Presentations with LaTex

Introduction

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication
L. Da Vinci

Basic information about creating slides with LaTex and beamer

Documentclass

\documentclass[options]{beamer}

Slides

\begin{frame}
   \frametitle{Slide title}
   ...
\end{frame}

or:

\frame{
   \frametitle{Slide title}
   ...
}

Preamble/outline of contents

It is possible to add a frame with the outline/index of the topics.

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Outline}
\tableofcontents[part=1,pausesections]
\end{frame}

or, simply

\section[Outline]{}
\frame{\tableofcontents}

Body structure

Timed/highlithed lists

\begin{enumerate}
\item<1-| alert@1> Suppose $p$ were the largest prime number.
\item<2-> Let $q$ be the product of the first $p$ numbers.
\item<3-> Then $q+1$ is not divisible by any of them.
\item<1-> Thus $q+1$ is also prime and greater than $p$.\qedhere
\end{enumerate}

Pictures/Tables

It doesn't change anything from the other LaTeX classes. So, if you want to include some pictures, use the usual packages

\usepackage{graphicx}

or

\usepackage{tabular}

and the usual code:

\frame
{ \frametitle{Include a picture in your slideshow}	
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=5cm]{mypic.png}
\caption{Caption of the picture I want to include.}
\label{fig:pictureinc}
\end{figure}
}

and also for tables:

\frame
{ \frametitle{Include a table in your slideshow}	
\begin{table}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|} \hline \hline
Flowers & Fruits & Trees\\ \hline \hline
Rose & Apple &  Pine \\
Daisy & Orange &  Oak\\ \hline \hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{Table example.}
\label{tbl:tableexample}
\end{table}
}

See also this section.

Codes

Here, there's no difference from the usual LaTeX classes, too.

See also this section.

You have to use the hyperref package in your main source preamble:

\usepackage{hyperref} 

then

\href{file.jpeg}{Link to a picture}

or

\href{file.pdf}{Link to a pdf file}

Insert web content dynamically (javascript)

Themes

Default themes

If no theme is specified (or \usetheme{default} is specified), your presentation will be appear simply empty. Otherwise, you can use some predefined themes, such as:

\usetheme{Marburg}
\usetheme{sidebar}
\usetheme{Bergen}
\usetheme{Hannover}
\usetheme{Darmstadt}
\usetheme{Singapore}
\usetheme{Montpellier}
\usetheme{Berlin}
\usetheme{Boadilla}
\usetheme{Madrid}
\usetheme{Pittsburgh}
\usetheme{Copenhagen}
\usetheme{Warsaw}
\usetheme{Rochester} %[ works best as \usetheme[height=7mm]{Rochester} ]
\usetheme{Malmoe}

Other themes

Customizing themes

Links/Tutorials