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.
Links to external files (pop-up viewing)
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}