OpenOffice.org Impress is a presentation program similar to Microsoft PowerPoint. It is part of the OpenOffice.org office suite and developed by Sun Microsystems. It can export presentations to Macromedia Flash (SWF) files allowing them to be played on any computer with the Flash player installed. It also includes the ability to create PDF files.

Impress suffers from a lack of ready-made presentation designs, although third-party templates are readily available on the internet. In addition, Impress has interoperability issues with at least some wireless presenter devices ^*.

OpenOffice.org Impress users can install the Open Clip Art Library, which adds a huge gallery of flags, logos, icons and banners for general presentation and drawing projects. Linux distributions Debian and Ubuntu have provided ready-to-use openclipart packge for easy download and install from their online software repositories.

See also

• Open Clip Art Library

External links

• Impress Official Page
• Impress Presentation FAQ
• User resources at OOo Wiki

Templates and resources

• Presentation Templates from the official documentation page
• OpenOffice.org Impress Templates

Articles

• First Steps in Impress, updated for OpenOffice.org 2.0
• Differences In Use Between Impress and Powerpoint (PDF document)
• TuxMagazine issue 10 (free PDF download after registration)
  • OpenOffice.org 2.0 Impress: the Confusing Duckling Becomes a User-Friendly Swan by Solveig L. Haugland

• Delivering Effective Presentations with OpenOffice.org's Impress

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