Starting a New Document

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You can create a new Presentation by clicking File and New and selecting Presentation, which will open the Presentation Wizard. This can be done from within any program in the OpenOffice suite.

Presentation Wizard

When you open Impress, the Presentation Wizard will appear. The wizard allows you to:

  1. Create an Empty presentation,
  2. Create a presentation from a template
  3. Open an existing presentation.

The wizard displays a preview of your selection on the right hand side.

Empty presentation

To create an empty presentation, select Empty presentation.

Click Next >> to select a slide design. You can choose from a list of slide designs, as well as the 'output medium' which will determine how the presentation will be displayed. This will usually be on a Screen e.g. computer monitor.

You can also click Create to create a blank presentation.

Click Next >> to select a slide transition. You can select the effect and the speed of the effect. You can also make the transitions Automatic.

Click Create to create the Empty presentation.

Creating from a template

To create a presentation from a template, select From template.

You can select a Presentation template such as 'Introducing a New Product'. This will create a design with example content which you can edit.

Click Next >> to select a slide design. You can choose from a list of slide designs, as well as the 'output medium' which will determine how the presentation will be displayed. This will usually be on a Screen e.g. computer monitor.

Click Next >> to select a slide transition. You can select the effect and the speed of the effect. You can also make the transitions Automatic.

Click Create to create the presentation from a template.

Opening an existing presentation

You may want to open an existing presentation to edit or to view.

Select ‘Open existing presentation’ and click Open... to open the File Explorer. Use this to navigate to your presentation file.

Click Open to open the presentation.

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