CHAPTER Presentation Advanced Presentation Unit IV Figure . dialog box to paste text Figure . paste symbol in the standard toolbar to paste text Formatting pasted text If pasting the text into an AutoLayout area, then to give the pasted text the same look and feel of the rest of the presentation apply the appropriate out line style to the text. To do so: .
Paste the text in the desired position. . Select the text you have just pasted . .
Select Format → Default formatting from the menu bar. (Figure . ) . Use the four arrow buttons in the Text Formatting toolbar to move the text to the appropriate position.
Figure . Selecting Default formatting from the menu bar Inserting special characters To insert special characters, such as copyright, math, geometric or monetary symbols, or characters from another language: . Click in the place in the text where you want to insert the character. .
Choose Insert → Special Characte r. The Special Characters dialog box appears. ( Figure . ).
. Choose the font and character subset from the Font and Subset drop-down menus. . Click the character you want to insert.
You may have to scroll to find the one you want. . Click OK. Figure .
Inserting special characters To show toolbar buttons that are not visible, click on the small down-arrow on the right end of the tool bar, move the cursor over Visible Buttons and then click on the icon you wish to make visible (Figure . ). Figure . Making tool bar buttons visible Formatting text Formatting text can give a presentation a consistent look and a dynamic feel.
Modifying a style In Impress there are two categories of styles: presentation styles and graphics styles. When inserting text in an Auto Layout area, the presentation styles become available. When inserting text in a text box or a graphic object it is possible to apply the graphic styles. If you have selected a presentation style, the dialog box in Figure .
will appear. The Presentation Style dialog box determines