menu ( Figure . ). . Or else, choose File → New → Presentation .
Parts of the Main Impress window The main Impress window ( Figure . ) has three parts: the Slides pane, the Workspace and the Task pane. Additionally, several toolbars can be displayed or hidden during the creation of a presentation. Tip Notes You can remove the Slides pane or Tasks pane from view by clicking the Close (X) option in the upper right corner.
You can also show or hide these panes using View → Slide Pane or View → Task Pane/Side bar. Figure . Opening a new presentation using File menu Figure . Main window of Impress .
. . Slides pane The Slides pane contains thumbnail pictures of the slides in your presentation, in the order of our insertion of slides. Clicking a slide in this pane selects it and places it in the Workspace.
While it is there, you can apply any changes that are desired to that particular slide. Several additional operations can be performed on one or more slides in the Slides pane: Add new slides at any place within the presentation after the first slide. Mark a slide as hidden so that it will not be shown as part of the slide show. Delete a slide from the presentation if it is no longer needed.
Rename a slide helps to change the name of a slide. The default names are slide1, slide2,.... Copy or move the contents of one slide to another (copy and paste, or cut and paste, respectively). It is also possible to perform the following operations, other than using the Slides pane.
Change the slide transition following the selected slide or after each slide in a group of slides. Change the sequence of slides in the presentation. Change the slide design. (A window opens allowing you to load your own design.) Change slide layout for a group of slides simultaneously.
(This requires using the Layouts section of the Tasks pane.) . . . Tasks pane The Tasks pane has five sections: .