You will almost certainly want to work with Impress maximized. This setup makes for a crowded window in which the current slide pane is too small to work in.

It consists of the current slide in the middle, and the Slides pane to the left and the Task pane to the right. Impress's Normal view sets the standard for other views. And now, there is even a special view for when you are actually presenting a slide show, thanks to a recently-released extension. For most of them, all you need to do is to select a view from the tabs in the middle of the screen, or select an option from the top of the View menu. Go into other views, and the options increase. However, even within the Normal view, you have options that you may not have noticed. If you spend some time exploring Impress, you can easily find the views that are most suitable to your preferences and needs.įrom what I've observed, most Impress users stick with the default Normal view, and don't even bother to customize that. These views not only allow you to focus on a particular aspect of your presentation, such as the contents or your speaker notes, but also accommodate both verbally and visually oriented users, as well as a variety of needs, such as handouts. Maybe that's why 's Impress offers a variety of views of your work. Presentation software isn't complicated compared to a word processor or spreadsheet.

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