Peter Schofield
Jean Hollis Weber
Hazel Russman
Kevin O’Brien
Ron Faile Jr.
Olivier Hallot
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This chapter is adapted and updated from Chapter 6 of Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 3.3 . The contributors to that chapter are:
Agnes Belzunce Barbara M. Tobias Dan Lewis Jean Hollis Weber Peter Hillier-Brook Claire Wood Stefan A. Keel Linda Worthington Gary Schnabl Michele Zarri
Published 23 July 2016. Based on LibreOffice 5.1.
Some keystrokes and menu items are different on a Mac from those used in Windows and Linux. The table below gives some common substitutions for the instructions in this chapter. For a more detailed list, see the application Help.
Windows or Linux | Mac equivalent | Effect |
Tools > Options menu selection | LibreOffice > Preferences | Access setup options |
Right-click | Control+click and/or right-click depending on computer setup | Open a context menu |
Ctrl (Control) | ⌘ (Command) | Used with other keys |
F5 | Shift+⌘+F5 | Open the Navigator |
F11 | ⌘+T | Open the Styles and Formatting window |
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Impress is the presentation (slide show) program included in LibreOffice. You can create slides that contain many different elements, including text, bulleted and numbered lists, tables, charts, and a wide range of graphic objects such as clipart, drawings, and photographs. Impress also includes a spelling checker, a thesaurus, text styles, and background styles.
This chapter includes instructions, screenshots, and hints to guide you through the Impress environment while designing your presentations. Although more difficult designs are mentioned in this chapter, explanations for creating them are in the Impress Guide . If you have a working knowledge of how to create slide shows, we recommend you use the Impress Guide for your source of information.
To use Impress for more than very simple slide shows requires some knowledge of the elements which the slides contain. Slides that contain text use styles to determine the appearance of that text. Creating drawings in Impress is similar to the Draw program included in LibreOffice. For this reason, we recommend that you also see Chapter 3 Using Styles and Templates and Chapter 7 Getting Started with Draw in this guide. You may also wish to consult the Draw Guide for more details on how to use the drawing tools.
You can start Impress in several ways, as described in Chapter 1 Introducing LibreOffice .
When you start Impress for the first time, the Presentation Wizard may be shown. See “ Creating a new presentation using the Presentation Wizard ” on page 13 . Otherwise, the main Impress window is displayed.
You can turn the Presentation Wizard on and off in Tools > Options > LibreOffice Impress > General > New document by selecting or deselecting the Start with wizard option.
The main Impress window (Figure 1 ) has three parts: the Slides pane , Workspace , and Sidebar . Additionally, several toolbars can be displayed or hidden during the creation of a presentation.
You can close the Slides pane or the Sidebar by clicking the X in the upper right corner of each pane or go to View > Slide Pane or View > Sidebar on the Menu bar to deselect the pane. To reopen a pane, go to View on the Menu bar and select Slide Pane or Sidebar again.
You can also maximize the Workspace area by clicking on the Hide/Show marker in the middle of the vertical separator line (highlighted in Figure 1 ). Using the Hide/Show marker hides, but does not close, the Slide pane or Sidebar. To restore a pane, click again on its Hide/Show marker.
The Workspace (normally in the center of the main window) opens in the Normal view. It has five tabs: Normal , Outline , Notes , Handout , and Slide Sorter . These five tabs are called View buttons. Since LibreOffice 5.1, the View buttons are not shown by default; but they can be activated by choosing View > Modes Tab Bar from the menu bar.
The Workspace below the View buttons changes with the chosen view. The workspace views are described in “ Workspace views ” on page 9 .
Figure 1: Main window of Impress; ovals indicate the Hide/Show markers. The View Tab Bar is visible in this image.
The Slides pane contains thumbnail pictures of the slides in your presentation in the order in which they will be shown, unless you change the slide show order. Clicking a slide in this pane selects it and places it in the Workspace . When a slide is in the Workspace, you can make changes to it.
Several additional operations can be performed on one or more slides simultaneously in the Slides pane:
• Add new slides to the presentation.
• Mark a slide as hidden so that it will not be shown as part of the presentation.
• Delete a slide from the presentation if it is no longer needed.
• Rename a slide.
• Duplicate a slide (copy and paste).
• Move a slide to another place in the slide stack by dragging and dropping it to the desired position. If the position is not visible in the slide pane, the slide stack will scroll up or down accordingly.
It is also possible to perform the following operations, although there are more efficient methods than using the Slides pane:
• Change the slide transition following the selected slide or after each slide in a group.
• Change the slide design.
• Change slide layout for a group of slides simultaneously.
The Sidebar has seven sections. To expand a section you want to use, click on its icon or click on the small triangle at the top of the icons and select a section from the drop down list. Only one section at a time can be open.
Shows the layouts included within Impress. You can choose the one you want and use it as it is, or modify it to meet your own requirements. However, it is not possible to save customized layouts.
Here you define the page (slide) style for your presentation. Impress includes several designs for Master Pages (slide masters). One of them – Default – is blank, and the rest have background and styled text.
Go to Format > Styles > Styles and Formatting on the Menu bar or press the F11 key to open the Styles and Formatting dialog, where you can modify the styles used in any master page to suit your purpose. This can be done at any time.
A variety of animations can be used to emphasize or enhance different elements of each slide. The Custom Animation section provides an easy way to add, change, or remove animations.
Provides a number of slide transition options. The default is set to No Transition , in which the following slide simply replaces the existing one. However, many additional transitions are available. You can also specify the transition speed (slow, medium, fast), choose between an automatic or manual transition, and choose how long the selected slide should be shown (automatic transition only).
Here you can edit and apply graphics styles and create new ones, but you can only edit existing presentation styles. When you edit a style, the changes are automatically applied to all of the elements formatted with this style in your presentation. If you want to ensure that the styles on a specific slide are not updated, create a new master page for the slide.
Opens the Impress gallery from which you can insert an object into your presentation either as a copy or as a link. A copy of an object is independent of the original object, so changes to the object have no effect on the copy. A link remains dependent on the original object and changes to the object are reflected in the link.
Opens the Impress navigator, in which you can quickly move to another slide or select an object on a slide. It is recommended to give slides and objects in your presentation meaningful names so that you can easily identify them when using the navigator.
Many toolbars can be used during slide creation. They can be displayed or hidden by going to View > Toolbars on the Menu bar and selecting from the context menu.
You can also select the icons that you wish to appear on each toolbar. For more information, refer to Chapter 1 Introducing LibreOffice .
Many of the toolbars in Impress are similar to the toolbars in Draw. Refer to the Draw Guide for details on the functions available and how to use them.
The Status bar (Figure 2 ), located at the bottom of the Impress window, contains information that you may find useful when working on a presentation. For details on the contents and use of these fields, see Chapter 1 Introducing LibreOffice in this guide and the Impress Guide Chapter 1 Introducing Impress .
Figure 2: Status bar
The sizes are given in the current measurement unit (not to be confused with the ruler units). This measurement unit is defined in Tools > Options > LibreOffice Impress > General .
From left to right, you will find:
• Information area – changes depending on the selection. For example:
Example selection | Examples of information shown |
Text area | Text Edit: Paragraph x, Row y, Column z |
Charts, spreadsheets | Embedded object (OLE) “ObjectName” selected |
Graphics | Bitmap with transparency selected |
• Cursor position – the position of the cursor or of the top left corner of the selection measured from the top left corner of the slide, followed by the width and height of the selection or text box where the cursor is located.
• Unsaved changes – a flag indicating that the file needs saving. Double-clicking on this flag opens the file save dialog.
• Digital signature – a flag indicating whether the document is digitally signed. After the file has been saved, double-clicking on this flag opens the digital signatures dialog.
• Slide number – the slide number currently displayed in the Workspace and the total number of slides in the presentation.
• Page (slide) style – the style associated with the slide, handout, or notes page currently in the Workspace. Double-clicking on the style name opens the slide design dialog.
•. Zoom slider – adjusts the zoom percentage of the Workspace displayed.
•. Zoom percentage – indicates the zoom percentage of the Workspace displayed. Double-clicking on zoom percentage opens the zoom and layout dialog.
You can hide the Status Bar and its information by going to View on the Menu bar and deselecting Status Bar .
Each of the Workspace views is designed to ease the completion of certain tasks. It is therefore useful to familiarize yourself with them in order to accomplish those tasks quickly.
Beginning with LibreOffice 5.1, the Workspace View tab bar is hidden by default. Turn it visible by choosing View > Modes Tab Bar .
Each Workspace view displays a different set of toolbars when selected. These toolbar sets can be customized by going to View > Toolbars on the Menu bar, then check or uncheck the toolbar you want to add or remove.
Normal view is the main view for working with individual slides. Use this view to format and design and to add text, graphics, and animation effects.
To place a slide in the slide design area (Normal view) (Figure 1 on page 6 ), click the slide thumbnail in the Slides pane or double-click it in the Navigator (see Chapter 1 Introducing LibreOffice and the Impress Guide for more information on the Navigator).
Outline view (Figure 3 ) contains all the slides of the presentation in their numbered sequence. It shows topic titles, bulleted lists, and numbered lists for each slide in outline format. Only the text contained in the default text boxes in each slide is shown, so if your slide includes other text boxes or drawing objects, the text in these objects is not displayed. Slide names are not included either.
Figure 3: Outline view
Figure 4: Outline level and movement arrows in Text Formatting toolbar
Use Outline view for the following purposes:
• Quickly inserting text for fast content creation or editing, when formatting and adding graphic objects is postponed until the final stages of creating the presentation.
• Making changes in the text of a slide:
– Adding and deleting the text in a slide as in the Normal view.
– Moving the paragraphs of text in the selected slide up or down by using the up and down arrow buttons (Move Up or Move Down) on the Text Formatting toolbar (highlighted in Figure 4 ).
– Changing the outline level for any of the paragraphs in a slide using the left and right arrow buttons (Promote or Demote) on the Text Formatting toolbar.
– Moving a paragraph and changing its outline level at the same time using a combination of these four arrow buttons.
• Comparing slides with your outline (if you have prepared one in advance). If you notice from your outline that another slide is needed, you can create it directly in the Outline view or you can return to the Normal view to create it.
Use the Notes view (Figure 5 ) to add notes to a slide. These notes are for your information and are not seen by the audience when the presentation is shown.
Figure 5: Notes view
1) Click the Notes tab in the Workspace.
2) Select the slide to which you want to add notes: click the slide in the Slides pane, or double-click the slide name in the Navigator.
3) In the text box below the slide, click on the words Click to add notes and begin typing.
Use this view also to customize the information printed on the handout. Refer to the Impress Guide Chapter 10 Printing, E-mailing, Exporting, and Saving Slide Shows for instructions on printing slides, handouts, and notes.
Go to Insert > Page Number, Insert > Fields, or Insert > Header and Footer on the Menu bar and the Header and Footer dialog opens. Click on the Notes and Handouts tab (Figure 7 ) and select the elements you want to appear on each handout page and their contents. More details on how to use this dialog are provided in the Impress Guide .
Slide Sorter view (Figure 8 ) contains all of the slide thumbnails. Use this view to work with a group of slides or with only one slide.
Figure 8: Slide Sorter view
To change the number of slides per row:
1) Go to View > Toolbars and select Slide Sorter and Slide View to show or hide the Slide Sorter and Slide View toolbars (Figure 9 ).
2) Adjust the number of slides (up to a maximum of 15).
Figure 9 : Slide Sorter and Slide View toolbars
To move a slide in a presentation in the Slide Sorter:
1) Click the slide and the slide is highlighted (Figure 8 ).
2) Drag and drop the slide to the location you want.
To select a group of slides, use one of these methods:
• Using the Ctrl key – click on the first slide and, while pressing the Ctrl key, select the other desired slides.
• Using the Shift key – click on the first slide, and while pressing the Shift key, select the final slide in the group. This selects all of the other slides between the first and the last slide selected.
• Using the mouse – click slightly to one side (left or right) of the first slide to be selected. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the cursor until all of the slides you want selected are highlighted.
To move a group of slides, select them and then drag and drop the group to their new location.
You can work with slides in the Slide Sorter view just as you can in the Slide pane. To make changes, right-click a slide and choose any of the following from the context menu:
• New Slide – adds a new slide after the selected slide (see “ New slide ” on page 16 ).
• Duplicate Slide – creates a duplicate of the selected slide and places the new slide immediately after the selected slide (see “ Duplicate slide ” on page 17 ).
• Delete Slide – deletes the selected slide.
•. Rename Slide – allows you to rename the selected slide.
•. Slide Layout – allows you to change the layout of the selected slide.
•. Slide Transition – allows you to change the transition of one or a group of selected slides.
•. Hide Slide – any slides that are hidden are not shown in the slide show.
•. Cut – removes the selected slide and saves it to the clipboard.
•. Copy – copies the selected slide to the clipboard without removing it.
•. Paste – inserts a slide from the clipboard after the selected slide.
This section describes how to start a new presentation using the Presentation Wizard.
The first thing to do is decide on the purpose of the presentation and set out a plan. Although you can make changes as you go, you will save a lot of time by having an initial idea of who the audience will be, the structure, the content, and how the presentation will be delivered.
When you start Impress, the Presentation Wizard may appear (Figure 10 ).
1) In step 1, under Type , choose one of the options. These options are covered in the Impress Guide .
– Empty presentation creates a blank presentation.
– From template uses a template design already created as the basis for a new presentation. The wizard changes to show a list of available templates. Choose the template you want.
– Open existing presentation continues work on a previously created presentation. The wizard changes to show a list of existing presentations. Choose the presentation you want.
Figure 10: Choosing the type of presentation
2) Click Next . Figure 11 shows the Presentation Wizard step 2 as it appears if you selected Empty Presentation at step 1. If you selected From template , an example slide is shown in the Preview box.
3) Choose a design under Select a slide design . The slide design section gives you two main choices: Presentation Backgrounds and Presentations . Each one has a list of choices for slide designs. If you want to use one of these other than <Original>, click it to select it.
– The types of Presentation Backgrounds are shown in Figure 11 . When you select a presentation background, you will see a preview of the slide design in the Preview window.
– <Original> is for a blank presentation slide design.
Figure 11: Selecting a slide design
4) Select how the presentation will be used under Select an output medium . The majority of presentations are created for computer screen display so it is recommended to select Screen . You can change the page format at any time.
The Screen page is set by default for a 4:3 display (28cm x 21cm) so it is not suitable for modern widescreen displays. Use the Widescreen option instead. You can also change the slide size and proportions at any time by switching to Normal view and selecting Slide > Page/Slide Properties... .
5) Click Next and step 3 of the Presentation Wizard appears (Figure 12 ).
a) Choose the desired slide transition from the Effect drop-down menu.
b) Select the desired speed for the transition between the different slides in the presentation from the Speed drop-down menu. Medium is a good choice for now.
c) Select the presentation type. For most purposes, choose Default; you can change this later. For details on the choices under Automatic, see the Impress Guide .
Figure 12: Selecting a slide transition effect
If you did not select a template in step 1 of the Presentation Wizard, then steps 4 and 5 will not appear after step 3. Click Create and your new presentation is created.
6) Click Next . In step 4 of the Presentation Wizard appears, you can enter information about your company and the presentation you are creating.
Figure 13: Entering information about your presentation
7) Click Next . In step 5, the Presentation Wizard shows a preview of what your presentation will look like (Figure 14 ). If the preview does not appear, select Preview .
8) If you want to create a summary of your presentation, select Create summary .
9) Click Create and your new presentation is created.
You can accept the default values for both Effect and Speed unless you are skilled at creating presentations. Both of these values can be changed later while working with slide transitions and animations. These two features are explained in more detail in the Impress Guide Chapter 9 Slide Shows .
Figure 14: Presentation preview
A new presentation contains only one empty slide. In this section we will start adding new slides and preparing them for the intended contents.
A new slide can be inserted into a presentation as follows:
1) Go to Slide on the Menu bar and select New Page/Slide .
Or, right-click on a slide in the Slides Pane or Slide Sorter view and select New Slide from the context menu.
Or, right-click in an empty space in the Workspace and select Slide > New Slide from the context menu.
2) A new slide is inserted after the selected slide in the presentation.
Sometimes, rather than starting from a new slide you may want to duplicate a slide already included in your presentation. To duplicate a slide:
1) Select the slide you want to duplicate from the Slides Pane.
2) Go to Slide on the Menu bar and select Duplicate Page/Slide .
Or, right-click on the slide in the Slides Pane or Slide Sorter view and select Duplicate Slide from the context menu.
Or, right-click on a slide in the Workspace and select Slide > Duplicate Slide from the context menu.
Or, click on the triangle to the right of the Slide icon in the Presentation toolbar and select Duplicate Page/Slide from the context menu. If the Presentation toolbar is not visible, go to View > Toolbars on the Menu bar and select Presentation from the list.
3) A duplicate slide is inserted after the selected slide in the presentation.
When creating a presentation, the first slide is normally a title slide. You can use either a blank layout or one of the title layouts as your title slide.
Figure 15: Available slide layouts
To create a title, if one of the title layouts has been selected, click on Click to add title and then type the title text. To add text content, depending on the slide layout selected, click on Click to add text . To adjust the formatting of the title, subtitle or content modify the presentation style; see the Impress Guide Chapter 2 Using Slide Masters, Styles, and Templates .
Text and graphical elements can be readjusted at any time during the preparation of the presentation, but changing the layout of a slide that already contains some content can have an effect on the content format. Therefore, it is recommended that you pay particular attention to the layout you select to prevent any loss of content.
To view the names for the included layouts, use the Tooltip feature: position the cursor on an icon in the Layout section (or on any toolbar icon) and its name will be displayed in a small rectangle.
In Tools > Options > LibreOffice > General > Help , select the Extended tips option to get more detailed tooltip information.
To select or change the layout of a slide, select the slide in the Slides Pane so that it appears in the Workspace and select the desired layout from the Layouts section in the Sidebar. Several layouts contain one or more content boxes. Each of these content boxes can be configured to contain text, movies, images, charts or tables.
You can choose the type of content by clicking on the corresponding icon that is displayed in the middle of the content box as shown in Figure 16 . If you intend to use the content box for text, click on Click to add text .
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Public speaking can be a daunting task, especially when addressing a large audience. Whether you're giving a presentation in the boardroom or delivering a keynote speech at a conference, holding your audience's attention and maintaining command of the room is paramount. The ability to captivate your audience and leave a lasting impression not only enhances your message's impact but also builds your reputation as a confident and effective speaker.
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1. Be Confident
Be grounded and confident to be yourself and then tell great stories. Use your voice and the stage to bring the stories alive. Your audience will connect to the emotion of the story but make sure that it is relevant for your audience and related to the topic. - Cath Daley , Cath Daley Ltd
2. Find A Way To Actively Engage The Audience
Be prepared with ways to get your audience engaged and keep their focus. Whether that's relating to your audience, telling a joke or asking questions, actively driving engagement will make for a more effective presentation or speech. - Luke Feldmeier , Online Leadership Training - Career and Leadership Accelerator for Engineers
3. Create An Emotional Connection
Creating an emotional connection with the audience and involving them in your session fosters active participation, and ensures your audience stays engaged throughout. This also serves to enhance your presence and to create memories that stay with them long after your presentation ends. - Kristin Andree , Andree Group
4. Put Your Unique Take Front And Center
Do you have something unexpected to say about your topic? Something that goes against the mainstream opinion in your industry or is maybe even slightly provocative? If so, putting your unique take front and center in the title and the beginning of your talk and explaining or resolving it later keeps your audience engaged and interested. - Micha Goebig , Go Big Coaching & Communications, LLC
5. Remember That The Audience Doesn't Know Your Planned Speech
No one wants to see you fail as a speaker. Remember that the focus shouldn't be on whether or not you can recall verbatim every word of your planned speech. The focus should be on how to connect to your audience with a few key points using a combination of storytelling and facts. - Sheri Nasim , Center for Executive Excellence
6. Adapt Your Language To The Audience
Talk about something they are interested in or include elements that will keep them interested. Start by asking why your topic matters to each and every one of them. Use language adapted to the audience. Keep the key messages to two or three maximum. Show them what you think and why you care about the topic. - Isabelle Claus Teixeira , Business and Human Development Consulting Pte Ltd
7. Try To Incorporate An Element Of Surprise
Engagement is the key to keeping the audience's attention. Invite participation, tell stories, walk around, have visuals, include humor, raise your voice and ask questions. Think of a comedian who points at someone in the audience: "Hey, you with the red shirt?" Everyone pays attention. What element of surprise can you present? - Susan Jordan, MBA, MSODL, PCC , Sphereshift Coaching and Consulting
8. Know Your Audience
Doing research ahead of time to ensure you're providing the subject matter in a personalized manner will keep their attention. The topic will dictate the necessary vibe. Based on that, providing opportunities for the group to engage, such as shouting out a word, raising a hand, etc., will also help maintain their interest. - Lindsay Miller , Reverie Organizational Development Specialists
9. Use The Problem-Agitation-Solution Approach
Don't just give a presentation — share a story. It must be a story-audience fit though. Use the P.A.S. — problem-agitation-solution — approach. Start with introducing a problem, follow by agitating the problem via telling a relevant anecdote and conclude by offering a solution by giving an audience a clear, direct way to avoid the pain and learn the lesson. - Alla Adam , Alla Adam Coaching
10. Tell The Audience What They Need To Hear
Instead of trying to figure out what to say, figure out what the audience wants and needs to hear. This shift in perspective allows you to tailor your speech in a way that keeps audiences actively engaged because it's good content that they want to hear. - Robin Pou , The Confident Leader
11. Go All In
To command your audience's attention you have to get into the spirit of what you're teaching and go all in without second-guessing yourself. People want to be led, but they'll be unwilling to follow someone who isn't confident in what they are communicating. - Arash Vossoughi , Voss Coaching Co.
12. Use A Compelling Opening
Start your speech/presentation with a compelling opening that grabs the audience's attention. This could be a surprising fact, a relevant story or a thought-provoking question. This initial engagement can help you establish a strong connection with the audience and set the stage for a captivating presentation. - Moza-Bella Tram , Moza-Bella LLC
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13. Be Authentic
Connect deeply with your essence and purpose. Radiate authenticity. When you're centered in genuine passion and truth others feel it, creating an unspoken bond. It's not about performing; it's about being present and real and offering value from the heart. That's magnetic. - Anna Yusim, MD , Yusim Psychiatry, Consulting & Executive Coaching
14. Let Your Audience Talk
There is nothing worse than stealing everyone's craving for autonomy and speaking the whole time. The person who does the talking does the learning. So, give some autonomy to the audience. Let them talk. Even if it's thinking time and talking to themselves, or to their neighbor or table group. This gains trust and they will lean into what you have to say even more. - Alex Draper , DX Learning Solutions
15. Leverage Non-Verbal Cues
My top tip is to engage your audience through storytelling. A compelling narrative captures attention, evokes emotion and makes complex ideas more relatable. Additionally, use body language and eye contact effectively. These non-verbal cues can significantly enhance your connection with the audience. - Peter Boolkah , The Transition Guy
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Whether you’re pitching your product or service to investors, clients, or partners, a compelling business profile can be the catalyst you need to win their confidence and secure deals.
A company profile is an excellent way to present who you are, what you do and, most importantly, why it matters. It goes beyond showcasing your company; it articulates your brand’s essence.
A poorly crafted company profile can cast a lasting shadow on your brand. Hence, it's crucial to put your best foot forward when creating one. To assist you, we've curated some professionally designed company profile templates you can easily customize right away. We’ve also included some of Visme’s features and tools to make your design experience seamless.
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A company profile template is a pre-designed framework that provides a professional overview of a business . It is an excellent way to showcase your company's essence and offerings.
A well-designed company profile creates a positive first impression on potential clients, partners, investors and other stakeholders. It is suitable for use in different contexts, such as creating presentations, proposals or marketing materials.
A typical company profile includes information such as the company's history, mission, vision, products or services rendered, target market, team members, achievements, pricing information and more.
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The sections include an about us page, product showcase, user reach, SWOT analysis, mobile description, pricing details and more.
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This retro-futuristic presentation template would work exceptionally well for a company targeted at young people or a startup specializing in quirky hardware tech.
It uses moody, neon colors, inspirational graphics and storytelling design to captivate your audience’s attention and keep them reading. The slides incorporate dynamic graphics—reminiscent of vintage neon signs—to create an engaging and visually striking appeal.
Sections covered in this template include about us, mission statement, team members, services offered and business statistics. With Visme's data visualization tools , including charts and widgets, you can present data-driven reasons why potential customers should choose you over competitors.
Enhance your software business presentations and make a strong impact with this sleek terminal template. Whether you want to showcase your business to investors or introduce new offerings to clients, this template is a great choice.
This example of a company profile boasts stylish gradients, clean icons and user-friendly layouts, ensuring a professional and modern impact on your audience. The gradient color scheme captures attention while maintaining readability.
With a detailed presentation of your company overview, innovative strategies, SWOT analysis and financial details , this template helps you to present a compelling presentation.
The best part? This design is entirely customizable, making it adaptable to any product or brand.
If you have trouble crafting content for various sections, utilize Visme's AI writer to generate well-written initial drafts based on your prompts. You can also effortlessly refine, summarize, or edit your content using this AI tool.
Want to show the artsy, fun side of your business? Build your company profile with this colorful CMYK presentation template.
CMYK stands for cyan, magenta, yellow and key(black) and this presentation template boasts a vibrant and diverse color palette inspired by this color model. The sections in this template cover diverse topics, from company details to project highlights, all presented in a bold and visually cohesive manner.
You can infuse more fun into this presentation by integrating diverse animations , such as stylish text and object transitions, along with animated icons, illustrations, characters and gestures.
This rebel presentation template is a befitting design for a company looking to break the mold and differentiate itself from the competition. The template features dark, intense hues, conveying a sense of rebellion and nonconformity, as well as striking, greenish-yellow graphics that symbolize freshness.
The sections covered in this template include about us, services offered, business channels, relevant quotes, stats and contact details.
Use subtle hover effects or clickable pop-ups to include additional information like testimonials and technical details without cluttering the page. You can also allow seamless navigation by linking contact buttons, social media icons, or websites directly to relevant pages using interactive links.
Looking for a modern, sleek company profile template that can be used to present your startup to customers, clients and investors? This template fits the bill.
The template blends shades of blue, creating a calm and professional aesthetic. It also integrates striking stock photos and icons to enhance visual appeal and reinforce key messages. Utilize its sections to emphasize your company overview, values, mission, team members, services and more.
If you prefer to customize the visuals, explore Visme’s vast library of high-quality icons and stock photos to find the perfect fit for your needs. If you want to give your existing photos a professional look, utilize Visme’s AI Touch Up tool .
Choose the photo you'd like to improve, then click “Edit” on the top left bar to access a range of touch-up options such as upscale, unblur, erase and replace or remove unwanted background. ‘
Though this template was designed for startups, it can easily be customized for established businesses.
Showcase your creative projects in a visually striking manner and make a lasting impression on clients or investors with this elegant template.
The template boasts a contemporary design, crisp layout and refined red color palette that makes a bold statement. Its engaging slides incorporate storytelling, guiding clients or investors on why your solution stands out and outshines alternatives.
Utilize this template to present your company's plans for the future, your services, financial performance, team members and more.
Use Visme’s Presenter Studio to record a custom presentation of your company profile for prospects, investors and busy executives.
Watch this video to learn how to record your presentations using Visme’s presenter studio.
This business profile template is perfect for showcasing tech products, but it can be customized to demonstrate any other product or service your company provides.
Featuring a contrasting blue and white background cream backdrop, the template is stylish and appealing, retaining sufficient space for essential information. Visual aids such as images, icons, charts and graphs help you present your content in an organized and engaging way. While there is a clear focus on style and general appeal, the design is still business-oriented and professional.
To make this company profile even more appealing, put your creativity to good use with Visme’s AI image generator . The wizard turns your text prompts into images in different output styles, such as photos, paintings, pencil drawings, etc.
Share your company narrative detailing your organization's plans and strategies with this compelling presentation template.
This template maximizes visual aids like charts, icons and images to tell your story effectively while maintaining a clean design.
Provide an overview of your company, covering goals, business processes, teams, services, products and more using this versatile presentation template.
With Visme's user-friendly share and publish feature , effortlessly distribute your finalized company profile to your target audience in various formats, such as PDF, PPTX, MP4 and HTML5, or generate a shareable link.
Curious about your presentation's impact on investors or clients? Utilize Visme's analytics to track engagement metrics like unique visits, average viewing time, duration, IP addresses and more.
Whether you're introducing your recently established company, proposing a business concept, or unveiling a new product, feature, or service, this template will help you make an impactful presentation.
Its dynamic blend of blue and white, paired with compelling visuals and bold icons, ensures your presentation captures attention.
The template includes dedicated sections for key elements such as company introduction, team members, SWOT analysis, your process, product samples, clients across locations, timeline, testimonials and more.
Manually entering all this information on multiple company profile pages can quickly become cumbersome. Utilize Visme's dynamic fields tool to easily update data across your company profile.
The best part of this template apart is its rich utilization of appealing data visualization tools like flowcharts, maps and pie charts, ensuring a clear and concise presentation of key statistics and figures.
Visme's collaboration feature allows team members to contribute to and review the consulting proposal individually or in real-time. The workflow tool enhances task management. You can easily assign tasks, set deadlines, monitor the progress of work and make corrections—all within a unified platform
A good company profile should provide a complete overview of the business. It should offer a written representation of the company and reflect everything it offers. It should include your company’s branding, history, culture and values; team members; products and services; contact information and testimonials. Be sure to include relevant numbers and dates.
The ideal company profile would have the following sections:
To give an estimate, it can take anything from a few hours to several days, depending on the level of planning and coordination.
However, the time needed to write a company profile depends on several factors, such as whether you are starting from scratch or using a template, whether you already have the needed information on hand, the desired length of the profile, the complexity of the business, the level of detail required and the ease of collaboration between the team members involved.
A straightforward profile for a small business may be completed more quickly, while a detailed profile for a large corporation with multiple divisions might take longer.
A company profile is a great way to market your business and communicate your company’s offerings. It is an incredible marketing tool that can help build and reinforce your company's brand identity and reputation.
Visme’s company profile templates are easy to customize and offer access to several built-in design assets to turn your company profile into the storytelling presentation it needs.
You'll also access a comprehensive suite of cutting-edge features, including an intuitive editor, collaboration tool, presenter tool, data visualizations and many more to enhance your creations.
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Ready to step up your presentation game? Let’s talk about creative ideas for presentations so you can deliver killer presentations every time. Whether you’re preparing a pitch deck for potential investors or onboarding new hires, you’ll need an engaging presentation to keep your audience interested. That’s right: even if you’re already a pro at public speaking, creative Powerpoint presentations can instantly upgrade your next meeting.
So, what’s the secret to creative presentations? You don’t have to spend hours on every slide, but you should design your slides to impact your audience. Well designed slides can add more power to your words, and they can make you feel more confident during presentations.
Creative ideas for presentations might not be easy to come by, but they’re important. Why? Presentations are all about storytelling. From business ideas to online classes, presentations offer a unique opportunity to inspire, educate, and persuade your audience.
At the same time, they’re an incredibly flexible (and cost-effective!) communication tool. Even if you’re using presentation design templates , you’ll have the flexibility to tweak the design based on your needs. This way, you can create presentations for different audiences—all while easily adding and removing information to pique your listeners’ interest.
There are all kinds of creative ideas for presentations, but they ultimately serve a few similar purposes. Before diving into presentation design, you’ll need to choose the right slides. Remember: you need well designed slides to leave a lasting impact on your audience. Not only that, but your slides should be visually impactful, easy to understand, and convey key information in just a few words.
So, how can you choose the best slides for your next presentation? Here are some of the most common slides to inspire your presentation design.
Informative presentations are educational, concise, and straight to the point. While other presentations might entertain or inspire their audience, informative presentations share information to educate their audience.
For example, you might create informative slides during an onboarding program. During new hire onboarding, HR needs to explain what benefits employees will receive, how to file complaints, where employees can find information, and other important hiring details.
While informative presentations are typically used in the business world, educational presentations are usually used in academics. They’re a great communication tool for sharing ideas, detailing study results, or presenting a hypothesis.
In both in-person and online classrooms, teachers give educational presentations daily. Using beautiful presentation slides, eye-catching visuals, and fun design elements can help keep students interested while conveying key information.
Your business builds a new marketing strategy to achieve its long-term goals. After the newest marketing campaign starts driving results, it’s time to report on the campaign’s progress. Progress report presentations share updates, progress toward deadlines, collected data, and potential areas of improvement.
One of the biggest examples of inspirational presentations? TEDTalks. During TEDTalks, motivational speakers inspire people to rethink their approach or change their behavior.
Most inspirational presentations aren’t as life-changing as TEDTalks, but they keep their audience engaged. For example, a company overview presentation might present information about a company, from its origins to values. Most importantly, it tells the company’s story to show listeners what the company stands for.
Whether you’re reporting marketing stats or presenting study results, infographics can be your MVP.
Simply put, an infographic is a multimedia graphic that helps you share information through beautiful designs. It’s an amazing tool for highlighting key statistics, visualizing data, and flexing your creative muscles to spark your audience’s curiosity.
Right, so let’s get to our creative ideas for presentations section. Most people tune out of presentations within the first 10 minutes . You need an engaging presentation that keeps your audience hooked, but finding creative ideas for presentations isn’t always easy.
The good news? Whether you’re presenting your master thesis or marketing analytics, it’s possible to create exciting presentations that don’t put your audience to sleep. Here are the best creative Powerpoint ideas to upgrade your next presentation.
When it comes to unique presentation ideas, minimalism is one of the best ways to make an impact. The key to minimalist design is including just enough information and visual detail to keep your audience engaged. When done right, minimalist presentation slides can make your audience feel relaxed and focused.
A monochrome color palette uses a single hue with different strengths. For example, you might create a presentation with different shades of orange. For the best results, change the background color to the palest shade, and use the strongest shade for the title. You can even make your photos match by adding an orange-tinted filter.
If you want to leave a lasting impact on your audience, storytelling is the tool you need to create a memorable presentation. Sharing personal stories, whether they’re funny or inspirational, can help you connect with your audience and make your presentation more meaningful.
Want to draw your audience’s attention to the slide title? Use a bold, chunky font to make your title stand out (bonus points if your title is short, sweet, and straight to the point). The best presentation fonts are easy to read with minimal visual decorations and sharp corners.
Mix up your presentation design with different textures, like scrunched paper or textile backgrounds. Here, you might experiment with different types of backgrounds to match your topic. For example, if you’re creating a back-to-school presentation , use notebook paper to match your student’s note-taking style.
A geometric background can add a pop of color to your presentation without distracting your audience. If you’re feeling bold, use dynamic titled polygons to create movement. Meanwhile, if you’re looking for a softer vibe, use circular backgrounds to infuse your slides with creativity.
Presenting study results? Reporting marketing stats? Instead of playing it safe with snore-worthy slides, keep your presentation fresh with mind maps. By creating mind maps, you’ll be able to showcase complicated information in a visually impactful way.
Make your presentation more interactive by asking questions to your audience. For example, to keep your slides minimal, try displaying only the question on the slide. Once the audience has pitched in their opinions and answers, you can click to the next slide to reveal the actual answer.
Once you’ve captured your audience’s attention, you need a consistent design to keep everyone on the same page. When designing your slides, use your brand’s style guidelines to choose the right color scheme, font styles, and design elements.
Let’s face it: bullet points can get boring, especially if you’re using them on every slide. Instead of using the same design over and over, create fun slides by replacing boring bullet points with fun designs, like icons, stickers, and pictograms.
Now that we’ve learned all about creative ideas for presentations, it’s time to put that knowledge into practice. An amazing presentation can bring your story to life, helping you keep your audience engaged with pro-grade slides.
Even if you’re not a seasoned designer, you can add fun design elements, bold color palettes, and attention-grabbing visuals with Picsart. Here’s how to bring your creative vision to life with a professional slideshow.
1. Open the Picsart Slideshow Maker and start a new project.
2. Choose the desired size for your slideshow. Then, click Upload to upload your own photo or video.
Or, you can explore photos and videos from the Picsart library.
3. After you’ve picked your favorite design, click Text on the left panel sidebar to add text to your slide.
4. To add music, click Audio to explore our library of #FreeToUse music.
5. Click the + button on the right panel sidebar to add a new slide.
6. When you’re finished, click Export , choose the image quality and file type, and download your slideshow.
1. Open the Picsart app and tap on the plus sign (+) to start a new project. 2. Scroll down to Video and choose Slideshow . Then, choose the pictures you’d like to include in your slideshow. Or, you can tap Search to explore the Picsart photo library. 3. After you’ve picked your photos, tap Next .
4. Choose your desired slideshow size and add transition effects to your slides. 5. Upgrade your slideshow with fun effects, music, text, and stickers to engage your audience.
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Create a Presentation Using the AutoContent Wizard. Click the File menu, and then click New. Click From AutoContent Wizard on the task pane. Read the first Wizard dialog box, and then click Next to continue. Click the presentation type you want to use. If you want to focus on one set of presentations, such as sales presentations, click the ...
The AutoContent Wizard. The AutoContent Wizard is a handy tool that allows you to create a presentation quickly. It provides 8 to12 slides you can customize by adding your own pictures and text. While the wizard is handy, keep in mind that the slides you create using it are fairly structured and don't allow for a lot of options.
Click Next. On the next screen, you can type in your Presentation Title. Add a footer if necessary. Click Next. The last AutoContent Wizard dialog box appears. Click Finish. Your slides will appear, and you can go through each one and make changes to the content. Edit the slides in Outline View in the left pane, or type directly into the slides ...
Generate Presentations about any Topic. SlidesWizard generates professional presentations about any topic. We take care of the entire process: 1) Structure the Presentation Outline. 2) Add Images. 3) Add Speaker Notes.
Most of the presentation structures used in the wizard came from presentation professionals we worked with specifically for the wizard. We even licensed some work from the Dale Carnegie organization, an international organization known for excellence in speaking. We helped the user get the document set up for the output type; on-screen, web ...
Learn more about the different features in Designer, to elevate your presentations. Easily add a photo to your title slide and get a cohesive design across your slides. You can use SmartArt graphics to turn text into engaging visuals. Designer, looks for key terms that is has illustrations for and displays relevant visuals in various layouts.
select the presentation style in the next screen as shown. The above screen helps you to choose the type of output you will be using, and the wizard selects the best colour scheme for your presentation. For example, choose the on- screen presentation. step-4 click the Next button. A new dialog box appears as shown below:
To create a quick and easy slide show, use the AutoContent wizard. This wizard walks you through each step in designing a presentation. You select the type of presentation, and PowerPoint creates an outline. When you finish building the presentation with the wizard, you can add your own text to each slide.
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Click Next.The Presentation Wizard step 2 appears. The figure below shows the Wizard as it appears if you selected Empty presentation at step 1. If you selected From template, an example slide is shown in the Preview box.; Choose a design under Select a slide design.The slide design section gives you two main choices: Presentation Backgrounds and Presentations.
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Create a presentation. Open PowerPoint. In the left pane, select New. Select an option: To create a presentation from scratch, select Blank Presentation. To use a prepared design, select one of the templates. To see tips for using PowerPoint, select Take a Tour, and then select Create, . Add a slide.
Six steps for creating a slide show. 1. Plan your slide show. Before getting too deep into your slide show project, it's a good idea to select and save the photos and videos you want to use. This helps you create a slide show more efficiently and purposefully, ensuring a better outcome. 4.
Using the AutoContent Wizard in Microsoft PowerPoint makes it easy to create a professional business presentation. The AutoContent Wizard is designed to give suggestions for slide options and material to use in your business presentation. There are four different categories of business presentation types - General, Corporate, Product and ...
However, there are some pitfalls you might encounter when using PowerPoint for business or personal use. These are 10 tips that will help you to become a PowerPoint wizard. 1. Create an engaging presentation. 2. Be interactive. 3. Readable fonts. 4.
To create a presentation using this tool, you only need to provide a text prompt outlining your requirements. The tool will then generate the slides, complete with text, images, illustrations and any other content you specify. ... Input your website URL and watch as our Brand Wizard automatically pulls in all of your branding. 2. Access a ...
Download the "The Most Powerful Wizard" presentation for PowerPoint or Google Slides and start impressing your audience with a creative and original design. Slidesgo templates like this one here offer the possibility to convey a concept, idea or topic in a clear, concise and visual way, by using different graphic resources.
See " Creating a new presentation using the Presentation Wizard " on page 13. Otherwise, the main Impress window is displayed. You can turn the Presentation Wizard on and off in Tools > Options > LibreOffice Impress > General > New document by selecting or deselecting the Start with wizard option.
Click on from Auto Content Wizard in the Task Pane. if the Task Pane is not visible, click on View' from the menubar and then click on Task Pane. Follow the instructions in the wizard and make your choices or provide information when asked. When the wizard is completed - finish the presentation by filling in the slides with text and images.
Creating a Presentation. You have several options to create a PowerPoint presentation. These include: Create a blank presentation from scratch, then add slides and format the presentation. Create ...
2. Find A Way To Actively Engage The Audience. Be prepared with ways to get your audience engaged and keep their focus. Whether that's relating to your audience, telling a joke or asking questions ...
The correct answer is Auto content wizard.. Key Points. The Auto wizard creates a new presentation using built-in templates, offering content ideas to help and organize the information including each slide.; It provides templates and ideas for different types of presentations.; It will suggest content relevant to that specific type of presentation.
Visme's brand wizard makes it a breeze to turn this template into a document that truly reflects your brand identity. Simply input your company website and the Wizard will collect your colors, fonts, icons and more to generate a cohesive brand kit. It will even recommend templates that align with your branding. 2. Tangerine Presentation Template
Mix up your presentation design with different textures, like scrunched paper or textile backgrounds. Here, you might experiment with different types of backgrounds to match your topic. For example, if you're creating a back-to-school presentation, use notebook paper to match your student's note-taking style. 6. Use a geometric background
"The Wizard of Oz" on Ice will be at 7:30 p.m. on April 3, 2025, at the H-E-B Performance Hall, 100 Auditorium Cir. A Valero Sensory Friendly free performance will also be available at noon on ...