This may be a minor bug in my version 5.1.6.2 on Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS. For some reason, My Templates was not in the drop-down folder list in the new presentation wizard, and I had to select all the templates and move them to one of the presentation folders, although oddly I could move them back and now My Templates appeared in the list. You will now see all the imported templated if you click on My Templates. How to download Apache OpenOffice Impress template. (I did not get the Select Category dialogue, but this may be because I haven't created any specific categories.) So, if you need to edit a PowerPoint file, you can use Impress to edit it and then save it again as a. You can several or all the template files and they will be imported together. In the Template Manager dialogue box, select the Presentations tab, then click on the Import button and navigate to the diectory where you extracted the. Then from the File menu select Manage, or type Ctrl+ Shift+ N.

However, my answer was based on Ubuntu and the dialogues are slightly different: so I am submitting my answer for the benefit of users who experience different dialogues.įirst, extract the files from the zip file, then start Impress. I was preparing this answer when n8te's answer appeared: it is entirely correct and I up-voted it.

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