1 00:00:00 --> 00:00:06 Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Custom Animation in LibreOffice Impress. 2 00:00:07 --> 00:00:11 In this tutorial we will learn about Custom Animation in Impress. 3 00:00:12 --> 00:00:20 Here we are using Ubuntu Linux 10.04 and LibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4. 4 00:00:21 --> 00:00:25 First, open the presentation Sample-Impress.odp. 5 00:00:26 --> 00:00:31 Let’s click on the thumbnail Potential Alternatives from the Slides pane. 6 00:00:32 --> 00:00:35 This slide is now displayed on the Main pane. 7 00:00:36 --> 00:00:42 Let’s learn how to use custom animation to make our presentation more attractive. 8 00:00:43 --> 00:00:46 Select the first text box to the left in the slide. 9 00:00:47 --> 00:00:53 To do this, click on the text and then click on the border which appears. 10 00:00:54 --> 00:01:00 From the right side of the Impress window, in the Tasks pane, click on Custom Animation. 11 00:01:01 --> 00:01:02 Click on Add. 12 00:01:03 --> 00:01:06 The Custom Animation dialog box appears. 13 00:01:07 --> 00:01:09 Notice that the Entrance tab is open. 14 00:01:10 --> 00:01:14 The Entrance tab controls the way the item appears on screen. 15 00:01:15 --> 00:01:20 We will learn the other tabs in the later tutorials in this series. 16 00:01:21 --> 00:01:24 Under Basic choose Diagonal Squares. 17 00:01:25 --> 00:01:29 You can also control the speed at which your animation appears. 18 00:01:30 --> 00:01:36 In the Speed field, click on the drop down box, select Slow and click OK. 19 00:01:37 --> 00:01:42 The Effect field allows you to set animations options. 20 00:01:43 --> 00:01:50 The box at the bottom of the Effect field displays the animations that have been added to the presentation. 21 00:01:51 --> 00:01:55 Notice, that the first animation has been added to the list of animation. 22 00:01:56 --> 00:01:59 Scroll down and click Play. 23 00:02:00 --> 00:02:07 The preview of all the animation you selected will now play on the Main pane. <<Pause>> 24 00:02:08 --> 00:02:17 Now, in the slide, select the second text box. Under Custom Animation, click Add. 25 00:02:18 --> 00:02:24 In the Custom Animation dialog box that appears, under Basic Animation, select Wedge. 26 00:02:25 --> 00:02:30 Set speed at Medium. Click OK. 27 00:02:31 --> 00:02:35 Notice, that this animation has been added to the box. 28 00:02:36 --> 00:02:41 Observe that the animation in the list are in the order in which you created them. 29 00:02:42 --> 00:02:46 Select the second animation. Click the Play button. <> 30 00:02:47 --> 00:02:50 You can also select more than one animation to preview. 31 00:02:51 --> 00:02:56 To do this, hold down the Shift key, while selecting the animation. 32 00:02:57 --> 00:03:04 Click Play The preview of all the animations you selected are played. <> 33 00:03:05 --> 00:03:09 Now, select the third text box. In Layouts, click Add. 34 00:03:10 --> 00:03:16 In the Entrance tab, under Basic, select Diamond. 35 00:03:17 --> 00:03:21 Set the speed to Slow Click OK. 36 00:03:22 --> 00:03:25 Each animation comes with certain default properties. 37 00:03:26 --> 00:03:31 You can also change the order of the animation using the Change Order buttons. 38 00:03:32 --> 00:03:39 Let’s look at the default properties for each animation and learn how to modify them. 39 00:03:40 --> 00:03:45 Double-click on the first animation in the list. This is the Diagonal Squares option. 40 00:03:46 --> 00:03:49 The Effects Options dialog box appears. 41 00:03:50 --> 00:03:53 By default the Effects tab is displayed. 42 00:03:54 --> 00:04:00 Under Settings, click the Direction drop-down and select From right to top. 43 00:04:01 --> 00:04:07 This has the effect of starting the animation from the right and moving to the top as it progresses. 44 00:04:08 --> 00:04:11 Click OK to close the dialog box. 45 00:04:12 --> 00:04:16 Click on the Play button to observe the animation that you have added. 46 00:04:17 --> 00:04:23 Double-click on this animation again. The Effect Options dialog box appears. 47 00:04:24 --> 00:04:25 Click the Timing tab. 48 00:04:26 --> 00:04:38 In the Delay field, increase the delay to 1.0 sec. This has the effect of starting the animation after one second. Click OK 49 00:04:39 --> 00:04:42 Now let’s select the first animation. 50 00:04:43 --> 00:04:44 Click Play button. 51 00:04:45 --> 00:04:49 You can observe the effect of the change you have made on the animation. 52 00:04:50 --> 00:04:53 Double click on the second animation in the list. This is the Wedges option that we set. 53 00:04:54 --> 00:05:01 The Effects Options dialog box appears. 54 00:05:02 --> 00:05:04 Click the Text Animation tab. 55 00:05:05 --> 00:05:11 The Text Animation tab offers various options to animate text. 56 00:05:12 --> 00:05:15 In the Group text field, select By 1st level paragraphs. 57 00:05:16 --> 00:05:19 This choice displays each bullet point separately. 58 00:05:20 --> 00:05:27 You can use this option when you want to thoroughly discuss one point, before moving on to the next. 59 00:05:28 --> 00:05:28 Click OK. 60 00:05:29 --> 00:05:31 Click Play. 61 00:05:32 --> 00:05:35 Pause this tutorial and do this assignment. 62 00:05:36 --> 00:05:42 Create different animations and Check the Effect options for each animation. 63 00:05:43 --> 00:05:47 Let us now learn to view the animation effects we have made. 64 00:05:48 --> 00:05:58 Click on the Slide Show button. Then click anywhere on the screen to view the animation. 65 00:05:59 --> 00:06:08 Animation is a good way to break the monotony of a presentation and helps to illustrate certain points Which are difficult to explain otherwise 66 00:06:09 --> 00:06:12 however, be careful not to overdo it! 67 00:06:13 --> 00:06:19 Too much animation will take the attention of the audience away From the subject under discussion. 68 00:06:20 --> 00:06:22 This brings us to the end of this tutorial. 69 00:06:23 --> 00:06:29 In this tutorial we learnt about Custom animation, Effect options 70 00:06:30 --> 00:06:32 Here is an assignment for you. 71 00:06:33 --> 00:06:35 Create a text box with three bullet points. 72 00:06:36 --> 00:06:40 Animate the text so that the text appears line by line. 73 00:06:41 --> 00:06:43 Play this animation. 74 00:06:44 --> 00:06:50 Watch the video available at the following link. 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