

Toolbars – Mostly on the top of the screen, these give you access to frequently used features.You can do this in the Slide sorter discussed below. If you have created a long presentation and have not done anything to identify individual key slides it will bring up a list that says “Slide 1, Slide 2, Slide 3…” which is not terribly helpful. You may not want to name each and every slide (though you could), but it might make sense to name some key slides so you can jump to them quickly. Navigator is the last of the items you can select on the Sidebar.

Similarly, if you wanted to apply a Master Page, you would click that icon, then make your selection. So if you want to change the type of slide from the standard bullet point slide to a side-by-side layout, for instance, you would first select Properties to bring up all of your slide layout options, and then click on the one you want to use. Note that when you select one of these 7 icons in the Sidebar, a pane right next to it will display the contents for that selection.

Workspace – This is where you can work on each slide individually to edit and add content.You can also hide slides here so they don’t appear in the presentation, add, delete, and move slides, etc. By scrolling up and down you can quickly go to a particular slide, click on it, and it will appear in the Workspace. The Slides Pane – This is a display of your slides in the order they will appear.When you open up LibreOffice Impress you have five main areas on the screen you need to pay attention to:
