of slides simultaneously. (This requires using the Layouts section of the Tasks pane.) Chapter . . .
Tasks pane The Tasks pane has five sections: . . . .
Master Pages You define the page style for your presentation using Master Pages. Impress contains pre-packaged Master Pages (slide masters). One of them by default is blank, and the rest have a specific background. (Figure .
) Figure . Master Pages . . .
. Layout Pre-packaged layouts are shown. You can choose the one that you want, use it as it is or modify it to suit your own requirements. At present, it is not possible to create custom layouts.
(Figure . ) Figure . Layout . .
. . Table Design Standard table styles are provided in this pane. You can further modify the appearance of a table with the selections to show or hide specific rows and columns, or to apply a banded appearance to the rows and columns.
(Figure . ) Chapter Figure . Table Design Figure . Custom Animation .
. . . Custom Animation A variety of animations for selected elements of a slide are listed here.
Animation can be added to selected elements of a slide and it can also be changed or removed later. (Figure . ) . .
. . Slide Transition Transitions are available, including No Transition . You can select the transition speed (slow, medium, fast).
You can also choose between an automatic or manual transition, and how long you want the selected slide to be shown (automatic transition only). (Figure . ) Figure . Slide Transition Chapter .
. Window elements of Impress Figure . shows the elements of the Impress Window Open source application. The window elements of Impress include Title Bar, Menu Bar, Tool Bar, Ruler Bar and the Scroll Bar which are similar to the elements in Open Office writer.
. . . View Buttons: The Workspace has five tabs: Normal, Outline, Notes, Handout, and Slide Sorter, as seen in Figure .
. These five tabs are called View Buttons. . .
. Status Bar: Status Bar is present at the bottom of your window, which