On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:32:07 -0700 Came this utterance formulated by NoOp to my mailbox:
> On 04/01/2009 11:35 AM, bg wrote: > > I am attempting without much success to create a very simple, > > basic slideshow, consisting of 25 slides, each of which needs to > > contain no more than one to four lines of text. > > > > *Is* it possible to create simple pages with nothing but words > > on them, in Impress? Without having to deal with graphical > > "text object" fields and such? Can it operate as a simple editor? > > Yes. Select the blank layout, then View|Toolbars|Drawing - select the > 'T' icon, place your cursor where you'd like to start, and start > typing. > There are two modes to the ensuing text boxes, "text edit" and "treat me like a graphic". When in text edit mode the box has a hatched wide border. When in graphic mode it has the eight green handles a graphic does. Click on the hatching to move into graphic mode or double click the text to move into text edit mode. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
