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Creating Beamer presentations in Scientic WorkPlace

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MacKichan Software Technical Support
November 2008
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How to see this presentation in SWP or SW
1
Choose Typeset+Preview PDF or Typeset+Print PDF.
2
Display the presentation with a PDF viewer such as Acrobat Reader.
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An Experiment
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An Experiment
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An Experiment
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An Experiment
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An Experiment
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What is Beamer?
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Global and local control of layout, color, and fonts.
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Basic tasks in creating a Beamer presentation
1
In SWP or SW, start a new document with the Slides - Beamer shell
in the Other Documents shell directory.
2
Choose a presentation theme to dene the appearance of the
presentation.
3
Create a frame for each slide in the presentation.
4
Organize information in lists and columns.
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Create transitions between frames.
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Add graphics and animations.
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Typeset the presentation with pdfL
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Using presentation themes
Beamer presentation themes automatically dene all aspects of a
presentations layout and appearance.
Use a presentation theme to format your presentation quickly.
Beamer has ve types of presentation themes:
Without navigation bars
With tree-like navigation bars
With a table of contents sidebar
With a mini-frame navigation bar
With section and subsection tables
This sample presentation uses the Madrid theme, which is without
navigation bars.
Sample any of the themes by adding the command
nusetheme{themename} to the preamble of this document, replacing
any existing nusetheme command.
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Using presentation themes
Beamer presentation themes automatically dene all aspects of a
presentations layout and appearance.
Use a presentation theme to format your presentation quickly.
Beamer has ve types of presentation themes:
Without navigation bars
With tree-like navigation bars
With a table of contents sidebar
With a mini-frame navigation bar
With section and subsection tables
This sample presentation uses the Madrid theme, which is without
navigation bars.
Sample any of the themes by adding the command
nusetheme{themename} to the preamble of this document, replacing
any existing nusetheme command.
MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 7 / 42
Using presentation themes
Beamer presentation themes automatically dene all aspects of a
presentations layout and appearance.
Use a presentation theme to format your presentation quickly.
Beamer has ve types of presentation themes:
Without navigation bars
With tree-like navigation bars
With a table of contents sidebar
With a mini-frame navigation bar
With section and subsection tables
This sample presentation uses the Madrid theme, which is without
navigation bars.
Sample any of the themes by adding the command
nusetheme{themename} to the preamble of this document, replacing
any existing nusetheme command.
MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 7 / 42
Using presentation themes
Beamer presentation themes automatically dene all aspects of a
presentations layout and appearance.
Use a presentation theme to format your presentation quickly.
Beamer has ve types of presentation themes:
Without navigation bars
With tree-like navigation bars
With a table of contents sidebar
With a mini-frame navigation bar
With section and subsection tables
This sample presentation uses the Madrid theme, which is without
navigation bars.
Sample any of the themes by adding the command
nusetheme{themename} to the preamble of this document, replacing
any existing nusetheme command.
MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 7 / 42
Using presentation themes
Beamer presentation themes automatically dene all aspects of a
presentations layout and appearance.
Use a presentation theme to format your presentation quickly.
Beamer has ve types of presentation themes:
Without navigation bars
With tree-like navigation bars
With a table of contents sidebar
With a mini-frame navigation bar
With section and subsection tables
This sample presentation uses the Madrid theme, which is without
navigation bars.
Sample any of the themes by adding the command
nusetheme{themename} to the preamble of this document, replacing
any existing nusetheme command.
MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 7 / 42
Using presentation themes
Beamer presentation themes automatically dene all aspects of a
presentations layout and appearance.
Use a presentation theme to format your presentation quickly.
Beamer has ve types of presentation themes:
Without navigation bars
With tree-like navigation bars
With a table of contents sidebar
With a mini-frame navigation bar
With section and subsection tables
This sample presentation uses the Madrid theme, which is without
navigation bars.
Sample any of the themes by adding the command
nusetheme{themename} to the preamble of this document, replacing
any existing nusetheme command.
MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 7 / 42
Using presentation themes
Beamer presentation themes automatically dene all aspects of a
presentations layout and appearance.
Use a presentation theme to format your presentation quickly.
Beamer has ve types of presentation themes:
Without navigation bars
With tree-like navigation bars
With a table of contents sidebar
With a mini-frame navigation bar
With section and subsection tables
This sample presentation uses the Madrid theme, which is without
navigation bars.
Sample any of the themes by adding the command
nusetheme{themename} to the preamble of this document, replacing
any existing nusetheme command.
MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 7 / 42
Using presentation themes
Beamer presentation themes automatically dene all aspects of a
presentations layout and appearance.
Use a presentation theme to format your presentation quickly.
Beamer has ve types of presentation themes:
Without navigation bars
With tree-like navigation bars
With a table of contents sidebar
With a mini-frame navigation bar
With section and subsection tables
This sample presentation uses the Madrid theme, which is without
navigation bars.
Sample any of the themes by adding the command
nusetheme{themename} to the preamble of this document, replacing
any existing nusetheme command.
MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 7 / 42
Using presentation themes
Beamer presentation themes automatically dene all aspects of a
presentations layout and appearance.
Use a presentation theme to format your presentation quickly.
Beamer has ve types of presentation themes:
Without navigation bars
With tree-like navigation bars
With a table of contents sidebar
With a mini-frame navigation bar
With section and subsection tables
This sample presentation uses the Madrid theme, which is without
navigation bars.
Sample any of the themes by adding the command
nusetheme{themename} to the preamble of this document, replacing
any existing nusetheme command.
MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 7 / 42
Using presentation themes
Beamer presentation themes automatically dene all aspects of a
presentations layout and appearance.
Use a presentation theme to format your presentation quickly.
Beamer has ve types of presentation themes:
Without navigation bars
With tree-like navigation bars
With a table of contents sidebar
With a mini-frame navigation bar
With section and subsection tables
This sample presentation uses the Madrid theme, which is without
navigation bars.
Sample any of the themes by adding the command
nusetheme{themename} to the preamble of this document, replacing
any existing nusetheme command.
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Using presentation themes
Themes without navigation bars
Default: a professional, no-nonsense theme
Bergen: divides the frame into vertical boxes
Boadilla: gives much information in little space
Madrid: similar to Boadilla but with fancier item icons
Pittsburgh: professional, with right-ush titles
Rochester: a professional theme with a horizontal header panel
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Using presentation themes
Themes that display a tree-like navigation bar
Antibes: a theme with a strong appearance, with a navigation bar at
the top
JuanLesPins: a smoother, rounder version of Antibes
Montpellier: professional, with basic navigational hints at the bottom
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Using presentation themes
Themes with a table of contents sidebar
Berkeley: a professional theme with a with a horizontal header panel
PaloAlto: a less forceful form of Berkeley
Goettingen: with a full table of contents on the right and no header
panel
Marburg: a very strong variation of Goettingen
Hannover: TOC sidebar on the left balances right-ush titles
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Using presentation themes
Themes with a mini-frame navigation bar
Berlin: a theme with strong rectangular areas and a navigation bar at
the top
Ilmenau: a variation of Berlin
Dresden: a variation of Ilmenau
Darmstadt: similar to Dresden with rounded theorem boxes and icons
Frankfurt: like Darmstadt but without subsection information
Singapore: a softer appearance; divides headings from text with
shading
Szeged: softer, with strong horizontal lines
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Using presentation themes
Themes with section and subsection tables
Copenhagen: shows current section and subsection at top, title and
author at bottom; no shadows
Luebeck: a boxier variation of Copenhagen
Malmoe: a more professional variation of Copenhagen
Warsaw: a variation of Copenhagen, with a strong appearance
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Using outer and inner themes
Instead of using complete presentation themes, you can dene presentation
elements separately.
Use Outer themes to dene the overall frame layout, borders,
headers, sidebars, footers, and navigation bars.
Use Inner themes to dene the appearance of title pages, lists,
blocks of text, theorems and proofs, gures, tables, footnotes, and
bibliography entries.
The Beamer User Guide (a .pdf le) contains full information.
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Creating frames
All the information in a Beamer presentation is contained in frames.
Each frame corresponds to a single presentation slide.
To create frames in a Beamer document,
1
Apply a frame fragment:
The Frame with title and subtitle fragment starts and ends a new
frame and includes a title and subtitle.
The Frame with title fragment starts and ends a new frame and
includes a title.
The Frame fragment starts and ends a new frame.
2
Place the text for the frame between the BeginFrame and EndFrame
elds.
3
Enter the frame title and subtitle.
If you used the Frame fragment, apply the Frame title and Frame
subtitle text tags as necessary.
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Creating frames
All the information in a Beamer presentation is contained in frames.
Each frame corresponds to a single presentation slide.
To create frames in a Beamer document,
1
Apply a frame fragment:
The Frame with title and subtitle fragment starts and ends a new
frame and includes a title and subtitle.
The Frame with title fragment starts and ends a new frame and
includes a title.
The Frame fragment starts and ends a new frame.
2
Place the text for the frame between the BeginFrame and EndFrame
elds.
3
Enter the frame title and subtitle.
If you used the Frame fragment, apply the Frame title and Frame
subtitle text tags as necessary.
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Creating frames
All the information in a Beamer presentation is contained in frames.
Each frame corresponds to a single presentation slide.
To create frames in a Beamer document,
1
Apply a frame fragment:
The Frame with title and subtitle fragment starts and ends a new
frame and includes a title and subtitle.
The Frame with title fragment starts and ends a new frame and
includes a title.
The Frame fragment starts and ends a new frame.
2
Place the text for the frame between the BeginFrame and EndFrame
elds.
3
Enter the frame title and subtitle.
If you used the Frame fragment, apply the Frame title and Frame
subtitle text tags as necessary.
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Creating frames
All the information in a Beamer presentation is contained in frames.
Each frame corresponds to a single presentation slide.
To create frames in a Beamer document,
1
Apply a frame fragment:
The Frame with title and subtitle fragment starts and ends a new
frame and includes a title and subtitle.
The Frame with title fragment starts and ends a new frame and
includes a title.
The Frame fragment starts and ends a new frame.
2
Place the text for the frame between the BeginFrame and EndFrame
elds.
3
Enter the frame title and subtitle.
If you used the Frame fragment, apply the Frame title and Frame
subtitle text tags as necessary.
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Creating frames
All the information in a Beamer presentation is contained in frames.
Each frame corresponds to a single presentation slide.
To create frames in a Beamer document,
1
Apply a frame fragment:
The Frame with title and subtitle fragment starts and ends a new
frame and includes a title and subtitle.
The Frame with title fragment starts and ends a new frame and
includes a title.
The Frame fragment starts and ends a new frame.
2
Place the text for the frame between the BeginFrame and EndFrame
elds.
3
Enter the frame title and subtitle.
If you used the Frame fragment, apply the Frame title and Frame
subtitle text tags as necessary.
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Creating frames
All the information in a Beamer presentation is contained in frames.
Each frame corresponds to a single presentation slide.
To create frames in a Beamer document,
1
Apply a frame fragment:
The Frame with title and subtitle fragment starts and ends a new
frame and includes a title and subtitle.
The Frame with title fragment starts and ends a new frame and
includes a title.
The Frame fragment starts and ends a new frame.
2
Place the text for the frame between the BeginFrame and EndFrame
elds.
3
Enter the frame title and subtitle.
If you used the Frame fragment, apply the Frame title and Frame
subtitle text tags as necessary.
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Creating frames
All the information in a Beamer presentation is contained in frames.
Each frame corresponds to a single presentation slide.
To create frames in a Beamer document,
1
Apply a frame fragment:
The Frame with title and subtitle fragment starts and ends a new
frame and includes a title and subtitle.
The Frame with title fragment starts and ends a new frame and
includes a title.
The Frame fragment starts and ends a new frame.
2
Place the text for the frame between the BeginFrame and EndFrame
elds.
3
Enter the frame title and subtitle.
If you used the Frame fragment, apply the Frame title and Frame
subtitle text tags as necessary.
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Creating frames
All the information in a Beamer presentation is contained in frames.
Each frame corresponds to a single presentation slide.
To create frames in a Beamer document,
1
Apply a frame fragment:
The Frame with title and subtitle fragment starts and ends a new
frame and includes a title and subtitle.
The Frame with title fragment starts and ends a new frame and
includes a title.
The Frame fragment starts and ends a new frame.
2
Place the text for the frame between the BeginFrame and EndFrame
elds.
3
Enter the frame title and subtitle.
If you used the Frame fragment, apply the Frame title and Frame
subtitle text tags as necessary.
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Creating frames
All the information in a Beamer presentation is contained in frames.
Each frame corresponds to a single presentation slide.
To create frames in a Beamer document,
1
Apply a frame fragment:
The Frame with title and subtitle fragment starts and ends a new
frame and includes a title and subtitle.
The Frame with title fragment starts and ends a new frame and
includes a title.
The Frame fragment starts and ends a new frame.
2
Place the text for the frame between the BeginFrame and EndFrame
elds.
3
Enter the frame title and subtitle.
If you used the Frame fragment, apply the Frame title and Frame
subtitle text tags as necessary.
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Suppressing frame headlines, footlines, and sidebars
Having a frame without the usual frame elements is useful:
The text area is slightly larger.
Large graphics may look nicer.
To create a frame that suppresses the headlines, footlines, and
sidebars,
1
Apply the BeginFrame fragment to start a frame.
2
Double-click the fragment to open the TeX eld.
3
In the entry area, place the insertion point at the end of the
nbegin{frame} command and type [plain].
4
Choose OK.
5
Apply the EndFrame fragment to end the frame.
6
Place the text for the frame between the two fragments.
To illustrate, the headline, footline, and sidebars have been
suppressed in this frame.
Breaking frames automatically I
When information extends beyond the boundaries of a single slide,
you can use a Beamer option to automatically create additional slides
within the frame.
To break the frame automatically,
1
Apply the BeginFrame fragment to start a frame.
2
Double-click the fragment to open the TeX eld.
3
In the entry area, place the insertion point at the end of the
nbegin{frame} command and type [allowframebreaks].
4
Choose OK.
5
Apply the EndFrame fragment to end the frame.
6
Place the text for the frame between the two fragments.
Beamer modies the Frame title to indicate which of several slides is
displayed. Here, you see "Breaking frames automatically I".
To illustrate automatic frame breaking, this frame contains
information that continues to an additional slide.
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Breaking frames automatically II
The BeginFrame fragment for this frame contains [allowframebreaks].
No other changes to the document are necessary.
Beamer automatically creates as many additional slides as are needed
to contain the information in the frame.
Note the designation of a slide number in the Frame title. Now you see
"Breaking frames automatically II".
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Working with lists
Use lists to organize information on slides.
Types of lists:
Standard Numbered and Bullet lists
Step lists
Alert step lists
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Working with lists
Step lists
Step lists enhance presentations by displaying the list items one at a
time.
Enter numbered step lists with the Step Numbered List Item tag.
Enter bulleted step lists with the Step Bullet List Item tag.
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Working with lists
Step lists
Step lists enhance presentations by displaying the list items one at a
time.
Enter numbered step lists with the Step Numbered List Item tag.
Enter bulleted step lists with the Step Bullet List Item tag.
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Working with lists
Step lists
Step lists enhance presentations by displaying the list items one at a
time.
Enter numbered step lists with the Step Numbered List Item tag.
Enter bulleted step lists with the Step Bullet List Item tag.
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Working with lists
Alert step lists
Alert step lists enhance presentations by highlighting the most
recently displayed item in a step list.
Enter numbered alert lists with the Alert Step Numbered List Item
tag.
Enter bulleted alert lists with the Alert Step Bullet List Item tag.
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Working with lists
Alert step lists
Alert step lists enhance presentations by highlighting the most
recently displayed item in a step list.
Enter numbered alert lists with the Alert Step Numbered List Item
tag.
Enter bulleted alert lists with the Alert Step Bullet List Item tag.
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Working with lists
Alert step lists
Alert step lists enhance presentations by highlighting the most
recently displayed item in a step list.
Enter numbered alert lists with the Alert Step Numbered List Item
tag.
Enter bulleted alert lists with the Alert Step Bullet List Item tag.
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Working with lists
Display of nested lists
Instead of stepping through a list item by item, you can eectively
display a top-level list item together with its associated subitems.
For each top-level list item,
1
Create a standard Bullet List or Numbered List Item, with subitems.
2
Place the Pause fragment at the end of the last subitem.
Beamer automatically displays the top-level item and its subitems,
then pauses before displaying the next top-level item.
This frame illustrates the use of the Pause fragment to display a
nested list.
1
First subitem
2
Second subitem
Another top-level item
1
First subitem
2
Final subitem
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Working with lists
Display of nested lists
Instead of stepping through a list item by item, you can eectively
display a top-level list item together with its associated subitems.
For each top-level list item,
1
Create a standard Bullet List or Numbered List Item, with subitems.
2
Place the Pause fragment at the end of the last subitem.
Beamer automatically displays the top-level item and its subitems,
then pauses before displaying the next top-level item.
This frame illustrates the use of the Pause fragment to display a
nested list.
1
First subitem
2
Second subitem
Another top-level item
1
First subitem
2
Final subitem
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Working with lists
Display of nested lists
Instead of stepping through a list item by item, you can eectively
display a top-level list item together with its associated subitems.
For each top-level list item,
1
Create a standard Bullet List or Numbered List Item, with subitems.
2
Place the Pause fragment at the end of the last subitem.
Beamer automatically displays the top-level item and its subitems,
then pauses before displaying the next top-level item.
This frame illustrates the use of the Pause fragment to display a
nested list.
1
First subitem
2
Second subitem
Another top-level item
1
First subitem
2
Final subitem
MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 21 / 42
Working with lists
Display of nested lists
Instead of stepping through a list item by item, you can eectively
display a top-level list item together with its associated subitems.
For each top-level list item,
1
Create a standard Bullet List or Numbered List Item, with subitems.
2
Place the Pause fragment at the end of the last subitem.
Beamer automatically displays the top-level item and its subitems,
then pauses before displaying the next top-level item.
This frame illustrates the use of the Pause fragment to display a
nested list.
1
First subitem
2
Second subitem
Another top-level item
1
First subitem
2
Final subitem
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Working with lists
Modication of Alert step lists
You can modify Alert step lists to display all items in the list at once
but highlight the items as you step through the list.
You can also modify the lists to change the colors used for list items.
This frame displays all the items in this list at the same time using
the default colors.
Items are highlighted as you move from one to the next.
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Working with lists
Modication of Alert step lists
You can modify Alert step lists to display all items in the list at once
but highlight the items as you step through the list.
You can also modify the lists to change the colors used for list items.
This frame displays all the items in this list at the same time using
the default colors.
Items are highlighted as you move from one to the next.
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Working with lists
Modication of Alert step lists
You can modify Alert step lists to display all items in the list at once
but highlight the items as you step through the list.
You can also modify the lists to change the colors used for list items.
This frame displays all the items in this list at the same time using
the default colors.
Items are highlighted as you move from one to the next.
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Working with lists
Modication of Alert step lists
You can modify Alert step lists to display all items in the list at once
but highlight the items as you step through the list.
You can also modify the lists to change the colors used for list items.
This frame displays all the items in this list at the same time using
the default colors.
Items are highlighted as you move from one to the next.
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Working with lists
Modication of Alert step lists
This frame displays all the items in this list at the same time using a
gray scale instead of the default colors.
Items are highlighted as you step through the list.
The frame displays the highlighted item in black and displays other
items using a 40% gray scale.
A TeX command placed before the BeginFrame fragment species the
colors.
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Working with lists
Modication of Alert step lists
This frame displays all the items in this list at the same time using a
gray scale instead of the default colors.
Items are highlighted as you step through the list.
The frame displays the highlighted item in black and displays other
items using a 40% gray scale.
A TeX command placed before the BeginFrame fragment species the
colors.
MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 23 / 42
Working with lists
Modication of Alert step lists
This frame displays all the items in this list at the same time using a
gray scale instead of the default colors.
Items are highlighted as you step through the list.
The frame displays the highlighted item in black and displays other
items using a 40% gray scale.
A TeX command placed before the BeginFrame fragment species the
colors.
MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 23 / 42
Working with lists
Modication of Alert step lists
This frame displays all the items in this list at the same time using a
gray scale instead of the default colors.
Items are highlighted as you step through the list.
The frame displays the highlighted item in black and displays other
items using a 40% gray scale.
A TeX command placed before the BeginFrame fragment species the
colors.
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Working with lists
Modication of Alert step lists
This frame displays all the items in this list at the same time using a
lighter gray scale.
Items are highlighted as you step through the list.
The frame displays highlighted items in black and displays other items
using a 20% gray scale. Compare it to the previous frame.
A TeX command placed before the BeginFrame fragment species the
colors.
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Working with lists
Modication of Alert step lists
This frame displays all the items in this list at the same time using a
lighter gray scale.
Items are highlighted as you step through the list.
The frame displays highlighted items in black and displays other items
using a 20% gray scale. Compare it to the previous frame.
A TeX command placed before the BeginFrame fragment species the
colors.
MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 24 / 42
Working with lists
Modication of Alert step lists
This frame displays all the items in this list at the same time using a
lighter gray scale.
Items are highlighted as you step through the list.
The frame displays highlighted items in black and displays other items
using a 20% gray scale. Compare it to the previous frame.
A TeX command placed before the BeginFrame fragment species the
colors.
MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 24 / 42
Working with lists
Modication of Alert step lists
This frame displays all the items in this list at the same time using a
lighter gray scale.
Items are highlighted as you step through the list.
The frame displays highlighted items in black and displays other items
using a 20% gray scale. Compare it to the previous frame.
A TeX command placed before the BeginFrame fragment species the
colors.
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Working with lists I
Modication of Alert step lists
You can modify Alert step lists globally or individually.
To modify all Alert step lists in your document,
1
In your document preamble, nd the
nnewenvironment{stepenumeratewithalert} command (for Alert
numbered lists) or the nnewenvironment{stepitemizewithalert}
command (for Alert bullet lists).
2
Replace the command with the command(s) necessary for the changes
you want to make, and choose OK.
To modify individual Alert step lists,
1
Place the insertion point before the BeginFrame statement for the
frame containing the lists you want to modify.
2
Enter a TeX eld and type the command(s) necessary for the changes
you want to make, then choose OK.
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Working with lists II
Modication of Alert step lists
See the package documentation for detailed information about
package commands. You can also use the commands in this sample
document as models. Remember that when you place commands in
the preamble, you must use nnewcommand statements instead of
nrenewcommand statements.
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Adding transitions
Beamer enhances presentations with dynamic transitions between
frames.
Apply fragments to create these types of dynamic transitions:
Horizontal and vertical blinds: Blinds Horizontal, Blinds Vertical
Boxes: Box In, Box Out
Dissolves: Dissolve, Glitter, Wipe
Horizontal fades: Split Horizontal In, Split Horizontal Out
Vertical fades: Split Vertical In, Split Vertical Out
Each fragment controls the transition from the frame that precedes it
to the frame that contains it.
Up to this point, this sample presentation uses the Box Out transition.
Alternate transitions are used for the remainder of the presentation.
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Adding transitions
Beamer enhances presentations with dynamic transitions between
frames.
Apply fragments to create these types of dynamic transitions:
Horizontal and vertical blinds: Blinds Horizontal, Blinds Vertical
Boxes: Box In, Box Out
Dissolves: Dissolve, Glitter, Wipe
Horizontal fades: Split Horizontal In, Split Horizontal Out
Vertical fades: Split Vertical In, Split Vertical Out
Each fragment controls the transition from the frame that precedes it
to the frame that contains it.
Up to this point, this sample presentation uses the Box Out transition.
Alternate transitions are used for the remainder of the presentation.
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Adding transitions
Beamer enhances presentations with dynamic transitions between
frames.
Apply fragments to create these types of dynamic transitions:
Horizontal and vertical blinds: Blinds Horizontal, Blinds Vertical
Boxes: Box In, Box Out
Dissolves: Dissolve, Glitter, Wipe
Horizontal fades: Split Horizontal In, Split Horizontal Out
Vertical fades: Split Vertical In, Split Vertical Out
Each fragment controls the transition from the frame that precedes it
to the frame that contains it.
Up to this point, this sample presentation uses the Box Out transition.
Alternate transitions are used for the remainder of the presentation.
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Adding transitions
Beamer enhances presentations with dynamic transitions between
frames.
Apply fragments to create these types of dynamic transitions:
Horizontal and vertical blinds: Blinds Horizontal, Blinds Vertical
Boxes: Box In, Box Out
Dissolves: Dissolve, Glitter, Wipe
Horizontal fades: Split Horizontal In, Split Horizontal Out
Vertical fades: Split Vertical In, Split Vertical Out
Each fragment controls the transition from the frame that precedes it
to the frame that contains it.
Up to this point, this sample presentation uses the Box Out transition.
Alternate transitions are used for the remainder of the presentation.
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Adding transitions
Beamer enhances presentations with dynamic transitions between
frames.
Apply fragments to create these types of dynamic transitions:
Horizontal and vertical blinds: Blinds Horizontal, Blinds Vertical
Boxes: Box In, Box Out
Dissolves: Dissolve, Glitter, Wipe
Horizontal fades: Split Horizontal In, Split Horizontal Out
Vertical fades: Split Vertical In, Split Vertical Out
Each fragment controls the transition from the frame that precedes it
to the frame that contains it.
Up to this point, this sample presentation uses the Box Out transition.
Alternate transitions are used for the remainder of the presentation.
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Adding transitions
Beamer enhances presentations with dynamic transitions between
frames.
Apply fragments to create these types of dynamic transitions:
Horizontal and vertical blinds: Blinds Horizontal, Blinds Vertical
Boxes: Box In, Box Out
Dissolves: Dissolve, Glitter, Wipe
Horizontal fades: Split Horizontal In, Split Horizontal Out
Vertical fades: Split Vertical In, Split Vertical Out
Each fragment controls the transition from the frame that precedes it
to the frame that contains it.
Up to this point, this sample presentation uses the Box Out transition.
Alternate transitions are used for the remainder of the presentation.
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Adding transitions
Beamer enhances presentations with dynamic transitions between
frames.
Apply fragments to create these types of dynamic transitions:
Horizontal and vertical blinds: Blinds Horizontal, Blinds Vertical
Boxes: Box In, Box Out
Dissolves: Dissolve, Glitter, Wipe
Horizontal fades: Split Horizontal In, Split Horizontal Out
Vertical fades: Split Vertical In, Split Vertical Out
Each fragment controls the transition from the frame that precedes it
to the frame that contains it.
Up to this point, this sample presentation uses the Box Out transition.
Alternate transitions are used for the remainder of the presentation.
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Adding transitions
Beamer enhances presentations with dynamic transitions between
frames.
Apply fragments to create these types of dynamic transitions:
Horizontal and vertical blinds: Blinds Horizontal, Blinds Vertical
Boxes: Box In, Box Out
Dissolves: Dissolve, Glitter, Wipe
Horizontal fades: Split Horizontal In, Split Horizontal Out
Vertical fades: Split Vertical In, Split Vertical Out
Each fragment controls the transition from the frame that precedes it
to the frame that contains it.
Up to this point, this sample presentation uses the Box Out transition.
Alternate transitions are used for the remainder of the presentation.
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Adding transitions
Beamer enhances presentations with dynamic transitions between
frames.
Apply fragments to create these types of dynamic transitions:
Horizontal and vertical blinds: Blinds Horizontal, Blinds Vertical
Boxes: Box In, Box Out
Dissolves: Dissolve, Glitter, Wipe
Horizontal fades: Split Horizontal In, Split Horizontal Out
Vertical fades: Split Vertical In, Split Vertical Out
Each fragment controls the transition from the frame that precedes it
to the frame that contains it.
Up to this point, this sample presentation uses the Box Out transition.
Alternate transitions are used for the remainder of the presentation.
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Working with color
Because specifying color for individual elements is complex, use
Beamer color themes to dene the use of all color in a presentation:
Default color theme has black text, white background, blue structural
elements, alerts in red, examples in dark green.
Complete color themes specify all colors for all parts of a frame.
Available color themes: albatross, beetle, crane, dove, y, seagull,
wolverine, beaver.
Special purpose color theme denes colors for sidebars.
Inner color themes dene colors for inner elements. Named for
owers.
Outer color themes dene colors for outer elements. Named for sea
animals.
This presentation uses the default color theme.
To use a dierent color theme, add the command
nusecolortheme{colorthemename} to the preamble, replacing any
existing nusecolortheme command.
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Working with fonts
Available font themes
Beamer font themes dene the use of fonts in a presentation:
default uses a sans serif font in various sizes. No options are available.
serif uses a serif font in various sizes. Options are stillsansserifmath,
stillsansserifsmall, stillsansseriarge, stillsansseriftext, and
onlymath.
professionalfonts suppresses font control in favor of specically
selected fonts. This option is automatically used with certain font
packages and may be needed if a font package not already known by
Beamer is used.
structurebold, structureitalicserif, and structuresmallcapsserif
change the font used for structural elements such as headers, footers,
and sidebars. Options for each theme are onlysmall and onlylarge.
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Working with fonts
Changing the font theme
This presentation uses the default font scheme.
To use a dierent font theme, add the command
nusefonttheme[<options>]{fontthemename} to the preamble of
your document, replacing any existing nusefonttheme command.
Example 1: To use a serif font for the entire presentation, add the
command nusefonttheme{serif}.
Example 2: To use the serif font for mathematics and the default sans
serif font for everything else, add the command
nusefonttheme[onlymath]{serif}.
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Using columns
Beamer supports multiple columns of text.
To begin columns, apply
the BeginColumns
fragment.
Revise the fragment to set
the column width.
The default fragment uses
a column width of 5 cm.
To begin later columns,
apply and revise the
Column fragment.
Columns can contain
inline graphics and
movies.
To end the last column,
apply the EndColumns
fragment.
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Using columns
Beamer supports multiple columns of text.
To begin columns, apply
the BeginColumns
fragment.
Revise the fragment to set
the column width.
The default fragment uses
a column width of 5 cm.
To begin later columns,
apply and revise the
Column fragment.
Columns can contain
inline graphics and
movies.
To end the last column,
apply the EndColumns
fragment.
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Using columns
Beamer supports multiple columns of text.
To begin columns, apply
the BeginColumns
fragment.
Revise the fragment to set
the column width.
The default fragment uses
a column width of 5 cm.
To begin later columns,
apply and revise the
Column fragment.
Columns can contain
inline graphics and
movies.
To end the last column,
apply the EndColumns
fragment.
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Using columns
Beamer supports multiple columns of text.
To begin columns, apply
the BeginColumns
fragment.
Revise the fragment to set
the column width.
The default fragment uses
a column width of 5 cm.
To begin later columns,
apply and revise the
Column fragment.
Columns can contain
inline graphics and
movies.
To end the last column,
apply the EndColumns
fragment.
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Using columns
Beamer supports multiple columns of text.
To begin columns, apply
the BeginColumns
fragment.
Revise the fragment to set
the column width.
The default fragment uses
a column width of 5 cm.
To begin later columns,
apply and revise the
Column fragment.
Columns can contain
inline graphics and
movies.
To end the last column,
apply the EndColumns
fragment.
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Using columns
Beamer supports multiple columns of text.
To begin columns, apply
the BeginColumns
fragment.
Revise the fragment to set
the column width.
The default fragment uses
a column width of 5 cm.
To begin later columns,
apply and revise the
Column fragment.
Columns can contain
inline graphics and
movies.
To end the last column,
apply the EndColumns
fragment.
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Adding graphics
Frames can contain graphics and movies.
Columns provide support for laying out graphics and text:
Theorem
A picture is worth 1000 words.
Proof.
Look to the left.
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Embedding animations
Beamer presentations can include graphics and animations:
Click me!
Theorem
An animation is worth
1,000,000 words.
Proof.
Click to the left.
This slide shows an AVI le of an animated plot generated in SWP and exported from VCAM.
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Floating graphics and tables
Usually, oating graphics and tables are automatically labeled as Figure
and Table along with a gure and table number. With Beamer, no number
is printed, since numbers make little sense in a normal presentation. You
can override the default setting to allow automatic numbering. Add the
following to the document preamble:
nsetbeamertemplate{caption}[numbered]
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Adding a bibliography I
It is sometimes helpful to include a bibliography in the presentation. When
adding a bibliography to a presentation, keep the following in mind:
It is a bad idea to have a long bibliography. Include only very few
references in the presentation; a full bibliography could be included in
a possible handout.
If more references are included than t on a single slide it is almost
certain that none of them will be remembered.
Present references only if they are intended as further reading. Do
not present a list of all things you used like in a paper.
You should not present a long list of all your other great papers
except if you are giving an application talk.
Using the ncite commands can be confusing since the audience has
little chance of remembering the citations.
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Adding a bibliography II
The default Beamer bibliography list uses a small article symbol at the
start of each bibliography item. The rationale is that the audience will not
be able to remember any abbreviated citation texts. Here is a sample
bibliography,
American Petroleum Institute, Technical Data Book - Petroleum
Rening, 5th edition, 1992
Harstad, K. and Bellan, J., Isolated uid oxygen drop behavior in
uid hydrogen at rocket chamber pressures, Int. J. Heat Mass
Transfer, 1998a, 41, 3537-3550
Prausnitz, J., Lichtenthaler, R. and de Azevedo, E., Molecular
thermodynamics for uid-phase equilibrium, Prentice -Hall, Inc., 1986
Reid, R. C., Prausnitz, J. M. and Polling, B. E., The Properties of
Gases and Liquids, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1987
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The default symbol at the beginning of each bibliography item can be
changed by adding a command to the document preamble (in this sample
document an encapsulated TeX eld before each sample bibliography is
used). To use a small book symbol, add the command
nsetbeamertemplate{bibliography item}[book] to the document
preamble. A sample is shown below.
American Petroleum Institute, Technical Data Book - Petroleum
Rening, 5th edition, 1992
Harstad, K. and Bellan, J., Isolated uid oxygen drop behavior in
uid hydrogen at rocket chamber pressures, Int. J. Heat Mass
Transfer, 1998a, 41, 3537-3550
Prausnitz, J., Lichtenthaler, R. and de Azevedo, E., Molecular
thermodynamics for uid-phase equilibrium, Prentice -Hall, Inc., 1986
Reid, R. C., Prausnitz, J. M. and Polling, B. E., The Properties of
Gases and Liquids, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1987
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A triangle symbol can be used at the beginning of each bibliography item
by adding the command nsetbeamertemplate{bibliography
item}[triangle] to the document preamble.
I
American Petroleum Institute, Technical Data Book - Petroleum
Rening, 5th edition, 1992
I
Harstad, K. and Bellan, J., Isolated uid oxygen drop behavior in uid
hydrogen at rocket chamber pressures, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer,
1998a, 41, 3537-3550
I
Prausnitz, J., Lichtenthaler, R. and de Azevedo, E., Molecular
thermodynamics for uid-phase equilibrium, Prentice -Hall, Inc., 1986
I
Reid, R. C., Prausnitz, J. M. and Polling, B. E., The Properties of
Gases and Liquids, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1987
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A traditional numbered bibliography can also be used by adding the
command nsetbeamertemplate{bibliography item}[text] to the
document preamble. Citations in the document will then resolve to the
labels, for example [1], and [Reid, 1987].
[1] American Petroleum Institute, Technical Data Book -
Petroleum Rening, 5th edition, 1992
[2] Harstad, K. and Bellan, J., Isolated uid oxygen drop
behavior in uid hydrogen at rocket chamber pressures, Int.
J. Heat Mass Transfer, 1998a, 41, 3537-3550
[3] Prausnitz, J., Lichtenthaler, R. and de Azevedo, E.,
Molecular thermodynamics for uid-phase equilibrium,
Prentice -Hall, Inc., 1986
[Reid, 1987] Reid, R. C., Prausnitz, J. M. and Polling, B. E., The
Properties of Gases and Liquids, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill
Book Company, 1987
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Setting class options
Use class options to
Set the base font size for the presentation.
Set text alignment.
Set equation numbering.
Set print quality.
Format displayed equations.
Create a presentation, handout, or set of transparencies.
Hide or display notes.
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Setting class options
Notes
This sample document is originally supplied with the notes class
option set to Show.
This frame contains a note so that you can test the notes options.
To see the note, scroll to the next frame
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Setting class options
Notes
This sample document is originally supplied with the notes class
option set to Show.
This frame contains a note so that you can test the notes options.
To see the note, scroll to the next frame
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Here is a Beamer note.
Learn more about Beamer
This sample document, the Slides - Beamer shell, and the associated
fragments provide basic support for Beamer in SWP and SW.
For complete information, read the Beamer User Guide (a .pdf le).
For support, contact support@mackichan.com.
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