CHAPTER 13

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 the formatting of the text. Figure . The Presentation Style dialog box The dialog box for making modifications to a graphics style is shown in Figure .

. Text must be selected before it can be formatted manually. Figure . The Graphics Style modification dialog box Formatting characters To view the character formatting options, select Format → Characteror click the Character button on the Text Formatting toolbar.

(If a toolbar with the text icon is not visible, choose View → Toolbars → Text Formatting .) The Character dialog box appears. Font page Use the Font page, shown in Figure . , to select the desired font type, its base attributes (Italic, Bold, etc.) as well as the size. A sample of the font is displayed in the lower part of the dialog box.

You can also specify the language of this style.This page is available when creating or modifying a presentation style or a graphics style. Figure . The dialog box to set the basic font attributes When writing a presentation in multiple languages, you can make the best of the language setting by creating two styles that only differ in the language but are otherwise the same. This allows you to check the spelling of all of the contents without affecting the appearance.