Archive for April 2016

Add different types of drawn object to a slide: line, arrow, block arrow, rectangle, square, oval, circle, text box. We can add the different drawn objects to a slide from the ‘Drawing Toolbar’. To activate the drawing toolbar, firstly go to ‘View’ option on the main menu bar and then select ‘Toolbars’ from the drop…

Copy, move graphical objects, charts within the presentation, between open presentations. To copy an object within a presentation or between open presentations, first of all select the object. Then right-click on the object and from the resulting menu click on ‘Copy’. Now go to the location where you want to copy this object to and…

Insert a graphical object (picture, image, drawn object) into a slide. To insert an object like an image or a graphical object to a specific location in a slide, first of all bring the text pointer to that location by clicking at that location once. Now click on ‘Insert’ from the main menu bar. This…

Add data labels to a chart: values/numbers, percentages. To add data labels to a chart, select the chart by double clicking on it. After selecting the chart, click on ‘Insert’ button from the main menu bar and then click on ‘Data Labels’ from the resulting drop down menu. This will open the ‘Data Labels for…

Create built-in charts in a presentation: column, bar, line, pie. In Impress, we can represent our data with the help of different graphical representations like column chart, bar chart, line chart, or pie chart. This makes the data more presentable and also easier to comprehend. To create the different types of charts in Impress, simply…

Tables are very effective in conveying structured information. Table in a slide can be inserted by clicking on ‘Insert’ in the main menu bar and selecting ‘Table’ from the drop down list which gets displayed. After this, a dialog box appears, in which we can select the ‘Number of rows’ and the ‘Number of columns’…

Indent bulleted text. Remove indent from bulleted text. Indentation helps in defining the amount of space to be made available to the right and to the left side of the page. Indentation can be done by selecting ‘Format’ option from the main menu bar. Now select ‘Paragraph’ from the drop down list which gets displayed.…

Change text formatting: font sizes, font types. To change the font size and the font type of the text in a presentation, right-click anywhere on the text area and from the resulting menu, click on ‘Character’. This will open the ‘Character’ dialog box. In this dialog box, under the ‘Fonts’ tab, we have the ‘Size’…

Delete text. The text can be deleted by simply selecting the unwanted text and pressing the ‘Delete’ button on your keyboard. Another method is to place the text pointer to the right of the text which needs to be deleted and then press the ‘backspace’ button from the keyboard. This will delete the text backwards.…

Enter text into a placeholder in standard, outline view. To enter text into a slide, simply click once in the text area. This will give a blinking text pointer in the text area. Now use the keys on your keyboard to enter the text values. This is how we can enter text into an Impress…