LibreOffice Impress allows to create a nice Photo Album with a few clicks of the mouse. First, you open an empty presentation. Second, you access the feature with Insert > Media > Photo Album. Third, you press the Add button to select your pictures from your hard disk. Fourth, you choose your options (slide layout, caption, aspect ratio) and then press Insert Slides to create the Photo Album, and – in a few seconds – you get the final product.
Save Impress Slides as Images
LibreOffice allows to export single Impress slides as images, by accessing the menu File > Export…, and then by choosing one of the available file formats. Using this feature, exporting all the slides of an Impress presentation is a rather tedious operation.
Luckily, there is a LibreOffice extension which allows to export all slides as images in a single operation. In addition, it allows to choose the file format and configure the output.
To install the extension Export as Images, you have to access the LibreOffice Extensions website, search for the extension, download the OXT file, and install it using the Extensions Manager (which can be accessed from the menu Tools > Extension Manager…, then clicking on the Add… button, and following the instructions).
Once installed, Export as Images creates a new menu entry File > Export as Images…, which opens a dialog windows where you can choose the directory, the file name, the file format, the size (by entering the requested width or height in pixels), and color/grayscale.
We are approaching the end of 2015. We have decided to celebrate the month of December with our own version of the Advent Calendar: one simple tip per day, to make the use of LibreOffice more enjoyable or more productive.
Today, December 1, we start by pointing LibreOffice users to Ask LibreOffice and to the FAQ on TDF Wiki. These two resources provide a number of tips based either on questions asked by users (Ask) or on the experience of long time LibreOffice users (FAQ).
They are both useful, and we warmly invite LibreOffice users worldwide to leverage these resources provided by community volunteers.
During the Aarhus Conference, we have organized the usual group picture to celebrate the community, leveraging the architectural features of the DOKK1.
We have gathered on one of the large staircases leading to the first floor of the building, which were the ideal setting for a group picture.
To the surprise of the group, in addition to the usual camera picture, Dennis Borup Jakobsen has organized a “drone” session, to get a different view of the community, as seen from the sky.
The result is amazing, and has provided a different point of view on the community.
The Document Foundation has opened a store for LibreOffice merchandising at Spreadshirt.Net.
We have a few items at the moment, mostly mugs and t-shirts, but we are open to suggestions and new designs. If you want to contribute, or if you already have a design to suggest, send an email to italo@documentfoundation.org.
The shop is managed by Spreadshirt, which is also responsible for the production of the items, the collection of the payment and the delivery of the items. The Document Foundation will get a small percentage of each item cost, to support the project.
The LibreOffice community has a wide geographical reach, which is shown on this map, where all countries where there is at least a TDF Member are shown in green.
The LibreOffice community will gather in Aarhus for the LibreOffice Conference, where most of the countries will be represented. In addition, there will be volunteers from other countries, according to this map, where all countries where there is at least a conference participant are shown in green.
