@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ If you want to paste text into a slideshow press :kbd:`Control + V` or :menusele
To insert a special character :menuselection:`Insert --> Special Character`. To center your text press :kbd:`Control + E` or :menuselection:`Format --> Align --> Center`. To have your text aligned to the right press :kbd:`Control +R` or :menuselection:`Format --> Align --> Right`. To align text to the left press :kbd:`Control + L` or :menuselection:`Format -->Align --> Left`.
To bring up a dialog to customize the character or your text :menuselection:`Format --> Character` or right click on a textbox and select :menuselection:`Character` from the context menu. The :guilabel:`Family` lets you choose the font family for your text. The :guilabel:`Style` is where you can select the of your font. The :guilabel:`Size` Lets you change the font size. The :guilabel:`Font effects` tab has even more effects for fonts. The drop down :guilabel:`Font Label` changes your font color. The :guilabel:`Overlining` menu lets you make a style for how to draw lines over the text. The :guilabel:`Overline Color` brings up a drop down menu to choose what color to draw a line over something. The :guilabel:`Effects` has effects for your text. To have many different strikethrough effects to your text select the one you want from thedropdown :guilabel:`Strikethrough` menu. To change whether the font appears to be sunken or raised from the presentation use the menu for :guilabel:`Relief`. To choose how you want your text underlined choose an option from the :guilabel:`Underlining` menu. To change the color of your underline use the :guilabel:`Underline color` menu. To have effects with how your is vertically with the rest of the line select the :guilabel:`Position` tab. To make your text superscript press the :guilabel:`Superscript` button. To make your text subscript press the :guilabel:`Subscript` button. The menu for :guilabel:`Scale width` changes how much to scale the width of the font.
To bring up a dialog to customize the character or your text :menuselection:`Format --> Character` or right click on a textbox and select :menuselection:`Character` from the context menu. The :guilabel:`Family` lets you choose the font family for your text. The :guilabel:`Style` is where you can select the of your font. The :guilabel:`Size` Lets you change the font size. The :guilabel:`Font effects` tab has even more effects for fonts. The drop down :guilabel:`Font Label` changes your font color. The :guilabel:`Overlining` menu lets you make a style for how to draw lines over the text. The :guilabel:`Overline Color` brings up a drop down menu to choose what color to draw a line over something. The :guilabel:`Effects` has effects for your text. To have many different strikethrough effects to your text select the one you want from thedropdown :guilabel:`Strikethrough` menu. To change whether the font appears to be sunken or raised from the presentation use the menu for :guilabel:`Relief`. To choose how you want your text underlined choose an option from the :guilabel:`Underlining` menu. To change the color of your underline use the :guilabel:`Underline color` menu. To have effects with how your is vertically with the rest of the line select the :guilabel:`Position` tab. To make your text superscript press the :guilabel:`Superscript` button. To make your text subscript press the :guilabel:`Subscript` button. The menu for :guilabel:`Scale width` changes how much to scale the width of the font.
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@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ To insert the number of your slide :menuselection:`Insert --> Slide Number`.
To change the zoom of you presentation :menuselection:`View --> Zoom --> Zoom` to bring up a window to manage your zoom. If you just want to zoom to fit the page width :menuselection:`View --> Zoom --> Page Width`. To change your zoom to 100 percent :menuselection:`View --> Zoom --> 100%`.
To bring up a dialog for the properties of your slides controling background and shape with :menuselection:`Slide --> Properites`. To change the format for a different aspect ratio of projector or print format change the :guilabel:`Format` drop down menu. To select a custom width and height change the :guilabel:`Width` or :guilabel:`Height`. To switch to a portrait orientation press the :guilabel:`Portrait` button to the right of :guilabel:`Orientation`. To add margins to slides enter a margin in the :guilabel:`Left`, :guilabel:`Right`, :guilabel:`Top`, and :guilabel:`Bottom`.
To bring up a dialog for the properties of your slides controlling background and shape with :menuselection:`Slide --> Properites`. To change the format for a different aspect ratio of projector or print format change the :guilabel:`Format` drop down menu. To select a custom width and height change the :guilabel:`Width` or :guilabel:`Height`. To switch to a portrait orientation press the :guilabel:`Portrait` button to the right of :guilabel:`Orientation`. To add margins to slides enter a margin in the :guilabel:`Left`, :guilabel:`Right`, :guilabel:`Top`, and :guilabel:`Bottom`.
To change and choose a custom background use the :guilabel:`Background` tab. To choose a solid color background for your slide press the :guilabel:`Color` button. To choose a different backgound color choose a color below the :guilabel:`Color` heading. To change to a different color pallete change the :guilabel:`Pallete` drop down menu. To see what your current background color of the slide is shown under the :guilabel:`Active` label. To see what color you want to change is under :guilabel:`New` as a preview of the new background color. To the individual red, green, and blue of your colors change the :guilabel:`R`. :guilabel:`G`, and :guilabel:`B` fields respectively. To change the hexadecimal code for the color change the :guilabel:`Hex` field. To actually change the color press the :guilabel:`OK` button. To cancel your change of background use the :guilabel:`Cancel` button.
To change and choose a custom background use the :guilabel:`Background` tab. To choose a solid color background for your slide press the :guilabel:`Color` button. To choose a different backgound color choose a color below the :guilabel:`Color` heading. To change to a different color pallet change the :guilabel:`Pallete` drop down menu. To see what your current background color of the slide is shown under the :guilabel:`Active` label. To see what color you want to change is under :guilabel:`New` as a preview of the new background color. To the individual red, green, and blue of your colors change the :guilabel:`R`. :guilabel:`G`, and :guilabel:`B` fields respectively. To change the hexadecimal code for the color change the :guilabel:`Hex` field. To actually change the color press the :guilabel:`OK` button. To cancel your change of background use the :guilabel:`Cancel` button.
To choose a smooth transition use the :guilabel:`Gradient` button. To choose a preset gradient left click on the gradient on :guilabel:`Gradient` menu. To change the type of gradient use the :guilabel:`Type` and select it from the drop down menu. To see a picture of your background it is under the :guilabel:`Preview` text. To switch to manuully changing the number of steps in the gradient uncheck :guilabel:`Automatic` checkbox and then change the :guilabel:`Increment` field. To change the center of the graident change the two fields for :guilabel:`Center(X/Y)` to change the X and Y corrdinates of the center. To rotate the gradient use the :guilabel:`Angle` field. To change your first color of your graident change the :guilabel:`From Color` drop down menu. To change the second color of the gradient change the :guilabel:`To Color` drop down menu. To change the opacity of either color change the field that is a :guilabel:`Percent` for changing opacity. To change where the color starts change the :guilabel:`Border` field. To choose a bitmap image as your backgournd use the :guilabel:`Bitmap` tab. The :guilabel:`Bitmap` to the left shows you the bitmap pictures you can choose. The :guilabel:`Preview` shows you what your background will look like. To change what the bitmap does if it deoes not fit perfectly use :guilabel:`Style` drop menu. To scale as a percent of the image press the :guilabel:`Scale` checkbox. To change the where to start the bitmap change the :guilabel:`Position` drop down menu.
To choose a smooth transition use the :guilabel:`Gradient` button. To choose a preset gradient left click on the gradient on :guilabel:`Gradient` menu. To change the type of gradient use the :guilabel:`Type` and select it from the drop down menu. To see a picture of your background it is under the :guilabel:`Preview` text. To switch to manuully changing the number of steps in the gradient uncheck :guilabel:`Automatic` checkbox and then change the :guilabel:`Increment` field. To change the center of the graident change the two fields for :guilabel:`Center(X/Y)` to change the X and Y coordinates of the center. To rotate the gradient use the :guilabel:`Angle` field. To change your first color of your gradient change the :guilabel:`From Color` drop down menu. To change the second color of the gradient change the :guilabel:`To Color` drop down menu. To change the opacity of either color change the field that is a :guilabel:`Percent` for changing opacity. To change where the color starts change the :guilabel:`Border` field. To choose a bitmap image as your background use the :guilabel:`Bitmap` tab. The :guilabel:`Bitmap` to the left shows you the bitmap pictures you can choose. The :guilabel:`Preview` shows you what your background will look like. To change what the bitmap does if it does not fit perfectly use :guilabel:`Style` drop menu. To scale as a percent of the image press the :guilabel:`Scale` checkbox. To change the where to start the bitmap change the :guilabel:`Position` drop down menu.
To change to a geometric pattern for the background of your slide press the :guilabel:`Pattern` button. To select a preset pattern left click on a pattern under the :guilabel:`Pattern` heading. To preview your pattern view in under the text :guilabel:`Preview`. To change the foreground color of your pattern change the :guilabel:`Foreground Color` drop down menu. To change the background color of your pattern change the :guilabel:`Background Color` drop down menu. To customizie your pattern by a grid left click on the grid under :guilabel:`Pattern Editor`.
To change to a geometric pattern for the background of your slide press the :guilabel:`Pattern` button. To select a preset pattern left click on a pattern under the :guilabel:`Pattern` heading. To preview your pattern view in under the text :guilabel:`Preview`. To change the foreground color of your pattern change the :guilabel:`Foreground Color` drop down menu. To change the background color of your pattern change the :guilabel:`Background Color` drop down menu. To customize your pattern by a grid left click on the grid under :guilabel:`Pattern Editor`.
To choose a series of lines as your background press the :guilabel:`Hatch` button. To change how far between each line change the :guilabel:`Spacing` field. To view what your background will look like it is under the :guilabel:`Preview` window. To rotate the lines change the :guilabel:`Angle` field or move the slider. To change the type of lines use the :guilabel:`Line type` drop down menu. To change the color of lines use the :guilabel:`Line Color` drop down menu. To choose a particular background color of your background check the :guilabel:`Background Color` checkbox. Then use the :guilabel:`Background Color` drop down menu to choose your background color.
@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ To have your slides be transparent use the :guilabel:`Transparency` tab. To chan
To move a slide down :menuselection:`Slide --> Move --> Slide Down`. To move a slide up :menuselection:`Slide --> Move --> Slide Up`. To move a slide to the start :menuselection:`Slide --> Move --> Slide to start`. To move a slide to the end :menuselection:`Slide --> Move --> Slide to end`.
To view your slides right next to each other :menuselection:`View --> Slide Sorter`. To rearange your slides click and hold a slide and drag the slide between the slides you want to move to. To switch to an outline view of just text :menuselection:`View --> Outline`. To switch to an outline :menuselection:`View --> Outline`. To switch back to your normal view :menuselection:`View --> Normal`.
To view your slides right next to each other :menuselection:`View --> Slide Sorter`. To rearrange your slides click and hold a slide and drag the slide between the slides you want to move to. To switch to an outline view of just text :menuselection:`View --> Outline`. To switch to an outline :menuselection:`View --> Outline`. To switch back to your normal view :menuselection:`View --> Normal`.
