What is you name and the name of your company? What is the subject of your presentation? Any further ideas to be presented? On the fourth screen (numbered 4) of the Presentation Wizard, you are allowed to type in the following general template information: If you select Automatic, then the wizard also allows you to select the Duration of Page and the Duration of Pause in between the slides. The Speed drop-down list allows you to select one of the three available transition speeds: Slow, Medium, Fast.Īfter that you can also decide whether you'd like to advance from one slide to another by Default (manually), or Automatically. If the Preview check-box under the mini-preview window is selected, you can actually see in real-time each of these effects as you select them! The Effect drop-down list presents you with over two dozen transition options like "Wipe Down", "Uncover Left", "Wheel Clockwise, 3 Spokes" etc. This is where the fun really begins because you get to choose from a bewildering variety of Transition Effects, yeaah! SCREEN 2 also allows you to select from one of the following Output Medium options: Original, Overhead sheet, Paper, Screen, Slide (my personal favorite). However, that's not a repetition of you 've chosen the Empty Presentation option in the previous screen. Here there's a seeming-repetition that may confuse some users since the wizard again asks you to select a Presentation style and Presentation Background, the same options offered in SCREEN 1. On the second screen (numbered 2) of the Presentation Wizard, you are allowed to select a Slide Design. NOTE: Both OO and NO open any MS PowerPoint presentation perfectly well, without any problem! And once you're through, you can again save them in MS PowerPoint format and no one would ever know the difference.Ĭlick Next to advance to the next screen. (All that from a totally FREE application!) There, just like in MS PowerPoint, you can select from a variety of Master Pages, make any text edits you want on any slide, include a dizzying array of graphic elements, call-outs, images, and even manipulate the images (like rotating, etc.) The number of things that you can do both to your presentation template and the individual slides themselves is too long and has to be experienced in person to be appreciated. Once you select and open the presentation, the wizard will carry you to the full-fledged editing window of the Impress application. (See SCREEN 2)Ĭ) If you open an existing presentation, the wizard will allow you to browse for it on your hard drive. You then click Next and move on to the other wizard screens. This same screen allows you to select a Presentation Background as well: Dark Blue with Orang, or Subtle Accents (my personal favorite). (See SCREEN 2)ī) If you select From Template option on SCREEN 1, the wizard allows you to select from one the two modest built-in business templates available: Introducing a New Product, and Recommendation of a Strategy. On the first screen (numbered 1) of the Presentation Wizard you can select from one of the following three types of presentation: a) Empty Presentation, b) From Template, or c) "Open Existing Presentation."Ī) If you select Empty Presentation option on SCREEN 1, you click Next and move on to the other wizard screens. That also displays the same Presentation Wizard. Or alternatively, you can also directly select File > Presentation from the OO/NO menu. (Note the Letter, Fax, Agenda, and Web Page wizards as well!) Select File > Wizards > Presentation from the menu to display the Fax Wizard. Select the Text Document option from the OO/NO menu to display the word processor. Here is how to design and prepare a great Presentation by using OO or NO Presentation Wizard. Search for "OpenOffice" and "NeoOffice" on the Google to download them from their respective sites. OpenOffice (OO) and its Mac-version NeoOffice (NO) are two amazingly powerful and complete office suites with their built-in Presentation Program called Impress, which in my judgment is as good as MS PowerPoint. Actually there is a free alternative that does just as well, if not better. If you think you need to have MS PowerPoint to prepare a great presentation, I have to disagree respectfully. How to Write and Design a Slide Presentation With OpenOffice Or NeoOffice Presentation Wizard
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