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1.3. Manipulating Files 1.3. Manipulating Files There are many ways to manipulate files within your file manager. Drag’n'drop, keyboard shortcut combinations, opening two file managers, etc. Choose the method you prefer (check out the Edit and Window menus). Copying Files. The easiest way to copy a file elsewhere in your tree structure is to select it and then to press the Ctrl C keys. Go in the directory in which you want to copy the files and press the Ctrl V keys. - - Moving Files. The same principle applies to moving files around. Cut the file using the Ctrl -X keys and paste it with Ctrl V keys. Linking Files. Linking files allows you to access them without actually copying them to a different location. Let’s imagine one of your files is buried into the /home/queen/Music/Artists/FavoriteArtist/ directory and you want to access

1.2. Accessing Storage Media Table 12.1. Konqueror Sidebar Icons amaroK. Gives you access to the amaroK music player (Section 1.1, amaroK Audio Player [137]). MeaningIcon Bookmarks. Quick access to your bookmarks. History. Permits you to access folders and network (web, FTP, etc.) sites you visited recently. Home Directory. Represents your personal folder in which you organize your personal files. Network. Gives you access to FTP archives as well as to Mandriva Linuxand KDE-specific web sites (of course, you can add or delete entries too). Root Folder. Lets you access your whole tree structure. Usually, you don’t have sufficient rights to manipulate files outside your home directory. Only the system administrator (root) can do this. Services. Gives you access to all your applications as well as your Audio CD Browser, your Fonts, your LAN Browser, Printer Browser and your system Settings. 1.2. Accessing Storage Media Access the Go Storage Media menu to read the contents of your USB keys, ex .. ternal hard drives as well as every media your computer contains (hard disks, mounted partitions, CD drives, etc.).

Chapter 12. Managing Files 1. Managing Your Files File managers have grown to become multi-tasking applications, which don’t only take care of basic tasks such as copying and moving files around. With Konqueror you can browse a LAN, listen to songs, view your photos, and more. Access your file manager by clicking on the Home icon located on the top left of your desktop. Figure 12.1. Konqueror’s Main Window 1.1. Sidebar A sidebar may appear on the left side of the main view. Select Window . Show Navigation Panel (or use the F9 key) to show it. Here are short definitions of the icons in Konqueror’s sidebar:

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3.4. Going Further not to overuse transitions, animations and effects because they can be distracting to your audience, turning their attention to the effects themselves instead of the presentation’s content. 3.3.8. Running your Presentation Choose Slide Show . Slide Show , or press the F9 key, to run your presentation. The presentation will take up the entire screen. Press the Esc key to stop the presentation. 3.4. Going Further If you wish to learn more on the use of OpenOffice.org Impress, you should consult the tutorial available at the Tutorials for OpenOffice [http://www. tutorialsforopenoffice.org/category_index/presentation.html] web site. Also, don’t hesitate to refer to the OpenOffice.org Impress inline help accessible through the Help . Contents menu, or by pressing the F1 key. There you are bound to find answers to your questions. Topics are accessible through a table of contents. An index is also available as well as a contextual search tool.

3.3. Building Presentations Double-click on the drawn chart and then right-click on it and select Chart Data to enter the data according to the chart you want to build (see Figure 11.14, Entering Chart Data [126]). Figure 11.14. Entering Chart Data Once you have entered the chart’s data, close the data entry window and click on the Yes button to update the chart in the slide, then click on an empty spot in the slide. Repeat the double-click / right-click sequence in order to change the chart’s title, legends, axis, type (2D or 3D, bar, pie, points, lines, etc.) selecting the appropriate entries from the pop-up menu. 3.3.6. Slide Background Use the Format .. Page menu and click on the Background tab to define colors, gradients, patterns, or bitmapped backgrounds for the slide. Each background type has options of its own, feel free to explore them. Using bitmaps for backgrounds increases the file’s size considerably. This could lead to a performance hit, especially on older systems. Once the background is selected you are offered the option to make that background the default one for all slides. Make your choice and the slide(s) background(s) will be changed. 3.3.7. Transitions, Animations and Effects The Slide Show menu has slide transitions, animations and effects options/wizards which let you add dynamism to your presentations. However, you should try

3.3. Building Presentations 3.3.3. Adding Slides to your Presentation Choose Insert ..Slide from the menu to add a new slide: the familiar slide type window appears (see Figure 11.13, Selecting a Slide Template [124]). Proceed as explained before. Choose Insert . Duplicate Slide instead if you want to base your new slide’s content on the current one. 3.3.4. Simple Graphics It is often useful to build simple diagrams to explain or show a concept. After all a picture does speak a thousand words. Table 11.2, Graphics Tools [125] summarizes the available tools to build simple graphics. Table 11.2. Graphics Tools Function Button Draws rectangles and squares, either filled or unfilled, with sharp or rounded edges. Draws ellipses and circles, either filled or unfilled; elliptical and circular pies, segments and arcs. Draws 3D objects such as cubes, spheres, cylinders, cones, pyramids, torus, shells, or half-spheres. Draws curves, polygons, and free-form lines, either filled or unfilled. Draws lines and arrows. Lines can have arrows at either end or at both. Draws connectors . Connectors are lines, either straight or curved, with or without arrows at either end which link objects with each other. Right click on the drawn object and access the menu to change attributes such as color, shadowing, transparency, etc. 3.3.5. Simple Charts Choose Insert ..Chart from the menu to insert a chart diagram into the current slide. A default bar chart will be inserted, drag the border handles to adjust its size.

3.3. Building Presentations Figure 11.13. Selecting a Slide Template Presentations are an important means to convey your ideas, whether it be to clients, teachers, students, or colleagues. By trying to respect the principle which states that Simple is elegant that is, by trying not to overload your presentations with too many graphics, large tables and complex animations and transitions effects you will keep your audience focused on what you are trying to communicate. Use the simplest template possible. 3.3.1. Slide’s Title In this case, the template is fairly intuitive. Click on the box labeled Click to add title. Type your title and then click on an empty spot of the slide to exit edit mode. That’s it. 3.3.2. Inserting Text Click on the lower box to insert your text (where Click to add an outline is written). This automatically formats it as a bullet list. You can change these settings through the Format menu.

3.3. Building Presentations Notes View. You can add notes to your slides in order to help you, your colleagues, or even your audience (if you print them) during the presentation. Handout View. This can be used to print several slides in one page in order to distribute printouts of your presentation to your audience, which is considered almost mandatory for many professional presentations. Start Slide Show. Pressing this button will run your presentation. The same button is located at the end of the toolbar (explained below). Work Area Where you compose the slides which build up your presentation. Slide Tabs Every slide which makes up your presentation possesses a tab which enables you to quickly reach a particular slide. At the left of the tabs are the slide navigation buttons which behave exactly like OpenOffice.org Calc’s sheet navigation buttons (see Section 2, Spreadsheet [113]). Tool Bar It contains the main tools you use to create your slides: the text, shapes, curves, lines and arrow input tools, as well as the object rotate, alignment and arrangement tools, effects tools, and the view-presentation button at the bottom. Some of these buttons contain a little triangle on one corner. Keeping these buttons pressed will open a menu of options for that tool. For example: filled or hollow rectangles, sharp or round edges, etc. 3.3. Building Presentations By default OpenOffice.org Impress uses blank slides. Choose Format . Modify Layout from the menu to change the slide’s template. Select the one you want to use for (most of) your slides, in our example we chose Title, Text (see Figure 11.13, Selecting a Slide Template [124]). Selecting a particular template does not tie all your slides to that template, just makes it the default one.

3.2. OpenOffice.org Impress 3.2.2. Interface Figure 11.12. OpenOffice.org Impress’ Main Window Slide Format Bar There are options for changing the slide shading, background color, line thickness, etc. View Mode These buttons let you change between: Drawing View. The default. Used to compose slides. Outline View. Shows a numbered list of all slides at the left with the text they contain (allowing you to edit it, for example) and a preview window on the right so you can have a quick look at the slide. Slide View. Shows all slides at once allowing you to navigate through them and take a quick look at your whole presentation.