In addition to being able to create PDF files from presentations, it is also able to export presentations to SWF files allowing them to be played on any computer with a Flash player installed.

Delivering Effective Presentations with OpenOffice.Apache OpenOffice Impress, a part of the Apache OpenOffice office suite and developed by Sun Microsystems, is an open source presentation program compatible with and similar to Microsoft PowerPoint.

2.0 Impress: the Confusing Duckling Becomes a User-Friendly Swan by Solveig L.

TuxMagazine issue 10 Archived at the Wayback Machine (free PDF download after registration).

Differences In Use Between Impress and Powerpoint Archived at the Wayback Machine.

First Steps in Impress, updated for 2.0.

Presentation Templates from the official documentation page.

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Linux distributions Debian, Gentoo, Mandriva and Ubuntu have given the ready-to-use openclipart package for download and install from their online software repositories.

OpenOffice Impress users can install the Open Clip Art Library, which adds a large amount of images for general presentation and drawing projects. It released under the terms of the Apache License.

Impress is distributed (spread) under an open source licence so people can download it as free software.

ppt format, which is used by Microsoft PowerPoint. It is able to view, edit and save files in many file formats, including the. In addition to being able to create PDF files from presentations, it is also able to export presentations to SWF files, allowing it to be played on any computer with a Flash player installed. OpenOffice Impress, a part of the OpenOffice office suite package and created by Sun Microsystems, is a presentation program similar to Microsoft PowerPoint. LGPL version 3 ( 2 Beta 2 and earlier are dual-licensed under the SISSL and LGPL) Īpache License 2.0 (Apache OpenOffice 3.4 and later)

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