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How do you add slide presenter notes in LibreOffice Impress?

How do you add slide presenter notes in LibreOffice Impress? I need to add a transcript to read for each slide during my presentation. (It should also serve as notes for the student if viewing the presentation file later.)
DBinJP
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Is there a pdf reader that displays animations?

I'm creating a presentation and need to include some animations. I placed the animation in the pdf file using Beamer (after storing the animation in a bunch of png files). Now, when I open the file on Okular or Evince, I don't see any animation.…
Yotam
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How do I change hyperlink colours in LibreOffice Impress?

I have a lot of Powerpoint slides that I converted to LibreOffice Impress. The resulting hyperlinks are very faded, very hard to see. I can't seem to find any way to change the colour of hyperlinks as a whole. Any colour change I do make on an…
Marita Moll
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Light easy to use Presentation software

I am looking for an easy to use light presentation software. The main features I need are : Light (on dependencies and resource consumption) Easy to use Align & Distribute information on slide Use pictures Offline editor The extra features I would…
danjjl
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How can I view and edit PowerPoint presentations that don't render correctly?

I have Microsoft PowerPoint projects that I can view correctly on Android, OS X and Windows, but on Linux with LibreOffice Impress, they are not rendered correctly. Instead, the letters and objects are outside the screen. I need PowerPoint for my…
Pavlos Theodorou
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Inserting a math equation to a LibreOffice presentation

In a LibreOffice Impress presentation (Version 5.1.4.2 on Ubuntu 16.04), when I click Insert -> Object -> Formula, I see a visual toolbar that lets me add elements of an equation such as fractions etc. However: The inserted formula is in a very…
Erel Segal-Halevi
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How can I show notes on my laptop in LibreOffice Impress?

I think it would be very nice to present on a projector with my laptop showing the notes! I appreciate any help and I love you if you find it by tomorrow!
zulu34sx
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Is there any tool to convert pdf to ppt/odp slides in Linux/ Ubuntu offline?

I am looking for a tool that converts PDF into PPT files or supports any tweak to import PDF files into LibreOffice-impress, LibreOffice-Draw imports the PDF but that does not do the job. So far I am trying to use a workaround called pdftk+pdfchain…
Pavel Sayekat
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Presentation Creation Tools

Other than LibreOffice/OpenOffice.org Impress what good presentation making tools are available for Ubuntu? I prefer a GUI tool which can export to PDF as I have to make presentation in Windows PC. Can PDF support animations with Adobe Reader 8/9?…
Chethan S.
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Evince shows small frame in Presentation mode

I recently noticed that Evince started showing the following unusual behavior when in Presentation mode (after F5 is pressed) on my laptop: instead of making the slide occupy most of the screen, it keeps it to a pretty low dimension, and fills the…
popoolmica
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Annotate PDF with stylus

I have a presentation as PDF file, but might want to do simple annotations during the talk and I want to have a presenter console. On the one hand there is Libre Office Impress that has all tools (pen and presenter console), but cannot import PDFs…
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Command-line presentation tool for Linux?

In a few days I am going to give a presentation about Linux. So I want to show Linux in style. So I want any tool for presentation. I heard about Mdp. Now I want to make my own. How can I create this type of slide?
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How do you change text color in LibreOffice Impress?

How do I change slide text color? I don't see a format text menu ribbon like I am accustomed to seeing in Microsoft Powerpoint, nor do I see a collection of text editing options like in Google Documents.
DBinJP
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LibreOffice Impress: How to align with a reference object?

I know that I can use the align and distribute functionality of libreoffice impress to align objects. However, when I want to align two objects, both of them move if I choose to align their centers. How can I use one of them as a reference…
Vangelis Tasoulas
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Is there any alternative for Zoomit on Ubuntu?

The drawing mode provided by zoomit is wonderful during a presentation. Is there any software on Ubuntu that provides the same functionality?
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