{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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Mindmap tikzpicture in beamer (reveal step by step)
I want to include a tikzpicture (mindmap) in beamer and I want, that the childs appear one after another.
So I use \visible but it don't works -- also not with \pause command. I get errors regarding ...
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Background coloring with overlay specification in algorithm2e + beamer package
I want to highlight some portion of my pseudo codes in my slides during the course of presentation. It's easy in powerpoint and I've made a sample slide:
However, I couldn't manage to get a similar ...
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How to get rid of navigation symbols in beamer?
When creating presentations in beamer, those little symbols that you can click on and will take you to different parts of your presentation are automatically included on your slides.
I don't like ...
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Highlighting in beamer using TikZ nodes
Is it possible to alter the code in the following MWE to the effect that “ABCD” is visible on both slides but only on the second it has the red node as background?
\documentclass{beamer}
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beamer: footnote text collides with navigation symbols
Footnotes in presentations are "usually not a good idea" (beamer manual, p. 130). Suppose, however, I have a valid reason to use the \footnote command in a beamer document (e.g., for printing a full ...
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Unknown error using tikz matrix of nodes in beamer
I am having trouble getting a basic example of a matrix of notes to show up in my beamer presentation. I am using the code copied from the pgf manual. Here is a complete working example. The error I ...
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Converting beamer slides to animated images
As a follow up to Highlighting specific parts of a TikZ drawing, I'd like to know how to generate an animated image (gif) from a series of beamer slides.
Martin Scharrer came up with this example:
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Absolute positioning in beamer
It's easy to absolute position something using remember picture with TikZ, but it only works with pdfLaTeX.
I can get something working by using negative vskip and hskips (trial and error), but that ...
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Positioning logo in the front page as well as slides
Question 1:
I am creating a slide template for a presentation in LaTex using Beamer package. I found the placement of logo in the slide is not that easy. Instead of placing the logo in the same ...
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Avoiding jumping frames in beamer
Sometimes I want an element on a frame to change in steps.
I do this by
\only<2>{
...
}
\only<3>{
...
}
etc.
But this causes the frame to jump due to different sizes of the ...
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How to make beamer overlays with Tikz node
I have a diagram of 4 nodes in my beamer slide.
\begin{figure}[h]
\begin{centering}
\begin{tikzpicture}[system/.style={draw,rectangle,rounded corners=3,minimum width=2cm,text width=1.8cm,text ...
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How can I position an image in an arbitrary position in beamer?
I am making a presentation using beamer, and I want to be able to position a certain image the way I want in a frame. I am not sure how to do that.
Is there some way you can specify coordinates in the ...
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Mouseover events in beamer: hovering on \eqref and a comment containing the original equation popping up
This idea came into my mind while I was listening to a speaker presenting his results in a seminar, he used lots of equation references in his later slides, however I can't remember which equation he ...
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How to make overlay still work inside lstlisting environment?
Problem
I want to explain C# programming language step by step using overlay in beamer.cls. But it does NOT works as shown in the following figure.
How to solve this problem?
Code Snippet
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Explanatory bubbles in beamer
In the MWE below I want to place an "explanatory bubble" (see picture inserted below) pointing to the word "Integer" in the 8th line (the bubble should superimpose the text, a transparency effect such ...
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How can I fix jumping TikZ pictures in beamer?
The problem of stuff jumping in beamer is a common one, (see e.g. Avoiding jumping frames in beamer) and we've seen it here from time to time (I imagine the "related" list at the side will be quite ...
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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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Trouble combining enumitem and beamer
I have trouble combining two things for a set of slides:
Adjust item separation globally
Use default overlays of lists locally (parameter [<+->])
I use enumitem for 1. but it seems to ...
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Run macro on each frame in beamer
How to patch the beamer \frame command (frame environment) so that \note{} is executed on every frame. This question is closely related to this one, however, I want the additional macro (\note{} in my ...
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Mark a pseudocode block and insert comments near it
I am currently working on a LaTeX beamer presentation where I have to explain an algorithm. So I wrote this algorithm with
\usepackage{algorithm,algpseudocode}
This is the current algorithm:
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Beamer vs. TikZ: uncover nodes step-by-step
I'm trying to uncover a TikZ image piece-by-piece like so:
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}{Linearity}
\begin{center}
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Where to find custom beamer themes
I don't like default beamer themes very much.
Where could I find some custom beamer themes?
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Bad positioning of math accents for the beamer standard font
With a recent TeX distribution, the easy answer to this question is "load the sansmathaccent package" (which is Ariel's implementation of my answer). Actually, the corrected font should be loaded ...
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Simple speech bubbles, arrows or balloon like shapes in beamer
I have to highlight the grammatical categories in a sentence like this:
There is a beautiful flower in the garden.
Now, by either using balloons or arrows, I have to highlight which word belongs to ...
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Box around a few items in an itemize environment
I'm using beamer and want to call out a few items in a list by drawing a box around them, and, ideally, having a small comment appear next to the box, like this:
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How to modify columns/column environments so they resize automatically to the largest column ?
This question was originally a duplicate of How can I add vertical space to a beamercolorbox to make it align with another one?. The response to that question was to add a vertical space according to ...
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Beamer text and image on the same slide
I am new to beamer and LaTex itself. Right now I want to make a simple slide with image on the right and text and sidebar (of Hannover theme) on the left. I cannot figure out how to do that.
Any ...
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How to get Beamer Math to look like Article Math
In a LaTeX article, the math characters are more "curvy" than the text characters:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\begin{document}
$x^2 + y^2 = z^2$
\end{document}
In a Beamer presentation, the ...
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Beamer navigation circles without subsections?
I have been using the Frankfurt theme in Beamer recently. It includes navigational section titles at the top of the slide and when subsections are included, it adds circles below section titles. Each ...
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Changing LaTeX headers via a makefile
I recently created a makefile to use with my TeX documents and am quite happy with the discovery. When I create Beamer slides to use in class, I create both a set of slides and a handout to go along ...
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Which package to use for presentations ? Beamer, Prosper, or Other
I have to prepare my slides in latex. A quick search came up with different packages. Before start preparing, I need your experiences. I do not want to regret after learning one as I did, learning vim ...
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Set image to full all available space in Beamer (without overlapping other elements)
I want to have an image take up as much as possible of the content area in a beamer presentation, without overlapping the title, the sidebars, or the footers. How can I achieve this?
The code below ...
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How display LaTeX code in LaTeX document?
I'm making Beamer presentation. How I can display LaTeX code inside presentation?
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One navigation bullet per subsection with subsection=false in custom beamer theme
I'm using the miniframes theme in beamer, and I need it customized as follows: The idea is to have a single line of bullets. For each section, I want one bullet per subsection, instead of one bullet ...
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Beamer handout: Problem when creating border around frames
I am trying to create handouts from a Beamer presentation. I want multiple frames to be on each sheet of printed paper, and I want the frames to have a border, say a border made with a thin line. To ...
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Beamer Animations: How to simulate terminal input and output
I'm preparing some Unix training material and I'd like to show some vertically scrolling text of the commands as if simulating text entry in a terminal. My idea was to split the frame into 2 columns, ...
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Is there a nice way to compile a beamer presentation without the pauses?
Say I made a beamer presentation and I want to print it out. Is there a nice way to make beamer ignore the pauses so that I don't get lots of pages with duplicate information?
Of course there are ...
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How to remove some pages from the navigation bullets in Beamer?
I'm making a beamer presentation using the miniframes outer theme, with navigation bullets, and the subsection=false option, meaning the bullets are all on a single row. The problem I have is that, if ...
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Note page showing the next frame
I would like to customise the note pages in Beamer to show:
the current frame that they refer to with its number,
the next frame of the presentation with its number,
the section and subsection,
the ...
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How to Continue Enumerate Across Columns in Beamer
I am trying to create two columns of a single enumerated list on a single frame in beamer. How do I go about getting the enumeration to continue from one column to the next?
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Uncover a multiline equation with beamer
I am using the beamer class for a presentation and amsmath package for the math mode.
If I uncover the formula in the following way, the formula jumps between slides, which is not intended.
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Animating Protocols
I'm creating a beamer presentation on network protocols. I like to put very simple animations in the slides, like an arrow extending from sender to receiver, showing the flow of network messages.
I ...
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Hyperref warning - Token not allowed in a PDF string
When compiling a beamer presentation and using the following \author command
\author{Name \\ \texttt{my.email@domain.com}}
I get the following hyperref warning in my logfile
Package hyperref ...
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Change the background color of a frame in Beamer
How can I change the background color of one frame in my Beamer document? I tried doing
\begin{frame}
\setbeamercolor{background canvas}{bg=violet}
% frame contents here
\end{frame}
but it ...
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Can I use natbib in beamer, but omit the bibliography? [duplicate]
Can I call references from my .bib file, but not put a huge bibliography at the end of my presentation? Or at least hide it in a bunch of slides that don't display?
I tend to think in terms of my ...
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Why can't I wrap \rowcolor in \only? (Beamer)
See the following minimal example:
\documentclass[table]{beamer}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}{Boo}
\begin{table}
\centering
\small
\begin{tabular}{rcc}
\only<1>{\rowcolor{green}}Hey & ...
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margins in beamer columns
I have some trouble with margins in multi-column layout beamer slides.
If put the following snippet in a non-rounded theme like "Rochester", you will see that
the boxes of the first row have ...
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Is there a specialized Pdf viewer for Latex-Beamer presentations on Linux?
Most of the time when presenting a talk people connect their laptop to a video projector. So they effectively have an extra screen at their disposal. Because of that many Software options for ...
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Embedding videos and animations
I'm aware that it's possible to embed some kinds of videos and animations in LaTeX files (using the beamer or prosper classes) but I couldn't locate good documentation on this. My web searches ...
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Is there a way to add a timer to a Beamer presentation?
I have seen presentations in Power Point which contain a timer. Can this be done in Beamer using a simple command, or maybe a package? If not a timer, is it possible to at least get a clock on your ...
