How to Set Up a Slideshow to Autoplay and Loop in LibreOffice Impress
Want your presentation to run automatically and loop continuously in LibreOffice Impress? In this step-by-step tutorial, you'll learn how to configure your slideshow to autoplay and repeat from the beginning once it finishes. Perfect for kiosks, displays, or unattended presentations.
🎯 In this video, you'll learn how to:
✅ Enable automatic slide transitions
✅ Set custom timing for each slide
✅ Loop your presentation continuously
Great for business displays, trade shows, or automated educational slideshows!
Simple Steps
1. Open your project in LibreOffice Impress.
2. Click on the "Slide" tab and choose "Slide Transition".
3. In the "Slide Transition" pane, choose a "Transition" if desired and toggle on "After".
4. Select the time that you want each slide to last.
5. Click on "Apply Transition To All Slides" to add the transition to every slide.
6. To "Loop" the slideshow, click on the "Slide Show" tab, and choose "Slide Show Settings".
7. In the dialog box that opens, click the box next to "Loop And Repeat After"
8. Click on "OK".
Chapters
0:00 How To Autoplay And Loop Slideshow In LibreOffice Impress
0:20 Open Your Project In LibreOffice Impress
0:32 Click On The Slide Tab And Choose Slide Transition
0:49 How To Set A Transition For A Slide In LibreOffice Impress
1:10 How To Modify A Transition In LibreOffice Impress
1:27 How To Add Sound To A Transition In LibreOffice Impress
1:37 How To Advance A Slideshow Automatically In LibreOffice Impress
2:07 How To Apply Transitions To All Slides In LibreOffice Impress
2:17 Applying Transitions To The 2nd Slide
2:57 Applying Transitions To The 3rd Slide
3:22 Applying Transitions To The 4th Slide
3:40 Applying Transitions To The 5th Slide
4:05 How To Loop The Slideshow In LibreOffice Impress
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Transcript
How To Autoplay And Loop Slideshow In LibreOffice Impress
0:00 · [Music] This is going to be a video tutorial on how to autoplay and loop a slideshow in Libri Office and press. Let me jump over to Impress. Here I have Libri Office and Press opened up.
Open Your Project In LibreOffice Impress
0:24 · Now I have a little example slideshow here. I'm going to go through the basics of how to autoplay and loop a slideshow.
0:31 · To uh autoplay the slideshow, first thing you want to do is go up to the top up here up to the slide tab. Click on slide. Then you want to go down to where it says slide transition. Click on slide transition.
Click On The Slide Tab And Choose Slide Transition
0:46 · Now a pane will open up on the right side of your screen.
How To Set A Transition For A Slide In LibreOffice Impress
0:50 · From here you could select a transition.
0:53 · when my slideshow auto plays and gets to the last one. If I want to loop it, do I want to set a slide transition for the first slide? Because I am on the first slide right now. I'm going to go ahead and do one. I'm going to do bars.
1:07 · It kind of gives you a little example of what it's going to look like. You go down to the bottom down here, modify transition. Do I want those bars to be vertical, horizontal? I'm going to leave it be. How long do I want that transition to last? It's set at 1 second. Do I want to make it 2 seconds or 3 seconds? I'm going to leave it on 1 second. Down below that, you could add a a sound for the transition. You can click that drop down. I'm going to leave it with no sound. Then you'll go down to the bottom and by default, it'll probably be set on mouse click.
How To Modify A Transition In LibreOffice Impress
How To Add Sound To A Transition In LibreOffice Impress
How To Advance A Slideshow Automatically In LibreOffice Impress
1:37 · You to autoplay it, you want to click on you want to toggle on after. Then you can set the uh time amount for your slide to last before it transitions to the next slide. Now, that's uh it's going to take the transition 1 second to finish. Then my slide, I'm going to move it down to 3 seconds. So, that's actually going to be 4 seconds on that slide. It's going to take 1 second for the transition. And then it's going to remain on the slide for 3 seconds. Now, do I want to add this 3 seconds to all slides?
How To Apply Transitions To All Slides In LibreOffice Impress
2:10 · I'm going to go ahead and add 3 seconds to all slides. But now, the next thing I want to do is set the transition for the second slide. I'm going to go off to the pane on the lefth hand side. I'm going to click on my second slide. I'm going to go back off to the right hand side to my slide transition area and I'm going to choose a transition. You don't have to choose a transition, but for me, I'm going to tr choose a transition. I'm going to go down to the bottom. How long do I want that transition to take before it finishes?
Applying Transitions To The 2nd Slide
2:42 · I'm going to leave it on 1 second. I don't want any sound. I'm going to go down to the bottom. I've already set this part. I want it to autoplay. So after is toggled on and I want this slide to last for four sec for three seconds.
Applying Transitions To The 3rd Slide
2:58 · Now I'm going to go back off to the pane on the left hand side. I'm going to select my third slide. I'm going to go back to the slide transition pane. I'm going to choose a transition for this slide. I'm going to choose dissolve.
3:11 · I'm going to go down to the bottom. The duration I want to be 1 second. I want that that transition to take one second to finish. Then at the bottom, I'm going to leave everything be after in 3 seconds. I'm going to go back off to the pane off to my left side. I'm going to click on slide four. I'm going to go back over to the slide transition pane.
Applying Transitions To The 4th Slide
3:31 · I'm going to choose a transition. Like I said, the transitions are optional.
3:37 · I'm going to go down to the bottom. I'm going to leave everything be. And I'm going to choose my last slide, slide five. I'm going to go back to the transition pane. And I'm going to choose a transition. I'm going to choose checkers again. I'm going to go down to the bottom. I'm going to leave everything be. And now to loop the slideshow. When it reaches the last slide, I want it to loop back to the first slide slide and continue playing.
Applying Transitions To The 5th Slide
4:03 · The way to do that, you want to go up to the top up here up to the slideshow tab. Click on slideshow. Then you want to go down to the bottom where it says slideshow settings and click on slideshow settings and in this dialogue box it opens up. In the presentation mode you want to make sure loop is checked looped and repeat after and you can set a delay. That means after your transition after your last slide's transition's done and it's time ran out.
How To Loop The Slideshow In LibreOffice Impress
4:34 · Do you want an extra delay? I'm not going to go with any extra delay. I'm going to go down to the bottom. I'm going to click on okay.
4:43 · Now I'm going to go back up to the top.
4:44 · I'm going to play my slideshow. I'm going to click on slideshow.
4:49 · Whoops. And I'm going to click on start from first slide.
4:54 · And it will automatically play my slideshow through.
5:01 · And when it reaches the last slide, it's going to go right back to the first slide.
5:12 · That is my last slide.
5:14 · Now it goes right back to my first slide.
5:18 · I'm going to hit escape to get out of that. That is how to autoplay and loop your slideshow in Libri Office Impress.
5:25 · Thanks for watching.