Digital Presentation Notes (LibreOffice Impress)-Class 9

 Digital Presentation: Digital Presentation is a visual method of presenting information using digital tools such as computer, projectors, or presentation software. It includes slides , images , text, charts, audio, and videos to explain a topic clearly.  Some popular digital presentation applications are Libre Office Impress, Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Slides , etc.

Characteristics of an Effective Presentation:

1.  Relevant and Clear Content: The ideas should match the main topic and objective. Content must be meaningful and easy to understand.
2. Attractive Opening: The Presentation should begin in an engaging way such as with a question, fact, short video. or example. Objectives should be clearly stated at the beginning.
3. Proper Organization: The topics should be arranged in a logical sequence (Introduction- Body-Conclusion) to avoid confusion. 
4. Short and Concise Points: Use bullet points instead of long paragraphs include suitable images, charts, and infographics to support the content.
5. Good Communication Skills: The presenter should speak clearly, maintain eye contact, and use confident body language with a positive tone.
6.  Audience Involvement : The Presentation should connect with the audience and encourage interaction.
7. Proper Planning and Practice: The presentation should be well-designed, rehearsed and prepared for possible questions.

LibreOffice Impress: LibreOffice Impress is a presentation software used to create slideshows. It is a part of the LibreOffice suite and is free and open-source software. The default file extension is .odp (Open Document Presentation )

Features of LibreOffice Impress: 

1. Multimedia Support: It allows users to Add text, images, audio, video, charts, and animations to make presentation attractive and informative.
2. Templates: It provides a library of ready-made templates and themes to design professional-looking slides easily.
3. Slide Layouts: Various slide layouts help users arrange content in an organized and clear manner.
4. Animation and Transitions: Users can apply animation effects to objects and transition effects between slides to make the presentation more engaging. 
5. Multiple Slide Views: Different slide views (like Normal view and slide sorter view) help in editing and managing slides efficiently. 
6. Rehearsal Timing: Users can record slide timings during rehearsal to improve presentations delivery. 

Templates in Presentation : A templates is a pre-designed slide layout that includes background, colors, font, and formatting. It helps users create professional and attractive presentation quickly.

Create a Presentation Using Templates :                                                                                                  

• Open LibreOffice Impress.
• Select a suitable template from the template gallery.
• Choose the required slide layout.
• Add text, images, and other multimedia content.
• Apply animations and transitions if needed. 
• Save the Presentation in .odp format or PDF.

Running a Presentation :

Running a presentation means starting the slide show to displays slides on the full screen for the audience.

Steps to slide show are:

• Click on Slide Show menu.
• Select Start from First Slide
• or Press F5 key to start the slide show.
• Use arrow key or mouse to move to the next slide.
• Press Esc key to end the presentation.

Slide Layouts: A slide layout is the arrangement or structure of elements like title, text, images, charts, and other objects on a slide.

Types of Slide Layouts:

1. Blank : This slide is completely empty.
2. Title Slide: This layout has : one placeholder for title and one placeholder for subtitle or text.
3. Title, Content: This layout has: one placeholder for title and one placeholder for content.
4. Title, 2 Content: This layout has : one placeholder for title and two placeholders for content.
5. Title Only: This layout has only one placeholder for title.
6. Centered Text: This layout has one placeholder for center aligned text.

Adding a New Slides: 

Step1: Click slide in the Menu Bar.

Step 2: Click New Slide.

                  or Press CTRL+M

Duplicating a Slide: Duplicating a slide means making an exact copy of an existing slide in a presentation.  

steps to Duplicate a Slide:

step1: Select the slide you want to copy.

step 2: Right-click on the slide.

step3: Click Duplicate slide.

Viewing  a Slide show:

Viewing a Slide show means displaying the presentation full screen so that the audience can see all the slides one by one.

Important Options in Slide Show Settings:

1. Range: It decides which slides will be shown.

Examples: All slides- shows the entire presentation.

From slide- To slide-shows selected slides only.

 

2. Type: It decides how the presentations will run.

Full Screen- Presentation covers the whole screen

Window Mode- Presentation runs in a window.

3. Options : These options control different features like: 

• Mouse pointer visibility 
• Automatic slide changes
• Looping the presentation

Significance of Custom Slide Shows: Custom Slide Show allows you to select and present only specific slides from a presentation according to your needs.

Steps to Create a Custom Slide Show :

Step1: Click on the Slide Show menu

Step2: Select Custom Slide Show.

Step 3: Click New and give a name to the custom slide show.

Step4: Select the slides we want to include and click ok to save it.

Presentation Views: Presentation views are different modes used to display and work with slides in a presentations.

Types of Presentation Views:

1. Normal View: Normal view is the default view used to create and edit slides in a presentation.
2. Slide Sorter View: Slide Sorter view displays all slides as small thumbnails and allows the user to rearrange them easily.
3. Notes View: Notes View allows the presenter to add notes to explain the slide during the presentations.
4. Outline View: Outline View shows the titles and main text of slides in an outline format.

Animations : Animation is a visual effect applied to text or objects on a slide to make them move or appear during a presentation. It makes the presentation more attractive and helps the audience focus on important points.

Types of Animations:

1. Entrance Animation: Entrance Animation is a type of animation that controls how an object appears on a slide during a presentation. 

Example: Fade, Fly In, Zoom, Bounce, etc.

2. Emphasis animation: Emphasis animation is an effect used to highlight an object already present on the slide.

Examples: Spin, Grow/Shrink, Pulse, Change Color

3. Exit Animation: Exit Animation effect is used to control how an object disappears from a slide during a presentation. It makes text , pictures , or shapes leave the slide in a special way.

Example: Fade Out, Fly Out, Disappear, Spin Out

4. Motion Paths: Motion Paths Animation is an animation effect that moves an object from one position to another on a slide along a specific path. It allows text, pictures, or shapes to follow a line, curve, circle, or any custom path during the presentation. 

Examples: Line , Curve, Circle, Custom Path

How to apply Animations:

Step1: Select the text or object on the slide.

Step 2: Click on the Animation tab.

Step 3: Choose an animation effect (such as Fade, Fly In, Zoom)

Step 4: Set the timing and order of the animation. 

Main timing options: 

Start: When the animation begins (on Click, With Previous, After Period)

Duration: How long the animation lasts

Delay: Waiting time before the animation starts.

Slide Master View: Slide Master View is a special view used to control the overall design , formatting, and layout of all slides in a presentation. Any changes made in the Slide Master are automatically applied to all slides in the presentation. 

Creating a Slide Master : Creating a Slide Master means making a master design that will be applied to all slides in the presentation.

Steps to Create a Slide Master

Step 1: Open the presentation in Impress

Step 2: Click on the View menu.

Step 3: Select Slide Master

Step 4: Now make changes like background, font style, colors or logo.

Step 5: Click Close Master View to return to normal slides.

Slide Transition : Slide Transition is the visual effect that occurs when one slide changes to the next slide during a presentation. It makes the presentation smooth and attractive when moving from one slide to another. 

Example of Slide Transitions: (Fade, Wipe, Push)

Answer the following questions: 2 marks each: 

1. What do you mean by presentation modes?

Ans: Presentation modes are the different ways in which a presentation can be displayed during a slide show. Example: (Full Screen Mode, Window Mode, Presenter Mode)

2.. What is the significance of tables?

Ans: Tables are used to organize information in rows and columns so that data can be presented clearly and neatly. 

3. What are the three images modes?

Ans: Images modes change the appearance or color style of a picture in a slide. 

the three image modes are Standard , Grayscale Mode, and Black & White.