How To Software Beginner's Guide to OpenOffice Impress Share Pin Email Print Software Presentations Documents Spreadsheets Desktop Publishing Graphic Design Databases Animation & Video by Wendy Russell Knows everything you need to know about PowerPoint presentation software. Updated October 31, 2018 OpenOffice Impress is a presentation software program that is part of a suite of programs offered as a free download from OpenOffice.org. OpenOffice Impress is a great tool for presentations in business, classrooms, and personal use. This tutorial is designed for the absolute beginner and will take you through all the basics of making your first presentation. 01 of 12 What Is OpenOffice Impress? A brief overview of OpenOffice Impress, a presentation software program. 02 of 12 Getting Started With OpenOffice Impress © Wendy Russell This tutorial will get you acquainted with the opening screen, the task pane, toolbars and different ways to view your presentations. 03 of 12 Slide Layouts in OpenOffice Impress © Wendy Russell Learn about the different layouts for your slides. Choose from title and text slides, content layout slides, and how to add a new slide or change the slide layout in the task pane. 04 of 12 Different Ways to View Slides in OpenOffice Impress © Wendy Russell View your Open Office Impress slide in a variety of ways. Choose from normal view, outline view, notes, handout or slide sorter view. 05 of 12 Background Colors for Slides in OpenOffice Impress © Wendy Russell Add a colorful background to your Open Office Impress presentation. Solid colors or gradients are just two of the selections to choose from. 06 of 12 Change Font Colors and Styles in OpenOffice Impress © Wendy Russell Learn about how to change font colors, styles and effects to make your presentation effective and easily readable. 07 of 12 Apply Slide Design Templates in OpenOffice Impress © Wendy Russell Apply a slide design template included in OpenOffice Impress to color coordinate your presentation. 08 of 12 Add Pictures in OpenOffice Impress Presentations © Wendy Russell Break up the boredom of all text slides by adding photos and other graphic images in OpenOffice Impress presentations. 09 of 12 Modify Slide Layouts in OpenOffice Impress © Wendy Russell For this tutorial we will add, move, resize and delete objects from a standard slide layout that you can choose from the task pane, in OpenOffice Impress. 10 of 12 Add, Delete or Move Slides in OpenOffice Impress © Wendy Russell In the last tutorial on modifying slide layouts in OpenOffice Impress, we worked with the in the presentation. 11 of 12 Slide Transitions in OpenOffice Impress © Wendy Russell Add motion to your presentation by using slide transitions as one slide changes to the next. 12 of 12 Add Animations to OpenOffice Impress Slides © Wendy Russell Next - Presentation Tips - How to Make a Winning Presentation Continue Reading