The Visibooks Guide to Impress 2.0 by Jill & Kevin Jordan www.visibooks.com The Visibooks Guide to Impress 2.0 Copyright Copyright © 2006 by Visibooks™, LLC All rights reserved Trademarks and Disclaimer Visibooks™ is a trademark of Visibooks, LLC All brand and product names in this book are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies Visibooks™ makes every effort to ensure that the information in this book is accurate However, Visibooks™ makes no warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the accuracy, quality, reliability, or freedom from error of this document or the products described in it Visibooks™ makes no representation or warranty with respect to this book’s contents, and specifically disclaims any implied warranties or fitness for any particular purpose Visibooks™ disclaims all liability for any direct, indirect, consequential, incidental, exemplary, or special damages resulting from the use of the information in this document or from the use of any products described in it Mention of any product does not constitute an endorsement of that product by Visibooks™ Data used in examples are intended to be fictional Any resemblance to real companies, people, or organizations is entirely coincidental ISBN 1597060410 Table of Contents Creating a Presentation Create a presentation Create a slide Add new slides .16 Insert pictures 23 Format text 30 Format pictures 34 Preview a presentation 46 Customizing Presentations 53 Insert tables and charts .54 Employ design templates 74 Employ a master slide 78 Rearrange slides 89 TABLE OF CONTENTS i Working with Animation 95 Animate text 96 Animate graphics 101 Create slide transitions 108 Advance slides automatically 110 Preparing Live Presentations 113 Add speaker notes 114 Create handouts 119 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Creating a Presentation In this section, you’ll learn how to: • Create a presentation • Add new slides • Insert pictures • Format text • Format pictures • Preview a presentation CREATING A PRESENTATION Create a presentation Start Impress You should see a screen that looks like this: CREATING A PRESENTATION Tip: If the Presentation Wizard window appears, make sure that Don’t show this wizard again is checked Then click the button CREATING A PRESENTATION Create a slide In the Tasks pane, under Layouts, click the CREATING A PRESENTATION icon On the blank slide, click the words Click to add title A cursor in a text box should appear: CREATING A PRESENTATION 5 Click the words Click to add notes, then type: Think about your guests when selecting a party theme Click the tab PREPARING LIVE PRESENTATIONS 117 118 Save the presentation PREPARING LIVE PRESENTATIONS Create handouts On the Menu Bar, click File, then Print PREPARING LIVE PRESENTATIONS 119 120 When the Print window appears, click the PREPARING LIVE PRESENTATIONS button When the Printer Options window appears, check Handouts and Outline Tip: Choosing outline automatically creates handouts with lines for taking notes PREPARING LIVE PRESENTATIONS 121 122 Under Quality, click Black and White PREPARING LIVE PRESENTATIONS The handouts would look like this if printed: Click the button PREPARING LIVE PRESENTATIONS 123 124 In the Menu Bar, click View, then Header and Footer PREPARING LIVE PRESENTATIONS When the Header and Footer window appears, click the tab if it isn’t selected PREPARING LIVE PRESENTATIONS 125 Type: My Practice Presentation Handouts in the Header text box Click the button To print the handouts, click the 126 PREPARING LIVE PRESENTATIONS icon Practice: Preparing Live Presentations Open the Pets presentation On the first slide, add the following speaker’s note: A pet can be a great companion, as many here probably know Add the following note to the Pet Size slide: Note—Take your time with this chart Print out the speaker’s notes pages in grayscale Close Impress PREPARING LIVE PRESENTATIONS 127 128 PREPARING LIVE PRESENTATIONS Glossary Chart A visual representation of data which may be in several formats, including line, bar, pie, etc Clip Art Colorful, cartoon-like pictures, available for insertion into your presentations There are no copyright issues using the clip art included with the software Drawing Toolbar A bar with buttons and options for carrying out drawing-related commands Master slide The template for the slide presentation Contains font styles, graphics, dates, or other footer information which will appear on every slide in the same place Normal View The main editing view for writing and designing your presentation Presentation Series of Impress slides Slide Single “page” of a presentation Slide Layout Pane An arrangement of pre-formatted slide layouts that allows you to select the layout of a slide Slide Sorter View A thumbnail view of all the slides in a presentation May be used to rearrange slide order or add transitions and animations GLOSSARY 129 Table Grid used to contain information in rows and columns Template Pre-set layout In Impress there are 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