Course Specifications
Course number: 084286
Software: Impress 2.3
Course length: 1.0 day(s)
Course Description
You may have previously conducted presentations using
overhead projectors and flip charts. Nowadays, presentations are expected
to be in an electronic format so that the presentations are professional as
well as engaging. In this course, you will work with OpenOffice
Impress 2.3 to create electronic presentations.
Course Objective: You will work with OpenOffice Impress 2.3 to create electronic presentations.
Target Student: This course is designed for students who are interested in learning
the fundamentals needed to create and modify basic Impress presentations.
Prerequisites: Students should be familiar with using a personal computer.
Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Hardware Requirements
For this course, you will need one computer for each student
and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum
hardware components:
- Pentium IV 1.5 GHz processor (2 GHz recommended).
- 256 MB of RAM.
- 1.5 GB of disk space or larger.
- A CD-ROM or DVD drive.
- A VGA or higher video adapter and monitor.
- A keyboard and mouse or other input device.
- Network cards and cabling for local network access.
- A printer.
- A projection system to display the instructor's computer screen.
Platform Requirements
- Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 (Service Pack 2 or higher),
Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista (enhanced Vista integration from version
2.2), Solaris 8 OS or higher, Linux kernel version 2.2.13 or higher, glibc2
version 2.2.0 or higher, Power Mac G3 400Mhz or higher.
Software Requirements
- OpenOffice.org 2.3 Suite
- Microsoft® Windows XP Professional.
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- explore the Impress interface.
- create a presentation.
- edit and format text and insert a field in your presentation.
- insert various presentational elements into a presentation.
- work with presentational elements.
- work with styles.
- create a custom presentation.
- create a custom slide show.
- finalize your presentation.
- package a presentation.
Course Content
- Lesson 1: Getting Started with Impress
- Topic 1A: Explore the Impress Interface
- Topic 1B: Navigate and View a Presentation
- Topic 1C: Identify Wizards in Impress
- Topic 1D: Use Impress Help
- Lesson 2: Creating a Presentation
- Topic 2A: Add Slides
- Topic 2B: Choose Layout
- Topic 2C: Add Text
- Lesson 3: Formatting Text in a Presentation
- Topic 3A: Edit Text
- Topic 3B: Apply Formatting Options
- Topic 3C: Insert Fields
- Lesson 4: Inserting Presentational Elements
- Topic 4A: Insert Graphical Text
- Topic 4B: Insert Spreadsheets
- Topic 4C: Insert Charts
- Topic 4D: Insert Graphics
- Topic 4E: Add Media
- Topic 4F: Add a Hyperlink
- Topic 4G: Insert Animation
- Lesson 5: Working
with Presentational Elements
- Topic 5A: Position Presentational Elements
- Topic 5B: Modify Presentational Elements
- Topic 5C: Group Presentational Elements
- Lesson 6: Working with Styles
- Topic 6A: Apply Styles
- Topic 6B: Customize Graphic Styles
- Topic 6C: Customize Background Styles
- Lesson 7: Creating a Custom Presentation
- Topic 7A: Customize Master Pages
- Topic 7B: Customize Templates
- Topic 7C: Customize Animation
- Lesson 8: Creating a Custom Slide Show
- Topic 8A: Customize Gallery in Impress
- Topic 8B: Add Navigation
to a Slide Show
- Topic 8C: Apply Slide Transition
- Topic 8D: Setup a Custom Slide Show
- Lesson 9: Finalizing a Presentation
- Topic 9A: Run a Spell Check
- Topic 9B: Secure a Presentation
- Lesson 10: Packaging a Presentation
- Topic 10A: Print a Presentation
- Topic 10B: Export a Presentation
- Appendix A: Customizing OpenOffice Impress
- Appendix B: Customizing
Impress User Interface