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The view in Outline mode shows each of the lines of your slides. It doesn't show the added text that is in the free text boxes  that was demonstrated on the previous slide mode Web page.
The lines that are the closest to the left side of the screen, or the first level if you prefer, are for the main title of the slide. The text that is on the second level to the sixth level is the text of the slide. The lines that are on the third level are the sub-categories of the text of the slide and so on. |
Writing text
The next part consists in writing all the text that will be required
for a small presentation. You must give a presentation to the shareholders
of the company X. You have already determined the text to
write as well as at that level to put it on. In this example, there
are only two levels: the main titles and the text of each of the six slides. Normally,
you'll find the Outlining toolbar to the left of the section of the text. If not, from the View menu, select the Toolbars and Outlining options. You will need
two of these buttons to change the level text. The other buttons will be explained
when you'll have written the presentation's outline.
Change level
To change the level of a line, you should use the  button
or the TAB key to drop down a level. The button  or
the Shift and TAB keys will bring the line back up a level.
 Place
the cursor just after your name on the second line of text.
Press the cursor pointing downward.
The cursor should move on the third line. It should also have a small
grey square that should appear to the left of the cursor.
Otherwise
, press the button
or on the the Shift and TAB keys to move back to the first level.
Write
the text "Financial statements" and press the Enter key.
Write
the text "Revenues by category" and press the Enter key.
At the moment, the last line is considered to be the main title for a
new slide instead of being the text of the second slide (Financial statements).
Place the cursor on the line where it's written "Revenues by category".
Press
the button
or the TAB key.
Now, the line at the second level and is considered to be the text of the
slide "Financial statements".
Write
the rest of the text as described below by assuring you that the text is
for the right level. Use the buttons or the keys when necessary to
change level.
Move points around
You've noticed that one of the points in your presentation would be better placed
at another location in your presentation. Instead of rewriting
the text, you can make a block with the lines of text move it. Use both the move up or move down buttons
to move the text in its new location in your presentation.
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Move up: Move a line or a block of
lines upward. The line or block always stays in the same level. |
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Move down: Move a line or a block of
lines downward. The line or block always stays in the same level. |
Make
a block with the 5 lines of text from the slide " Reasons of our growth ".
Press
the button
several times.
You will notice that lines rise and change slides. However, they always stay
in the same level.
Press
the button
to put back the presentation to its original location.
When you prepare a long presentation, you may
get lost in the details. You may wish to see only the titles on the slides. The next buttons serve at temporarily hiding the text
to only to show the main titles of the presentation.
Place
your cursor on the title "Reasons of our growth".
Press
the  button.
The text of the slide is replaced by a horizontal line. This is to indicate
that there is some text on this slide but that it's hidden.
Press
the  button
so that the text of the slide reappears.
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Hide the selection: to hide the text
of a certain level and replace it with a horizontal bar to better
see the previous level. |
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Show the selection: to show again one or
several levels of text previously hidden by the Hide command. |
The last two instructions are good at hiding or showing the text of a single slide.
The next two buttons do make the same thing, but for all the slides of the presentation.
Only the main titles will be shown.
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Show the titles: Temporarily replace
the data of the second and other under lower levels by horizontal lines.
The user sees only the main titles better to organize his presentation. |
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View everything: Shows all the
lines reduced by the use of the previous option. |
Changing bullets
In front of every line of the second level or subordinate, a small character
appears that's called
a bullet. You may change it for another character or space.
Make
a block with all the secondary lines of the fifth slide: " Reasons of our growth
".
From
the Format menu, select the Bullets and Numbering option.
The following window will appear.
Click on the character that interests you and press the OK button.
If you want to have no special character, click the first box in the upper
left corner (none) and press the OK button. You can also change the size of the bullet
by changing the size's percentage located to the left side of the window.
There are the other special characters that you can take advantage of. You can place a picture or customize the bullet in many ways. Some fonts contain fanciful characters
such as the Wingdings , ZapfDingbats BT , Symbol font, Monotype sort, Animals
and several others.
Press the Picture button.
Press the Cancel button.
Press the Customize button.
Select the character of your choice and press the OK button or press the Cancel button.
View the result
Having entered the text of the presentation, you deserve a look atthe result.
Place
the cursor on the first slide of your presentation's outline.
Press
the  button
or from the View menu, select the Slideshow option.
Press
the spacebar, the left mouse button or the Enter key to pass in
the next slide.
Continue
to press one of these the keys to continue until the end of the presentation.
Once the presentation is ended, the slideshow mode will return you to the
previous mode. In this case, it should be the outline mode. |
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