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Using Slide Masters,
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Peter Hillier-Brook
Dan Lewis
Jean Hollis Weber
Michele Zarri
Claire Wood
Jared Kobos

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Contents
Copyright............................................................................................... 2
Designing a presentation.......................................................................5
What are slide masters?......................................................................... 5
Working with slide masters....................................................................6
Creating slide masters........................................................................7
Applying a slide master....................................................................... 7
Loading additional slide masters........................................................7
Modifying a slide master........................................................................9
Choosing and applying the background............................................10
Adding background objects...........................................................11
Slide master styles............................................................................13
Presentation styles......................................................................... 13
Graphics styles..............................................................................14
The Styles and Formatting window...................................................14
Modifying default text areas.............................................................15
Further modifications to the default text areas.............................17
Adding text to all slides..................................................................... 18
Working with styles in Impress............................................................19
Working with templates.......................................................................19
Using templates supplied with OOo..................................................20
Using templates from other sources.................................................20
Installing templates using the Extension Manager........................20
Creating your own templates............................................................21
Setting a default template................................................................22
Setting a custom template as the default......................................22
Resetting the default to Impress’s in-built Default template.........23
Modifying a template........................................................................23
Organizing templates........................................................................ 24
Creating a template folder.............................................................24
Deleting a template folder.............................................................24
Moving a template.........................................................................24
Using Slide Masters, Styles, and Templates3Deleting a template.......................................................................25
Importing a template.....................................................................25
Exporting a template.....................................................................25

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Designing a presentation
In addition to careful planning of the content (as discussed in Chapter1), you need to plan the appearance of the presentation. It is best to do
this after you have developed an outline, because the outline will
determine some of the requirements for the slides’ appearance. For
example:• What color combinations (background and text) will both look
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good and be easy for your audience to see?
Would a picture help your audience understand the contents
better?
Do you want particular text and a picture to appear on all theslides? (for example a company name and logo.)
Would the audience benefit from having the slides numbered sothat they can quickly refer to one of them?
Do you want a background graphic or gradient? If so, you need topick something that does not interfere or clash with your content,
for example, colors used in charts.
Will you need one slide master or more than one? If one slide
design does not suit all of the content, you might need more than
one slide master.

You can change the appearance of slides as you develop thepresentation, but planning ahead will save you time in the long run.

What are slide masters?
A slide master is a slide that is used as the starting point for otherslides. It is similar to a page style in Writer: it controls the basic
formatting of all slides based on it. A slide show can have more than
one slide master.

Note

OOo uses three terms for this one concept. Master slide, slide
master, and master page all refer to a slide which is used tocreate other slides. This book uses the term slide master, except
when describing the user interface.

A slide master has a defined set of characteristics, including thebackground color, graphic, or gradient; objects (such as logos,
decorative lines, and other graphics) in the background; headers andfooters; placement and size of text frames; and the formatting of text.

What are slide masters?

5All of the characteristics of slide masters are controlled by styles. The
styles of any new slide you create are inherited from the slide masterfrom which it was created. In other words, the styles of the slide
master are available and applied to all slides created from that slide
master. Changing a style in a slide master results in changes to all theslides based on that slide master; it is, however, possible to modify
each individual slide without affecting the slide master.

Note

Although it is highly recommended to use the slide masters
whenever possible, there are occasions where manual changes
are needed for a particular slide, for example to enlarge thechart area when the text and chart layout is used.

Slide masters have two types of styles associated with them:presentation styles and graphic styles. The pre-packaged presentationstyles can be modified, but new presentation styles cannot be created.
However, not only can the pre-packaged graphic styles be modified,but new graphic styles can also be created.
Presentation styles are discussed in detail in Chapter 3 (Working withText). The use of graphic styles is covered in Chapter 6 (Formatting
Graphic Objects). See also “Working with styles in Impress” on page
19.

Working with slide masters
Impress comes with 28 pre-packaged slide masters. They are shown in
the Master Pages section of the Tasks pane (Figure 1). This section has
three subsections: Used in This Presentation, Recently Used, andAvailable for Use. Click the + sign next to the name of a subsection to
expand it to show thumbnails of the slides, or click the – sign tocollapse the subsection to hide the thumbnails.
Each of the slide masters shown in the Available for Use list is from atemplate of the same name. If you have created your own templates, oradded templates from other sources, slide masters from those
templates will also appear in this list. See “Working with templates” onpage 20 for more about templates.

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Creating slide masters
You can create a new slide master in a similar way to modifying thedefault slide master.
To start, enable editing of slide masters by View > Master > Slide
Master. You can also right-click on the default slide master in the
Master Pages section of the tasks pane, and select Edit Master.
On the Master View toolbar, click the New
Master icon (highlighted in the figure).
A second slide master appears in the Slides
pane. Modify this slide master to suit your requirements. It is also
recommended that you rename this new slide master. To do that, rightclick on the slide in the Slides pane and select Rename master fromthe popup menu.
When you are done, close the Master View toolbar to return to normal
slide editing mode.

Applying a slide masterIn the Tasks Pane, be sure the Master Pages
section is showing.
To apply one of the slide masters to all slides
in your presentation, click on it in the list.
To apply a different slide master to one ormore selected slides:
1) In the Slides Pane, select the slides you
want to change.
2) In the Tasks Pane, right-click on the slide
master you want to apply to the selected
slides, and click Apply to Selected
Slides on the pop-up menu.

Loading additional slide masters
Sometimes, in the same set of slides, you may
need to mix multiple slide masters that may
belong to different templates (the use of
templates is explained later in “Working with
Figure 1: Available
templates” on page 20). For example, you may master pages (slides)
need a completely different layout for the firstslide of the presentation, or you may want to add a slide from a
Working with slide masters

7different presentation to your presentation (based on a template
available on the hard disk).
The Slide Design dialog box makes this possible. Access this dialog box
either from the menu bar (Format > Slide design) or from the pop-up
menu that appears when right-clicking on a slide in the Slides pane.
The main window in the dialog box shows the slide masters alreadyavailable for use. To add more:
1) Click the Load button.
2) Select in the new dialog box the template from which to load theslide master. Click OK.
3) Click OK again to close the slide design dialog box.
The slide masters in the template you selected are now shown also in
the Master Pages section of the Tasks pane in the Available for use
subsection.

Figure 2: Loading slide masters from a presentation template

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Note

The slide masters you have loaded will also be available the nexttime you load the presentation. If you want to delete the unused
slide masters, click the corresponding checkbox in the Slide
Design dialog box.

Tip

To limit the size of the presentation file, you may want tominimize the number of slide masters used.

Modifying a slide master
The following items can be changed on a slide master:• Background (color, gradient, hatching, or bitmap)• Background objects (for example, add a logo or decorativegraphics)• Text attributes for the main text window and notes• Size, placement, and contents of header and footer elements toappear on every slide• Size and placement of default frames for slide titles and content
Refer to Figure 5 for a graphical representation of many of theseelements.
Before working on the slide master, make sure that the Styles andFormatting window is open. See page 15 for instructions on doing this.
To select the slide master for modification:
1) Select View > Master > Slide Master from the menu bar. This
unlocks the properties of the slide master so you can edit it.
2) Click Master Pages in the Tasks pane. This gives you access to thepre-packaged slide masters.
3) Click on the slide master you want to modify among the ones
available (Figure 1).
4) Make changes as described in this chapter, then click the Close
Master View icon on the Master View toolbar. Save the file
before continuing.

CautionAny changes made to one slide when in Master View mode willappear on all slides using this slide master. Always make sure
you close Master View and return to Normal view before
working on any of the presentation slides. Select View >Normal from the menu bar, or clicking Close Master View in
the Master View toolbar to return to the normal slide view.

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The changes made to one of the slides in Normal view (for example,
changes to the bullet point style, the color of the title area, and so on)will not be overridden by subsequent changes to the slide master.
There are cases, however, where it is desirable to revert a manually
modified element of the slide to the style defined in the slide master: todo that, select that element and choose Format > Default
Formatting from the menu bar.
It is also possible to modify the default layout of the slide master, forexample by moving the title to the side; however, you are restricted tomodifications to the “Title, Text” layout (that is, the layout containing atitle box and a text box).
Sometimes, depending on the contents of the slide, you may want toapply a different layout. The title and text boxes will inherit theproperties of the slide master, but if you have changed the position ofthese text boxes in the slide master, the layout may appear corrupted
and you may need to re-position some of the layout elements manually.

Choosing and applying the background
Backgrounds can be applied to a number of elements in Impress: thepage, a default text area, a graphic object and so on. The procedures toapply a background are always the same.
The following procedure is used to apply a background to the page.
1) To begin, do one of the following:•
Select Format > Page from the menu bar. On the Page Setup
dialog box, choose the Background tab.
•Make sure the Presentation Styles icon is selected in the
Styles and Formatting window (Figure 6), right-click
Background and select Modify from the pop-up menu. This
opens the Background dialog box.
2) Select the type of fill you want for your background from the fivechoices: None, Color, Gradient, Hatching, or Bitmap.

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Using Slide Masters, Styles, and TemplatesFigure 3: Background choices
A list of choices for the selected fill type then appears (see Figure
4 for an example).

Figure 4: Background colors
3) Select one of the items on the list and click OK. The fill you havechosen is added to the slide master, replacing any previously
selected fill.

Tip

You can make custom additions to each type of background, withthe obvious exception of None. After you create new fills, they
are listed in the Background dialog box along with the fills
provided with OOo. For example, the last color in Figure 4, Test
Blue, is a custom color. See Chapter 6 for more information.

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Adding background objects
This section describes how to add background objects and graphic
elements (such as a logo, decorative lines, and so on). OOo supports alarge number of picture formats.
Whenever you want the same graphic to appear on every slide of yourpresentation, the easiest and quickest solution is to use the slide
master. It saves time both while creating the presentation and also if
you decide to either modify or reposition it on the slide. If the graphic
was added to each slide, the same operations would have to be
performed on each individual slide of the presentation.
One of the most common activities when preparing a presentation is to
add a picture to the slide master. To insert a picture already available
on the hard disk, follow these steps:
1) Choose View > Master > Slide Master from the menu bar.
2) Select from the menu bar Insert > Picture > From File.
3) Navigate to the directory where your picture is and select it. If
you want to see a preview, select the corresponding checkbox in
the file browser dialog box.

CautionOOo offers the option to insert a picture as a link to the filerather than embedding it in the document. This can be usefulwhen a presentation is not intended to be distributed elsewhere,
and where it will remain in the same hierarchical directory
structure. For example, it could be created on a notebook
computer, from which the presentation will be given to, typically,a group of clients.
If the presentation file is to be distributed, however, the picture
should be embedded to avoid the “missing picture” syndrome
when the presentation is finally given on a different computer.

Once the picture is inserted, you need to move it to the background. To
do that, while the picture is still selected, right click on the picture andselect Arrange > Send to Back from the context menu. You may alsoneed to reposition it and modify its size. To do that see Chapter 4(Adding and Formatting Pictures).

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Tip

If you want the image to blend with the background, you can set
the background color of the picture as transparent. Select the
picture, then chose Tools > Eyedropper from the menu bar.
Select the first checkbox and then move the mouse cursor on the
picture and click on the color you want to make transparent. This
color appears next to the checkbox. Make sure that Replacewith... is set to Transparent and click Replace.

Tip

An easy way to make the picture lighter so that the text stands
out better against its background, is to increase the transparencyof the picture or change the gamma. Both these adjustments canbe quickly made from the Picture toolbar.

In addition to pictures you can add a number of other backgroundobjects, for example decorative lines, text and shapes. Figure 5 is an
example of a slide master with a custom background gradient, abackground picture, another picture in the top right corner, somedecorative lines and some customized presentation styles.

Figure 5: Example of a complex slide with several
modifications

Slide master styles
Within the slide master you can define a complete set of styles thatdefine the default appearance of text and graphic objects inserted inslides based on such background. If for example your slide master has
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a dark background, you may want to set the font color of the title andtext areas to be light. Rather than manually changing the font color for
every new slide you create, a time consuming operation prone toerrors and omissions, all you have to do is to modify the style in theslide master. Changes made to the styles in the slide master only apply
to the slides based on such slide master.
Styles in Impress are sub-divided into two main categories:
Presentation styles and Graphics styles.

Presentation styles
Presentation styles affect three elements of a slide master: thebackground, background objects (such as icons, decorative lines, andtext frames), and the text placed on the slide. Text styles are further
divided into Notes, Outline 1 through Outline 9, Subtitle, and Title. The
outline styles are used for the different levels of the outline to which
they belong. For example, Outline 2 is used for the subpoints of Outline
1, and Outline 3 is used for the subpoints of Outline 2.
The pre-packaged presentation styles can be modified, but newpresentation styles cannot be created.

Graphics styles
Graphics styles apply to lines, shapes and text boxes created using the
Impress drawing tools and define the formatting of such objects.
There are 15 pre-packaged graphic styles to choose from. You cancreate additional styles or modify the pre-packaged styles.

Note

The presence of text and title styles both in the Presentation andGraphics styles may seem confusing. This apparent duplication isdue to the fact that Impress facilitates the operation of adding
structured text to the slides by means of special text boxes where
the Presentation styles apply (Autolayout boxes). The title andother text styles in the Graphics styles group continue to apply toother text boxes you may want to add, or to the text associated toshapes or lines.

The Styles and Formatting window
To work on the slide master styles start by opening the Styles andFormatting window shown in Figure 6. You can do that either bypressing F11 or by selecting Format > Styles and Formatting fromthe main menu.

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Using Slide Masters, Styles, and TemplatesFigure 6: Styles and Formatting window

Tip

At the bottom of the Styles and Formatting window is a dropdown list. You can choose to show all styles or other groups ofstyles, for example applied styles or (in the case of Graphics
styles), custom styles.

You can dock or undock the Styles and Formatting window by holding
down the Control key while double-clicking the top of the window
between the icons (see Figure 6). Press F11 to close the Styles andFormatting window when you do not need it: OpenOffice.org willremember its position the next time you re-open it.

Modifying default text areas
When a slide master is opened for editing, it contains five areas, as
shown in Figure 7:• Title area for AutoLayouts• Object area for AutoLayouts• Date area
• Footer area
• Slide number area

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Figure 7: Slide master showing five editable areas
Click with the left mouse button on any of these areas to display eightgreen squares (handles) around the rectangle. Use these handles tomodify the size and position of the area.
1) To change the position, move the mouse towards one of theedges, away from the green handles, until the cursor changes
shape1, then click the left mouse button and drag the area to thedesired position.
2) To modify the shape and size of one of the rectangular areas, use
one of the 8 green handles: the ones in the corners modify boththe sides of the rectangle simultaneously; the handles in the
middle of the sides modify only one dimension at a time. The
shape of the mouse cursor usually changes when over the handle,
giving a clear visual indication of how it will affect the shape ofthe rectangular area.

Tip

To keep the ratio between the sides of the rectangular area
constant, move the mouse to one of the 4 green handles at thecorner of the area and keep the Shift key pressed while dragging
the handle with the mouse.

To accurately control the shape and size as well as the position of thedefault text area, instead of using the mouse it is better to use the
1 The shape of the cursor to move and resize objects is operating system specific.

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Using Slide Masters, Styles, and TemplatesPosition and Size dialog box. First select the rectangular area byclicking on any point inside it, then press F4 or choose Format >Position and Size. The dialog box shown in Figure 8 is displayed.

Figure 8: The Position and Size dialog box
The functions of this dialog box are explained in the Draw Guide, so
only a short description of the most important fields is provided in thischapter.
Use the Position section to specify the X (horizontal) and Y (vertical)
position of the rectangular area. The values represent the distance ofthe base point (selected on the right hand side) relative to the top left
corner of the slide.
Use the Size section to specify the width and height of the rectangulararea. Select in the Base point section the part of the rectangular area
you do not want to move while resizing. The default setting (top left
corner) means that the when resizing the area, the position of the top
left corner of the area will have not changed after resizing.
You can also use the Rotation tab of the dialog box to rotate the default
text area. For example, you can place the footer area on the side byrotating each text area by 90 degrees and obtain a modern-looking
layout. In general it is preferable to use only right angles for ease ofediting, although the program does not impose restrictions on thevalues that can be used.

Further modifications to the default text areas
Besides the shape, size and position, it is also possible to modify otheraspects of the 5 areas of the slide master, such as the background,
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border, alignment relative to the slide, and position relative to otherobjects.
While the background style and line style of an area can be accessedfrom the Format menu, in order to access the Alignment and Arrange
menus you need to either open the Drawing toolbar or use the context
menu. To display the Drawing toolbar (Figure 9), select it inView > Toolbars; to open the context menu, right-click on the edge ofthe rectangular area after selecting it. On the Drawing toolbar, click
the arrow next to the Alignment or Arrange icon (highlighted in Figure9) to display choices. See the Draw Guide for details.

Figure 9: The Drawing toolbar
The date area and slide number area do not automatically appear on
every slide, even though you have defined them. In order to show
them, you need to close the Master View and select the desired fieldfrom the menu bar: Insert > Page number or Insert > Date andtime. This procedure is explained in detail in Chapter 8 (Adding andFormatting Slides, Notes, and Handouts).

Adding text to all slides
Some of the supplied slide masters have text objects in the footer. You
can add other text objects to the master page for your slides to act as aheader or a footer.
1) Choose View > Master > Slide Master from the menu bar.
2) On the Drawing toolbar (see Figure 9), select the Text icon.
3) Click once and drag in the master page to draw a text object, andthen type or paste your text into the object or add fields as
described below.
4) Choose View > Normal when you are finished.
To add a field, such as the date or page number, to a text object in theheader or footer, choose Insert > Fields. and select the required fieldfrom the submenu. If you want to edit a field in your slide, select it andchoose Edit > Fields.
The fields you can use in Impress are:
• Date (fixed).
• Date (variable) —updates automatically when you reload the file.
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Using Slide Masters, Styles, and Templates• Time (fixed).
• Time (variable)—updates automatically when you reload the file• Author—First and last names listed in the OpenOffice.org userdata.
• Page number (slide number).
• File name.

Tip

To change the number format (1,2,3 or a,b,c or i,ii,iii, etc.) forthe page number field, choose Format > Page and then select aformat from the list in the Layout Settings area.
To change the author information, go to Tools > Options >OpenOffice.org > User Data.

Working with styles in Impress
If you are familiar with styles in Writer, you will find both similarities
and differences in Impress. The presentation styles are similar toparagraph styles in Writer and are used in a very similar fashion. You
cannot create new presentation styles but you can fully configure theexisting ones. Note that, as with the Heading styles in Writer, theOutline styles are hierarchically linked, so that a change in the Outline
1 will cascade through all the other Outline levels.
In Impress you will also find the graphic styles very useful. They define
the characteristics of a graphic object (including a text object). If, forexample, you need to create a organization chart diagram in one of theslides of your presentation, you will likely want all of the boxes to havea consistent appearance, meaning the same line style, same font type,maybe the same shadow, and so on. The easiest way to achieve thisresult with the minimum effort is to create a graphic style for the boxes
and apply it to each box. The major benefit is that if later on you decideto modify, say, the background color of the boxes, all you need to do ismodify the style rather than each individual box.
Presentation styles are discussed in detail in Chapter 3 (Working withText). The use of graphic styles is covered in Chapter 6 (Formatting
Graphic Objects).

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Working with templates
All documents in OpenOffice.org (OOo) are based on templates.
However, Impress is a little different from other OOo components, inthat it starts with the Presentation Wizard unless you have elected toturn the Wizard off.
When you choose File > New > Presentation from the menu bar, if
the Presentation Wizard is active, the Wizard offers several choices fora new presentation, one of which is From template.
If you have turned the Presentation Wizard off, when you start a newpresentation by choosing File > New > Presentation from the menubar, OOo uses the default presentation template. If you have notdefined your own default template, OOo uses a blank template suppliedwith the program.

Using templates supplied with OOo
Impress comes with a set of predefined templates. Two are in the
Presentations folder and the others are in the Presentation
backgrounds folder. The difference between them is that“Presentation” templates include a series of slides with sample titles
and topics, while “Presentation background” templates have only
backgrounds and background objects. Both types have predefinedpresentation and graphics styles.
You can create a new presentation from a previously saved
presentation template by choosing File > New > Templates andDocuments from the menu bar. This opens the Templates andDocuments – Templates window. To open a new presentation based ona template, double-click that template’s name in the list.

Using templates from other sources
If you have created your own templates, or imported templates fromanother location, they are probably stored in the My Templates folder
in the Templates and Documents – Templates window. Templates
installed using the Extension Manager may be installed in their own
folders. You can use them in the same way as the templates installedwith Impress.
See page 25 for information on importing templates into OOo.

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Using Slide Masters, Styles, and TemplatesInstalling templates using the Extension Manager
The Extension Manager provides an easy way to install collections oftemplates, graphics, macros, or other add-ins that have been“packaged” into files with a .OXT extension.
Although individual extensions can be found in different places, theofficial OpenOffice.org extension repository is at
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/. Some extensions are free ofcharge; others are available for a fee. Check the descriptions to see
what licenses and fees apply to the ones that interest you.
For more about the Extension Manager and some extensions ofinterest to Impress users, see Chapter 11 (Setting up and Customizing
Impress).
To install a collection of templates packaged as an extension:
1) Download the extension and save it anywhere on your computer.
2) In OOo, select Tools > Extension Manager from the menu bar.
In the Extension Manager dialog, click Add.
3) A file browser window opens. Find and select the extension you
want to install and click Open. The extension begins installing.
You may be asked to accept a license agreement.
4) When the installation is complete, the extension is listed in the
Extension Manager dialog.
The slide masters from the templates will now appear in the list of
Available Master Pages in the Tasks Pane (Figure 1).

Tip

To get extensions that are listed in the repository, you can open
the Extension Manager and click the Get more extensions
here link. You do not need to download them separately as instep 1 above. It is also advised that you use the Extension
Manager to check for any new Impress updates.

Creating your own templates
To create a template from a presentation:1) Open the presentation that you want to use for a template.
2) From the main menu, choose File > Templates > Save. The
Templates window opens (see Figure 10).
3) In the New template field, type a name for the new template.
4) In the Categories list, click the folder in which you want to store
the template. This is usually the My Templates folder, unless you
have created other folders.
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To learn more about template folders, see “Organizing templates”
on page 24.
5) Click OK. OOo saves the new template and the Templates windowcloses.

Figure 10. Saving a new template
Note

All the slide masters used in the template become available foruse in other presentations.

Setting a default template
You can set a custom presentation template to be the default template.
You can reset the default later if you choose. Following are instructions
about how to do this.

Setting a custom template as the default
You can set any template to be the default, as long as it is in one of thefolders displayed in the Template Management dialog box.
To set a custom template as the default:
1) From the main menu, choose File > Templates > Organize. The
Template Management dialog box (Figure 11) opens.
2) In the box on the left, double-click the folder containing thetemplate that you want to set as the default, then select the
template.
3) Click the Commands button.
4) From the drop-down menu, choose Set As Default Template.
The next time that you create a document by choosing File >New the document will be created from this template.

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Using Slide Masters, Styles, and TemplatesFigure 11. Template Management dialog box

Resetting the default to Impress’s built-in Default
template
To re-enable Impress’s Default presentation background template as
the default:
1) In the Template Management dialog box, in the box on the left,
click the Presentation Backgrounds folder.
2) Click the Commands button.
3) From the drop-down menu, choose Reset Default Template >Presentation.
Note

Use the instructions in this section only if you have customized
the presentation template.

Modifying a template
You can edit a template’s styles and content, and then, if you wish, you
can reapply the template’s styles to documents that were created fromthat template.
Note

You can only reapply styles. You cannot reapply content.

To edit a template:1) From the main menu, choose File > Templates > Edit. A
standard file browser window opens.
2) Find and select the template that you want to edit, and then click
Open. The selected template opens in Impress.
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233) Edit the template just as you would any other presentation. To
save your changes, choose File > Save from the main menu.
The next time that you open a presentation that was created from thechanged template, the following message appears.

Figure 12. Update styles message
Click Update Styles to apply the template’s changed styles to the
document. Click Keep Old Styles if you never want to apply the
template’s changed styles to the document. Whichever option you
choose, the message box closes and the presentation opens in Impress.

Organizing templates
OOo can only use templates that are in OOo template folders. You cancreate new OOo template folders and use them to organize yourtemplates. For example, you might have separate template folders fordifferent purposes or projects. You can also import and export
templates.
To begin, choose File > Templates > Organize from the main menu.
The Template Management dialog box (Figure 11) opens.
Note

All the actions made by the Commands button in the Template
Management window can be made as well by right-clicking on
the templates or the folders.

Creating a template folder
To create a template folder:1) In the Template Management dialog box, click any folder.
2) Click the Commands button and choose New from the dropdown menu. A new folder called Untitled appears.
3) Type a name for the new folder, and then press Enter. OOo saves
the folder with the name that you entered.

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You cannot delete the template folders supplied with OOo or installedusing the Extension Manager; you can only delete folders that you
have created.
To delete a template folder that you have created:
1) In the Template Management dialog box, select the folder thatyou want to delete.
2) Click the Commands button and choose Delete from the dropdown menu. A message box appears and asks you to confirm thedeletion. Click Yes.

Moving a template
To move a template from one template folder to another template
folder:1) In the Template Management dialog box, double-click the folderthat contains the template you want to move. A list of all thetemplates contained in that folder appears underneath the folder
name.
2) Click the template that you want to move and drag it to thedesired folder. If you do not have the authority to delete templates
from the source folder, this action copies the template instead ofmoving it.

Deleting a template
You cannot delete the templates supplied with OOo or installed using
the Extension Manager; you can only delete templates that you havecreated or imported.
To delete a template:1) In the Template Management dialog box, double-click the folderthat contains the template you want to delete. A list of all thetemplates contained in that folder appears underneath the folder
name.
2) Click the template that you want to delete.
3) Click the Commands button and choose Delete from the dropdown menu. A dialog box appears and asks you to confirm thedeletion. Click Yes.

Importing a template
If the template that you want to use is in a different location, you must
import it into an OOo template folder.
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To import a template into a template folder from another location on
your computer:1) In the Template Management dialog box, click the folder into
which you want to import the template.
2) Click the Commands button and choose Import Template fromthe drop-down menu. A standard file browser window opens.
3) Find and select the template that you want to import and click
Open. The file browser window closes and the template appears
in the selected template folder.
4) If you want, type a new name for the template, and then press
Enter.

Exporting a template
To export a template from a template folder to another location:1) In the Template Management dialog box, double-click the folderthat contains the template you want to export. A list of all thetemplates contained in that folder appears underneath the folder
name.
2) Click the template that you want to export.
3) Click the Commands button and choose Export Template. fromthe drop-down menu. The Save As window opens.
4) Find the folder into which you want to export the template andclick Save.

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