\documentclass[11pt,pdftex,helvetfont,4x3]{elpres} \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc} \usepackage{color} \usepackage[perpage,para,symbol]{footmisc} \usepackage[document]{ragged2e} \RaggedRight \begin{document} \begin{titlepage} \centering \distance{1} { \Huge \bfseries \textcolor{blue}{Title of the presentation} \par } \vspace{1.3ex} \large Author\\[2ex]Date and place of presentation \distance{2} \end{titlepage} \begin{psli}[Title of first page] The first page \begin{itemize} \item first line in an itemized list \item second line in an itemized list \end{itemize} \end{psli} \begin{psli}[Title of second page\footnote{footnotes are often not a good idea for a presentation}] The second page with a nested, ``vertically compressed'' list \begin{citemize} \item first line in an itemized list \item second line in an itemized list \begin{cenumerate} \item first line of numbered list \item second line of numbered list \end{cenumerate} \item final line in itemized list\footnote{\dots\ so there should be good reasons to insert a second comment on the same page} \end{citemize} {\small For footnotes, the \texttt{footmisc} package, at least with the options \texttt{perpage} and \texttt{symbol} is recommended. \par} \end{psli} \begin{rsli} A final page for freely arranged text and graphics\footnote{References to scientific publications may be added as footnotes} \end{rsli} \end{document}