Take the space on the right of beamer slides

Question

How can I remove the vertical (invisible) bar on the right of beamer slides where the logo goes? I am not using a logo and I want to maximize the use of space in my slides.

I am using the Rochester theme.

Answer 1

You can use \setbeamersize (see Section 8.3 Frame and Margin Sizes of the beamer manual):

\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Rochester}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\setbeamersize{text margin left=5pt,text margin right=5pt}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\lipsum[2]
\end{frame}

\end{document}

The default margins:

After setting the margins to 5pt as in the example code: