{overlays} is a term used by the {beamer} document class to describe the layering of slides.
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\subseteq + \circ as a single symbol (“open subset”)
I'm trying to create symbols \opn for "open subset" and \cls "closed subset". I want them to look like this:
My current solution is:
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Overlay symbol with another
Is it possible to overlay a symbol with another?
I want to write an equal sign with a question mark overlayed (or the other way around).
Note I don't want
\stackrel{?}{=}
I want the question ...
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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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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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Simplest way to overlay a text + rectangle label an image?
For my figures thus far I've been using LaTeX's straightforward figure code, i.e.:
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=6.5in]{figure.png}
\caption[Stuff here]{(A) More stuff ...
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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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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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Repeat scaled version of slide, \savebox and \usebox in multi-slide frame?
I have a frame where I uncover a tikz-diagram in 12 slides.
In the next frame, I want to repeat a scaled-down version of the full diagram (slide 12).
I've tried to use a combination of \savebox, ...
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Get a includegraphic to stick in the same place for several beamer slides
I am working with a presentation where I want a sequence of slides with a figure that changes slightly for each slide.
I want the figure to to stay in the same place for many slides and I want to ...
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Installing background and foreground page layers with TikZ
Several times I discovered the need to draw TikZ material behind and on top of the page text (How to draw text-anchored tikz line below text instead of above?, Test if a paragraph has a page break in ...
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In a beamer slide highlight a region of an image with a rectangle overlay
I have a slide with a figure in it. I want to draw a rounded corner rectangle overtop part of a figure to highlight that section. Bonus points if you can draw two rounded rectangles as overlays ...
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Overlay images and block in beamer
I found this slides on Internet with a very nice style.
http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~tov/pubs/alms/alms-popl2011-slides.pdf
How can I overlay blocks and image as in this slides?
Specially this ...
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Beamer alt command like visible instead of like only
The beamer command \alt<*overlay specification*>{foo}{bar} will insert foo if the current slide is within the given overlay specification, and bar otherwise. It's equivalent to
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reference overlay numbers with names
I have two-column slides where there is a tikz figure on the left, and itemization on the right. There is >10 overlays due to pauses in the itemization, and some pieces of the tikz picture are ...
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How can I distribute beamer overlayareas in handout mode across multiple frames?
I have a beamer frame with an overlayarea environment. Inside that environment are some bits marked \only<n> so that they appear on consecutive slides.
\begin{frame}
\begin{theorem}
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How do automatic overlay specification work in beamer?
I've tried reading the excellent Beamer user guide, but failed to understand.
I understand the basic idea: there's a counter beamerpauses that is advanced by a + inside an overlay specification. You ...
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Beamer: vertically center picture inside overlayarea
Is there an easy way to vertically center a picture inside an overlayarea environment?
Here is a MWE of a small animation:
\documentclass{beamer}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\begin{columns}
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How do I alternate graphics in LaTeX beamer
I'm trying to alternate graphics on a slide:
\frame{
\frametitle{Verkette Liste Beispiel}
\begin{figure}
\includegraphics<1>[scale=0.7]{pics/List-0.pdf}
...
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How can I add text in the top right corner of a page _without_ using fancyhdr
I want to put a block of text into the top right corner of my document (which uses the article class). The specifications of the document's formatting are very detailed, and it has taken me about 2 ...
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Two code blocks working syncronously
I need two code blocks in my beamer frame. One will be the code and other will be the output for each line of code.
I want to uncover each code line and corresponding output line.
So, first it will ...
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How do I add custom beamer actions that change an argument?
The beamer manual says:
You can easily add your own actions:
An action specification like
⟨action⟩@⟨slide numbers⟩ simply
inserts an environment called
⟨action⟩env around the \item or
...
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Tikz: overlay png or pdf image over another pdf figure
I am newbie in Tikz. I would like to place a png or pdf image on another pdf figure using Tikz overlay.Unfortunately i don't have any Tikz code for both the figures.
I have looked at this answer ...
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How do I insert a full screen picture inside an itemized environment?
I'm using beamer to create slides and I would like to place a full screen picture with a black background inside an itemized environment.
What I tried so far is:
\documentclass[10pt]{beamer}
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Accessing the current overlay number in beamer
For some beamer related code in one of my packages I need to access the current overlay number. I mean the internal number used for things like \only<1>{..}.
\only<1>{ Some internal ...
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epsdice does not respect beamer overlay with \setbeamercovered{dynamic}
I am trying to use the package epsdice in a beamer presentation.
This package provides the command \epsdice which takes a numerical argument between 1 and 6 and draws the corresponding face of a die. ...
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How do you superimpose two symbols over each other?
I want to superimpose two symbols, e.g. I want to superimpose \vee and \wedge and > and < symbols over each other (not above each other as in stackrel) and Q with a horizontal strike through ...
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How to determine the height of a beamer block?
To keep content from jumping between slides in a beamer presentation, I would like to use an overlayarea environment. By trial and error, one can determine the appropriate amount of space to reserve. ...
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Take 2: How do automatic overlay specifications work in Beamer (in a nested situation)
I had previous asked a question about this, but I feel that it wasn't focused enough and the answers got a little confused...so instead of editing that question, I've opted to start a new one....I ...
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Mixing overprint with blocks of enumerations
I'd like to overlay a series of different blocks, each of which includes an enumeration that pauses with each item. The overprint environment handles this pretty well, but it doesn't seem to be ...
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“negative” font overlayed with a photo
I would like to write some text in latex, then replace the black of the letters by a transparent layer, and overlay on top of a PDF photo. I could do it by exporting to photoshop, but I would like a ...
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Displaying page construction guides
Is there any way to overlay some lines and dimensions on the document so that one can see where the margins end and more easily examine the overall layout and ratios of elements on the page?
See for ...
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Circling/framing and referring to a bunch of nodes
The end goal: drawing paths between nodes like in the example there but the difference is the nodes are inside a picture here and in particular, the other node is a bunch of nodes in the same picture. ...
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System of linear equations wobbles
I tried to illustrate how to solve a system of linear equations but I don't come along with the different approaches to position the equations. They are shifted at some slides, e.g. if an arrow is ...
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Differences and best practices: \onslide vs. \uncover, \onslide+ vs. \visible, \onslide* vs. \only?
Page 81 of the Beamer v3.20 user guide describes the behavior of the \onslide command. In particular, there are three forms when the optional text argument is given:
\onslide⟨overlay ...
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Extract the logically first slide in a Beamer overlay specification?
When writing Beamer slides for a talk, I find that I often want to have some text (usually math) visible on a group of slides and be alerted on only the first slide in the group. For example, I can ...
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Footnotes disappear when using overlays in beamer
I use footnotes for citations in combination with the beamer package. I adapted the code from this question and everything works quice nicely - except when using overlays. Then the footnotes only show ...
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Using beamer \visible command inside a table, without adding vertical space
When using the beamer \visible command inside a tabular environment, beamer adds an extra vertical space before the text. For example, in the following code, beamer adds an empty line before the word ...
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Dancing images in beamer
When creating a slide using pauses and \only, I am getting cases where the content shifts between slides. I have tried using overlayarea and overprint as described in Avoiding jumping frames in beamer ...
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votes
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Overprint environment inside tikz node: unexpected alignment of content
I want to use an overprint environment inside a tikz-node.
I expect the content text of the overprint-sections to be aligned centrally, but it aligns right and even protrudes a little beyond the ...
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votes
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Beamer vs. Minted: overlays
How to use beamer overlay inside minted code? The obvious solution does not work:
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{minted}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}[fragile]
\frametitle{Foo}
...
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Vertically Aligning or Locking Text in Beamer Presentation
I understand that by using overlays in a beamer presentation, one is able to lock text within a frame, and continue to display other items without affecting the position of the previous item(s) being ...
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votes
1answer
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Changing code in listings dynamically
I need to change dynamically the code in the listing by adding just one key word to the code. I tried to do it like this:
\begin{lstlisting}[escapechar=|]
class MyThread extends Thread {
private ...
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1answer
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How can I write multi line text on the foreground of pages, and how can I align it?
I'm using this to write on the foreground of individual pages of a large PDF (hopefully), i.e one with white spaces to enter in LaTeX notes.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
...
