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% Author: Matthias Meister
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\line{\hfil\normalfont Matthias Meister\hfil}\target{title}
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\line{\hfil\normalfont Regensburg, August 2010\hfil}
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\SlideTitle{\hfill Motivation}%
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\item{$\bullet$}\textcolor{text}{Make it possible to prepare presentations in \TeX}
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\item{$\bullet$}\textcolor{text}{Without having to learn lots of extra syntax}
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\item{$\bullet$}\textcolor{text}{By using simple macros that can easily be adapted to one's needs, maybe for each presentation prepared}
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\item{$\bullet$}\textcolor{text}{Without restricting the possibilities that \TeX\ offers}
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\SlideTitle{\hfil Requirements}
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\def\cf{\color{code}\cdfo}
\item{+} {\cf miniltx.tex}
\item{+} {\cf color.tex}
\item{+} {\cf color.sty}

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These files are available from \weblink{www.ctan.org}{www.ctan.org}. You might already have (some of) them.
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You need the program {\cf pdftex}, which probably is included in your \TeX-distribution.
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You also need a pdf-viewer with fullscreen display capabilities, e.g. {\cf xpdf}.
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\att{Some pdf-viewers do not handle links in a document properly.}
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\NewSlide
\SlideTitle{\hfil Basic Examples}
You can type text as usual, inline equations $a^2+b^2=c^2$, displayed equations
$$
\exp(z)=\sum_{n=0}^\infty {z^n\over n!}=\lim_{n\to\infty}\Big(1+{z\over n}\Big)^n
$$
and tables
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\moveright2cm\vbox{\offinterlineskip
\halign{\vrule width 0pt height12pt depth3pt\kern5pt # &\vrule\hfil\kern5pt #\kern5pt\hfil 
&\vrule\hfil\kern5pt #\kern5pt\hfil\cr
& $x$ & $\Delta x$\cr
\noalign{\hrule}
A & 1.03 & 0.07 \cr
\noalign{\hrule}
B & 2.05 & 0.06 \cr
}}\vskip5pt
So you probably can use \TeX\ in the ordinary fashion; just run {\cf pdftex} on your source instead of {\cf tex}.
\NewSlide
You can include images easily:\vskip20pt plus 3pt minus 10pt
\hbox{\image[width3cm]{Stern.png}\hskip5mm plus 2mm minus 2mm A pixel image (png)}
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\hbox{A vector image (pdf)\hskip5mm plus 2mm minus 2mm\image[width3cm]{Sagnac.pdf}}
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\SlideTitle{\hfil Ordinary stuff}
You type text, equations, and so on as usual in \TeX. Keep in mind, though, that the effective paper size is 
rather small (12cm wide, 9cm high in standard configuration).
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The paper size is small, because you rely on the fullscreen mode of your pdf-viewer to blow the slide up to full 
screen size, thus also automatically enlarging the fonts.
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Your macros should work (unless there is a collision of names), because what you are doing is creating an ordinary
pdf-file with {\cf pdftex}, for viewing it with a pdf-viewer.
\NewSlide
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\SlideTitle{\hfil Fonts}
{\cf present.tex} defines the following fonts:\vskip5pt
{\openup2pt
\halign{#\hfil\kern10pt&#\hfil\kern10pt&#\hfil\cr
Font Command & Purpose & Default Value\cr
{\cf\char'134 titlefont} & presentation title & {\cf cmssbx10 at 20pt}\cr
{\cf\char'134 slidetitlefont} & title of a slide & {\cf cmssbx10}\cr
{\cf\char'134 normalfont} & ordinary text & {\cf cmss12}\cr
{\cf\char'134 linkbarfont} & text in {\cf\char'134 LinkBar} & {\cf cmss8}\cr
{\cf\char'134 it} & italic text & {\cf cmti12}\cr
}}
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Of course you can define further font commands or redefine the existing ones.
The default fonts are used in this presentation, so you see what they look like.
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\SlideTitle{\hfil Colours}
Colour effects are handled by the {\cf color.sty}-package included via {\cf color.tex}.

The following colours are
defined in {\cf present.tex}:
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{\cf background}, for the slide background 
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{\cf text}, for the text, and
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{\cf attention}, an \att{attention} colour.
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Colour names can be defined and redefined by
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{\cf\char'134 definecolor\char'173}{\it NAME\/}{\cf\char'175\char'173 rgb\char'175\char'173}{\it R,G,B\/}%
{\cf\char'175}
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where {\it NAME} is a colour name to be defined, like {\cf background} or {\cf mycolour}, and {\it R}, 
{\it G}, and {\it B} are
the red, green, and blue values describing the colour; $0\leq\hbox{ {\it R}, {\it G}, {\it B} }\leq 1$.
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Once defined, the colours are employed as follows:
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{\cf\char'134 pagecolor\char'173 background\char'175} sets the colour of the slide background to {\cf background}.
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{\cf\char'134 color\char'173 text\char'175} sets the colour of subsequent text to {\cf text}.
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{\cf\char'134 textcolor\char'173 text\char'175\char'173}{\it Stuff\/}{\cf\char'175} prints {\it Stuff} 
in colour {\cf text}.
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The colour {\cf attention} is mainly used in the macro {\cf\char'134 att}, which prints 
\att{Stuff} in attention colour by saying
{\cf\char'134 att\char'173}{\it Stuff\/}{\cf \char'175}.
\NewSlide
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\SlideTitle{\hfil Paper Size}
The paper size is determined by the parameters {\cf\char'134 pdfpagewidth} and
{\cf\char'134 pdfpageheight}. 
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If you say {\cf\char'134 StandardAspect}, you get a page 120mm wide and 90mm high.
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If you say {\cf\char'134 WideAspect}, you get a page 144mm wide and 90mm high.
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\SlideTitle{\hfil Images}
Images can be included with
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{\cf\char'134 image[}{\it dimensions}{\cf]\char'173}{\it filename}{\cf\char'175}
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where {\it dimensions} are {\cf height}, {\cf depth}, and {\cf width}, familiar from \TeX.
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\hbox{%
\image[width3mm]{Stern.png}
\image[width6mm]{Stern.png}
\image[width9mm]{Stern.png}
\image[height9mm]{Stern.png}
\image[height3mm depth6mm]{Stern.png}
\image[height9mm width4mm]{Stern.png}
\image[width5mm]{Sagnac.pdf}\image[width10mm height4mm]{Sagnac.pdf}
\image[width15mm depth 5mm]{Sagnac.pdf}
}
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If only {\cf width} is given, the image is scaled with the aspect ratio preserved.\target{Images}

Image files need to be in a format that can be handled by the pdf-viewer and by {\cf pdftex}.
E.g. pdf, png, jpg should work.
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\pagecolor{background}
\SlideTitle{\hfil Slide Structure}
Each slide has a headline, a body, and a footline.
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The headline holds the slide title, which is set by 
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{\cf\char'134 SlideTitle\char'173}{\it TITLE\/}{\cf\char'175}
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The footline is defined by 
{\cf\char'134 SlideFoot}, of which several versions are contained in {\cf present.tex}. Uncomment the one you want,
or define further ones.
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The version used here shows the number of the current slide and the total number of slides in the centre (the latter is
provided by the {\cf\char'134 LP} macro), and the {\cf\char'134 PageBar} on the right.

The {\cf\char'134 PageBar}-symbols \PageBar move to the previous or following page, or move back and forth in the 
page history.
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{The page history is relevant if cross-references are used in the presentation. These will be discussed subsequently.}
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\phantom{With cross-references or links, also the {\cf\char'134 LinkBar} can be useful. In the {\cf\char'134 SlideFoot}-version
used, it is shown on the left side of the footline, but currently is defined to be empty.}
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\phantom{The {\cf\char'134 LinkBar} is intended to hold links to various places in the presentation you might want to jump to.}
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\phantom{Before we turn to cross-references or links: You start a new slide by saying {\cf\char'134 NewSlide}. If instead you
say {\cf\char'134 NewFrame}, it has almost the same effect, only the slide number doesn't get increased. This is useful, 
if a slide is to be shown incrementally.}
\NewFrame
{The page history is relevant if cross-references are used in the presentation. These will be discussed subsequently.}
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{With cross-references or links, also the {\cf\char'134 LinkBar} can be useful. In the {\cf\char'134 SlideFoot}-version
used, it is shown on the left side of the footline, but currently is defined to be empty.}
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\phantom{The {\cf\char'134 LinkBar} is intended to hold links to various places in the presentation you might want to jump to.}
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\phantom{Before we turn to cross-references or links: You start a new slide by saying {\cf\char'134 NewSlide}. If instead you
say {\cf\char'134 NewFrame}, it has almost the same effect, only the slide number doesn't get increased. This is useful, 
if a slide is to be shown incrementally.}
\NewFrame
{The page history is relevant if cross-references are used in the presentation. These will be discussed subsequently.}
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{With cross-references or links, also the {\cf\char'134 LinkBar} can be useful. In the {\cf\char'134 SlideFoot}-version
used, it is shown on the left side of the footline, but currently is defined to be empty.}
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{The {\cf\char'134 LinkBar} is intended to hold links to various places in the presentation you might want to jump to.}
\vskip5pt
\phantom{Before we turn to cross-references or links: You start a new slide by saying {\cf\char'134 NewSlide}. If instead you
say {\cf\char'134 NewFrame}, it has almost the same effect, only the slide number doesn't get increased. This is useful, 
if a slide is to be shown incrementally.}
\NewFrame
{The page history is relevant if cross-references are used in the presentation. These will be discussed subsequently.}
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{With cross-references or links, also the {\cf\char'134 LinkBar} can be useful. In the {\cf\char'134 SlideFoot}-version
used, it is shown on the left side of the footline, but currently is defined to be empty.}
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{The {\cf\char'134 LinkBar} is intended to hold links to various places in the presentation you might want to jump to.}
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{Before we turn to cross-references or links: You start a new slide by saying {\cf\char'134 NewSlide}. If instead you
say {\cf\char'134 NewFrame}, it has almost the same effect, only the slide number doesn't get increased. This is useful, 
if a slide is to be shown incrementally.}
\NewSlide
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\SlideTitle{\hfil Links}
{\cf\char'134 target\char'173}{\it NAME\/}{\cf\char'175} creates a target named {\it NAME} for a link at the position in 
the presentation where it is used.
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{\cf\char'134 link\char'173}{\it NAME\/}{\cf\char'175\char'173}{\it Stuff\/}{\cf\char'175}
makes {\it Stuff} a link to the target named {\it NAME}.
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{\cf\char'134 weblink\char'173}{\it URI\/}{\cf\char'175\char'173}{\it Stuff\/}{\cf\char'175}
makes {\it Stuff} a link to the specified {\it URI}.
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{\cf\char'134 filelink\char'173}{\it file}{\cf\char'175\char'173}{\it filedest}{\cf\char'175\char'173}{\it Stuff\/}{\cf\char'175}
makes {\it Stuff} a link to destination {\it filedest} in {\it file}.

{\it filedest} for example can be {\cf [}{\it page} {\cf/Fit]}, with {\it page} the page number (starting at 0).
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A further possibility can be found \link{Further}{here (click)}.
\def\LinkBar{%
\link{Images}{\linkbarfont Images}
\link{Further}{\linkbarfont Area}
\link{title}{\linkbarfont Title}
}
\NewSlide
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{\cf\char'134 linkarea\char'173}{\it dest}{\cf\char'175\char'173}{\it rect}{\cf\char'175\char'173}{\it border}{\cf
\char'175\char'173}{\it color}{\cf\char'175}\target{Further}
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Creates a rectangular area which is a link to target {\it dest}; {\it rect} consists of 
four space-separated numbers for lower left and upper right corner, {\it border} is the border width, and {\it color} is the 
border colour, specified as three space-separated values for red, green, and blue, all between 0 and 1.
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\linkarea{title}{150 30 180 60}{2}{0.8 0 0}
\image[width 2cm]{Stern.png}
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Notice also that {\cf\char'134 LinkBar} has been redefined (on the previous slide already)
\linkarea{Images}{10 100 50 120}{2}{0.8 0 1}
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\SlideTitle{\hfil Concluding Remarks}
PDF provides the possibility to include movies, and to launch applications (which could be a movie player) via clickable
elements. The usability for a presentation depends on how to manage the player together with a full-screen display of the
slides. Movie support is not officially included in {\cf present.tex}.
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If you prepare a pdf-image for a presentation which is to be shown on some different computer, it would be best to
embed fonts used in the image into the image file. For example, if you have a file {\cf image.eps}, you need to
convert it to pdf, in order to use it with {\cf pdftex}. You can embed the fonts by
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{\cf  ps2pdf -dEPSCrop=true -dPDFA image.eps} 
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A look at {\cf present.tex} is recommended.
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