

To allow resizing the slide objects and fonts to fit the paper, select the Fit object to paper format checkbox.Ī presentation can have multiple slide masters, so the need for modifying slide backgrounds should be an exception.

You can also select the orientation of the slide or paper (Portrait or Landscape) and the paper tray to be used.

If your computer uses a wide-screen monitor, you may wish to take advantage of that by selecting the User format and editing the Width and Height manually. The default values for the Screen settings are optimized for screen presentation (4:3 ratio) but will also print on Letter or A4 paper with landscape orientation. Despite the name (Paper format), the list contains selections for displaying the slides as well as printing them on paper. Note that the dimensions change automatically when a standard format is selected. In the Paper format section, select the preferred Paper format from the drop‑down list.Settings on this tab affect all slides in the presentation. The Page tab has three sections: Paper format, Margins, and Layout settings. Select Format > Page from the menu bar, or right-click and choose Page Setup from the pop‑up menu to open the Page Setup dialog.Switch to Normal view (click the tab in the main work area or select View > Normal in the menu bar).You can change the background of individual slides, as described here. You cannot define more than one page style in Impress, as you can in Writer or Calc. Any changes to the page format (size, margins, orientation, and so on) apply to all slides in the presentation.
