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Opens Impress with a blank slide. Use this option to create a new presentation
from scratch, without any preformatted slides.
• Create a presentation from a template
Opens Impress with your choice of template. Use this option to create a new
presentation with a predesigned OpenOffice.org template or a template you’ve
created or installed yourself, such as your company’s presentation template.
Impress uses styles and templates the same way other OpenOffice.org mod-
ules do. See
Section 3.2.4, “Using Templates to Format Documents”
(page 81) for more information about templates.
3.4.2 Using Master Pages
Master pages give your presentation a consistent look by defining the way each slide
looks, what fonts are used, and other graphical elements. Impress uses two types of
master pages:
• Slide master
Contains elements that appear on all slides. For example, you might want your
company logo to appear in the same place on every slide. The slide master also
determines the text formatting style for the heading and outline of every slide that
uses that master page, as well as any information you want to appear in a header
or footer.
• Notes master
Determines the formatting and appearance of the notes in your presentation.
Creating a Slide Master
Impress comes with a collection of preformatted master pages. Eventually, most users
will want to customize their presentations by creating their own slide masters.
1 Start Impress, then create a new empty presentation.
2 Click View Master Slide Master.
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