Insert

This menu contains the commands that are used to insert new elements into the document, for example, graphics, objects, special characters and other files.

Slide

Inserts a page after the currently selected page.

Duplicate Slide

Inserts a copy of the current slide after the current slide.

Creates a new slide from every top-level outline point (text one level below the title text in the outline hierarchy) in the selected slide. The outline text becomes the title of the new slide. Outline points below the top level on the original slide are moved up one level on the new slide.

Summary Slide

Creates a new slide that contains a bulleted list from the titles of the slides that follow the selected slide. The summary slide is inserted behind the last slide.

Page Number

Adds the slide number or the page number.

Date and Time

Adds the date and time as a field.

Fields

Lists common fields that you can insert into your slide.

Special Character

Inserts special characters from the installed fonts.

Formatting Mark

Opens a submenu to insert special formatting marks.

Hyperlink

Opens a dialog that enables you to create and edit hyperlinks.

Animated Image

Creates a custom animation on the current slide. You can only use existing objects to create an animation.

Spreadsheet

Inserts a new OpenOffice.org Calc spreadsheet into the current slide.

Picture

Select the source for a picture that you want to insert.

Movie and Sound

Inserts a video or sound file into your document.

Object

Inserts an object into your document. For movies and sounds, use Insert - Movie and Sound instead.

Chart

Creates a chart in the current document. To use a range of cells as the data source for your chart, select the cells, and then choose this command.

Floating Frame

Inserts a floating frame into the current document. Floating frames are used in HTML documents to display the contents of another file. Floating frames are not supported by Netscape Navigator 4.x.

File

Inserts a file into the active slide. You can insert OpenOffice.org Draw or Impress files, or text from an HTML document or a text file.

Index

expanding,slides

slides,expanding

summary slide

fields,in slides

inserting,movies/sounds

sounds,inserting and playing

playing movies and sound files

videos

audio, inserting

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