

Go to the panel LibreOffice Impress->General.Ĥ. If you use Wi-Fi communication, just keep Wi-Fi enabled on both the devices.ģ. Set Visibility On for the LibreOffice system so that it can be seen from the Android phone in the available Bluetooth device list. To use Bluetooth communication, enable it on your LibreOffice system and Android phone. Impress Remote can be used over both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, though the Wi-Fi mode is in an experimental phase. I have used LibreOffice 5.0 on Ubuntu 15.04 and Impress Remote on Android 5.0.2.įigure 3: Wi-Fi access Figure 4: Configure the host IP But for the purposes of this article, we dont need any OS-specific settings, so any OS can be used. LibreOffice is supported on GNU/Linux, Windows and OS X. To use Impress Remote, you need a computer with LibreOffice 4.1 or higher installed. Figure1: Bluetooth Access Figure 2: Paired with a laptop Though Impress Remote is available for iOS also, I will only demonstrate it on Android. With this mobile app, you can change slides, set timers, watch previews, use pointers, etc, remotely over Bluetooth or a Wi-Fi connection, while making a LibreOffice Impress presentation on a laptop or desktop. It was developed primarily by Andrzej Hunt during the 2012 Google Summer of Code. Impress Remote is an open source Android app that enables remote presentation control for LibreOffice Impress. The Impress Remote Android app turns your Android smartphone into a remote control for a LibreOffice Impress presentation, vastly enhancing your talk. Theres nothing like a snazzy presentation to spruce up a talk or a lecture.
