Animating slide shows in OpenOffice.org Impress

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Oct 17, 2008 12:37 PM EDT
Linux Journal; By Bruce Byfield
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Animation is one of the less-known features in OpenOffice.org Impress. Its most obvious uses are for transitions for individual objects on a slide (rather than for the entire slide), or for dramatic emphasis and calling attention to objects. But it can also be used for more serious purposes, such as illustrating a procedure that is clearer if you can see it in motion -- for instance, one of the most effective animations I saw showed was on a Society for Creative Anachronism site that explained how the links in chain mail fitted together.

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