Beamer is a L A T E X document class that produces presentations and transparency slides. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 1 / 42.
Beamer is a L A T E X document class that produces presentations and transparency slides. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 1 / 42.
Beamer is a L A T E X document class that produces presentations and transparency slides. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 1 / 42.
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MacKichan Software Technical Support November 2008 MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 1 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 2 / 42 This is My Title This is My Picture 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1:5 1 : 5 MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 3 / 42 An Experiment 1 this is the rest step 2 this is the second step 3 This is the third step Now things get interesting Perhaps even more 4 This is the end MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 4 / 42 An Experiment 1 this is the rest step 2 this is the second step 3 This is the third step Now things get interesting Perhaps even more 4 This is the end MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 4 / 42 An Experiment 1 this is the rest step 2 this is the second step 3 This is the third step Now things get interesting Perhaps even more 4 This is the end MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 4 / 42 An Experiment 1 this is the rest step 2 this is the second step 3 This is the third step Now things get interesting Perhaps even more 4 This is the end MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 4 / 42 An Experiment 1 this is the rest step 2 this is the second step 3 This is the third step Now things get interesting Perhaps even more 4 This is the end MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 4 / 42 An Experiment 1 this is the rest step 2 this is the second step 3 This is the third step Now things get interesting Perhaps even more 4 This is the end MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 4 / 42 What is Beamer? Beamer is a L A T E X document class that produces presentations and transparency slides. Beamer presentations feature pdfL A T E X output. Global and local control of layout, color, and fonts. List items that can appear one at a time. Overlays and dynamic transitions between slides. Standard L A T E X constructs. Typeset text, mathematics like this b p b 2 4ac 2a , and graphics. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 5 / 42 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. 5 Create transitions between frames. 6 Add graphics and animations. 7 Typeset the presentation with pdfL A T E X. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 6 / 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. 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 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 MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 8 / 42 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 MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 9 / 42 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 MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 10 / 42 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 MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 11 / 42 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 MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 12 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 13 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 14 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 14 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 14 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 14 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 14 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 14 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 14 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 14 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 14 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 16 / 42 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". MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 17 / 42 Working with lists Use lists to organize information on slides. Types of lists: Standard Numbered and Bullet lists Step lists Alert step lists MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 18 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 19 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 19 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 19 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 20 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 20 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 20 / 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 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 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 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 MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 21 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 22 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 22 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 22 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 22 / 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. 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. 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 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. 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 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 25 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 26 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 27 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 27 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 27 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 27 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 27 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 27 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 27 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 27 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 27 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 28 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 29 / 42 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}. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 30 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 31 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 31 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 31 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 31 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 31 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 31 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 32 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 33 / 42 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] MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 34 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 35 / 42 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 MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 36 / 42 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 MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 37 / 42 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 MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 38 / 42 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 MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 39 / 42 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 40 / 42 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 MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 41 / 42 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 2 0 1 0 - 1 2 - 2 3 Creating Beamer presentations in Scientic WorkPlace and Scientic Word Setting class options Setting class options 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. MacKichan Software Technical Support () November 2008 42 / 42