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Index pages facilitate the users of a given document and provide them with a quick glimpse at the content that will be presented to 4 4
them. They can be used as a teaser, which will sharpen the audience's attention. 5 5
In order to create an index page we will use the Index Slide Master that we created earlier. 6 6
In this video, we will create an index page for our presentation. 7 7
The first thing to be done is to insert a line, 8 8
select it right-click on it 9 9
and then access the Format Shape menu, where we can adjust the line's dash type in the following way. 10 10
Let's insert a text box and type "1" inside of it. 11 11
We will have to modify the text's font size, as it is too big right now. 12 12
Let's decrease it from 18 to 11. 13 13
In addition to that I'll put the text in bold 14 14
and assign it with a dark blue color. 15 15
Next I'll copy this text box twice. 16 16
This is where we'll type the respective slide name and slide number. 17 17
Let's align the three boxes to the top and adjust their horizontal positions. 18 18
Here is the structure of the first element in our "Index" page. Given that we want to use the same 19 19
blocks for the other elements as well, we can save some time by doing the following: 20 20
select all of the newly inserted items and right- click on one of them. 21 21
Now we can group the items together 22 22
and work with them as a block rather than as single elements. 23 23
We can copy this block of elements, as many times as we want. 24 24
In this case we will have to obtain the same number of blocks as the number of slides in the presentation, so let's do that. 25 25
Once we're done copying, we can select all of the elements and align them to the left, 26 26
after which we can apply 27 27
"Distribute vertically" in order to ensure that the amount of space between the blocks is the same. 28 28
We can find it in the Format tab, 29 29
among the "Align" commands. 30 30
Ok. Once we're finished aligning, we can ungroup all of the items, and type the name of each of the slides and it's relevant page number. 31 31
For example, the first slide will be "Group structure" 32 32
and we can find it on page number three. 33 33
The same thing needs to be done for the others. 34 34
Once we have finished editing the text within the text boxes, our Index page will be ready. Thanks for watching!