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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2006-11-01 23:50:14 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2006-11-01 23:50:14 +0000 |
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/beamerug-introduction.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/beamerug-introduction.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 9d7bd108c3f..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/beamerug-introduction.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,264 +0,0 @@ -% $Header: /cvsroot/latex-beamer/latex-beamer/doc/beamerug-introduction.tex,v 1.16 2004/12/08 11:21:22 tantau Exp $ - -% Copyright 2003, 2004 by Till Tantau <tantau@users.sourceforge.net>. -% -% This program can be redistributed and/or modified under the terms -% of the GNU Public License, version 2. - -\section{Introduction} - -\beamer\ is a \LaTeX\ class for creating presentations that are -held using a projector, but it can also be used to create transparency -slides. Preparing presentations with \beamer\ is different from -preparing them with \textsc{wysiwyg} programs like OpenOffice's Impress, -Apple's Keynotes, or KOffice's KPresenter. A \beamer\ presentation is -created like any other \LaTeX\ document: It has a preamble and a body, -the body contains |\section|s and |\subsection|s, the different -slides (called \emph{frames} in \beamer) are put in environments, they -are structured using |itemize| and |enumerate| environments, and so -on. The obvious disadvantage of this approach is that you have to know -\LaTeX\ in order to use \beamer. The advantage is that if you know -\LaTeX, you can use your knowledge of \LaTeX\ also when creating a -presentation, not only when writing papers. - - -\subsection{Main Features} - -The list of features supported by \beamer\ is quite long -(unfortunately, so is presumably the list of bugs supported by -\beamer). The most important features, in my opinion, are: -\begin{itemize} -\item - You can use \beamer\ both with |pdflatex| and |latex|+|dvips|. -\item - The standard commands of \LaTeX\ still work. A |\tableofcontents| will - still create a table of contents, |\section| is still used to create - structure, and |itemize| still creates a list. -\item - You can easily create overlays and dynamic effects. -\item - Themes allow you to change the appearance of your presentation to - suit you purposes. -\item - The themes are designed to be usable in practice, they are not just - for show. You will not find such nonsense as a green body text on - a picture of a green meadow. -\item - The layout, the colors, and the fonts used in a presentation can - easily be changed globally, but you still also have control over - the most minute detail. -\item - A special style file allows you to use the \LaTeX-source of a - presentation directly in other \LaTeX\ classes like |article| or - |book|. This makes it easy to create presentations out of lecture - notes or lecture notes out of presentations. -\item - The final output is typically a \textsc{pdf}-file. Viewer - applications for this format exist for virtually every - platform. When bringing your presentation to a conference on a - memory stick, you do not have to worry about which version of the - presentation program might be installed there. Also, your - presentation is going to look exactly the way it looked on your - computer. -\end{itemize} - - - - -\subsection{History} - -I created \beamer\ mainly in my spare time. Many other people have -helped by writing me emails containing suggestions for improvement or -corrections or patches or whole new themes (by now I have gotten over a -thousand emails concerning \beamer). Indeed, most of the -development was only initiated by feature requests and bug -reports. Without this feedback, \beamer\ would still be what it was -originally intended to be: a small private collection of macros that -make using the |seminar| class easier. I created the first version of -\beamer\ for my PhD defense presentation in February 2003. Month -later, I put the package on \textsc{ctan} at the request of some -colleagues. After that, things somehow got out of hand. - - - -\subsection{Acknowledgments} - -Where to begin? \beamer's development depends not only on me, but on -the feedback I get from other people. Many features have been -implemented because someone requested them and I thought that these -features would be nice to have and reasonably easy to implement. Other -people have given valuable feedback on themes, on the user's guide, -on features of the class, on the internals of the implementation, on -special \LaTeX\ features, and on life in general. A small selection of -these people includes (in no particular order and I have surely -forgotten to name lots of people who really, really deserve being in -this list): Carsten (for everything), Birgit (for being the first -person to use \beamer\ besides me), Tux (for his silent criticism), -Rolf Niepraschk (for showing me how to program \LaTeX\ correctly), -Claudio Beccari (for writing part of the documentation on font -encodings), Thomas Baumann (for the emacs stuff), Stefan M\"uller (for -not loosing hope), Uwe Kern (for \textsc{xcolor}), Hendri Adriaens -(for \textsc{ha-prosper}), Ohura Makoto (for spotting typos). People -who have contributed to the themes include Paul Gomme, Manuel Carro, -and Marlon Régis Schmitz. - - - - - - -\subsection{How to Read this User's Guide} - -You should start with the first part. If you have not yet installed -the package, please read Section~\ref{section-installation} first. If -you are new to \beamer, you should next read the tutorial in -Section~\ref{section-tutorial}. When you set down to create your first -real presentation using \beamer, read Section~\ref{section-workflow} -where the technical details of a possible workflow are -discussed. If you are still new to creating presentations in general, you -might find Section~\ref{section-guidelines} helpful, where many -guidelines are given on what to do and what not to do. Finally, you -should browse through Section~\ref{section-solutions}, where you will -find ready-to-use solution templates for creating talks, possibly even -in the language you intend to use. - -The second part of this user's guide goes into the details of all the -commands defined in \beamer, but it also addresses other technical -issues having to do with creating presentations (like how to include -graphics or animations). - -The third part explains how you can change the appearance of your -presentation easily either using themes or by specifying colors or -fonts for specific elements of a presentation (like, say, the font -used for the numbers in an enumerate). - -The last part contains ``howtos,'' which are explanations of how to -get certain things done using \beamer. - -\medskip -\noindent -This user's guide contains descriptions of all ``public'' -commands, environments, and concepts defined by the \beamer-class. The -following examples show how things are documented. As a general rule, -red text is \emph{defined}, green text is \emph{optional}, blue text -indicates special mode considerations. - -\begingroup -\noindexing -\begin{command}{\somebeamercommand\oarg{optional arguments}\marg{first - argument}\marg{second argument}} - Here you will find the explanation of what the command - |\somebeamercommand| does. The green argument(s) is optional. The - command of this example takes two parameters. - - \example - |\somebeamercommand[opt]{my arg}{xxx}| -\end{command} - -\begin{environment}{{somebeamerenvironment}\oarg{optional arguments}\marg{first - argument}} - Here you will find the explanation of the effect of the environment - |somebeamerenvironment|. As with commands, the green arguments are - optional. - - \example -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{somebeamerenvironment}{Argument} - Some text. -\end{somebeamerenvironment} -\end{verbatim} -\end{environment} - -\begin{element}{some beamer element}\yes\yes\yes - Here you will find an explanation of the template, color, - and/or font |some beamer element|. - A ``\beamer-element'' is a concept that is explained in more detail - in Section~\ref{section-elements}. Roughly, an \emph{element} - is a part of a presentation that is potentially typeset in some - special way. Examples of elements are frame titles, the author's - name, or the footnote sign. For most elements there exists a - \emph{template}, see Section~\ref{section-elements} once more, and - also a \beamer-color and a \beamer-font. - - For each element, it is indicated whether a template, a - \beamer-color, and/or a \beamer-font of the - name |some beamer element| exist. Typically, all three exist and are - employed together when the element needs to be typeset, that is, - when the template is inserted the \beamer-color and -font are - installed first. However, sometimes templates do not have a color or - font associated with them (like parent templates). Also, there exist - \beamer-colors and -fonts that do not have an underlying template. - - Using and changing templates is explained in - Section~\ref{section-templates}. Here is the essence: To change a - template, you can say -\begin{verbatim} -\setbeamertemplate{some beamer element}{your definition for this template} -\end{verbatim} - Unfortunately, it is not quite trivial to come up with a good definition for - some templates. Fortunately, there are often \emph{predefined options} - for a template. These are indicated like this: - \begin{itemize} - \itemoption{square}{} - causes a small square to be used to render the template. - \itemoption{circle}{\marg{radius}} - causes circles of the given radius to be used to render the template. - \end{itemize} - You can install such a predefined option like this: -\begin{verbatim} -\setbeamertemplate{some beamer element}[square] -%% Now squares are used - -\setbeamertemplate{some beamer element}[cirlce]{3pt} -%% New a circle is used -\end{verbatim} - - \beamer-colors are explained in Section~\ref{section-colors}. Here - is the essence: To change the foreground of the color to, say, red, use -\begin{verbatim} -\setbeamercolor{some beamer element}{fg=red} -\end{verbatim} - To change the background to, say, black, use: -\begin{verbatim} -\setbeamercolor{some beamer element}{bg=black} -\end{verbatim} - You can also change them together using |fg=red,bg=black|. The - background will not always be ``honoured,'' since it is difficult to - show a colored background correctly and an extra effort must be made - by the templates (while the foreground color is usually used - automatically). - - \beamer-fonts are explained in Section~\ref{section-fonts}. Here is - the essence: To change the size of the font to, say, large, use: -\begin{verbatim} -\setbeamerfont{some beamer element}{size=\large} -\end{verbatim} - In addition to the size, you can use things like |series=\bfseries| - to set the series, |shape=\itshape| to change the shape, - |family=\sffamily| to change the family, and you can use them in - conjunction. Add a star to the command to first ``reset'' the font. -\end{element} - - -\beamernote -As next to this paragraph, you will sometimes find the word -\textsc{presentation} in blue next to some paragraph. This means that -the paragraph applies only when you ``normally typeset your -presentation using \LaTeX\ or pdf\LaTeX.'' - -\articlenote -Opposed to this, a paragraph with \textsc{article} next to it -describes some behaviour that is special for the |article| mode. This -special mode is used to create lecture notes out of a presentation -(the two can coexist in one file). - -\lyxnote -A paragraph with \textsc{lyx} next to it describes behaviour that is -special when you use \LyX\ to prepare your presentation. -\endgroup - - -%%% Local Variables: -%%% mode: latex -%%% TeX-master: "beameruserguide" -%%% End: |