Neil
Lucock

    neil@nlucock.freeserve.co.uk

Krishna
Tateneni

    tateneni@pluto.njcc.com

Brad
Hards

    bradh@frogmouth.net

Danny
Allen

    danny@dannyallen.co.uk

Anne-Marie
Mahfouf

    annemarie.mahfouf@free.fr

# Detailed Guides

This chapter describes how to perform some common tasks in &stage;.

## Create a &HTML; Slideshow

Turn an existing presentation into standard &HTML; pages with accompanying navigation aids.

First, either make a new presentation, or open an existing one. Then, click on File Export as HTML...

You will then get a dialog box asking for a few details:

Fill in the details for your &HTML; slideshow
Fill in the details for your &HTML; slideshow

Fill in Title and Author fields. Select the slides which should be exported. If you want to change a name used on the &HTML; page for each slide double click on the name and edit it inline.

In the Output preview area the downsized slides are displayed and you can check the correct slide order and browse the presentation with the < and > buttons.

Now you can select a stylesheet with the configuration of the &HTML; options.

To actually produce your &HTML; presentation, press the Export button and select a folder.

What we now have are the newly-produced `html/` and `pics/` folders, created where we earlier set the path:

The newly created &HTML; slideshow folders
The newly created &HTML; slideshow folders

There is also an `index.html` file to launch your web slideshow.

You can see how it works by using your file manager or web browser to open the `index.html` file. Click where prompted, and the first slide of your presentation is displayed. It will now behave as a &stage; slideshow.

Each click on the arrow icons take you to the next or previous slide. To get back to the start of the slideshow click on the slide icon.

To share your presentation with the world, transfer the newly-produced files to a network-accessible location (&ie; webspace), remembering to keep the folder structure intact.

## Creating &stage; Templates

It is very easy to create a new template for &stage;.

If you have made a presentation in a style that you would like to use again, you can save it as a template.

This tutorial will show how we can make a new template and save it.

Open &stage; and create a new document.

To add a little sparkle to the blank slide, we can change the slide background - do this by selecting the Document background tool in the Tools docker.

We want the background to look attractive, so you may choose to use an image as a background by clicking the Set image button: feel free to experiment, but keep it beautiful!

Choosing a slide background
Choosing a slide background

The page should now have the background you desire. Create a text box, and type a heading for your slide:

Adding a Heading to the new template
Adding a Heading to the new template

When you are happy with your template, go to File Save As and select Opendocument Presentation Template filetype in the file dialog.