{overlays} is a term used by the {beamer} document class to describe the layering of slides.
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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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An Example from the Microtype Documentation
While exploring the depths of the microtype package with regard to LuaTeX I came across this innocent looking page 18 from the microtype.pdf 2.5 beta-08.
As the blue note in the margins hints a ...
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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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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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is there a “size-independent” method for overlaying two symbols to form a composite?
in this question
a composite symbol "diamond plus" is requested for use with plain TeX.
a good-looking version was provided, but it works in only one size.
if the same symbol is needed for a title or ...
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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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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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Write text above other text
What I would like to do is to make corrections to a document- to cross out some text using the ulem package and then to put the "correct" answer above it.
e.g.
...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Re-cover Beamer overlays, while keeping a subphrase uncovered?
Original question
In a Beamer presentation that I am writing, I have an itemize list and would like to make each item visible one-by-one. Then, starting on the slide after a given item appears, I ...
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TikZ picture on the entire frame in beamer without using overlays
I have a beamer presentation with several TikZ diagrams that spread across the entire frame, i.e., use the full screen size. I am using the overlay option to make sure the picture captures the entire ...
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Rolling bullet points in beamer
Often when I use beamer for slides I use an itemize environment with \pause to show off one bullet point at a time. Also, often all the points I want to show on a single slide does not fit and I need ...
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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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1answer
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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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1answer
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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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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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votes
2answers
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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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votes
1answer
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Draw Pareto chart with pgfplots?
I've been following the pgfplots documentation to make some basic bar charts, mostly following this example:
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
ybar, ymin=0,
width=12cm, height=3.5cm, ...
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Adding color to a table column as a beamer overlay
I'm trying to have an overlay that adds a background color to a column of a table in beamer.
I can create a table with a colored second column using the colortbl package.
\begin{tabular}[]{r ...
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1answer
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How to make highlighting work in beamer with overlays
I'm trying to use the soul package to get highlighting via \hl{some text}. I'd like to do this in overlays in beamer. I'm trying to follow the guidelines in section 9.6.1 of the beamer manual to ...
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1answer
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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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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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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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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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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 can I get textpos to respect beamer overlays?
I'm using textpos to position text blocks in a beamer frame. However, the textblock environment does not seem to respect overlay commands. In the following example, I want "some more text" to be ...
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votes
1answer
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Which : \only or \onslide ? (Beamer)
In beamer v3.0 guide (slide 121) , I've found:
In case of subtle differences in the heights of replacements,
overlayarea and overprint environments can be used.
But it's not clear to me.
What ...
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votes
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Representing linguistic text annotations in LaTeX
I'm writing a document describing the semantics of opinion phrases in English, and in order to do so, I'm annotating particular spans of text as having particular semantic functions within the ...
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votes
1answer
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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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votes
1answer
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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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In beamer, how to strike through an item after displaying
In a beamer frame I have a item list
\begin{itemize}
\item<1-> World peace
\item<2-> Peace in our neighbourhood
\end{itemize}
How can I strike through the first item on the second ...
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votes
1answer
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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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votes
1answer
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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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votes
1answer
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Showing a text after an itemize[<+->] with \pause creates double slide
I've come across some strange interaction between overlay specification and \pause. Basically I have an itemize and after some text(or block). I want to step through the itemize and after that show ...
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Splitting a beamer animation
I have a complex animation that evolves over a series of slides (a \foreach \frm in {1,...,12}\only<\frm>{ loop where certain parts are selected on individual slides with \visible).
So far I ...
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votes
1answer
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Beamer: display previous graphics (in an overlay) in a lighter color
With Inkscape (software to create vector images) I created a file with several layers. Thanks to a very useful script (beamerscape), these layers are then saved as separate PDF files. Next, using ...
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votes
1answer
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How can I use overlays in beamer when producing graphs with dot?
I usually describe graphs with graphiz and I enjoy dot2tex which produces the corresponding TikZ code.
To explain an algorithm in a presentation, I need to uncover the nodes and edges of a graph step ...
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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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votes
2answers
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Uncover segments of a TikZ path in Beamer
I have a question about uncovering segments of a TikZ path in Beamer? As a simple example, consider the following path made up of a horizontal and a vertical segment.
\begin{tikzpicture}
...
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votes
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verbatim and overlays
I am trying to display a verbatim environment in an overlay. I have the following code but it is giving errors:
\only<2->{
\begin{verbatim}
Select T3.Subject
From T as T1, T as T2, T as T3
...
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votes
2answers
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Beamer overlay box around text - the correct way?
I have something that "works," but I'm wondering if there's a more elegant solution. I want to box some text after an itemize in beamer, so this is what I'm doing:
\documentclass{beamer}
...
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votes
1answer
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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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votes
1answer
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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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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 ...
