{beamer} is a document class, used for creating presentations and slides. For general questions about presentations or slides, independent of the document class, use {presentations} tag instead.
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Create pdf with subset of slides
I use knitr and RStudio with XeLaTeX to create a presentation with many slides. But sometimes not all of the slides should appear in the final pdf. Is it possible to have a variable that I change ...
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Unable to find TFM file
I use TeXLive 2011 (installed with ISO) in Ubuntu. When I use the package bbding, it shows
** ERROR ** Unable to find TFM file bbding10
and I use the command locate bbding10.tfm
that returns:
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Changing the default title/author/institution/frametitle font in Beamer
I sadly haven't been able to answer this questions using Google. In beamer, I'd like to make the default font for the entire title page, as well as frame titles, to be the default font from the old ...
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Tree with more levels
I'm working with the package qtree and I'd loved to make more levels. My code is:
\begin{frame}[t]{\secname}
\Tree [.{L} [.{L1} {\textit{Lag}: \\ ${\textstyle x=y$ \\ \small{C}} ]
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Non-raised tildes in a minted environment
Consider the following minimal example that combines Beamer + Minted:
\documentclass[11pt,utf8]{beamer}
\usepackage{minted}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}[fragile]
\frametitle{Foobar}
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Avoiding repositioning of minipages when moving overlayed tikzpictures
I'm fairly new to Beamer and stuck with this problem of two tikzpictures lying above two minipages. i want tikz1 to be displayed on slide 2 of the frame and tikz2 on the next slide (3). However they ...
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Interference between \onslide and \setbeamercovered{transparent}
I'm trying to use \onslide in a table, but since I have the option \setbeamercovered{transparent} in the preamble, it does not produce the overlay of columns.
Here is my example:
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Beamer: how to change the mini frames coloring
I want to do the following changes to the mini frames coloring:
All previous frames almost the same solid color as the background so that the squares are barely visible.
The current frame and all ...
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Smoothbars meets infolines
I like the intuitive navigation that smoothbars provides. However, when the presentation has too many sections it is hard to display it nicely. In that case I would like to have a split header like ...
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Slider ticker on beamer runs off page
I am creating a presentation using the beamer class and the Singapore theme, however I have so many sections that the slide ticker bar at the top runs off the edge of the page.
Is there a way to make ...
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Beamer Frankfurt header runs off page [closed]
I'm using the Beamer Frankfurt header. When my final section has a lot of slides, the circles run off the page, so the "active" circle is not visible in much of the final section. The titles appear to ...
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Beamer columns environment in article document
I'd like to use something like beamer's \columns environment in an article-like document. Does anyone know if this is possible and how to do it?
I found this: (beamer blocks in ordinary article-style ...
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How to add background only to title frame and an other only to the last frame?
I just want to add a background only in the beamer title page. I can add it in the .tex as follows:
\setbeamertemplate{background canvas}{
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Are there any repositories of “killer slides” for Beamer?
I used to work as a consultant and have been spoiled with nice looking slides. For instance, being able to create slides that have 2, 3, or 4 graphs (perfectly positioned and with nice headers!) at ...
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Beamer Question Color
Which template exists to avoid black and blue colors? The most templates are using either blue or black. Is there something with red or green available?
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add a fake item in itemize as a placeholder
How to make phantom item in itemize environment? I want to 'animate' items in my beamer slides, so when I go from one slide to another new item pop up in a right place.
I have workaround for one item ...
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Successively reveal tree bottom up
I am trying build a tree bottom up in a beamer document, i.e. to draw it on screen starting from the most deeply embedded leaves. I've found a lot of Q&As and discussions on how to have trees ...
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Dots, subsections in beamer
\section{Results}
\subsection{}
\frame
{
\frametitle{Example 1}
\setbeamercovered{dynamic}
\begin{itemize}
\pause \itemi example 1 say
\end{itemize}
}
\frame
{
%\frametitle{Example 1}
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Beamer grey out items after pause
I'm making a presentation in Beamer and I've been having some trouble getting exactly the effect I want.
I have three blocks, one that stretches across the entire width of the slide, and two that ...
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Using AtBeginSection and againframe to make custom section transitions
I am trying to make a custom slide to use as an inter-sectional slide in order to replace the more typical code:
\AtBeginSection{
\begin{frame}[c,plain,noframenumbering]
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errors with MakeUppercase and Beamer's insertsectionhead
I'm trying to use \MakeUppercase on \insertsectionhead of the beamer class:
\documentclass[]{beamer}
\begin{document}
\section{Section 1}
\begin{frame}{Frame 1}
\MakeUppercase{\insertsectionhead}
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Xelatex beamer Calibri: how to suppress unwanted ligatures [duplicate]
Solution:
\setsansfont[Ligatures={NoRequired,NoCommon,NoContextual}]{Calibri}
I'm no typographer, therefore I didn't know the techinical terms, but this Wikipedia article describes it: ...
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Beamer: how to change the mini frames from circles to rectangles
I would like to change the mini frames from circles to rectangles and also make the already viewed symbols the same color as the background and future symbols the color of foreground.
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newtxmath \hat{} problem in beamer
Using the newtxmath package with beamer produces wrong output for the \hat{} command. I don't see the problem in the article mode. Also, using alternative packages such as times cause no problems. I ...
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href does not run properly
I have been working with Mac and TeX Live, the newest version. I want to run videos by a mouse click on the PDF generated by a beamer presentation. I tried with shells and I also used appify to ...
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Using beamer overlays with forest generated trees
I am using the forest package from Sašo Živanović in order to create a wide tree on a beamer slide.
Previously, I was using qtree. But due to the easier way of arranging nodes automatically with ...
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coordinates, nodes and arrows in tikz
I like the idea of defining a bunch of coordinates and then creating the desired diagram from them, but now I have the following problem. The MWE below demonstrates it: the arrows connecting the two ...
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Best figure size adjustment when dealing with different image sizes
I have a script which automatically creates a beamer presentation with several .ps images, each one inserted in a distinct frame. Those images consist on graphs built using GraphViz. The script is ...
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Beamer Enumerate and Itemize
Is it possible to combine these environments? Now I have this code.
\begin{itemize}
\item a
\item b
\end{itemize}
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How can I change the aspect ratio in beamer without passing the aspectratio option?
I started to create a custom theme for beamer slides, and I want to change the default aspect ratio for this theme. Of course I can use \documentclass[aspectratio=169]{beamer} in every document, but ...
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LaTeX beamer presentation-package 16:9 aspect ratio?
I'm programming a presentation in LaTeX using the beamer class.
However, it defaults to 4:3 aspect ratio slides, while everything I use is 16:9. Is there an easy way to change this using a command or ...
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Hiding arrow in xymatrix?
I want to enlarge a xy-diagram. Using the \invisible command, I got some strange spacing. That's why I decided to redraw the complete diagram using the \only and the \phantom command. But there is an ...
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How can I split a beamer bibliography across two slides?
I have several citations in a beamer-based presentation. Is it possible to split the bibliography across two slides? I'm using natbib / bibtex. And I currently just have:
\begin{frame}
\tiny
...
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LaTeX beamer package and growing figures
I'm using beamer package in LaTeX to build my slides. I saw in some final examples in LaTeX (I mean, I saw the PDF format and not the tex format), that contains an image that is being build along ...
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Beamerposter: Span two columns with Figure
I've been trying to get this done for the past several hours. This is my current situation:
As you can see, the figure at the mid-right of the poster is cutting off. So, how can I fix this?
I ...
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Beamer image positioning
I am trying to place two images side-by-side in a beamer document. However, when I compile the document, the image in the right column is forced too low on the page. I am using the [htp] options but ...
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gif image in beamer presentation
I wish to display some animations in my beamer presentation. The most trivial way that comes to my mind is to use a gif image. How can I put it in the presentation and what should I use to display it? ...
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How to center text horizontally within beamer column?
I've got a frame in beamer with two columns. Each column contains a figure that contains an image. I'd like to put some text below each figure.
I'd like the text to be centred within each column.
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Beamer: error ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
Having problems with LaTeX. The PDF file isn't being created and I have looked numerous times online. I think the problems lies in the user packages.
Here is the end the log code:
Package pdftex.def ...
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tikzmark position erratic in overprint environment of beamer
My aim is to highlight a term in an equation, and draw an arrow pointing to another one.
Here's my code
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{tikz}
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Animate code blocks beamer
I am trying to swap code blocks as animation. But I cannot put verbatim inside \onslide or \visible.
I tried using a savebox, the problem is the second code blockis typesetted below the first one. I ...
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Covered Box Beamer Shadows [closed]
It seems to me that in beamer, a (rounded) box with shadows that is covered (transparent, normally visible on the next slide) has buggy shadows, I'm not sure if this is a know bug, or maybe an error ...
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Beamer: changing footline background color
I would like to make the footline color black and the text white. I found this: Beamer: Background Color for Footline
but didn't understand how it applied to my example.
\documentclass{beamer}
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placing invisible links at certain coordinates?
Does anybody know if this is possible using TikZ?
I'm trying to create links over a picture that i have layed on the background of a frame or at least placing them on some nodes in a TikZ code.
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Beamer: How to remove shadows under header
I would like to remove the shadow (gradient fading) under the header.
\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Frankfurt}
\usecolortheme{dove}
\setbeamercolor{section in head/foot}{fg=white, bg=black}
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beamer, how to explicitly call the “normal itemize icon”
I want to have beamer slides where the change between one slide and the next is that the standard itemize symbol is replaced by a tick or a cross. My first attempt:
\begin{itemize}
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How to change list options during a loop?
I currently have a beamer presentation, which, using the forloop package, looks basically like this:
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{forloop}
\begin{document}
\newcounter{ctr}
\newcounter{gulp}
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Export Beamer doc to 2 slides per page
I'm a total LaTeX/beamer newbie looking for a way to export a slide deck I created into a sort of "book" form. I tried "handout" but that didn't seem to be what I'm looking for.
Basically, I want to ...
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Is there any way to typeset my Beamer presentations on my iPad?
I'm considering buying one of the available LaTeX apps for my iPad. Among other things, one of the main things I'm interested in is tweaking my beamer presentations (particularly handy when on the ...
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Beamer presentation fails to compile after TeX Live upgrade [closed]
After an upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise) to 13.04 (Raring), pdfLaTeX fails to compile a simple presentation using Beamer. Besides Beamer, the only package I am explicitly using is minted, for ...
