The main screen of OpenOffice Impress is given below.
It consists of different components like Tabs, Ruler bar, Status bar, Scroll bar, and Slide Pane.
The Impress layout and its general features are described as follows:
● Tabs (File, Edit, View, Insert etc.) contain drop down menu which have commands provided by the tab.
● Status Bar: It displays information about the current open presentation. It displays the current slide number, total slides in the presentation, zoom slider, etc.
● Scroll Bar: There are two scroll bars – horizontal and vertical. They help to scroll the content or the body of the slide.
● Work Area: It is the working area where the text of the slide is typed.
● View Options: The slides can be viewed in different views – Normal, Outline, Notes, Handout, and Slide Sorter. Normal is the main view. Notes shows the Notes pane where notes can be viewed and edited, Outline gives the outline of the slides, Handout allows the user to print two or more slides on a single page, and Slide Sorter view presents miniature slides where the user can change the order of the slides, delete the slide, etc.
● Slide Pane: It displays the slides as thumbnails. The user can view all slides in the presentation, rearrange them or hide slides.
