Notes View

Apache OpenOffice 4.1 Impress Guide

Chapter 1: Introducing Impress

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• What is Impress?
• Starting Impress
• The Main Impress Window
  • Slides Pane
  • Sidebar
  • Workspace
  • Toolbars
  • Status Bar
  • Navigator
• Workspace Views
  • Normal View
  • Outline View
  • Notes View
  • Handout View
  • Slide Sorter View
    • Customizing Slide Sorter View
    • Moving a Slide Using Slide Sorter
    • Selecting and Moving Groups of Slides
    • Working in Slide Sorter View
    • Renaming Slides
• Creating a New Presentation
• Formatting a Presentation
  • Inserting Slides
  • Selecting a Layout
  • Modifying the Slide Elements
    • Inserting Text
    • Inserting a Table
    • Inserting a Picture
    • Inserting a Chart
    • Inserting a Movie
  • Modifying the Appearance of Slides
  • Modifying the Slide Show
    • Custom Animations
    • Slide Transitions
• Running the Slide Show

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Notes View

Use the Notes view (Figure 7) to add notes to a slide. These notes are not seen when the presentation is shown.

1. Click the Notes tab in the Workspace.
2. Select the slide to which you want to add notes.
   • Click the slide in the Slide pane, or
   • Double-click the slide’s name in the Navigator.
3. In the text box below the slide, click on the words Click to add notes and begin typing.

You can resize the Notes text box using the green resizing handles and move it by placing the pointer on the border, then clicking and dragging. To make changes in the text style, use the Styles and Formatting deck of the Sidebar or press the  F11  key to open the Styles and Formatting window and modify the Notes style among the Presentation styles.

Figure 7: Adding notes in Notes view