The simple and elegant PhotoAlbum extension for OpenOffice.org Impress

Once I installed this extension, it took me about six seconds to create a presentation based on a directory of graphics, one slide for each graphic.

http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/node/419

Download the extension, don't unzip it, then choose Tools > Extension Manager as always to add it.

Then choose Tools > Addons > Create Photo Album.

Point to the directory where your graphics are. That's it. You get a presentation.

Only thing is, the randomly chosen slide transitions are a little annoying, so click the Slide Transitions item, select No Transition (or something you like), then click Apply to All Slides. And you can use that pane also to change the amount of time on each slide, or to switch it to manually going from one slide to another.

 

Comments

[Trevor]

Used this addon myself a few months back when preparing a slideshow for my kids graduation.

When adding a large number of images, I would make two recommendations that should make the users task easier and quicker.

1) Resize the images. Most digitial cameras today generate image files that are several Mb's in size. Using a tool like Imagemagick to automatically scale down the size of the images will make the editing process that much quicker once loaded into OO.

2) Rename the images to the order that you want them to appear in the presentation before loading them into OO. For example 0001.jpg 0002.jpg etc.

[Solveig]

Trevor, excellent suggestions! Yes, definitely resize the photos before including them in the presentation. Renaming them is an excellent idea as well.

[George Geder]

Wow!

I just downloaded OOo today and was giving it the 'college try'.
I saw a mention of this tip on Denise's site, Family Matters - http://moultriecreek.us/family/?p=1212.

This is great! Is this feature in Powerpoint? Doesn't matter, I'm really getting into Impress and the whole OO suite.

I'll be frequenting your blog and website!

Peace,
"Guided by the Ancestors"

[Charles]

Does this work with OO 3.0? I get the "Add-on->Create Photo Album" in the pull down tool menu, but when I click nothing happens!