OpenOffice Impress

OpenOffice Impress, a part of the OpenOffice office suite package and created by Sun Microsystems, is a presentation program similar to Microsoft PowerPoint.Linux.com :: Microsoft PowerPoint versus OpenOffice.org Impress In addition to being able to create PDF files from presentations, it is also able to export presentations to SWF files, allowing it to be played on any computer with a Flash player installed. It is able to view, edit and save files in many file formats, including the .ppt format, which is used by Microsoft PowerPoint. Impress is distributed (spread) under an open source licence so people can download it as free software. It released under the terms of the Apache License.
Impress

OpenOffice Impress users can install the Open Clip Art Library, which adds a large amount of images for general presentation and drawing projects. Linux distributions Debian, Gentoo, Mandriva and Ubuntu have given the ready-to-use openclipart package for download and install from their online software repositories.

Related pages
 OpenOffice.org
 LibreOffice
 Microsoft Powerpoint
 KPresenter

 References 

 Other websites 
 Impress Official Page
 Impress Presentation FAQ
 User resources at OOo Wiki
 OpenOffice.org 2 Guidebook
 OpenOffice.org Blog

 Templates and resources 
 Presentation Templates from the official documentation page
 OpenOffice.org Impress Templates
 Extension Repository for OpenOffice

 Guide and Articles 
 OpenOffice.org 2.x Impress Guide
 First Steps in Impress, updated for OpenOffice.org 2.0
 Differences In Use Between Impress and Powerpoint 
 TuxMagazine issue 10  (free PDF download after registration)
 OpenOffice.org 2.0 Impress: the Confusing Duckling Becomes a User-Friendly Swan by Solveig L. Haugland
 Delivering Effective Presentations with OpenOffice.org's Impress

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