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A Presentations Using L TEX

The Beamer Class Amber M. Smith

Department of Mathematics University of Utah GSAC Colloquium

September 4, 2007

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Disclaimer #1
A I am NOT an expert in L TEX I am NOT an expert in Beamer

Disclaimer #2
A This talk is designed to introduce you to presentations in L TEX

. . . and showcase cool features of Beamer

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A Why Use L TEX for Presentations (and everything else)?

Because Microsoft SUCKS!
. . . . . . especially for mathematics . . . . . . 2u t2
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For the Pure Mathematicians. . .

A L TEX can DRAW cool diagrams!

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Why Use the Beamer Class?

Pros
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More bells & whistles than the Prosper class Directly supported by pdatex can still use latex2e, dvips, ps2pdf (HAVE to when using pstricks) Rich overlay & transition eects Navigational bars & symbols Outputs: screen, handouts, notes, etc. Customizable

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Cons
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Isnt what you see is what you get

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Basic Code
Beamer class loading with themes
\documentclass{beamer} \mode<presentation> \usetheme{Warsaw} \usecolortheme{lily}

% Beamer Theme % Beamer Color Theme

Title Page
\title{} \subtitle{} \author{} \institute{} \date{} \begin{document} \frame{ \titlepage } . . . \end{document}

% the title page

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Slides
\section{} \subsection{} \frame[options ]{ \frametitle{} . . . slide contents . . . }

Many features you want to use require you to load packages, such as:
\usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{subgure} \usepackage{multimedia} % % % % for math AMS fonts to include figures to have figures in figures to include movies

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Themes
Five Theme Categories
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Presentation (the slide template ) Color (color scheme for slide template ) Font Inner (how you want bullets, boxes, etc. to look) Outer (how you want the top/bottom of frames to look)

if you dont like the default of the Presentation Theme

Example
\documentclass[compress, red]{beamer} \usetheme{Warsaw} \usecolortheme{lily} \useoutertheme[subsection=false]{smoothbars} \useinnertheme{rectangles} % % % % Beamer Beamer Beamer Beamer Theme Color Theme Outer Theme Inner Theme

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Beamer Options Examples

[compress]: makes all navigation bars as small as possible default: uncompressed [red]: changes color scheme to red default for beamer theme Warsaw: blue [subsection=false]: removes an extra bar above slide title stating the subsection title default: true

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Using Color
* Beamer automatically loads xcolor *

Predened colors: red, blue, green, cyan, magenta, yellow, black, darkgray, gray, lightgray, orange, violet, purple, & brown To dene new colors:
\xdefinecolor{darkgreen}{rgb}{0,0.35,0}: my new color is dark green \xdefinecolor{purpleish}{cmyk}{0.75,0.75,0,0}: color is purple-ish

Or substitute colors:
\colorlet{newred}{red!60!black}: my new color is dark red

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Overlays

There are multiple ways to do overlays:

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\pause does the overlay sequentially

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Overlays

There are multiple ways to do overlays:

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\pause does the overlay sequentially

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Im showing

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Overlays

There are multiple ways to do overlays:

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\pause does the overlay sequentially

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Im showing you pause

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Overlays

There are multiple ways to do overlays:

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\pause does the overlay sequentially

Example
Im showing you pause
\begin{itemize} \item Im \item showing \pause \item you \item \textit{pause} \pause \end{itemize}

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Overlays
There are multiple ways to do overlays:
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\pause

\item<n-> (means from overlay n) \item<2> (means only overlay 2) \item<2,4> (means only overlay 2 & 4) does non-sequential overlays in the bullet-type (ie. itemize), environments

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Im showing

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There are multiple ways to do overlays:
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\pause

\item<n-> (means from overlay n) \item<2> (means only overlay 2) \item<2,4> (means only overlay 2 & 4) does non-sequential overlays in the bullet-type (ie. itemize), environments

Example
showing you

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There are multiple ways to do overlays:
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\pause

\item<n-> (means from overlay n) \item<2> (means only overlay 2) \item<2,4> (means only overlay 2 & 4) does non-sequential overlays in the bullet-type (ie. itemize), environments

Example
showing \item<>

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There are multiple ways to do overlays:
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\pause

\item<n-> (means from overlay n) \item<2> (means only overlay 2) \item<2,4> (means only overlay 2 & 4) does non-sequential overlays in the bullet-type (ie. itemize), environments

Example
showing \item<>
\begin{itemize} \item<1> Im \item<1,2,3-> showing \item<2> you \item<3-> \textit{$\backslash$ item$<>$} \end{itemize}

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Overlays
There are multiple ways to do overlays:
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\pause \item<n->

\onslide<n-> non-sequential overlays in any environment!

Example
Im

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There are multiple ways to do overlays:
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\pause \item<n->

\onslide<n-> non-sequential overlays in any environment!

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There are multiple ways to do overlays:
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\pause \item<n->

\onslide<n-> non-sequential overlays in any environment!

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There are multiple ways to do overlays:
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\pause \item<n->

\onslide<n-> non-sequential overlays in any environment!

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Im showing you \onslide<>

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\pause \item<n->

\onslide<n-> non-sequential overlays in any environment!

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Im showing you \onslide<>
\begin{itemize} \item Im \onslide<2> showing \item \onslide<3-> showing \onslide<3> you \item \onslide<4-> you \item \textit{$\backslash$ onslide$<>$} \end{itemize}

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Overlays
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\pause \item<n-> \onslide<n-> Replace

\only<n>{. . . }: successive \uncover<n>{. . . }: shows at n \invisible<n>{. . . }: hides at n \alt<n>{at n}{not at n}: 2 alternatives \temporal<n>{before}{at n}{after}: 3 alternatives overprint & overlayarea environments

Highlighting
\item<+-|alert+>

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\pause \item<n-> \onslide<n-> Replace

\only<n>{. . . }: successive \uncover<n>{. . . }: shows at n \invisible<n>{. . . }: hides at n \alt<n>{at n}{not at n}: 2 alternatives \temporal<n>{before}{at n}{after}: 3 alternatives overprint & overlayarea environments

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\item<+-|alert+> \item<2->\alert<n>{stuff}

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There are multiple ways to do overlays:
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\pause \item<n-> \onslide<n-> Replace

\only<n>{. . . }: successive \uncover<n>{. . . }: shows at n \invisible<n>{. . . }: hides at n \alt<n>{at n}{not at n}: 2 alternatives \temporal<n>{before}{at n}{after}: 3 alternatives overprint & overlayarea environments

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\item<+-|alert+> \item<2->\alert<n>{stuff} \item<2->\alt<3>{\color{green} stuff}{\color{red} stuff}

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Overlays
There are multiple ways to do overlays:
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\pause \item<n-> \onslide<n-> Replace

\only<n>{. . . }: successive \uncover<n>{. . . }: shows at n \invisible<n>{. . . }: hides at n \alt<n>{at n}{not at n}: 2 alternatives \temporal<n>{before}{at n}{after}: 3 alternatives overprint & overlayarea environments

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\item<+-|alert+> \item<2->\alert<n>{stuff} \item<2->\alt<3>{\color{green} stuff}{\color{red} stuff}

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Transition Eects
* This slide uses transparent overlays: * \setbeamercovered{transparent} Text Animation: \animate, \animatevalue, etc. can do timed overlays, etc. Slide Transitions:
Seven options: Blinds, Box, Dissolve, Glitter, Replace, Split, Wipe Examples Dissolve:\transdissolve Glitter: \transglitter[direction=90] Split (2 vertical lines sweep outward): \transsplitverticalout

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Transition Eects
* This slide uses transparent overlays: * \setbeamercovered{transparent} Text Animation: \animate, \animatevalue, etc. can do timed overlays, etc. Slide Transitions:
Seven options: Blinds, Box, Dissolve, Glitter, Replace, Split, Wipe Examples Dissolve:\transdissolve Glitter: \transglitter[direction=90] Split (2 vertical lines sweep outward): \transsplitverticalout

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Transition Eects
* This slide uses transparent overlays: * \setbeamercovered{transparent} Text Animation: \animate, \animatevalue, etc. can do timed overlays, etc. Slide Transitions:
Seven options: Blinds, Box, Dissolve, Glitter, Replace, Split, Wipe Examples Dissolve:\transdissolve Glitter: \transglitter[direction=90] Split (2 vertical lines sweep outward): \transsplitverticalout

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Figures
A Standard L TEX figure environment can be used.

Using the graphicx package:

doesnt support all gures types: easy x: make ALL gures pdfs (eg. convert eps using epstopdf)
\begin{figure} \includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{myprettyfigure} \end{figure}

can also use \pgfimage

\pgfimage[height=4cm]{myprettyfigure}

NOTICE that you dont have to specify the le type

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Figures - Zooming
You can zoom into portions of your gures
\framezoom< 1 >< 2 >[border](0cm, 3.5cm)(2.75cm, 1cm) \framezoom< 1 >< 3 >[border](3cm, 3.5cm)(1cm, 1cm) \pgfimage[height=4cm]{ambersmice}

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Figures - Zooming

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Movies

\usepackage{multimedia} . . . \frame{ \movie[height=1.125in,width=1.5in,poster]{}{Chemotaxis.mov} }

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\movie[options ]{text, picture, etc to click on }{name of movie }

Should support all major movie types: .avi, .mov, etc. Problems: make sure Acrobat has the correct plug-ins!!! Does NOT work on Linux/Unix systems?!?!

* You may need to use the externalviewer option

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Using Columns

The column environment is extremely useful! allows you to add as many columns as you want can put multiple column environments on any page
\begin{columns}[t] \column{0.25\textwidth} . . . contents . . . \column{0.5\textwidth} . . . contents . . . \column{0.25\textwidth} . . . contents . . . \end{columns}

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Theorems, etc.
The theorem , proof , block, example, definition, etc. environments: For theorems/proofs Theorem Write your fantastic theorem here . . .
\begin{theorem} Write your fantastic \\ theorem here $\dots$ \end{theorem}

Or to highlight points: Summary

Beamer is cool!
\begin{block}{Summary} \begin{itemize} \item Beamer is cool! \end{itemize} \end{block}

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Fragile Environments & Hyperlinks

Fragile Environments You CANNOT use verbatim without specifying it in the frame options :
\frame[containsverbatim]{ \frametitle{} \begin{verbatim} . . . contents . . . \end{verbatim} }

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Fragile Environments & Hyperlinks

Fragile Environments You CANNOT use verbatim without specifying it in the frame options :
\frame[containsverbatim]{ \frametitle{} \begin{verbatim} . . . contents . . . \end{verbatim} }

Hyperlinks & Buttons: You can create buttons to jump around your talk:
OR, \label{theorem1}
Jump to Theorem #1

You need to put a label on the slide: \frame[label=MyVerbatim]{ To create the button:
\usepackage{hyperref} \frame{ \hyperlink{theorem1}{\beamergotobutton{Jump to Theorem \#1}} \hypertarget{theorem1}{} }

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And, Finally . . .
Other useful things:
Drawing diagrams * xypic: draws the diagrams I showed at beginning
A * the L TEX picture environment

* pstricks: cant use pdatex with this Logo in the footer:

* put \logo{name} in preamble * puts logo in bottom right corner

References

* Beamer Users Guide:

www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/beamer/doc/beameruserguide.pdf

* Google: if you think Beamer should be able to do it, Google it.