Opening a PowerPoint File in Impress

Apache OpenOffice 4.1 Impress Guide

Chapter 10: Printing, e-mailing, exporting, and saving slideshows

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• Introduction
• Quick Printing
• Controlling Printing
  • Selecting General Printing Options
  • Printing Multiple Pages on a Single Sheet of Paper
  • Selecting Slides to Print
  • Selecting Other Information to Print
  • Printing in Black and White (on a Color Printer)
  • Printing Handouts, Notes, or Outlines in Impress
  • Selecting Default Print Options
• Printing a Brochure
• Exporting to PDF
  • Quick Export to PDF
  • Controlling PDF Content and Quality
    • General Tab of PDF Options Dialog
    • Initial View Tab of PDF Options Dialog
    • User Interface Tab of PDF Options Dialog
    • Links Tab of PDF Options Dialog
    • Security Tab of PDF Options Dialog
• Exporting as Web Pages (HTML files)
• E-mailing a Presentation
  • Digital Signing of Documents
• Removing Personal Data
• Opening and Saving a PowerPoint File
  • Saving an Impress File as a PowerPoint File
  • Opening a PowerPoint File in Impress

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Opening a PowerPoint File in Impress

If you receive a file from someone in PowerPoint format and need to edit it in Impress, here is how:

1. In OpenOffice, choose File → Open from the menu bar.
2. Under File type, choose All files (*.*) or Presentations or Microsoft PowerPoint 97/2000/XP from the drop-down list.
3. Navigate to the PowerPoint file, select it, and click  Open .

The PowerPoint file can now be edited and saved as an Impress file or a PowerPoint file. To save the file as an Impress file, choose OpenDocument Presentation (.odp) as the File Type.