How to Add Text to a Slide in OpenOffice Impress

While an OpenOffice Impress presentation can include all the bells and whistles, your presentation is mainly about content. The titles and points on your slides should contain text that communicates the purpose of your presentation to your audience.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

1. Start OpenOffice Impress and open an existing presentation from your files or start a new presentation to which you would like to add text.
2. Select a slide from the "Slides" pane that you would like to add text to by clicking on it.
3. Apply a slide layout by choosing "Layouts" from the "Tasks" pane and clicking to apply a slide layout to your selected slide.
4. Click with your mouse where it says "Click to add title" or "Click to add an outline." A blinking cursor will appear where you clicked. Type the text you want to add to the slide.
5. Press the "Enter" key to go down to the next line, or click in another section of the slide to stop entering text in that position.
6. Add text anywhere on the slide by clicking the "Text" button on the drawing toolbar and clicking on your slide to add a text box that enables you to add additional text to the selected slide.

Tips & Warnings

• You can display the "Slides" and "Tasks" panes by choosing the "View" menu and clicking on "Slides pane" and "Tasks pane" so you see a checkmark before those items in the menu.
• If you don't see the drawing toolbar, choose the "View" menu, click on "Toolbars" and click on "Drawing."

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