Duration: 1 day | Book this courseÂ
Cost: $275.00 + GST
Course Description
Create impressive multimedia presentations with Impress!
Like Calc and Writer, Impress is a component of the free, open-source, multi-platform OpenOffice.org suite. Its intutive user interface lets you access tools at your fingertips. What's even more exciting about this program is that you can share your work with friends, colleagues, or clients in many ways e.g., PDF, HTML, and Adobe® Flash.
This one day essential training will teach participants how to plan and create effective presentations, format characters and paragraphs, create and modify graphic objects such as shapes and lines, incorprate custom animations and slide transitions, set up pages, run a slide show, export to various file formats, and printing the entire presentation.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of Microsoft® Windows® or Linux® operating system
Who Should Take This Course
New users of OpenOffice.org Impress
Course Objectives
Upon completing this course, you will have learned how to:
- Create a presentation.
- Format characters and paragraphs.
- Create and modify graphic objects.
- View and manage slides.
- Apply custom animation and slide transitions.
- Run a slide show.
- Export presentation to various file formats.
- Print entire presentation.
Course Outline
Getting Started with the Impress Interface
Starting Impress
Getting Help
Exploring navigation options
Switching from one view mode to another
Opening an existing presentation
Entering information
Editing and clearing information
Using Undo and Redo action commands
Saving and closing
Exiting Impress
Creating a Presentation
Creating a presentation using the Presentation Wizard
Creating a presentation from a Template
Creating a blank presentation
Working with Slides
Changing the slide setup
Adding and deleting slides
Moving from slide to slide
Working with AutoLayouts
Modifying a presentation
Changing the slide layout
Changing the design template
Changing the background of a presentation
Working with Text
Working with text objects, i.e. characters and paragraphs
Formatting text
Finding and replacing text
Checking spelling
Creating and Modifying Graphic Objects
Working with shapes, lines, and arrows
Inserting pictures
Accessing the Fontwork Gallery to insert artistic text
Applying fill colour and gradient effects to shapes
Applying shadow and 3-D Effects
Viewing and Managing Slides
Working with the Slide Sorter
Adding Footers to Slides
Using Notes and Handout Pages Options
Running Slide Shows
Using Slide Show Tools
Applying custom animation
Rehearsing slide transitions and timing
Exporting Presentation to Various File Formats
Printing the entire presentation and creating a handout version