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$[officename] Impress Features $[officename] Impress lets you create professional slide shows that can include charts, drawing objects, text, multimedia and a variety of other items. If you want, you can even import and modify Microsoft PowerPoint presentations.

For on-screen slide shows, animation, slide transitions and multimedia are a few of the techniques you can use to make your presentation more exciting. Creating Vector Graphics Many of the tools for creating vector graphics in $[officename] Draw are available in $[officename] Impress. Creating Slides $[officename] Impress provides you with templates to create professional-looking slides. You can also assign a number of dynamic effects to your slides, including animation and transition effects. Creating Presentations Several views or pages are available when you design a slide show. For example, the Slide Sorter displays an overview of your slides in thumbnail form, while the Handout page contains both the slide and the text you want to distribute to the audience. $[officename] Impress also lets you rehearse the timing of your slide show. Publishing Presentations You can publish your slides on-screen, as handouts, or as HTML documents. Giving Presentations $[officename] Impress gives you the choice of running a slide show automatically or manually.