OpenOffice Impress, a part of the OpenOffice office suite package and created by Sun Microsystems, is a presentation program similar to Microsoft PowerPoint. In addition to being able to create PDF files from presentations, it is also able to export presentations to SWF files, allowing it to be played on any computer with a Flash player installed. It is able to view, edit and save files in many file formats, including the .ppt format, which is used by Microsoft PowerPoint. Impress is distributed (spread) under an open source licence so people can download it as free software. It released under the terms of the Apache License.
OpenOffice Impress users can install the Open Clip Art Library, which adds a large amount of images for general presentation and drawing projects. Linux distributions Debian, Gentoo, Mandriva and Ubuntu have given the ready-to-use openclipart package for download and install from their online software repositories.
Related pages
OpenOffice.org
LibreOffice
Microsoft Powerpoint
KPresenter
References
Other websites
Impress Official Page
Impress Presentation FAQ
User resources at OOo Wiki
OpenOffice.org 2 Guidebook
OpenOffice.org Blog
Templates and resources
Presentation Templates from the official documentation page
OpenOffice.org Impress Templates
Extension Repository for OpenOffice
Guide and Articles
OpenOffice.org 2.x Impress Guide
First Steps in Impress, updated for OpenOffice.org 2.0
Differences In Use Between Impress and Powerpoint
TuxMagazine issue 10 (free PDF download after registration) OpenOffice.org 2.0 Impress: the Confusing Duckling Becomes a User-Friendly Swan by Solveig L. Haugland Delivering Effective Presentations with OpenOffice.org's Impress