to avoid the “missing image” syndrome when the presentation is given using a different computer.

Default text areas

When a master slide is opened for editing, it contains five default text areas, as shown in Figure 2 .

Title area for AutoLayouts

Object area for AutoLayouts

Footer area

Slide number area

Position and size

Click with the mouse button on any of these areas to display the selection handles around the default text area. Use these selection handles to modify the size and position of a default text area.

1)  To quickly change the position of a default text area:

a)  Select the default text area you want to reposition so that the selection handles are visible.

b)  Move the cursor toward the border of the default text area, not on a selection handle, and the cursor changes shape. The cursor shape is dependent on your computer setup (normally a clenched hand).

c)  Click the left mouse button and drag the default text are to the desired position, then release the left mouse button.

2)  To quickly change the shape and/or size of a default text area:

a)  Position the cursor over a left or right selection handle.

b)  Click the left mouse button and drag the left or right selection handle to change the width of the default text area.

c)  Position the cursor over a top or bottom selection handle.

d)  Click the mouse button and drag the top or bottom selection handle to change the height of the default text area.

e)  Position the cursor over a corner selection handle.

f)  Click the mouse button and drag the corner selection handle to change both the height and width of the default text area at the same time.

g)  Release the mouse button when the default text area is the required width or height.

The shape of the mouse cursor usually changes shape when positioned over a selection handle giving a clear visual indication of how it will affect the shape of the default text area.

Keep the Shift key pressed while dragging a selection handle to maintain the ratio between the width and height dimensions of the default text area.

Figure 11 : Position and Size dialog

To accurately control the shape, size and position of a default text area, it is recommended to use the Position and Size dialog or the Position and Size section in the Properties deck on the Sidebar.

1)  Select the default text area by clicking on its border.

2)  Use one of the following methods to access the options available for the position and size of a default text area:

Go to Format > Object and Shape > Position and Size on the Menu bar to open the Position and Size dialog ( Figure 11 ).

Use the keyboard shortcut F4 to open the Position and Size dialog.

Right-click on the border of the default text area and select Position and Size from the context menu to open the Position and Size dialog.

Click on Properties on the Sidebar and open the Properties deck, then open the Position and Size section ( Figure 12 ).

The functions of the Position and Size options are explained fully in the Draw Guide . Only short descriptions of the most important functions are provided as follows:

Use Position to specify the X (horizontal) and Y (vertical) position of the default text area. The values represent the distance of the selected base point and the default position is the top left corner of the slide.

Figure 12 : Position and Size section in Properties on Sidebar

Use Size to specify the width and height of the default text area.

In the Position and Size dialog only, the Base point section allows you to select a point on the rectangular area that you do not want to move while resizing. The default setting of top left corner means that the position of the top left corner of the area will not change after resizing.

Use Rotation to rotate the default text area. For example, you can place the footer area on the side by rotating each text area by 90 degrees and obtain a more modern-looking layout. In general it is preferable to use only right angles for ease of editing, although the program does not impose restrictions on the values that can be used.

Use Slant & Corner Radius page to add a corner radius to a text box border only if a visible line style has been selected. The slant options works are only available for images or shapes.

Change the type of area fill used for backgrounds in a default text area using one of the following methods. The options available depend on the type of area fill selected. See Chapter 6, Formatting Graphic Objects for more information on changing backgrounds.

Go to Format > Object and Shape > Area on the Menu bar to open the Area dialog ( Figure 13 ).

Right-click on the default text area and select Area from the context menu to open the Area dialog.

Click on Properties on the Sidebar and open the Properties deck, then open the Area section ( Figure 14 ).

Figure 13 : Area dialog

Figure 14 : Area section in Properties on Sidebar

Figure 15 : Line dialog

Figure 16 : Line section in Properties deck on Sidebar

Change the type of line used for borders in a default text area using one of the following methods. The options available in this dialog will depend on the type of line selected. See Chapter 6, Formatting Graphic Objects for more information on changing borders.

Go to Format > Object and Shape > Line on the Menu bar to open the Line dialog ( Figure 15 ).

Right-click on the object and select Line from the context menu to open the Line dialog.

Click on Properties on the Sidebar and open the Properties deck, then open the Line section ( Figure 16 ).

Change the alignment of default text area in relation to its position on a master slide or the alignment between a default text area and other objects on a master slide using one of the following methods. See Chapter 5, Managing Graphic Objects for more information on changing alignment of default text areas.

Go to Format > Align on the Menu bar and select the type of alignment from the options available in the context menu.

Right-click on the object and select Align from the context menu, then select the type of alignment from the options available in the context menu.

Click on the downward triangle ▼ to the right of Align on the Line and Filling toolbar and select the type of alignment from the options available.

Select the required alignment tool in the Position and Size section on the Properties deck on the Sidebar ( Figure 12 ).

Arrangement

Arrange the position of an object on a slide in relation to other objects on a slide using one of the following methods. See Chapter 5, Managing Graphic Objects for more information on changing position of default text areas in relation to other objects.

Go to Format > Arrange on the Menu bar and select the type of arrangement from the options available in the context menu.

Right-click on the object and select Arrange from the context menu, then select the type of arrangement from the options available in the context menu.

Click on the required arrangement tool on the left end of the Line and Filling toolbar.

Select the required arrangement tool in the Position and Size section on the Properties deck on the Sidebar.

Adding text and fields

Adding text and fields to a master slide allows you to place information that you want to appear on all the slides in your presentation: for example a presentation title, company name and logo, date and slide number. For more information on adding and formatting text and fields, see Chapter 3, Adding and Formatting Text.

Text objects can be placed anywhere on the master page so that it appears on every slide in your presentation. Text objects can also be placed in the footer if you do not want to use the default fields in the footer of your presentation.

1)  Select View > Master Slide from the Menu bar to open the master slide view . This also opens the Master View toolbar ( Figure 3 ).

2)  Select the master slide where you want to add a text object so that it appears in the Workspace.

3)  Switch on text editing mode using one of the following methods. The Text Formatting toolbar ( Figure 17 ) automatically opens replacing the Line and Filling toolbar.

Select Insert Text Box on the Standard or Drawing toolbar.

Go to Insert > Text Box on the Menu bar.

Use the keyboard shortcut F2 .

4)  Click once on the master slide so that a text box is created and there is a flashing cursor inside the text box .

5)  Type or paste your text into the text object.

6)  Format the text after placing it on your master slide. See Chapter 3, Adding and Formatting Text for more information.

7)  Click outside the text object to close the Text Formatting toolbar and reopen the Line and Filling toolbar.

8)  Click Close Master View on the Master View toolbar or go to View > Normal on the Menu bar when you have completed adding and formatting text to your master slide.

Default footer sections

By default, the footer used in a slide consists of three sections ( Figure 2 ) with each section containing a default field as follows:

Left section – date and time and is labeled Date Area . Field name is <date/time> .

Figure 17 : Text Formatting toolbar

Figure 18 : Header and Footer dialog

Center section – footer text and is labeled Footer Area . Field name is < footer > . This section could be used for the presentation title, file name and so on.

Right section – slide number and is labeled Slide Number Area . Field name is <number> .

Header and Footer dialog

The default footer fields are set up as follows using the Header and Footer dialog ( Figure 18 ):

3)  Select Date and Time for the date and time to appear in the left section of the footer.

For a fixed date and time in the left footer section, select Fixed and enter the date you want to use in the Fixed text box.

For a variable date and time in the left footer section, select Variable , then select the format and language you want to use from the Format and Language drop down lists. Using a variable date and time means that each time the presentation is opened, the date and time are updated.

4)  To place text in the footer center section, select Footer and then type or paste your text into the Footer text input field .

5)  To place the slide number in the right section of the footer, select Slide number .

6)  If you do not want the footer to appear on the first slide of your presentation, select Do not show on the first slide . The first slide is normally the title slide of your presentation.

7)  Click Apply to save your changes and close the Header and Footer dialog.

8)  To format the text used for the default footer fields, see Chapter 3 Adding and Formatting Text for more information.

9)  Click Close Master View on the Master View toolbar or go to View > Normal on the Menu bar when you have completed setting up the default footer fields .

The default sections in a footer can be formatted, resized and re-positioned. See “ Default text areas ”  above for more information.

Custom footer sections

The default fields in a footer section can be replaced with text or manual fields as follows:

2)  Highlight the default field in the footer section and press the Delete or Backspace key. A flashing text cursor will appear in the footer section and the Text Formatting toolbar automatically opens replacing the Line and Filling toolbar.

3)  Type in your text or insert a manual field into the footer section. For more information on manual fields, see “ Manual fields ” below .

4)  Format the text or manual field placed in the footer section. See Chapter 3, Adding and Formatting Text for more information.

5)  Click outside the footer section to close the Text Formatting toolbar and reopen the Line and Filling toolbar.

6)  Click Close Master View on the Master View toolbar or go to View > Normal on the Menu bar when you have completed setting up a custom footer section.

Manual fields

Manual fields, for example date or page number (slide number), can be added as text objects on a master slide or replace one of the default footer fields. The fields you can use in Impress are:

Date (fixed)

Date (variable) – updates automatically when you open the presentation again.

Time (fixed)

Time (variable) – updates automatically when you open the presentation again and each time you open a slide more than once during a presentation.

Author – first and last names listed in the LibreOffice user data.

Slide number

Slide Title

Slide Count

To place a field on your master slide:

2)  Click anywhere on the master slide.

3)  Go to Insert > Field on the Menu bar and select the required field from the context menu.

4)  By default the field is placed in the center of the master slide. Reposition the field text box to the desired position on your master slide. See “ Default text areas ”  above for more information.

5)  To format the text used in a field, see Chapter 3 Adding and Formatting Text for more information.

6)  Click Close Master View on the Master View toolbar or go to View > Normal on the Menu bar when you have completed replacing the default footer fields.

To replace a default footer field on your master slide:

2)  Highlight all of the characters used in the default field you want to replace in the footer.

4)  To format the text used in a field, see Chapter 3 Adding and Formatting Text for more information.

5)  Click Close Master View on the Master View toolbar or go to View > Normal on the Menu bar when you have completed replacing the default footer fields.

To change the number format (1, 2, 3 or a, b, c or i, ii, iii, and so on) for the slide number, go to Slide > Properties on the Menu bar and select in Layout Settings the type of number to use from the Slide numbers : drop down list..

To change the author information, go to Tools > Options > LibreOffice > User Data on the Menu bar.

Working with styles

A style is a set of formats that you can apply to selected elements such as slides, text, lists, frames, borders, lines and area fills in a presentation to quickly set or change their appearance. Applying a style means applying a group of formats at the same time providing a consistent look to your presentation. For example, to manually change an attribute on the same object type on every slide in your presentation is time consuming and prone to errors. Using styles reduces time and provides greater accuracy.

Impress has two types of styles available for formatting text and graphic objects – presentation styles and drawing styles.

For information on formatting text, see Chapter 3, Adding and Formatting.

For information on formatting graphic objects, see Chapter 6, Formatting Graphic Objects and the Draw Guide.

More information on styles used in LibreOffice can be found in the Getting Started Guide .

The presence of text and title styles both in the presentation and drawing styles may seem confusing. This apparent duplication is because Impress uses special text boxes (auto layout boxes) when adding structured text to slides where presentation styles apply. The title and other text styles in drawing styles are used on any other text boxes you may want to add, or text associated with shapes or lines.

Presentation styles

Presentation styles in Impress are used when creating a presentation using one of the Impress slide layouts. These presentation styles are divided into four categories.

Background and Background objects – are used to format objects on the default master slide such as icons, decorative lines, and shapes.

Notes – formats the text used in presentation notes.

Outline 1 thru Outline 9 – are used for the different levels of the outline to which they belong. For example, Outline 2 is used for the sub-points of Outline 1, Outline 3 is used for the sub-points of Outline 2 and so on.

Subtitle and Title – formats the text used for any titles or subtitles used on slides.

As with the Heading styles in Writer, the Outline styles in Impress are hierarchically linked. For example, a change to an attribute in the Outline 1 style will cascade through all the other styles for Outline levels.

The default master slide and slide layouts in Impress use auto layout boxes. Presentation styles can only be used within these auto layout boxes. An example of text using these presentation styles is shown in Figure 2 .

Any text added to a slide using the text tools available is automatically placed in a standard text box and allocated the Default Drawing Style from Drawing Styles. For more information on formatting text, see Chapter 3, Adding and Formatting Text.

Presentation styles cannot be created or deleted, but can be formatted, modified or updated to your requirements. Also, you cannot change the presentation style used for an object with another presentation style. For example, text with Outline 2 style cannot be changed to Outline 3 style.

Changing outline levels is done in normal view using the Tab key or Shift+Tab key combination or the Promote and Demote tools on the Outline toolbar. See Chapter 3, Adding and Formatting Text for more information.

Drawing styles

Drawing styles in Impress define the characteristics of graphic objects (including text objects) that you place on a slide. These styles include attributes for line, area, shadowing, transparency, text, connectors and dimensioning.

For example, if you need to create organization charts in your presentation, you will probably want all of the objects to have a consistent appearance, such as line style, font type, shadow, and so on. The easiest way to achieve this result with the minimum effort is to use a drawing style for the objects and apply it to each object. The major benefit is that if you decide to change, say, the background color of objects, all you need to do is modify the style rather than each individual object.

Drawing styles included with Impress cannot be deleted, but you can format, modify and update drawing styles. You can also create new or custom styles, see “ Custom styles ” below . Any custom style created is only available in the presentation where it was created.

Accessing styles

Use one of the following methods to access or modify styles available in Impress:

Use the keyboard shortcut F11 (Windows and Linux) or ⌘+T (macOS).

Go to Format > Styles on the Menu bar.

Click on Show the Styles Sidebar located on the Line and Filling toolbar.

Click on Styles on the Sidebar to open the Styles deck.

Editing styles

Formatting presentation and drawing styles can be carried out in either Normal or Master Slide view. Formatting options are available in dialogs for each style or using Format in the Menu bar. For more information on formatting text and objects, see Chapter 3, Adding and Formatting Text and Chapter 6, Formatting Graphic Objects.

Dialog formatting

1)  Select an object on a slide or master slide and its style is highlighted in the Styles deck on the Sidebar.

2)  Go to Format > Styles > Edit Style on the Menu bar or right-click on the highlighted style in the Styles deck on the Sidebar to open the formatting dialog for the selected style. An example dialog for Outline 1 style is shown in Figure 19 .

3)  Use the various options available in the tabbed pages of the dialog to format the style.

4)  Click OK to save your formatting changes and close the dialog.

Clicking on Reset before clicking OK removes all formatting changes you have made in the style formatting dialog.

Figure 19 : Example dialog for formatting styles

Format menu

1)  Open the Styles deck on the Sidebar. See “ Accessing styles ” above for more information.

2)  Go to Format on the Menu bar to open a drop down menu with various formatting options available. Depending on the object selected, some formatting options will not be available and are greyed out.

3)  Select a formatting option from the drop down menu. Depending on the option selected, another drop down menu may open giving further formatting options or a formatting dialog will open.

2)  Click on Presentation Styles or Drawing Styles at the top left of the Styles deck to open the list of presentation or drawing styles.

3)  Right-click on the style you want to modify and select Modify from the context menu to open the formatting dialog for the style selected. An example dialog for Outline 1 style is shown in Figure 19 .

4)  Make the necessary changes to the selected presentation or drawing style using the various options available in the dialog that has opened.

5)  Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog.

Updating a presentation or drawing style is similar to modifying, but you make format changes to the text or object first. Updating styles can only be carried out in Normal view.

1)  Select the text or object on your slide in Normal view.

2)  Use the various tools on the Text Formatting toolbar, Line and Filling toolbar, or the options in Format on the Menu bar to format the selected object.

3)  Open the Styles deck on the Sidebar. See “ Accessing styles ”  above for more information.

4)  Click on Presentation Styles or Drawing Styles at the top left of the Styles deck to open the list of styles. The style used for the selected object will be highlighted.

5)  Click on Update Style at the top right of the Styles deck and the style is updated to include the formatting changes you have made to the selected object.

Custom styles

You cannot create custom presentation styles in Impress, but you can create custom drawing styles. These custom drawing styles are only available for the presentation that you are creating.

1)  Create or select the object on your slide you want to use for creating a new drawing style.

2)  Format the object to your requirements using the various formatting options available in the Text Formatting toolbar, Line and Filling toolbar, or the options in Format on the Menu bar.

3)  Open the Styles deck on the Sidebar. See “ Accessing styles ” above for more information.

4)  Click on Drawing Styles at the top left of the Styles deck to open the list of drawing styles.

Figure 20 : Create Style dialog

5)  Click on New Style from Selection at the top right of the Styles deck and the Create Style dialog opens ( Figure 20 ).

6)  Enter a name for your custom style in the Style Name text box.

7)  Click OK to close the Create Style dialog. The custom style is created and appears in the drawing styles list in the Styles deck on the Sidebar.

Direct formatting

Direct formatting overrides any formatting applied to an object when a style is used. You cannot remove direct formatting from an object by applying a style to it. To remove any direct formatting, select the object so that the selection handles are visible, then use one of the following methods to clear any direct formatting:

Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+M .

Go to Format > Clear Direct Formatting in the Menu bar.

If the object is a text object, highlight all of the text and then click on Clear Direct Formatting on the Text Formatting toolbar.

If the object is a text object, highlight all of the text, right-click on the selected text and select Clear Direct Formatting from the context menu .

Linked styles

Impress styles support inheritance which allows a style to be linked to another (parent) style so that it inherits all the formatting settings of the parent. This inheritance creates families of styles.

For example, if you require multiple boxes that differ in color, but are otherwise identically formatted, the best way to proceed is to define a style for the box including borders, area fill, font, and so on and a number of styles that are hierarchically dependent which differ only in the fill color attribute. If you need to change the font size or the thickness of the border, you only have to change the parent style and all the other styles will change accordingly.

Assigning styles keyboard shortcuts

LibreOffice provides a set of predefined keyboard shortcuts which allow you to quickly apply styles while working with a document. You can redefine these shortcuts or define your own, as described in Appendix A, Keyboard Shortcuts.

Working with templates

A template is a special type of presentation that you use as a basis to create your presentations. For example, you can create a template for business presentations so that any new presentations has your company logo, name and information on the first slide and the remaining slides in your presentation only show the company logo and name.

Templates can contain anything that presentations can contain, such as text, graphics, a set of styles, and user-specific setup information such as measurement units, language, the default printer, and toolbar and menu customization.

All document types created using LibreOffice are based on templates. You can create a specific template for any document type (text, spreadsheet, drawing, presentation). If you do not specify a template when you start a new document, then the default template for that type of document is used. If you have not specified a default template, LibreOffice uses the blank template for that type of document that is installed with LibreOffice. This default template can be changed, see “ Setting default template ” below for more information.

However, Impress is a little different from other LibreOffice components, in that it starts with the Select a Template dialog ( Figure 21 ), unless you have decided to turn off this dialog in LibreOffice options. When you create a presentation, if the template dialog is active, it opens offering several choices for templates as a starting point for your presentation.

If you have turned off the Select a Template dialog when creating a new presentation, LibreOffice uses the LibreOffice default template for presentations. If you have defined your own default template, LibreOffice uses your default template when you create a presentation.

For more information on templates and how to use them, see the Getting Started Guide .

Figure 21 : Select a Template dialog

Templates supplied with LibreOffice

Impress comes with a set of predefined templates. These templates only contain backgrounds and background objects providing you with a starting point to create your own presentations or presentation templates.

Any templates that you create will be located in the My Templates folder after you have saved your presentation as a template. Your templates will appear in the LibreOffice startup window and the Select a Template dialog the next time you start LibreOffice.

Use one of the following methods to create a new presentation using a template:

Click on the small down arrow▼ on the right of Templates in LibreOffice start up window and then select Impress Templates from the context menu to display the available presentation templates. Select a template and a new presentation opens.

Go to File > New > Templates on the Menu bar to open the Templates dialog (this dialog is similar to the Select a Template dialog in Figure 21 ). Select Presentations from the Filter drop down list to display presentation templates. Select a presentation template and click OK . The dialog closes and a new presentation opens.

Use the keyboard shortcut Shift+Ctrl+N to open the Templates dialog (this dialog is similar to the Select a Template dialog in Figure 21 ). Select Presentations from the Filter drop down list to display presentation templates. Select a presentation template and click OK . The dialog closes and a new presentation opens.

Creating templates

Create a template and save it to a template folder as follows:

1)  Open the presentation that you want to use for a template, or open a template that you want to use as a basis for your template.

2)  Add and format content and styles to your presentation.

3)  Go to File > Templates > Save As Template on the Menu bar to open the Save as Template dialog ( Figure 22 ).

4)  Enter a name for the new template in the Template Name text box.

Figure 22 : Save As Template dialog

5)  Select a destination folder for the new template.

6)  If required, select the option Set as default template to use as the default template the next time you open LibreOffice and do not select a template. See “ Setting default template ” below for more information on default templates.

7)  Click on Save to save your template and close the Save as Template dialog. Your templates will appear in the LibreOffice startup window and the Select a Template dialog the next time you start LibreOffice.

Setting default template

If you create a new presentation and do not select a template, LibreOffice creates the presentation from the default Impress template. This is normally a blank template. However, you can set any presentation template to be the default template, even a template that you have created. The template has to be located in a folder displayed in the Save as Template dialog so that LibreOffice can find it. You can always reset to the default template back to the LibreOffice default template later if you choose.

Changing default template

1)  Use one of the following methods to open the Select a Template dialog ( Figure 21 ):

Go to File > New > Templates on the Menu bar.

Go to File > Templates > Manage Templates on the Menu bar.

2)  Select the template you want to use as the default LibreOffice presentation template.

3)  Right click on the selected template and select Set as Default from the context menu.

4)  Click on Open and a new presentation opens using the new default template and sets the default presentation template in LibreOffice. The next time that you create a new presentation and do not select a template, the presentation will be created using the new default presentation template.

Resetting default template

To reset the default presentation template back to the original LibreOffice default template for presentations:

2)  Click on Settings and select Reset Default Template > Presentation from the context menu. The next time that you create a new presentation and do not select a template, the presentation will be created using the default LibreOffice template for presentations.

Editing templates

You can edit template styles and content and reapply the template styles to presentations that were created from that template.

Click on the small down arrow▼ on the right of Templates in LibreOffice start up window and select Impress Templates from the context menu.

2)  Right click on the template you want to edit and select Edit from the context menu and the template will open in Impress.

3)  Carry out your editing updates of any styles, text and/or objects on the selected template.

4)  Go to File > Save on the Menu bar or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+S to save your changes.

5)  Close the template or create a presentation using the edited template.

Any presentation created from the template before editing can be updated to show the changed template settings the next time you open the presentation after template editing. A confirmation dialog opens asking if you want to use the updated styles or keep the old styles. If select to the keep the old styles, then the presentation will continue to use the old styles without any confirmation.

Organizing templates

LibreOffice can only use templates that are in LibreOffice template folders (categories). You can create new LibreOffice template folders or categories and use them to organize your templates. For example, separate template categories for different projects or clients. You can also import and export templates.

The location of LibreOffice template folders varies with your computer operating system. To learn where the template folders are stored on your computer, go to Tools > Options > LibreOffice > Paths .

Creating template categories

2)  Right click on Settings and select New Category from the context menu.

3)  Enter a category name in Enter category name text box that has opened ( Figure 23 ).

4)  Click OK to save your new category and the category will appear in the drop down list for categories filter at the top of the Select a Template dialog.

Figure 23 : Creating new category

Deleting template categories

You cannot delete the template categories supplied with LibreOffice or installed using the Extension Manager. You can only delete categories that you have created.

2)  Right click on Settings and select Delete Category from the context menu to open the Delete Category dialog ( Figure 24 ).

3)  Select the category you want to delete.

4)  Click OK to delete the category and confirm the deletion.

Figure 24 : Delete Category dialog

Figure 25 : Select Category dialog

Moving templates

To move a template from one category to another category:

2)  Select the template you want to move and click on Move .

3)  Select a category from the dis[played list or select Create a New Category in the Select Category dialog ( Figure 25 ).

4)  Click OK to move the template to its new category and close the Select Category dialog.

Deleting templates

You cannot delete the templates supplied with LibreOffice or installed using the Extension Manager. You can only delete templates that you have created or imported.

2)  Right click on the template you want to delete and select Delete from the context menu.

3)  Click on Yes to confirm the deletion.

Importing templates

If the template that you want to use is in a different location on your computer, you must import it into a LibreOffice template folder for LibreOffice to recognize the template.

2)  Click Import and the Select Category dialog ( Figure 25 ) opens.

3)  Select a category from the dis[played list or select Create a New Category in the Select Category dialog.

4)  In the file browser window that opens, navigate to the folder where your template is located on your computer that you want to import.

5)  Select the template and click Open . The file browser window closes and the template appears in the selected category.

Exporting templates

2)  Select the template you want to export, then click on Export to open a file browser window.

3)  Navigate to the folder where you want to export the template and click on Select . The template is exported and the file browser window closes.

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5 Cool PowerPoint Transitions To Keep Eyes Glued to Your Presentation (Free Downloadable Templates Available!)

Sara Wanasek

Are you ready to take your PowerPoint presentations to the next level? In this guide, we’ll show you how to create five cool PowerPoint transitions that can keep your audience engaged and enhance the flow of your slides. Bonus: we’re giving away a free downloadable file that includes all the templates for the transitions we’re teaching you!

Join 800,000 others who are transforming their presentations with ClassPoint. Pair creative PowerPoint transitions with ClassPoint's live slideshow tools for a truly dynamic and interactive experience!

Whether you’re preparing a classroom lecture, a business pitch, or any other presentation, these transitions are easy to implement and will add a polished, professional touch. Plus, with these tips, you’ll be able to create dynamic presentations that are both visually captivating and informative. Let’s dive in and explore how to master these cool PowerPoint transitions, step by step! Read on or watch below:

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#1 Checkerboard Transition

The Checkerboard transition is an attention-grabbing effect that breaks your slide into smaller sections, making your content more digestible and visually appealing.

Step 1: Add Image

Start by adding a background image to your slide. This will act as the base for your checkerboard design.

Step 2: Insert Table

Insert a 7×5 table and stretch it across the entire slide to cover the background image.

Step 3: Format Table

Select the entire table from the edge, then: 

• Set the pen color to white
• Remove the shading to make the table transparent
• Apply borders to all cells

Step 4: Add Text

Choose specific cells for your text. Set the shading of those cells to white and enter your text.

Step 5: Fill More Cells 

For a fun visual effect, fill random cells with white shading to add texture!

Step 6: Continue with all Slides

Repeat the process on the next slide, but change the location of your text and randomly colored tiles for variety.

Step 7: Add Transitions 

Once all slides are ready, select them all with CTRL + A and apply the Checkerboard transition from the Transitions tab.

Bonus Interactive Tip

Leave some of the white spaces blank and use ClassPoint’s annotation tools during your presentation to fill them in on the spot, keeping your audience engaged!

ClassPoint is a free PowerPoint add-in to make any presentation more interactive and engaging. Once downloaded and installed (it’s free) enter presentation mode, and begin to use the pens, highlighters, shapes, and text boxes.

#2 Comb Transition

The Comb transition offers a sleek sliding effect that’s perfect for emphasizing text over images.

Step 1: Insert a Background Photo

Begin by inserting a photo that you want to highlight in your presentation as the background image.

Step 2: Insert a Table

Insert a 1×7 table and stretch it across the entire slide.

Select the table from the edge then: 

• Remove shading from the table to make it transparent

Choose specific cells for your text, set the shading to white, and add your text content.

Step 5: Repeat for All Slides

Repeat the process for all slides to maintain consistency.

Step 6: Apply Transition

Select all slides and apply the Comb transition from the PowerPoint Transitions tab.

Enhance your images by opening a live browser during the slideshow and annotating key points directly on the screen for a more interactive experience.

When in your presentation, click on the browser icon on the toolbar and search the web. Open multiple tabs, pin, and bookmark sites. 

#3 Page Curl Transition

The Page Curl transition mimics the effect of flipping through a book and adds a touch of sophistication to your presentation.

Step 1: View Guides

Go to the View tab in the PowerPoint ribbon and turn on guides to help align the elements we will add in the next steps.

Step 2: Insert Shape

Add a thin, long rectangle covering the left half of the slide, using the guides to help.

Step 3: Format the Shape

First , apply a gradient fill. Then: 

• Remove one gradient arrow
• Set the first arrow’s transparency to 100%
• Change the the second arrow color to black and 90% transparency
• Change the third arrow to black and 60% transparency

Step 4: Duplicate Shape

Duplicate the shape and flip it horizontally to cover the right half of the slide.

Step 5: Add the Content

Now, add in text boxes to finish creating your slides. 

Step 6: Duplicate Slides

Continue to duplicate the slides and adjust your text for the rest of the slides in your presentation.

Step 7: Apply Transition

Select all slides and apply the Page Curl transition from the PowerPoint Transitions tab.

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#4 Doors Transition

The Doors transition is an interactive and playful way to reveal new information by simulating the opening of doors.

Step 1: Format Background

On an empty slide, right-click and select Format Background , then insert a picture that features doors. Feel free to search online to find one fitting for your needs.

Step 2: Insert and Format Shape

Place rectangles over the doors.

Then format them with: 

• A transparent background fill 
• And no line

Step 3: Add Hyperlinks

Select each shape, go to Action , and hyperlink the shape to a different slide.

Step 4: Duplicate the Slide

Think of the slide you just created as the ‘intro slide” and other slides in your presentation as the “informational slides.” 

Duplicate the slide you just made, the “intro slide” and move it between two informational slides. This will simulate doors opening to your new content.

Step 5: Apply Transition

Select all the slides and apply the Doors transition from the PowerPoint Transitions tab.

Add interactivity by hiding questions behind the doors and using ClassPoint’s interactive questions to gather responses from your audience.

To add a question on your slide, just type out the question (and answer choices for MCQ) and add the corresponding ClassPoint button. 

Once you are in presentation mode, click on the button to begin receiving responses from your audience. Enjoy the many ways to add these 8 different question types in any PowerPoint.

#5 Orbit Transition

The Orbit transition brings dynamic motion to your slides by creating a rotating effect that helps guide your audience’s focus.

Start with an empty slide, select Format Background , and add an image.

Edit the setting to make the image set at 60% transparency.

Add a rounded rectangle and fill it with another image from the Format Background tab. 

Then adjust the Picture Corrections to create a soft, muted effect with these settings: 

• Set the sharpness to -100% 
• and the brightness to -40% 

Step 4: Add Text to the Slide

Insert text on the slide to complement the visual elements.

Step 5: Repeat the Steps Across Slides

Repeat this process for all slides to maintain a consistent design. Keep the main slide background, but change the image in the rounded rectangle. 

Select all slides and apply the Orbit transition from the PowerPoint Transitions tab.

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Mastering Cool PowerPoint Transitions: Best Practices

When exploring creative PowerPoint transitions, the key is to use them in ways that enhance your presentation rather than overwhelm it. Here’s how to strike that perfect balance while having fun with your transitions:

1.  Leverage Bold Transitions for Impact

Creative transitions like can add flair to your presentation. Use these bold transitions strategically for key moments, such as revealing important points or shifting between major sections. This way, your audience will feel the impact without being overloaded by too many effects.

2.  Create a Thematic Flow

If you’re going for a unique or unconventional style, make sure the transitions align with the overall theme of your presentation. For example, if your slides have a futuristic design, using the  Morph  or  Fracture  transition can create a cohesive visual experience. This gives your presentation a dynamic, immersive quality.

3.  Adjust Speed

The speed of your PowerPoint transitions matters. A transition that is too fast can leave your audience feeling rushed, while a slow one can seem tedious. A moderate speed of around 1-2 seconds is ideal—it’s long enough to be noticeable but quick enough to keep the pace moving.

4.  Avoid Sound Effects

While PowerPoint offers sound effects for PowerPoint transitions, these should be used sparingly, if at all. Unless you’re presenting in a very informal or creative setting, sound effects can come across as gimmicky and may distract from your message.

Frequently Asked Questions About PowerPoint Transitions

What are powerpoint transitions used for.

PowerPoint transitions are used to create smooth, visually appealing effects when switching from one slide to the next. They help guide your audience’s focus and add a professional touch to your presentations, making them more engaging and memorable.

What is the difference between transitions and animations in PowerPoint?

Transitions are effects that happen when moving from one slide to another, while animations are effects applied to individual objects within a slide, such as text or images. Both can enhance the visual appeal of a presentation but serve different purposes.

Can I apply the same transition to all slides in my presentation?

Yes! To apply the same transition to all slides, select all the slides by pressing CTRL + A , then choose the desired transition from the Transitions tab. This ensures consistency throughout your presentation.

How do I adjust the duration of a PowerPoint transition?

You can adjust the duration of a transition by selecting a slide, going to the Transitions tab, and adjusting the Duration box.

Are PowerPoint transitions compatible with all versions of PowerPoint?

Most transitions, including popular ones like Checkerboard and Comb, are available in all modern versions of PowerPoint. However, the range of transitions may vary slightly between older and newer versions of the software.

Can I use PowerPoint transitions in online presentations?

Yes, PowerPoint transitions work well in online presentations, including those delivered via platforms like Zoom or Microsoft Teams.

Ensure that you have a stable connection and test the transitions beforehand to ensure they display smoothly during your presentation.

And there you have it—five quick, easy, and cool PowerPoint transitions that will elevate your presentations and keep your audience engaged. These creative effects are perfect for adding flair without overwhelming your content. Try them out, and don’t be surprised if you start using them in every presentation!

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