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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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Globally setting the separation length for _subitems_ in Beamer

How can I globally change the item separation length for subitems in Beamer? I need a command such as the below, only working. \setbeamertemplate{itemize/enumerate subbody begin}{\normalsize ...
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Unwanted space between beamer colorboxes

I'm trying to create a beamer theme that has some colored boxes at the very top and bottom of each slide. So far, I have copied the default theme and added an empty beamercolorbox to it. While this ...
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Block environment with empty title in Beamer: how to reduce empty space at the top [duplicate]

I'm using the LaTeX beamer class to write a presentation. I'm placing vertically aligned equations inside a block environment without a title. When I do this, I get extra empty space at the top of the ...
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right description list LaTeX beamer

How to do right align a description list using beamer? Name | Joel Spolsky Address | Some address Using the enumitem package as suggested in Description list with right alignment of ...
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Space between table and caption in Beamer

I am making a slide using Stockton beamer theme. I have added a table to a frame, however as you can see in the screenshot, that space between caption and table is too much. I made some search and ...
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Adjusting space before and after a latex beamer block

I wanted to ask you if there is a better way to adjust the spacing between two beamer blocks: \documentclass[slidestop]{beamer} \usetheme{Madrid} \begin{document} \addtobeamertemplate{block ...
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How to modify itemize vertical spacing within blocks in beamer?

I have noticed that when I have "itemize" environments defined within blocks in beamer, that they introduce more vertical spacing between the top and the bottom of the blocks, than vertical text. ...
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How to get align or similar equation environment to use the whole line instead of centering around the equality sign

I'm creating a Beamer presentation in which a line in the equation environment should fill the whole screen and should not only be centered arround the equality sign. I think this looks nicer and is ...
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Adjust vertical space before enumerated list in Beamer

In Beamer, I can easily set the desired vertical space between items in an enumerated list with itemsep. But how do I set the vertical space between the line that introduces the enumerated list and ...
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tableofcontents too large

I would like to insert \tableofcontents[currentsection] in my presentation. Unfortunately I have not so many sections, so the space between the "items" is too much. I don't wont to change the ...
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Footline colobox spacing problems in Beamer?

I've been trying to customize the footline in a beamer template but when I added a fourth box, the spacing went wacko. Here's my template: \DeclareOptionBeamer{compress}{\beamer@compresstrue} ...
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Problem with missing spaces when having >9 subsections in table of contents (using the beamer class)

I have googled extensively and found no answer to my specific question. My problem is: I am creating lecture slides using the beamer class. My style file is University-specific. I have, in my first ...
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Add four images on a beamer frame

What is the best way to add four images on a beamer frame? I am using \documentclass[slidestop,compress,11pt,xcolor=dvipsnames]{beamer} \usefonttheme[onlymath]{serif} \definecolor{LHCblue}{RGB}{4, ...
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Optimised visualisation of top circles in beamer [closed]

I am making a presentation in Beamer. I am using smoothbars as an outer theme. However I am having a problem when a section has many frames, as indicated in the following image ...
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Image on top of another one in Beamer

I am trying to place an image on top of another in beamer. I am using \documentclass[slidestop,compress,mathserif,12pt,xcolor=dvipsnames]{beamer} \graphicspath{{images/}} ...
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Cannot achieve nice spacing in list items in beamer

I am trying to achieve the best spacing between items in a beamer presentation. I am using \documentclass[slidestop,compress,mathserif,12pt,xcolor=dvipsnames]{beamer} \graphicspath{{images/}} ...
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No horizontal spacing within minipage

I do not understand why my attempts to introduce horizontal spacing in beamer (with hspace or typographical spacing) fail when within a minipage: \documentclass[10pt]{beamer} \begin{document} ...
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Block in column has a too big margin from top

I want to use a two-column layout in my slides and place a block in each of these columns. Whenever I do this, the two boxes have a bigger distance from the top than when using a single box without ...
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How to get a correct end of sentence space for the next sentence if the previous one is followed by \pause?

\documentclass{beamer} \begin{document} \begin{frame}[t]{Proverbs} think. Thus (correct)\newline \pause think.\pause\ Thus (wrong) \end{frame} \end{document} How to get a correct end of sentence ...
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Beamer: how to increase spacing between bullet point and text in itemize environment within block environment? [closed]

I need to increase the space between a bullet point and the item text in the itemize environment when the list is in the block environment. I've taken a look at the answer to this question and it ...
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Incoherent spacing with Libertine and math-mode

My problem when using math in a beamer presentation: The space between a $f$ and the following questionmark is way too small (the glyphs intersect). When switching the code (MWE) to an article, the ...
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beamer: how to increase space between bullet and text in itemize environment?

I am using \documentclass[final, hyperref={pdfpagelabels=false}, xcolor=svgnames, mathserif]{beamer} and \usepackage[orientation=portrait,size=a0,scale=1.4,debug]{beamerposter} In an itemize ...
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Aligned pgfplots in beamer frames

I would like to reproduce the design represented in the following picture with Beamer an Pgfplots. Namely, I want the size of plotting area to be always the same size and have the same position ...
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Custom Beamer Block has strange spacing why?

I have a custom block defined as the following! this comes from the progressbar theme from http://recherche.noiraudes.net/fr/LaTeX.php \newdimen\lengthone \newcommand{\defblock}[1][]{ ...
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LaTeX beamer: How to use “squeeze” option only for part of a slide?

I'm using the beamer package for a presentation. On some slide, I have two lists, one long list on the left with many short items, one short list on the right with some explanations. The list on the ...
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Beamer: Strange spacing in references with biblatex apa-style

I stumbled upon these two spacing errors (marked with red numbers): I guess the first space is not really an error, but simply English spacing (\nonfrenchspacing). Can it be turned off (without ...
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How do I write something at the end of the slide in beamer? [duplicate]

I have an image, I want to write its source in a very small font size on the last possible line of the slide, ignoring the available space after image \section{SCS} \subsection{SCS} \begin{frame} ...
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Separation between columns in beamer

I am trying to create a scientific poster (in a beamer environment) with three columns. It works very well, my only problem is that the separation between the columns is too large and I cannot find a ...
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Reduce spacing in table of contents (beamer)

How can I reduce the spacing between the items of my table of contents in my beamer presentation? Here is my currient LaTeX code: \documentclass{beamer} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} ...
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Creating a flexible space between a few lines of text on a beamer slide

I think this is a very basic problem but somehow I don't know how to solve it. I am working with the beamer class and want to create slides where there are two columns. One of the two columns contains ...
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Beamer: Removing headline and its space on a single frame (for plan), but keeping the footline

There is now 4 hours that I'm Googling to found a solution to my problem but it's still impossible! Here is the situation: I have some frames in a presentation using the Warsaw theme, on the first ...
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Overlaying in Beamer — Setting the text on each overlay to be in the same spot when each overlay has some different text [closed]

I am trying to create a slide in beamer that has four overlays. There are four sections to the slide. On each overlay, each subsequent section of the slide appears and along with additional ...
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Spacing in beamer seems to change when \pause is added

beamer seems to sometimes add vertical space when I add \pause commands; an example is below. Is there some way to avoid that? \documentclass{beamer} \begin{document} \begin{frame} Without pause: ...
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Remove top and bottom margins around listings

When using the lstlisting environment, or similar ones from the listings package, there are paragraph-like margins above and below the actual text. This makes sense in a paper, but gets in the way if ...
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Too much space at the top of a beamer block when using multilined math environment

I would like to place two math lines in a beamer block, as two separately centered lines. I know that I could do this using two distinct equation environments, but it would be nicer to use a single ...
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overfull vbox with beamercolorbox

In a latex-beamer document, I am using a custom headline template. It produces a headline only when in a section. Here is a stripped down version: \documentclass{beamer} \usepackage{times} % gets rid ...
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global vertical space of items & subitems in beamer [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: length between nested lists Possible duplicate: length between nested lists In order to better distinguish groups of notions, I'd like to be able to control ...
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Length between nested lists in beamer

How do I adjust the length between nested lists? For example, in the following, I would like to adjust the distance where it states "distance here" \begin{itemize} \item one %% distance here ...
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Global setting of spacing between items in itemize environment for beamer

I'd like to modify the spacing between items in the itemize environment. This post shows how to modify a specific itemize environment (\addtolength{\itemsep}{0.5\baselineskip}). However, I'd like to ...
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Adjusting vertical space between TOC entries using Beamer

I have a rather lengthy table of contents for a presentation. Beamer is not compressing the vertical space between TOC entries, but instead running the last item off the bottom of the output! Is ...
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Why does vfill not work inside a beamer column?

I recently tried to set up a quartered page layout in beamer (separate question might follow) and \vfill failed in a column environment. Minimal example: \documentclass{beamer} \begin{document} ...
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Add space between paragraphs in Beamer

Customizing spacing between paragraphs in Beamer plagues me constantly. To split two paragraphs by one empty line I usually put \medskip tag between paragraphs, but this is very ugly solution. Now I ...
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how do I set the space between paragraphs with beamer?

I am trying to set the space between paragraphs in beamer (in a block environment). I tried using \setlength{\parskip}{8pt plus 1pt minus 1pt} in the beginning of the document, with varying numbers ...
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\vspace in beamer

I'm trying to produce some padding around a table in a beamer slide. I've tried using \vspace{10mm} but that doesn't seem to produce anything. Other vertical spacing commands such as \bigskip don't ...
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Spread bullet points across block in slide using beamer

I'm using beamer to create some slides for a presentation. I've got a block containing a bulleted list. The list only has three items, and all three items are bunched up in a small block at the top of ...