Impress Guide 7.2

Appendix B
Toolbars

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Using LibreOffice on macOS
Some keystrokes and menu items are different on macOS from those used in Windows andLinux. The table below gives some common substitutions for the instructions in this document.
For a detailed list, see the application Help.
Windows or LinuxmacOS equivalent

EffectTools > Options
menu selection

LibreOffice > Preferences

Access setup options

Right-click

Control+click or right-click
depending on computer setup

Open a context menu

Ctrl (Control)⌘ (Command)

Used with other keys

F11

⌘+T

Open the Styles deck in the Sidebar

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Copyright............................................................................................................................2
Contributors.............................................................................................................................. 2
Feedback.................................................................................................................................. 2
Publication date and software version.......................................................................................2
Using LibreOffice on macOS.....................................................................................................2

Introduction........................................................................................................................5
Using toolbars...................................................................................................................5
Displaying toolbars....................................................................................................................5
Closing toolbars........................................................................................................................ 5
Moving toolbars......................................................................................................................... 6
Docked toolbars................................................................................................................... 6
Floating toolbars...................................................................................................................6
Floating sub-toolbars............................................................................................................6
Docking toolbars................................................................................................................... 7
Locking toolbars........................................................................................................................ 7
Docked toolbars................................................................................................................... 7
Locking sub-toolbars............................................................................................................7
Editing toolbars......................................................................................................................... 8
Adding tools......................................................................................................................... 8
Deleting tools....................................................................................................................... 8
Customizing toolbars............................................................................................................8

Toolbars..............................................................................................................................8
3D-Objects................................................................................................................................ 9
3D-Settings............................................................................................................................... 9
Align Objects............................................................................................................................. 9Comments............................................................................................................................... 10
Distribute Selection................................................................................................................. 10
Drawing................................................................................................................................... 10
Edit Points............................................................................................................................... 12
Find......................................................................................................................................... 13
Fontwork................................................................................................................................. 13
Form Controls......................................................................................................................... 13
Form Design........................................................................................................................... 14
Form Navigation...................................................................................................................... 14
Glue Points............................................................................................................................. 15
Image...................................................................................................................................... 15
Insert....................................................................................................................................... 16
Legacy Circles and Ovals....................................................................................................... 16
Legacy Rectangles.................................................................................................................. 16
Line and Filling........................................................................................................................ 17
Master View............................................................................................................................ 17
Media Playback....................................................................................................................... 18
Options................................................................................................................................... 18
Outline.................................................................................................................................... 18
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Presentation............................................................................................................................ 19
Slide Sorter............................................................................................................................. 19
Slide View............................................................................................................................... 19
Standard................................................................................................................................. 19
Standard (Single Mode)..........................................................................................................20
Standard (Viewing Mode)........................................................................................................21
Table....................................................................................................................................... 21
Text......................................................................................................................................... 22
Text Formatting....................................................................................................................... 22
Transformations...................................................................................................................... 23
TSCP Classification................................................................................................................23
Zoom....................................................................................................................................... 23

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Introduction
In Impress there are several toolbars available to help in creating a presentation. Each toolbar
has a default set of tools and the option to add additional tools to a toolbar.

Note
The icons displayed in the Impress toolbars may differ from what is displayed on ascreen. Toolbar icons depend on the computer system being used and how a
LibreOffice has been setup. For more information on customizing LibreOffice and thetoolbars, see the Getting Started Guide.

Using toolbars
Displaying toolbars
To display and make a toolbar active go to View > Toolbars on the Menu bar. A submenu openswith an alphabetical list of toolbars available for creating presentations in LibreOffice Impress.
Click on a toolbar name to make it active. Depending on the computer setup and operating
system, active toolbars are indicated by a check mark or highlighting next to the name.
Impress toolbars available
1) 3D-Objects
2) 3D-Settings3) Align Objects
4) Comments
5) Distribute Selection6) Drawing7) Edit Points
8) Find9) Fontwork
10) Form Controls11) Form Design12) Form Navigation
13) Gluepoints
14) Image15) Insert
16) Legacy Circles and Ovals
17) Legacy Rectangles

18) Line and Filling19) Master View20) Media Playback21) Options22) Outline
23) Presentation
24) Slide Sorter25) Slide View
26) Standard27) Standard (Single Mode)
28) Standard (Viewing Mode)
29) Table
30) Text
31) Text Formatting32) Transformations33) TSCP Classification
34) Zoom

Note
Some toolbars, although selected in View > Toolbars on the Menu bar, will not
display until an object of the correct type is selected in the presentation. For
example, the Image toolbar only displays when an image is selected.

Closing toolbars
To close a toolbar, use one of the following methods:•

Go to View > Toolbars on the Menu bar and deselect the toolbar.

•

Right-click on an icon on a toolbar and select Close Toolbar from the context menu.

•

Click on the X in the right corner of the title bar of a floating toolbar.

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Figure 1: Toolbar handles

Moving toolbars
Docked toolbars
By default, some toolbars are docked into position in the Impress main window. For example, theStandard toolbar is docked at the top of the main window. Docked toolbars can be undocked andmoved to a new docked position on the main window or left as a floating toolbar.
1) Move the mouse cursor over the small vertical handle at the left end of the toolbar, as
shown in Figure 1. The cursor changes to the moving cursor used for the computer
system and setup.
2) Click and hold down the mouse button and drag the toolbar to a new location. This can bea new docked position or a floating toolbar. A hashed border appears around the toolbar
indicating the toolbar position as it is dragged.
3) Release the mouse button when the required position is reached.

Note
If the small vertical bar is not visible at the left end of a docked toolbar, then the
toolbar is locked into position. A docked toolbar must be unlocked before it can be
moved to a new position in the Impress main window.

Floating toolbars
To move a floating toolbar, click on its title bar and drag it to a new floating location. Release themouse button when the toolbar is in the required position. A floating toolbar does not have to bepositioned on the Impress main window for it to function.

Floating sub-toolbars
Some tools on a toolbar have a small triangle ▼ to the right of the tool indicating that more tools
are available on a sub-toolbar, for example Basic Shapes on the Drawing toolbar. Sub-toolbars
can be turned into floating toolbars and moved into a new position as follows:
1) Move the mouse cursor over the horizontal handle at the top of the toolbar, as shown in
Figure 2. The cursor changes to the moving cursor used for the computer system andsetup.

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Figure 2: Creating floating sub-toolbar
2) Click and hold down the mouse button and drag the toolbar to a new location to create afloating sub-toolbar.
3) Release the mouse button when the required position is reached.
4) To close the floating sub-toolbar, right-click on the small triangle ▼ in the sub-toolbar title
bar and select Close Toolbar from the context menu.

Docking toolbars
To dock a floating toolbar, use one of the following methods:•

Click on the title bar and drag it to the top, bottom, left side, or right side of the main
window. When the toolbar reaches a docking position, a hashed border appears at thedocked position. Release the mouse button and the toolbar is docked.

•

Right-click on the toolbar and select Dock Toolbar from the context menu. The toolbar
moves into a docked position. If the position is not suitable, move the toolbar to a new
docked position.

•

To dock all floating toolbars that are active, right-click on the toolbar and select Dock All
Toolbars from the context menu.

Locking toolbars
Docked toolbars
When a toolbar has been docked into position on the Impress main window, the toolbar can also
be locked into position preventing the toolbar from becoming a floating toolbar.
•

To lock a toolbar into a docked position, right-click in a blank area on the toolbar andselect Lock Toolbar Position in the context menu. A check mark appears against thisoption indicating the toolbar is now locked.

•

To unlock a toolbar, right-click in a blank area on the toolbar and click on Lock Toolbar
Position in the context menu. The check mark next to this option disappears indicating
the toolbar is now unlocked. A small vertical or horizontal bar appears at the left end or
top of the toolbar indicating that the toolbar is unlocked. This bar is also is used to movethe toolbar.

Note
Some toolbars cannot be docked or locked into position. This is indicated by the
options Dock Toolbar and/or Lock Toolbar Position being grayed out, making theoptions unavailable.
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Locking sub-toolbars
To prevent sub-toolbars from becoming floating sub-toolbars, sub-toolbars have to be locked asfollows:
1) Save any presentation that is open in Impress.
2) Go to View > Toolbars on the Menu bar and select Lock Toolbars from the context
menu.
3) Select Restart Now in the Restart LibreOffice dialog that opens to activate the Lock
Toolbars option.
4) To unlock sub-toolbars so they can become floating sub-toolbars, repeat Steps 1 thru 3.
The Lock Toolbars option is an on/off switch.

Note
Using Lock Toolbars option affects all sub-toolbars available in LibreOffice modules.

Editing toolbars
When LibreOffice is installed on a computer, a default set of toolbars suitable for each LibreOfficemodule are also installed. Each toolbar also has a default set of tools to provide the necessary
tools for creating LibreOffice documents.

Adding tools
1) Right-click in a blank area on a toolbar, or click on the small downward triangle ▼ on theright of the toolbar title bar.
2) Select Visible Buttons from the context menu to display a list of available tools.
3) Click on the tool required and the tool appears in the toolbar. The list of available tools
closes automatically. If there is a highlight or check mark next to the tool, then that tool isalready installed on the toolbar.

Note
When adding tools using Visible Buttons, the tool is added to the toolbar at thesame position as the tool appears in the Visible Buttons list. That is, the top tool
appears at the left end of the toolbar and the bottom tool appears at the right end of
the toolbar. Tool positions cannot be changed using Visible Buttons.

Deleting tools
1) Right-click in a blank area on a toolbar, or click on the small downward triangle ▼ on theright of the toolbar title bar.
2) Select Visible Buttons from the context menu to display a list of available tools.
3) Click on the tool no longer required and the tool is removed from the toolbar. The highlightor check mark next to the tool is also removed. The list of available tools closes
automatically.

Customizing toolbars
Extra tools and commands that are not available in Visible Buttons can be added to a toolbar
using customization. Customization also allows the creation of new toolbars if a specific set oftools are required for a specific task. For information on customizing toolbars, see the Getting
Started Guide.

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Toolbars
Note
The available tools listed for each toolbar below are all available for installation on atoolbar when Visible Buttons is opened in the context menu for each toolbar. The
tools already installed on a toolbar are indicated in Visible Buttons either by the toolicon being highlighted or by a check mark. This install indication depends on
computer setup and computer operating system being used.

Note
On some toolbars, the icons have a small triangle ▼ to the right of an icon. Click on
this triangle to open further options that are available for use.

Note
Some of the tools in the toolbars also have the option of using a keyboard shortcut
instead of clicking on the tool. For a full list of keyboard shortcuts that are available in
Impress, see Appendix A, Keyboard Shortcuts.

3D-Objects
The 3D-Objects toolbar (Figure 3) provides tools to create 3D objects in a slide. It is activated bygoing to View > Toolbars > 3D-Objects on the Menu bar. Alternatively, click on the small triangle▼ next to the 3D-Objects icon displayed on the Drawing toolbar to open a submenu giving
access to the available 3D objects.
Available tools from left to right1) Cube2) Sphere
3) Cylinder
4) Cone

5)
6)
7)
8)

Pyramid
Torus
Shell
Half Sphere

Figure 3: 3D-Objects toolbar

3D-Settings
The 3D-Settings toolbar (Figure 4) and its tools only become active when an object has been
converted to 3D using the tool Toggle Extrusion and the converted object is selected.
Available tools from left to right1) Toggle Extrusion
2) Tilt Down
3) Tilt Up4) Tilt Left
5) Tilt Right

6) Depth7) Direction8) Lighting9) Surface10) 3D Color

Figure 4: 3D-Settings toolbar
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The following tools on the 3D-Settings toolbar have a small triangle ▼ on the right of the icon.
Click on this triangle to open a drop-down menu giving access to various options as follows:•

Depth – 3D extrusion depth – 0cm; 1cm; 2.5cm; 5cm; 10cm; Infinity; Custom. The
measurement unit depends on the ruler settings in Tools > Options > LibreOffice
Impress > General.

•

Direction – 3D extrusion direction and type – Parallel; Perspective.

•

Lighting – lighting direction and lighting level of 3D extrusion – Bright; Normal; Dim.

•

Surface – surface type of 3D extrusion – Wire Frame; Matt; Plastic; Metal.

•

3D Color – color of 3D extrusion. Select a color from one of the available color palettes.

Align Objects
The Align Objects toolbar (Figure 5) provides tools for aligning several objects in a slide to
improve the visual impact of objects on a slide.
Available tools from left to right1) Left2) Centered
3) Right

4)
5)
6)

Top
Center
BottomFigure 5: Align Objects
toolbarComments
The Comments toolbar (Figure 6) provides tools for adding, deletion, and navigation ofcomments in a presentation. To use comments, it is recommended to add the name and initials of
all users in Tools > Options > LibreOffice > User Data so that comments can be easily
identified.
Available tools from left to right1) Comment (Ctrl+Alt+C)2) Previous Comment (Ctrl+Alt+PgUp)
3) Next Comment (Ctrl+Alt+PgDown)

4)5)

Delete Comment
Delete All Comments

Figure 6: Comments
toolbar

Distribute Selection
The Distribute Selection toolbar (Figure 7) provides tools to distribute three or more selected
objects evenly along the horizontal axis or vertical axis. Also, the spacing between objects can beevenly distributed.
Available tools from left to right1) Horizontally Left
2) Horizontally Center
3) Horizontally Spacing4) Horizontally Right
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5)
6)
7)
8)

Vertically Top
Vertically Center
Vertically Spacing
Vertically Bottom

Figure 7: Distribute Selection
toolbarDrawing
The Drawing toolbar (Figure 8) provides the tools used to create graphic objects on slides in apresentation.
Available tools from left to right1) Select
2) Zoom & Pan
3) Zoom4) Text Box (F2)5) Vertical Text
6) Insert Fontwork
7) Line Color
8) Fill Color
9) Line10) Rectangle11) Ellipse
12) Line Ends with Arrow
13) Lines and Arrows
14) Curves and Polygons
15) Connectors
16) Basic Shapes17) Symbol Shapes18) Block Arrows (Arrow Shapes in Visible
Buttons))19) Flowchart (Flowchart Shapes in Visible
Buttons)20) Callouts (Callout Shapes in Visible Buttons)21) Stars and Banners (Star Shapes in Visible
Buttons)22) 3D Objects
23) Position and Size (F4)24) Rotate25) Flip26) Align Objects27) Arrange
28) Select at least three objects to distribute(Distribution in visible Buttons)
29) Shadow30) Crop Image (Crop in Visible Buttons)31) Filter
32) Points F8 (Edit Points (F8) in Visible Buttons)
33) Show Glue Points Function (Glue Points in
Visible Buttons)
34) To Curve
35) To Polygon36) To 3D37) T0 3D Rotation Object38) Toggle Extrusion39) Insert
40) Controls

Figure 8: Drawing toolbar
Some tool shapes on the Drawing toolbar change depending on the last tool that was previously
selected and used.
•

Click on the small triangle ▼ to the right of a tool to open a sub-toolbar. Select therequired shape to add to a drawing.

•

To create a sub-toolbar, click and drag at the top of the pop-up toolbar to an empty areaon the main window. The sub-toolbars for each object type and the various shapes
available are shown Figures 9 to 18.

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Figure 9: Lines and Arrows sub-toolbar

Figure 10: Curves and Polygons
sub-toolbar

Figure 11: Connectors sub-toolbar

Figure 12: Basic Shapes sub-toolbar

Figure 13: Symbol Shapes sub-toolbar

Figure 14: Block Arrows sub-toolbar

Figure 15: Flowchart sub-toolbar

Figure 16: Callouts sub-toolbar

Figure 17: Stars and Banners sub-toolbar

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Figure 18: 3D-Objects
sub-toolbar

Edit Points
The Edit Points toolbar (Figure 19) provides tools for editing the points of a curve or an object
that has been converted to a curve. The toolbar only becomes active when an object is selected
and one of the following methods is used to open the toolbar:•

Click on Edit Points on the Drawing or Standard toolbar.

•

Use the keyboard shortcut F8.

Available tools from left to right1) Edit Points (F8)2) Move Points
3) Insert Points4) Delete Points5) Convert to Curve
6) Close Bezier7) Split Curve
8) Corner Point
9) Smooth Transition
10) Symmetric Transition
11) Eliminate Points

Figure 19: Edit Points toolbar

Find
The Find toolbar (Figure 20) opens by default in the bottom left corner of the Impress main
window. This toolbar is normally docked at the bottom left of the Impress main window above theStatus bar. However, it can be undocked and made into a floating toolbar.
Available tools from left to right1) Close Find Bar
2) Find Text
3) Find Previous
4) Find Next

5)
6)
7)

Find All
Match Case
Find and Replace (Ctrl+H)

Figure 20: Find toolbar

Fontwork
The Fontwork toolbar (Figure 21) is used to create graphical text objects in a drawing andprovide the tools for editing the graphical text object. This toolbar only becomes active when a
Fontwork graphical text object in the presentation has been selected.
Available tools from left to right1) Insert Fontwork Text
2) Fontwork Shape
3) Fontwork Same Letter Heights

4)
5)
6)

Fontwork Alignment
Fontwork Character Spacing
Toggle Extrusion

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Figure 21: Fontwork toolbar
Some tools on the Fontwork toolbar have a small triangle ▼ to the right of the tool. Click on thetriangle to open a pop-up toolbar or drop-down option list.
•

Fontwork Shape – select the required shape for the Fontwork graphical text object fromthe options available.

•

Fontwork Alignment – select the paragraph alignment from the options available.

•

Fontwork Character Spacing – select the required character spacing from the options
available.

Form Controls
The Form Controls toolbar (Figure 22) provides the tools required to create an interactive form.
This allows controls to be added to a form in a text, drawing, spreadsheet, presentation, or HTML
document (for example a button that opens another presentation or slide).
Available tools from left to right1) Select
2) Design Mode
3) Toggle Form Control Wizards
4) Form Design5) Control Properties
6) Form Properties
7) Label8) Text Box
9) Check Box10) Option Button
11) List Box
12) Combo Box
13) Push Button
14) Image Button

15) Formatted Field
16) Date Field17) Numerical Field18) Group Box19) Time Field
20) Currency Field
21) Pattern Field
22) Table Control23) Navigation Bar24) Image Control25) File Selection
26) Spin Button
27) Scrollbar

Figure 22: Form Controls toolbar

Form Design
The Form Design toolbar (Figure 23) opens a form in Design Mode so that it can be edited.
Controls of the form cannot be activated or its contents edited when in Design Mode. However,the position and size of the controls can be changed, other properties edited, and added ordeleted controls in Design Mode.
Available tools from left to right1) Select
2) Control Properties
3) Form Properties
4) Position and Size (F4)5) Form Navigator6) Activation Order
7) Add Field
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8) Automatic Control Focus
9) Bring to Front (Ctrl+Shift++)
10) Send to Back (Ctrl+Shift+-)11) Group (Ctrl+Shift+G)
12) Ungroup (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+G)13) Enter Group (F3)14) Exit Group (Ctrl+F3)

15) Align Objects16) Open in Design Mode17) Display Grid

18) Snap to Grid
19) Helplines While Moving

Figure 23: Form Design toolbar

Form Navigation
The Form Navigation toolbar (Figure 24) provides tools to edit a database table or control thedata view. The toolbar is normally displayed at the bottom of a document that contains fields thatare linked to a database. This toolbar is only active when forms are connected to a database; aninactivate toolbar is shown in Figure 24.
The Form Navigation toolbar also allows movement within records as well as inserting anddeleting records. If data is saved in a form, the changes are transferred to the database. This
toolbar also provides tools providing sort, filter, and search functions for data records.
Available tools from left to right1) Find Record
2) Record
3) Absolute Record4) Text -> Record5) Total No. of Records
6) First Record7) Previous Record8) Next Record9) Last Record10) New Record11) Save Record12) Undo: Data entry

13) Delete Record
14) Refresh15) Refresh Control
16) Sort
17) Sort Ascending18) Sort Descending19) AutoFilter20) Apply Filter21) Form-Based Filters22) Reset Filter/Sort
23) Data source as Table

Figure 24: Form Navigation toolbar

Glue Points
The Glue Points toolbar (Figure 25) provides tools to insert a glue point or modify the propertiesof a glue point. A glue point is a point where a connector is attached to an object. By default,
LibreOffice automatically places a glue point at the center of each side of the bounding rectangle
for every object created.
Available tools from left to right1) Insert Glue Point
2) Exit Direction Left
3) Exit Direction Top
4) Exit Direction Right
5) Exit Direction Bottom
6) Glue Point Relative

7) Glue Point Horizontal Left
8) Glue Point Horizontal Center
9) Glue Point Horizontal Right10) Glue Point Vertical Top11) Glue Point Vertical Center12) Glue Point Vertical Bottom

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Figure 25: Glue Points toolbar

Image
The Image toolbar (Figure 26) provides tools to edit, modify, align, reposition and resize images.
The toolbar only becomes active and available when an image is selected in a presentation. The
Image toolbar automatically replaces the Line and Filling toolbar when it becomes active.
Available tools from left to right1) Position and Size (F4)2) Align Objects
3) Left4) Centered
5) Right
6) Top7) Center8) Bottom
9) Arrange
10) Bring to Front (Ctrl+Shift++)
11) Bring Forward (Ctrl++)12) Send Backward (Ctrl+-)13) Send to Back (Ctrl+Shift+-)14) In Front of Object
15) Behind Object
16) Reverse
17) Line Style

18) Line Width
19) Line Color
20) Area Style/Filling21) Fill Color
22) Shadow23) Filter24) Image Mode
25) Crop26) Vertically27) Horizontally28) Transformations
29) Transparency30) Color
31) Line
32) Area33) Animation34) Interaction

Figure 26: Image toolbar

InsertThe Insert toolbar (Figure 27) provides tools to insert different types of objects into a drawing.
Available tools from left to right1) New Page (Ctrl+M)
2) Floating Frame
3) Insert Page from File
4) Table5) Image

6)
7)
8)
9)

Insert Audio or Video (Media in Visible
Buttons)
Formula Object (Ctrl+Alt+=)
Chart
OLE Object

Figure 27: Insert toolbar

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Legacy Circles and Ovals
The Legacy Circles and Ovals toolbar (Figure 28) provides tools to insert different types of circles
and ovals into a drawing.
Available tools from left to right1) Insert Ellipse2) Circle3) Ellipse Pie4) Circle Pie5) Ellipse Segment
6) Circle Segment
7) Ellipse, Unfilled

8) Circle, Unfilled9) Ellipse Pie, Unfilled10) Circle Pie, Unfilled11) Ellipse Segment, Unfilled
12) Circle Segment, Unfilled
13) Arc
14) Circle Arc

Figure 28: Legacy Circles and Ovals toolbar

Legacy Rectangles
The Legacy Rectangles toolbar (Figure 29) provides tools to insert different types of rectangles
and squares into a drawing.
Available tools from left to right1) Insert Rectangle2) Square3) Rectangle, Rounded
4) Rounded Square

5)
6)
7)
8)

Rectangle, Unfilled
Square, Unfilled
Rounded Rectangle, Unfilled
Rounded Square, Unfilled

Figure 29: Legacy Rectangles
toolbarLine and Filling
The Line and Filling toolbar (Figure 30) provides tools and drop-down lists for editing lines,
arrows, and object borders. The tools available vary depending on the type of object selected forediting.
Available tools from left to right1) Position and Size (F4)2) Align Objects
3) Left4) Centered
5) Right
6) Top7) Center8) Bottom
9) Arrange
10) Bring to Front (Ctrl+Shift++)
11) Bring Forward (Ctrl++)12) Send Backward (Ctrl+-)13) Send to Back (Ctrl+Shift+-)14) In Front of Object

15) Behind Object
16) Reverse
17) Line Style
18) Line Width
19) Line Color
20) Area Style/Filling21) Fill Color
22) Shadow23) Arrow Style
24) Vertically25) Horizontally26) Transformations27) Line
28) Area
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31) Animation32) Interaction33) Show the Styles Sidebar (F11)34) Display Grid
35) Helplines While Moving

Figure 30: Line and Filling toolbar

Master View
The Master View toolbar (Figure 31) provides tools to create a new master slide, rename amaster slide, delete a master slide, and close master view. This toolbar is only active when
Impress is in master view.
Available tools from left to right1) New Master2) Rename Master

3)
4)

Delete Master
Close Master View

Figure 31: Master
View toolbar

Media Playback
The Media Playback toolbar (Figure 32) provides the tools required to insert, view, play, andlisten to audio and video files. The toolbar only becomes active when an audio or video file isselected. Impress supports many different media formats depending on the computer operating
system being used.
Available tools from left to right1) Insert Audio or Video
2) Play3) Pause4) Stop5) Repeat

Figure 32: Media Playback toolbar

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6)
7)
8)
9)

Position
Mute
VolumeView

Options
The Options toolbar (Figure 33) provides tools for editing various settings for newly createdpresentations, for example how objects snap to the grid when being moved or resized.
Available tools from left to right1) Rotation Mode after Clicking Object
2) Display Grid
3) Display Snap Guides4) Helplines While Moving5) Snap to Grid
6) Snap to Snap Guides7) Snap to Page Margins8) Snap to Object Borders9) Snap to Object Points10) Allow Quick Editing
11) Select Text Area Only
12) Double-click to edit Text
13) Modify Object with Attributes14) Exit All Groups

Figure 33: Options toolbar

OutlineThe Outline toolbar (Figure 34) provides tools for working with outlines.
Available tools from left to right1) Demote (Alt+Shift+Right)
2) Promote (Alt+Shift+Left)
3) Move Down (Alt+Shift+Down)
4) Move Up (Alt+Shift+Up)
5) Show Formatting6) Black & White View
7) Show Only First Level
8) Show All Levels
9) Hide Subpoints
10) Show Subpoints

Figure 34: Outline toolbar

Presentation
The Presentation toolbar (Figure 35) provides tools for working with presentations.
Available tools from left to right1) New Slide2) Duplicate Slide
3) Rename Slide
4) Delete Slide
5) Slide Layout
6) Change Slide Master7) Expand Slide
8) Go to First Slide

9) Go to Previous Slide
10) Go to Next Slide
11) Go to Last Slide
12) Move Slide to Start
13) Move Slide Up14) Move Slide Down
15) Move Slide to End

Figure 35:
Presentation toolbar

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Slide Sorter
The Slide Sorter toolbar (Figure 36) allows selection of slides in the current presentation and starta presentation from the first slide.
Available tools from left to right1) Select2)

Start from First Slide (F5)

Figure 36:
Slide
Sortertoolbar

Slide View
The Slide View toolbar (Figure 37) opens with the Slide Sorter view and provides tools torehearse timings of a slide show; hide and show slides, and change the number of slides
displayed in Slide Sorter view.
Available tools from left to right1) Rehearse Timings2) Show Slide

3)
4)

Hide Slide
Slides per Row

Figure 37: Slide View toolbar

Standard
The Standard toolbar (Figure 38) is common to all LibreOffice modules and provides tools forcreating and editing documents using LibreOffice. The Standard toolbar differs between different
LO modules to allow for different toolsets used in creating the different types of documents.
Available tools from left to right1) Load URL
2) New (Ctrl+N)3) Templates (Ctrl+Shift+N)
4) Open (Ctrl+O)
5) Open Remote6) Save (Ctrl+S)
7) Save As (Ctrl+Shift+S)
8) Email9) Edit Mode (Ctrl+Shift+M)
10) Export Directly as PDF11) Print Directly
12) Print (Ctrl+P)
13) Cut (Ctrl+X)
14) Copy (Ctrl+C)
15) Paste (Ctrl+V)16) Clone Formatting (Clone in Visible Buttons)17) Clear (Ctrl+Shift+M)
18) Undo (Ctrl+Z)19) Redo (Ctrl+Y)
20| Appendix B, Toolbars20) Find and Replace (Ctrl+H)21) Spelling (F7)22) Auto Spellcheck (Shift+F7)23) Zoom & Pan
24) Zoom25) Display Grid (Grid in Visible Buttons)
26) Helplines While Moving27) Display Views
28) Views Tab Bar29) Format Slide30) Master Slide
31) Start from First Slide (F5)32) Start from Current Slide (Shift+F5)33) Table
34) Insert Image (Image in Visible Buttons)35) Insert Audio or Video (Media in visible
Buttons)36) Insert Chart (Chart in Visible Buttons)37) Text Box (F2)38) Insert Special Characters (Symbol in Visible
Buttons)39) Vertical Text
40) Insert Fontwork Text
41) Insert Hyperlink (Ctrl+K) (Hyperlink in Visible
Buttons)42) Show Draw Functions (Draw Functions in
Visible Buttons)
43) Interaction44) LibreOffice Help45) What’s That

Figure 38: Standard toolbar

Standard (Single Mode)
The Standard (Single Mode) toolbar (Figure 39) can be used instead of the Standard toolbar ifnecessary. The Standard (Single Mode) toolbar is normally used when the user interface isswitched to single mode. For more information on selecting and using user interface variants, see
Chapter 12, User Interface Variants.
Available tools from left to right1) New (Ctrl+N)2) Open (Ctrl+O)
3) Save (Ctrl+S)
4) Export Directly as PDF
5) Print (Ctrl+P)
6) Print Preview (Ctrl+Shift+O)
7) Undo (Ctrl+Z)8) Redo (Ctrl+Y)
9) Find and Replace (Ctrl+H)10) Clone Formatting (Clone in Visible Buttons)
11) Spelling12) Entire Page
13) New Slide
14) Duplicate Slide
15) Rename Slide
16) Delete Slide17) Slide Layout18) Display Views
19) Text Box (F2)20) Vertical Text
21) Insert Image (Image in Visible Buttons)22) Insert Audio or Video (Media in visible
Buttons)23) Insert Chart (Chart in Visible Buttons)24) Table25) Insert Fontwork
26) Insert Line (Line in visible Buttons)27) Rectangle28) Ellipse
29) Lines and Arrows30) Curves and Polygons
31) Connectors
32) Basic Shapes
33) Symbol Shapes
34) Block Arrows (Arrow Shapes in Visible
Buttons)35) Flowchart (Flowchart Shapes in Visible
Buttons)36) Callouts (Callout Shapes in Visible Buttons)37) Stars and Banners (Star Shapes in Visible
Buttons38) 3D Objects
39) Position and Size (F4)40) Rotate41) Flip42) Align Objects
43) Arrange44) Select at least three objects to distribute(Distribution in Visible Buttons)45) Group (Ctrl+Shift+G)
46) Ungroup (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+G)47) Enter Group (F3)48) Exit Group (Ctrl+F3)49) Select50) Entire Page
51) Zoom & Pan
52) Zoom53) Start from First Slide (F5)54) Start from Current Slide (Shift+F5)

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Figure 39: Standard (Single Mode) toolbar

Standard (Viewing Mode)
The Standard (Viewing Mode) toolbar (Figure 40) provides tools to save, edit and distribute a
document.
Available tools from left to right1) Save As (Ctrl+Shift+S)
2) Edit Mode (Ctrl+Shift+M)
3) Read Only Mode
4) Attach to Email (Email in Visible Buttons)
5) Export Directly as PDF
6) EPUB

7) Print Directly
8) Print (Ctrl+P)
9) Copy (Ctrl+C)10) Find and Replace (Ctrl+H)11) Zoom
12) Start from First Slide (F5)

Figure 40: Standard (Viewing Mode)
toolbarTable
The Table toolbar (Figure 41) provides tools and options to edit and format a table placed on aslide. This toolbar only becomes active when a table is selected.
Available tools from left to right1) Table2) Border Style
3) Border Color
4) Borders (Shift to overwrite)5) Area Style/Filling6) Fill Color
7) Merge Cells
8) Split Cells
9) Optimize
10) Align Top (Top in Visible Buttons)11) Center Vertically (Center in Visible Buttons)
12) Align Bottom (Bottom in Visible Buttons)

22| Appendix B, Toolbars13) Insert Row Above
14) Insert Row Below
15) Insert Column Before16) Insert Column After
17) Delete Row
18) Delete Column
19) Delete Table
20) Select Table
21) Select Column22) Select Row23) Table Design24) Table Properties

Figure 41: Table toolbar

Text
The Text toolbar (Figure 42) provides tools to insert text boxes and callouts into a slide

Figure 42: Text toolbar
Available tools from left to right1) Insert Text Box (F2) (Text Box in Visible
Buttons)2) Fit Text in Textbox Size
3) Callouts

4)
5)
6)

Insert Vertical Text (Vertical Text in Visible
Buttons)
Fit Vertical Text to Frame
Vertical Callouts

Text Formatting
The Text Formatting toolbar (Figure 43) provides tools for formatting text and alignmentcommands. This toolbar becomes active when text in a text box or graphic object has been
selected and it automatically replaces the Line and Filling toolbar.
Available tools from left to right1) Font Name
20) Character Highlighting Color
2) Font Size
21) Toggle Unordered List (Unordered List in3) Increase Font Size (Ctrl+]) (Increase in Visible
Visible Buttons)
Buttons)22) Toggle Ordered List (Ordered List in Visible4) Decrease Font Size (Ctrl+[) (Decrease in
Buttons)
Visible Buttons)23) Outline Format
5) Bold (Ctrl+B)
24) Align Left (Ctrl+L) (Left in Visible Buttons)
6) Italic (Ctrl+I)25) Align Center (Ctrl+E) (Center in Visible7) Underline (Ctrl+U)
Buttons)8) Double Underline
26) Align Right (Ctrl+R) (Right in Visible Buttons)
9) Strikethrough27) Justified (Ctrl+J)
10) Overline28) Align Top (Top in Visible Buttons)
11) Superscript (Ctrl+Shift+P)
29) Center Vertically (Center in Visible Buttons)
12) Subscript (Ctrl+Shift+B)
30) Align Bottom (Bottom in Visible Buttons)
13) Toggle Shadow (Shadow in Visible Buttons) 31) Set Line Spacing (Line Spacing in Visible
14) Apply outline attribute to font (Outline Font
Buttons)
Effect in Visible Buttons)32) Character Spacing15) Clear Direct Formatting (Ctrl+Shift+M) (Clear 33) Increase Paragraph Spacing (Increase in
in Visible Buttons)
Visible Buttons)16) lowercase
34) Decrease Paragraph Spacing (Decrease in17) UPPERCASE
Visible Buttons)
18) SMALL CAPITALS35) Text direction from left to right19) Font Color
36) Text direction from top to bottom
Appendix B, Toolbars | 2337) Left-To-Right38) Right-To-Left
39) Select All (Ctrl+A)40) Character
41) Paragraph

Figure 43: Text Formatting toolbar

Transformations
The Transformations toolbar (Figure 44) provides tools to modify the shape, orientation, or fill of
selected objects.
Available tools from left to right1) Rotate2) Flip3) In 3D Rotation Object
4) Set in Circle (perspective)5) Set to circle (slant)

6)
7)
8)

DistortInteractive transparency tool (Transparency
tool in Visible Buttons)
Interactive gradient tool (Gradient tool in
Visible Buttons)

Figure 44: Transformations
toolbar

TSCP Classification
The TSCP Classification toolbar (Figure 45) provides tools to help in selecting the security of adocument. LibreOffice adds custom fields in the document properties (File > Properties >Custom Properties) to store the classification policy as document metadata. TSCP stands forTransglobal Secure Collaboration Participation.
Available tools from left to right1) Apply document classification (Level)2)

Manage Document Classification

Figure 45: TSCP Classification toolbar

Zoom
The Zoom toolbar (Figure 46) provides tools to reduce or enlarge the screen display of thecurrent presentation.
Available tools from left to right1) Zoom In2) Zoom Out3) 100%4) Zoom Previous
5) Zoom Next
6) Entire Page
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7) Page Width8) Optimal View (Optimal in Visible Buttons)9) Object Zoom
10) Zoom & Pan
11) ShiftFigure 46: Zoom toolbar

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