![]() ![]() ![]() % More colours can be called by using the “dvipsnames” options while calling beamer in the preamble of the document, e.g., \documentclass However, the xcolor package by itself does not provide enough breadth in colours. % Colours in LaTeX are provided by the xcolor pacakge that loads by default. % LaTeX, like R, has a huge set of colours to choose from and there are many ways we can access them. I personally believe that Beamer already does have some great themes, so if we really want to build our own, we will have go to the tiniest of details and tweak them. % We need to define a set of colours that will be assigned to various parts of the presentation. % You can directly use this file instead of the using the other theme file “beamerthemeMoo-whole.sty” and calling the 4 styles in the TeX document. % This style file is a combination of the four files required to create the Moo beamer theme. % Howvere, in case you find and bugs, issues, or have any suggestions/comments, please feel free to contact me at % The file is pretty much self-explanatory and as of 10 Nov, 2011, pretty much bug free (This is because I really don’t know what “bugs” are and/or how to find them. The last point may not seem like much until you’ve tried to figure out how to include images in LaTeX.% This beamer style file was created just for experminetation and learning. Include multiple image formats in a consistent way.Carry around your entire presentation as a single file.Paste images directly into your presentations.The biggest advantage that PowerPoint has over LaTeX is working with images. I also like animating bullet points simply by adding pause to the end of an enumerated item. It’s nice to use real math typography rather than using PowerPoint hacks or pasting in LaTeX output as images. The Beamer package is simple to use and well documented. ![]() I found Bruce Byfield’s introduction to Beamer helpful. At least that was my experience using the graphical version. You just have to assume when it quits giving new messages that it must be finished. However, the MiKTeX Package Manager doesn’t let you know when packages have finished installing. The Package Manager shows no latex-beamer package, but does show a beamer package. The manual says to install latex-beamer, pgf, and xcolor.(Command line mpm.exe or GUI mpm_mfc.exe.) To install new packages with MiKTeX, use the Package Manager. But the update wizard will only update packages already installed. The manual says that if you want to install Beamer under MiKTeX, use the update wizard.However, I would recommend a couple minor corrections to the documentation. Installationīeamer is available from SourceForge. The installation instructions begin by saying “Put all files somewhere where TeX can find them.” This made me think Beamer would be another undocumented software package, but just a few words later the instructions point to a 224-page PDF manual with plenty of detail. Here are my notes on my experience with Beamer. I believe I’ll switch to using this package as my default for math presentations. Yesterday I tried the LaTeX Beamer package based on a friend’s recommendation. When I need to make a math presentation, I can’t have everything I want in one environment. I use LaTeX for math documents and PowerPoint for presentations. ![]()
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