OpenOffice: Create a handout - here's how

OpenOffice can be used not only to make the slides for a presentation, but also to create a suitable handout for your audience. We will show you here which steps are necessary for the creation in OpenOffice and which alternative methods are available.

How to create a handout in OpenOffice

If you need a handout with the most important information for your paper or presentation, you can create it directly from an existing presentation.

1. To create a suitable handout for your presentation, please open the presentation with OpenOffice first.
2. In the menu bar of the program, then click on the "File" tab and select the "Print" option.
3. Thereupon, a new window opens with the print menu, in which you please navigate to the "Document" area and select the "Handout" entry from the drop-down menu.
4. Now still determine how many slides should be printed on one page and specify how many copies you need.
5. Once you have selected whether the handout should be created in color, black and white or grayscale, you can create it by clicking on "Print".

Alternative to OpenOffice: How to create a handout in PowerPoint

If you use PowerPoint to create your presentation, you can also create the required handout directly there. To do this, first open your presentation and click "Print" under "File". Then you can select which slides should be printed on the handout and specify their order. You can also add a header and footer to the handout and enter data there, such as the presentation title, name or date.