General

Defines the general options for drawing or presentation documents.

To access this command...

Open a presentation document, choose - LibreOffice Impress/LibreOffice Draw - General.


Impress General Options Dialog

Text objects

Allow quick editing

If on, you can edit text immediately after clicking a text object. If off, you must double-click to edit text.

Only text area selectable

Specifies whether to select a text box by clicking the text.

In the area of the text box that is not filled with text, an object behind the text box can be selected.

Settings

Use background cache

Specifies whether to use the cache for displaying objects on the master slide. This speeds up the display. Unmark the Use background cache option if you want to display changing contents on the master slide.

Copy when moving

If enabled, a copy is created when you move an object while holding down the key. The same will apply for rotating and resizing the object. The original object will remain in its current position and size.

Objects always moveable

Specifies that you want to move an object with the Rotate tool enabled. If Object always moveable is not marked, the Rotate tool can only be used to rotate an object.

Do not distort objects in curve (only in drawings)

Maintains relative alignment of BĂ©zier points and 2D drawing objects to each other when you distort the object.

Unit of measurement

Determines the Unit of measurement for presentations.

Tab stops

Defines the spacing between tab stops.

Compatibility (document specific settings)

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