You can move items around the screen by clicking the object then moving the mouse over the object. When the mouse pointer changes to the Move symbol you can drag and drop the item anywhere on the screen.

Don't worry about placing them exactly; we'll learn how to use Impress to do it the easy way in a minute or two.

The idea is to get the items on the screen in roughly the right position and roughly the right size.

Resizing objects

To resize an object, click on the object. A set of green handles will appear, use these handles to change the size and shape of the object. Some of the handles will stretch the object vertically; others will stretch the object horizontally. The corner handles will let you change the shape in both horizontal and vertical directions.

It’s important to note that you can easily distort an object if you're not careful. Making the item appear stretched or squashed. To resize an item without distorting it hold the shift key while resizing the object. This will force the item to resize proportionally in both the vertical and horizontal dimensions.