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<head>
<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label slidecls</title>
</head><body>
-<h3>Producing slides</h3>
+<h3>Producing presentations (including slides)</h3>
<p/>Lamport&#8217;s original LaTeX had a separate program (SliTeX) for
producing slides; it dates from the age when colour effects were
produced by printing separate slides in different-coloured inks, and
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ LaTeX2e came along, the reason SliTeX had to be a separate
program went away, and its functionality was supplied by the
<i>slides</i> class. While this makes life a little easier for
system administrators, it does nothing for the inferior functionality
-of the class: no-one &#8220;who knows&#8221; uses <i>slides</i> nowadays.
+of the class: no-one who &#8220;knows&#8221; uses <i>slides</i> nowadays.
<p/>The &#8216;classic&#8217; alternatives have been <i>seminar</i> and <i>foils</i>
(originally known as FoilTeX). Both were originally designed to
produce output on acetate foils, though subsequent work has provided
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ presentation. The add-on package <i>ppr-prv</i> adds &#8220;preview&#8221;
facilities (that which is commonly called &#8220;hand-out printing&#8221;). The
<i>HA-prosper</i> package, which you load with <i>prosper</i>,
mends a few bugs, and adds several facilities and slide design styles.
-The (relatively new) <i>powerdot</i> class is designed as a
+The (more recent) <i>powerdot</i> class is designed as a
replacement for <i>prosper</i> and <i>HA-prosper</i>, co-authored
by the author of <i>HA-prosper</i>.
<p/><i>Beamer</i> is a relatively easy-to-learn, yet powerful, class that
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ the other between slides, as you need. (The class itself provides
just the one style, in the package <i>greybars</i>: the author
hopes users will contribute their own styles, based on
<i>greybars</i>.)
+<p/><i>Lecturer</i> is a <em>generic</em> solution (it works with
+Plain TeX, LaTeX and ConTeXt mk ii, but not &#8212; yet &#8212; with
+ConTeXt mk iv). By separating the functionality needed for a
+presentation (using TeX for typesetting, and PDF functions
+for layering and dynamic effects) a clear structure emerges. While it
+doesn&#8217;t have the range of &#8220;themes&#8221; (presentation styles) of
+<i>beamer</i> it seems a useful alternative candidate.
+<p/><i>Present</i> is designed for use with Plain TeX only; its
+design is simple, to the extent that its author hopes that users will
+themselves be able to tune its macros.
<p/><i>Ppower4</i> (commonly known as <i>pp4</i>) is a
<i>Java</i>-based support program that will postprocess
PDF, to &#8216;animate&#8217; the file at places you&#8217;ve marked with
@@ -68,20 +78,22 @@ available, with examples, in
<a href="http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Presentation_Styles">http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Presentation_Styles</a>
<dl>
-<dt><tt><i>beamer.cls</i></tt><dd>Download all of <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/beamer.zip">macros/latex/contrib/beamer</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/beamer/">browse the directory</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>foils.cls</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/foiltex.zip">macros/latex/contrib/foiltex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/foiltex/">browse the directory</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>greybars.sty</i></tt><dd>distributed with <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/talk.zip">macros/latex/contrib/talk</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/talk/">browse the directory</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>HA-prosper.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ha-prosper.zip">macros/latex/contrib/ha-prosper</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ha-prosper/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>beamer.cls</i></tt><dd>Download all of <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/beamer.zip">macros/latex/contrib/beamer</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/beamer/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/beamer.html">catalogue entry</a>
+<dt><tt><i>foils.cls</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/foiltex.zip">macros/latex/contrib/foiltex</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/foiltex/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/foiltex.html">catalogue entry</a>
+<dt><tt><i>greybars.sty</i></tt><dd>distributed with <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/talk.zip">macros/latex/contrib/talk</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/talk/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/talk.html">catalogue entry</a>
+<dt><tt><i>HA-prosper.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ha-prosper.zip">macros/latex/contrib/ha-prosper</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ha-prosper/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/ha-prosper.html">catalogue entry</a>
-<dt><tt><i>seminar.cls</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/seminar.zip">macros/latex/contrib/seminar</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/seminar/">browse the directory</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>pgf.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pgf.zip">graphics/pgf</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/">browse the directory</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>powerdot.cls</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/powerdot.zip">macros/latex/contrib/powerdot</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/powerdot/">browse the directory</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>pp4</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/ppower4.zip">support/ppower4</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/ppower4/">browse the directory</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>ppr-prv.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ppr-prv.zip">macros/latex/contrib/ppr-prv</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ppr-prv/">browse the directory</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>prosper.cls</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/prosper.zip">macros/latex/contrib/prosper</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/prosper/">browse the directory</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>talk.cls</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/talk.zip">macros/latex/contrib/talk</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/talk/">browse the directory</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>texpower</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/texpower.zip">macros/latex/contrib/texpower</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/texpower/">browse the directory</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>xcolor.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xcolor.zip">macros/latex/contrib/xcolor</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xcolor/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>lecturer.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/lecturer.zip">macros/generic/lecturer</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/generic/lecturer/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/lecturer.html">catalogue entry</a>
+<dt><tt><i>seminar.cls</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/seminar.zip">macros/latex/contrib/seminar</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/seminar/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/seminar.html">catalogue entry</a>
+<dt><tt><i>pgf.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf.zip">graphics/pgf</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pgf.html">catalogue entry</a>
+<dt><tt><i>powerdot.cls</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/powerdot.zip">macros/latex/contrib/powerdot</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/powerdot/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/powerdot.html">catalogue entry</a>
+<dt><tt><i>pp4</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/ppower4.zip">support/ppower4</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/ppower4/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/ppower4.html">catalogue entry</a>
+<dt><tt><i>ppr-prv.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ppr-prv.zip">macros/latex/contrib/ppr-prv</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ppr-prv/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/ppr-prv.html">catalogue entry</a>
+<dt><tt><i>present.tex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/plain/contrib/present.zip">macros/plain/contrib/present</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/plain/contrib/present/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/present.html">catalogue entry</a>
+<dt><tt><i>prosper.cls</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/prosper.zip">macros/latex/contrib/prosper</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/prosper/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/prosper.html">catalogue entry</a>
+<dt><tt><i>talk.cls</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/talk.zip">macros/latex/contrib/talk</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/talk/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/talk.html">catalogue entry</a>
+<dt><tt><i>texpower</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/texpower.zip">macros/latex/contrib/texpower</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/texpower/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/texpower.html">catalogue entry</a>
+<dt><tt><i>xcolor.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/xcolor.zip">macros/latex/contrib/xcolor</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/xcolor/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/xcolor.html">catalogue entry</a>
</dl>
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