Import, export and sharing issues in presentations
gradients and borders
The
author had not noticed the following changes, so this is a direct
quote from StarOffice 7 Migration Guide by Sun.
Unlike
Microsoft PowerPoint, StarOffice Impress does not support three-color
gradients, double and triple borders, or round-dotted borders. To
improve the results of the import, you have to make the necessary
adjusts before import. Change three-color presets to similar
two-color gradient fills and change double and triple border lines to
a single border line with appropriate width. Round-dotted border
lines that are mapped to rectangle-border closely resemble the
original line style in PowerPoint, so manual editing should not be
necessary.
Multimedia
Voice-over
narration is not supported by Impress.
There
appear to be no settings for multimedia custom animations, such as
the ability to play a sound for the next slides.
Chart
animations
There
is no facility in Impress for “chart effects” as there is in
PowerPoint, such as presenting a series or category at a time. On
import the charts simply appear. A workaround is to have multiple
copies of the chart with each one set up to display as desired.
Pack
and Go
The
Pack and Go feature in PowerPoint allowed a PowerPoint file to be
split over several floppy disks and assured that all related files
were included. This facility is not included in Impress, nor can
Impress open such files.
Fields
Date
fields are exported as text, so they do not automatically update.
Action
settings and interaction
PowerPoint
provides action settings for mouseover, but Impress does not have
this option, only on mouse click, so mouseovers get mapped to mouse
clicks. PowerPoint has an option for highlighting the object on mouse
click or mouse over; Impress does not have this, so it gets ignored
on import.
PowerPoint
custom animations and Impress object effects
Table 3 shows
how the custom animations and object effects are imported into
Impress and exported to PowerPoint.
Table 3.
Importing / exporting custom animations between PowerPoint and
Impress
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PowerPoint
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Impress
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Appear
|
Appear
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Blinds
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Fade
Horizontally
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Box
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Fade
To Center
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Checkerboard
|
Checkerboard
|
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Diamond
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Appear
|
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Crawl
|
Fly
In From bottom
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Dissolve
|
Dissolve
|
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Flash
once
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Appear
|
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Peek
|
Short
Fly In from Bottom
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Random
Bars
|
Horizontal
lines
|
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Spiral
|
Spiral
Outward Clockwise
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Split
|
Close
Vertical
|
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Stretch
|
Stretch
Vertical
|
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Strips
|
Fade
From Top Right
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Swivel
|
Rotate
Horizontally
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Wipe
|
Cross-Fade
From Top
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Zoom
|
Fade
From Center
|
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Random
effects
|
Vertical
Lines
|
PowerPoint—Impress
slide transitions
Table 4 shows how
slide transitions are imported into Impress and exported to
PowerPoint.
Table
4. Importing / exporting slide transitions between PowerPoint and
Impress
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PowerPoint
|
Impress
|
|
Blinds
Horizontal
|
Venitian
Blinds Horizontal
|
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Blinds
Vertical
|
Venitian
Blinds Vertical
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Box
In
|
Box
In
|
|
Box
Out
|
Box
Out
|
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Checkerboard
Across
|
Checkerboard
Across
|
|
Checkerboard
Down
|
Checkerboard
Down
|
|
Cover
Down
|
Cover
Down
|
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Cover
Left
|
Cover
Left
|
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Cover
Right
|
Cover
Right
|
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Cover
Up
|
Cover
Up
|
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Cover
Left Down
|
Cover
Left-Down
|
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Cover
Right Down
|
Cover
Right-Down
|
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Cover
Left Up
|
Cover
Left-Up
|
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Cover
Right Up
|
Cover
Right-Up
|
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Cut
|
No
effect
|
|
Cut
Through Black
|
No
effect
|
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Dissolve
|
Dissolve
|
|
Fade
Through Black
|
Fade
Through Black
|
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Random
Bars Horizontally
|
Random
Bars Horizontal
|
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Random
Bars Vertically
|
Random
Bars Vertical
|
|
Horizontal
In
|
Split
Horizontal In
|
|
Horizontal
Out
|
Split
Horizontal Out
|
|
Split
Vertical In
|
Split
Vertical In
|
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Split
Vertical Out
|
Split
Vertical Out
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Strips
Left Down
|
Fade
From Top Right
|
|
Strips
Left Up
|
Fade
From Bottom Right
|
|
Strips
Right Down
|
Fade
From Top Left
|
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Strips
Right Up
|
Fade
From Bottom Left
|
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Uncover
Down
|
Uncover
Down
|
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Uncover
Left
|
Uncover
Left
|
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Uncover
Right
|
Uncover
Right
|
|
Uncover
Up
|
Uncover
Up
|
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Uncover
Left Down
|
Uncover
Left-Down
|
|
Uncover
Left Up
|
Uncover
Left-Up
|
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Uncover
Right Down
|
Uncover
Right-Down
|
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Uncover
Right Up
|
Uncover
Right-Up
|
|
Wipe
Down
|
Wipe
Down
|
|
Wipe
Left
|
Wipe
Left
|
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Wipe
Right
|
Wipe
Right
|
|
Wipe
Up
|
Wipe
Up
|
|
Random
Transition
|
Random
Transition
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