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Using LATEX to create presentations and posters The beamer and tikzposter classes Joanna Zaleska [email protected] LATEX for Linguists – Doktorandenforum 2015

3 March 2015

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Part I Creating presentations The beamer document class

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Outline

1. Introduction 2. Basic structure of a beamer document 3. Title and table of contents 4. Blocks and columns 5. Overlays 6. Graphics 7. Themes and colours 8. Creating support materials 9. Where to find out more?

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Introduction

Introduction v The beamer document class can be used to create presentations given using a projector (like this one). v Disadvantages: ▸

You need to know LATEX to use it.

v Advantages: ▸

▸ ▸

▸ ▸

Created like any other LATEX document: standard LATEX commands (like \section, \emph or \begin{itemize}) still work. Output in .pdf format – no compatibility issues. Predefined themes allow you to change the appearance of your presentation (but you can also customize it with your own layout, colours and fonts). Easy to create overlays. Easy to create support materials (handouts, lecture notes) from the same source code.

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Introduction

Introduction v The beamer document class can be used to create presentations given using a projector (like this one). v Disadvantages: ▸

You need to know LATEX to use it.

v Advantages: ▸

▸ ▸

▸ ▸

Created like any other LATEX document: standard LATEX commands (like \section, \emph or \begin{itemize}) still work. Output in .pdf format – no compatibility issues. Predefined themes allow you to change the appearance of your presentation (but you can also customize it with your own layout, colours and fonts). Easy to create overlays. Easy to create support materials (handouts, lecture notes) from the same source code.

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Introduction

Introduction v The beamer document class can be used to create presentations given using a projector (like this one). v Disadvantages: ▸

You need to know LATEX to use it.

v Advantages: ▸

▸ ▸

▸ ▸

Created like any other LATEX document: standard LATEX commands (like \section, \emph or \begin{itemize}) still work. Output in .pdf format – no compatibility issues. Predefined themes allow you to change the appearance of your presentation (but you can also customize it with your own layout, colours and fonts). Easy to create overlays. Easy to create support materials (handouts, lecture notes) from the same source code.

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Introduction

Introduction v The beamer document class can be used to create presentations given using a projector (like this one). v Disadvantages: ▸

You need to know LATEX to use it.

v Advantages: ▸

▸ ▸

▸ ▸

Created like any other LATEX document: standard LATEX commands (like \section, \emph or \begin{itemize}) still work. Output in .pdf format – no compatibility issues. Predefined themes allow you to change the appearance of your presentation (but you can also customize it with your own layout, colours and fonts). Easy to create overlays. Easy to create support materials (handouts, lecture notes) from the same source code.

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Introduction

Introduction v The beamer document class can be used to create presentations given using a projector (like this one). v Disadvantages: ▸

You need to know LATEX to use it.

v Advantages: ▸

▸ ▸

▸ ▸

Created like any other LATEX document: standard LATEX commands (like \section, \emph or \begin{itemize}) still work. Output in .pdf format – no compatibility issues. Predefined themes allow you to change the appearance of your presentation (but you can also customize it with your own layout, colours and fonts). Easy to create overlays. Easy to create support materials (handouts, lecture notes) from the same source code.

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Introduction

Introduction v The beamer document class can be used to create presentations given using a projector (like this one). v Disadvantages: ▸

You need to know LATEX to use it.

v Advantages: ▸

▸ ▸

▸ ▸

Created like any other LATEX document: standard LATEX commands (like \section, \emph or \begin{itemize}) still work. Output in .pdf format – no compatibility issues. Predefined themes allow you to change the appearance of your presentation (but you can also customize it with your own layout, colours and fonts). Easy to create overlays. Easy to create support materials (handouts, lecture notes) from the same source code.

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Introduction

Introduction v The beamer document class can be used to create presentations given using a projector (like this one). v Disadvantages: ▸

You need to know LATEX to use it.

v Advantages: ▸

▸ ▸

▸ ▸

Created like any other LATEX document: standard LATEX commands (like \section, \emph or \begin{itemize}) still work. Output in .pdf format – no compatibility issues. Predefined themes allow you to change the appearance of your presentation (but you can also customize it with your own layout, colours and fonts). Easy to create overlays. Easy to create support materials (handouts, lecture notes) from the same source code.

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Introduction

Introduction v The beamer document class can be used to create presentations given using a projector (like this one). v Disadvantages: ▸

You need to know LATEX to use it.

v Advantages: ▸

▸ ▸

▸ ▸

Created like any other LATEX document: standard LATEX commands (like \section, \emph or \begin{itemize}) still work. Output in .pdf format – no compatibility issues. Predefined themes allow you to change the appearance of your presentation (but you can also customize it with your own layout, colours and fonts). Easy to create overlays. Easy to create support materials (handouts, lecture notes) from the same source code.

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Basic structure of a beamer document

Basic structure of a beamer document v A minimal working example of a beamer presentation: \documentclass{beamer}

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Basic structure of a beamer document

Basic structure of a beamer document v A minimal working example of a beamer presentation: \documentclass{beamer} \begin{document}

\end{document}

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Basic structure of a beamer document

Basic structure of a beamer document v A minimal working example of a beamer presentation: \documentclass{beamer} \begin{document} \begin{frame} This is the first (and the last) frame of my presentation. \end{frame} \end{document}

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Basic structure of a beamer document

Basic structure of a beamer document v A(n almost) minimal working example of a beamer presentation: \documentclass{beamer} \begin{document} \begin{frame} \frametitle{An informative frame title} This is the first (and the last) frame of my presentation. \end{frame} \end{document}

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Basic structure of a beamer document

Basic structure of a beamer document: exercise Exercise 1 v Open the file dgfs-beamer-practice.tex. v Compile it to see if it works. v Your presentation contains one frame only. Add two more frames. Give each of them a different title.

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Basic structure of a beamer document

Basic structure of a beamer document: exercise Exercise 1 v Open the file dgfs-beamer-practice.tex. v Compile it to see if it works. v Your presentation contains one frame only. Add two more frames. Give each of them a different title.

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Basic structure of a beamer document

Basic structure of a beamer document: exercise Exercise 1 v Open the file dgfs-beamer-practice.tex. v Compile it to see if it works. v Your presentation contains one frame only. Add two more frames. Give each of them a different title.

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Basic structure of a beamer document

Basic structure of a beamer document: exercise Exercise 1 v Open the file dgfs-beamer-practice.tex. v Compile it to see if it works. v Your presentation contains one frame only. Add two more frames. Give each of them a different title. Possible answer ... \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{The second frame} This is the second frame of my presentation. \end{frame} LATEX for Linguists

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Title and table of contents

Title frame v To include a title in your presentation, you need to do two things: 1. Define the title (and subtitle), author(s), affiliation(s) and date in the preamble using the following commands: \title[short title]{long title}, \subtitle[short subtitle]{long subtitle}, \author[short author]{long author}, \date[short date]{long date}, \institution[short institution]{long institution} Note 1: the short versions will be displayed in headlines/footlines. Note 2: there is no \email command! 2. Create a frame containing the \titlepage command.

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Title and table of contents

Title frame v To include a title in your presentation, you need to do two things: 1. Define the title (and subtitle), author(s), affiliation(s) and date in the preamble using the following commands: \title[short title]{long title}, \subtitle[short subtitle]{long subtitle}, \author[short author]{long author}, \date[short date]{long date}, \institution[short institution]{long institution} Note 1: the short versions will be displayed in headlines/footlines. Note 2: there is no \email command! 2. Create a frame containing the \titlepage command.

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Title and table of contents

Title frame v To include a title in your presentation, you need to do two things: 1. Define the title (and subtitle), author(s), affiliation(s) and date in the preamble using the following commands: \title[short title]{long title}, \subtitle[short subtitle]{long subtitle}, \author[short author]{long author}, \date[short date]{long date}, \institution[short institution]{long institution} Note 1: the short versions will be displayed in headlines/footlines. Note 2: there is no \email command! 2. Create a frame containing the \titlepage command.

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Title frame: exercise

Exercise 2 v Complete the missing information in the preamble of the dgfs-beamer-practice.tex file: your name, your university and the title of the presentation (note that I’ve included an additional command, \inst, which has to be used when there are several affiliations.). v At the beginning of the document, add a slide with the \titlepage command.

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Title frame: exercise

Exercise 2 v Complete the missing information in the preamble of the dgfs-beamer-practice.tex file: your name, your university and the title of the presentation (note that I’ve included an additional command, \inst, which has to be used when there are several affiliations.). v At the beginning of the document, add a slide with the \titlepage command.

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Title and table of contents

Title frame: exercise Possible answer \documentclass{beamer} \author[Zaleska et al.]{Joanna Zaleska\inst{1} \and Noam Chomsky\inst{2}} \institute[Leipzig and MIT]{ \inst{1}University of Leipzig \and \inst{2}Massachusetts Institute of Technology} \title[First presentation]{My first presentation in beamer} \date[3 Mar 2015]{DGfS Doktorandenforum, 3 March 2015} \begin{document} ...

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Title and table of contents

Title frame: exercise Possible answer \documentclass{beamer} \author[Zaleska et al.]{Joanna Zaleska\inst{1} \and Noam Chomsky\inst{2}} \institute[Leipzig and MIT]{ \inst{1}University of Leipzig \and \inst{2}Massachusetts Institute of Technology} \title[First presentation]{My first presentation in beamer} \date[3 Mar 2015]{DGfS Doktorandenforum, 3 March 2015} \begin{document} \begin{frame} \titlepage \end{frame} LATEX for Linguists

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Title and table of contents

Table of contents v Like in other LATEX classes the \tableofcontents command generates a list of all the sections (and subsections) in your document. v In beamer, the table of contents contains clickable links that take you to the beginning of a given (sub)section. v The \section{section name} and \subsection{subsection name} commands are given between the frames. These commands do not generate any text on the slides. Rather, they add an entry to the table of contents (and to the navigation bars if your presentation has them). v The \section*{section name} command only adds an entry in the navigation bars but not in the table of contents.

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Table of contents: exercise

Exercise 3 v In dgfs-beamer-practice.tex create a section that contains your three frames (but not the title frame). Call the section My first frames. v Create a subsection for the first of the three frames. Call it Frame created by the teacher. v Create a subsection for the remaining two frames. Call it Frames created by me. v Create a new frame, titled Outline after the title frame. Put the \tableofcontents command in this frame. v Compile the code twice.

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Table of contents: exercise

Exercise 3 v In dgfs-beamer-practice.tex create a section that contains your three frames (but not the title frame). Call the section My first frames. v Create a subsection for the first of the three frames. Call it Frame created by the teacher. v Create a subsection for the remaining two frames. Call it Frames created by me. v Create a new frame, titled Outline after the title frame. Put the \tableofcontents command in this frame. v Compile the code twice.

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Table of contents: exercise

Exercise 3 v In dgfs-beamer-practice.tex create a section that contains your three frames (but not the title frame). Call the section My first frames. v Create a subsection for the first of the three frames. Call it Frame created by the teacher. v Create a subsection for the remaining two frames. Call it Frames created by me. v Create a new frame, titled Outline after the title frame. Put the \tableofcontents command in this frame. v Compile the code twice.

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Table of contents: exercise

Exercise 3 v In dgfs-beamer-practice.tex create a section that contains your three frames (but not the title frame). Call the section My first frames. v Create a subsection for the first of the three frames. Call it Frame created by the teacher. v Create a subsection for the remaining two frames. Call it Frames created by me. v Create a new frame, titled Outline after the title frame. Put the \tableofcontents command in this frame. v Compile the code twice.

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Table of contents: exercise

Exercise 3 v In dgfs-beamer-practice.tex create a section that contains your three frames (but not the title frame). Call the section My first frames. v Create a subsection for the first of the three frames. Call it Frame created by the teacher. v Create a subsection for the remaining two frames. Call it Frames created by me. v Create a new frame, titled Outline after the title frame. Put the \tableofcontents command in this frame. v Compile the code twice.

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Table of contents: exercise Answer ... \end{frame}

\begin{frame} \frametitle{The first frame} This is the first frame of my presentation. \end{frame}

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Table of contents: exercise Answer ... \end{frame}

\section{My first frames}

\begin{frame} \frametitle{The first frame} This is the first frame of my presentation. \end{frame}

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Table of contents: exercise Answer ... \end{frame}

\section{My first frames} \subsection{Frame created by the teacher} \begin{frame} \frametitle{The first frame} This is the first frame of my presentation. \end{frame}

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Table of contents: exercise Answer ... \end{frame}

\section{My first frames} \subsection{Frame created by the teacher} \begin{frame} \frametitle{The first frame} This is the first frame of my presentation. \end{frame} \subsection{Frame created by me} ... LATEX for Linguists

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Table of contents: exercise Answer ... \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{Outline} \tableofcontents \end{frame} \section{My first frames} \subsection{Frame created by the teacher} \begin{frame} \frametitle{The first frame} This is the first frame of my presentation. \end{frame} \subsection{Frame created by me} ... LATEX for Linguists

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Blocks and columns

Blocks, alert blocks and example blocks v Beamer offers several ways to structure your frames. v One is an environment for typesetting a block of text with a heading: Block \begin{block}{Title} ... \end{block}

v The title field is obligatory but it may be left empty. This will generate a block with no title. v There are other block types with their own colour scheme (their exact appearance depends on the theme used). Example block

Alert block

\begin{exampleblock}{Title} ... \end{exampleblock}

\begin{alertblock}{Title} ... \end{alertblock}

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Blocks and columns

Blocks, alert blocks and example blocks v Beamer offers several ways to structure your frames. v One is an environment for typesetting a block of text with a heading: Block \begin{block}{Title} ... \end{block}

v The title field is obligatory but it may be left empty. This will generate a block with no title. v There are other block types with their own colour scheme (their exact appearance depends on the theme used). Example block

Alert block

\begin{exampleblock}{Title} ... \end{exampleblock}

\begin{alertblock}{Title} ... \end{alertblock}

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Blocks and columns

Blocks, alert blocks and example blocks v Beamer offers several ways to structure your frames. v One is an environment for typesetting a block of text with a heading: Block \begin{block}{Title} ... \end{block}

v The title field is obligatory but it may be left empty. This will generate a block with no title. v There are other block types with their own colour scheme (their exact appearance depends on the theme used). Example block

Alert block

\begin{exampleblock}{Title} ... \end{exampleblock}

\begin{alertblock}{Title} ... \end{alertblock}

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Blocks: exercise Exercise 4 v In one of the frames you creates in the dgfs-beamer-practice.tex file, create two blocks: one example block and one alert block. v Title both blocks. Put one line of text in the first block and two lines of text in the second block.

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Blocks and columns

Blocks: exercise Exercise 4 v In one of the frames you creates in the dgfs-beamer-practice.tex file, create two blocks: one example block and one alert block. v Title both blocks. Put one line of text in the first block and two lines of text in the second block.

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Blocks: exercise Exercise 4 v In one of the frames you creates in the dgfs-beamer-practice.tex file, create two blocks: one example block and one alert block. v Title both blocks. Put one line of text in the first block and two lines of text in the second block. Possible answer \begin{exampleblock}{Block 1: example block} One line of text. \end{exampleblock} \begin{alertblock}{Block 2: alert block} First line of text.\\Second line of text. \end{alertblock} LATEX for Linguists

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Columns

v To structure your frame, you can also split (a part of ) it into multiple columns. v To do this, use the columns environment: \begin{columns} ... \end{columns} v To begin a new column, use \column{width}, e.g. \column{0.4\textwidth}

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Columns

v To structure your frame, you can also split (a part of ) it into multiple columns. v To do this, use the columns environment: \begin{columns} ... \end{columns} v To begin a new column, use \column{width}, e.g. \column{0.4\textwidth}

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Columns: exercise

Exercise 5 v Put the two blocks you created in the previous exercise into two columns of equal width. v You may notice that the columns are misaligned. To fix this, add [t] to the \begin{columns} command. This will cause the first lines of the two columns to be aligned.

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Columns: exercise

Exercise 5 v Put the two blocks you created in the previous exercise into two columns of equal width. v You may notice that the columns are misaligned. To fix this, add [t] to the \begin{columns} command. This will cause the first lines of the two columns to be aligned.

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Blocks and columns

Columns: exercise Possible answer \begin{columns} \column{0.5\textwidth} \begin{exampleblock}{Block 1: example block} One line of text. \end{exampleblock} \column{0.5\textwidth} \begin{alertblock}{Block 2: alert block} First line of text.\\Second line of text. \end{alertblock} \end{columns}

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Blocks and columns

Columns: exercise Possible answer \begin{columns}[t] \column{0.5\textwidth} \begin{exampleblock}{Block 1: example block} One line of text. \end{exampleblock} \column{0.5\textwidth} \begin{alertblock}{Block 2: alert block} First line of text.\\Second line of text. \end{alertblock} \end{columns}

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Overlays

The \pause command

v To focus the audience’s attention on the information that is currently being discussed, you can show parts of the frame incrementally, that is, create overlays. v The easiest way to do it is to use the \pause command between the parts that you want to show separately. v If you use the \pause command somewhere in a frame, only the text on the frame up to the \pause command is shown on the first slide. On the second slide, everything is shown up to the second \pause, and so forth. v This is an illustration of the \pause command.

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Overlays

The \pause command

v To focus the audience’s attention on the information that is currently being discussed, you can show parts of the frame incrementally, that is, create overlays. v The easiest way to do it is to use the \pause command between the parts that you want to show separately. v If you use the \pause command somewhere in a frame, only the text on the frame up to the \pause command is shown on the first slide. On the second slide, everything is shown up to the second \pause, and so forth. v This is an illustration of the \pause command.

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The \pause command

v To focus the audience’s attention on the information that is currently being discussed, you can show parts of the frame incrementally, that is, create overlays. v The easiest way to do it is to use the \pause command between the parts that you want to show separately. v If you use the \pause command somewhere in a frame, only the text on the frame up to the \pause command is shown on the first slide. On the second slide, everything is shown up to the second \pause, and so forth. v This is an illustration of the \pause command.

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Overlays

The \pause command

v To focus the audience’s attention on the information that is currently being discussed, you can show parts of the frame incrementally, that is, create overlays. v The easiest way to do it is to use the \pause command between the parts that you want to show separately. v If you use the \pause command somewhere in a frame, only the text on the frame up to the \pause command is shown on the first slide. On the second slide, everything is shown up to the second \pause, and so forth. v This is an illustration of the \pause command.

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Overlays

The \pause command

v To focus the audience’s attention on the information that is currently being discussed, you can show parts of the frame incrementally, that is, create overlays. v The easiest way to do it is to use the \pause command between the parts that you want to show separately. v If you use the \pause command somewhere in a frame, only the text on the frame up to the \pause command is shown on the first slide. On the second slide, everything is shown up to the second \pause, and so forth. v This is an illustration of the \pause command.

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Overlays

The \pause command

v To focus the audience’s attention on the information that is currently being discussed, you can show parts of the frame incrementally, that is, create overlays. v The easiest way to do it is to use the \pause command between the parts that you want to show separately. v If you use the \pause command somewhere in a frame, only the text on the frame up to the \pause command is shown on the first slide. On the second slide, everything is shown up to the second \pause, and so forth. v This is an illustration of the \pause command.

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Overlays

The \pause command

v To focus the audience’s attention on the information that is currently being discussed, you can show parts of the frame incrementally, that is, create overlays. v The easiest way to do it is to use the \pause command between the parts that you want to show separately. v If you use the \pause command somewhere in a frame, only the text on the frame up to the \pause command is shown on the first slide. On the second slide, everything is shown up to the second \pause, and so forth. v This is an illustration of the \pause command.

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The \pause command

v To focus the audience’s attention on the information that is currently being discussed, you can show parts of the frame incrementally, that is, create overlays. v The easiest way to do it is to use the \pause command between the parts that you want to show separately. v If you use the \pause command somewhere in a frame, only the text on the frame up to the \pause command is shown on the first slide. On the second slide, everything is shown up to the second \pause, and so forth. v This is an illustration of the \pause command.

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The \pause command

v To focus the audience’s attention on the information that is currently being discussed, you can show parts of the frame incrementally, that is, create overlays. v The easiest way to do it is to use the \pause command between the parts that you want to show separately. v If you use the \pause command somewhere in a frame, only the text on the frame up to the \pause command is shown on the first slide. On the second slide, everything is shown up to the second \pause, and so forth. v This is an illustration of the \pause command.

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The \pause command: exercise

Exercise 6 v Make the second line of text in the alert block you created appear after the first line has been shown.

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The \pause command: exercise

Exercise 6 v Make the second line of text in the alert block you created appear after the first line has been shown. Possible answer \begin{alertblock}{Block 2: alert block} First line of text.\\\pause Second line of text. \end{alertblock}

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Overlay specifications

v For more fine-grained control over what is shown on each slide, you can add overlay specifications to certain commands. v Overlay specifications are given in pointy brackets: <>. A command with an overlay specification will only take effect on the slides mentioned in the specification, for example: ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸

<3>: on slide 3. <2->: from slide 2 on. <2-4>: from slide 2 to slide 4. <-2,4-5,7->: on all slides except slides 3 and 6.

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Overlay specifications

v Adding overlay specifications to evironments will make the whole environment appear on the specified slides only, e.g. ▸ ▸

\begin{block}<3>{...} displays the block on slide 3. \begin{columns}<2->{...} displays the columns from slide 2 on.

v Adding [<+->] to the itemize environment will make the items appear in a stepwise fashion. v You can also add overlay specifications to certain commands, e.g. ▸ ▸ ▸

\item<3>{...} displays the item on slide 3. \column<2->{...} displays the column from slide 2 on. \includegraphics<-3>[...]{...} displays the image up to slide 3.

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Overlay specifications

v Adding overlay specifications to evironments will make the whole environment appear on the specified slides only, e.g. ▸ ▸

\begin{block}<3>{...} displays the block on slide 3. \begin{columns}<2->{...} displays the columns from slide 2 on.

v Adding [<+->] to the itemize environment will make the items appear in a stepwise fashion. v You can also add overlay specifications to certain commands, e.g. ▸ ▸ ▸

\item<3>{...} displays the item on slide 3. \column<2->{...} displays the column from slide 2 on. \includegraphics<-3>[...]{...} displays the image up to slide 3.

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Overlay specifications

v Adding overlay specifications to evironments will make the whole environment appear on the specified slides only, e.g. ▸ ▸

\begin{block}<3>{...} displays the block on slide 3. \begin{columns}<2->{...} displays the columns from slide 2 on.

v Adding [<+->] to the itemize environment will make the items appear in a stepwise fashion. v You can also add overlay specifications to certain commands, e.g. ▸ ▸ ▸

\item<3>{...} displays the item on slide 3. \column<2->{...} displays the column from slide 2 on. \includegraphics<-3>[...]{...} displays the image up to slide 3.

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Overlay specifications: exercise Exercise 7 v Make the alert block appear from slide 2 on.

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Overlay specifications: exercise Exercise 7 v Make the alert block appear from slide 2 on.

. Possible answer \begin{alertblock}<2->{Block 2: alert block} First line of text.\\\pause Second line of text. \end{alertblock}

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Overlay specifications: exercise Exercise 7 v Make the alert block appear from slide 2 on. v Notice that when the block is displayed it contains both lines of text. This is because the \pause command doesn’t read the overlay counter. All it know is “I am the first \pause command on this frame! That is, everything that follows me should appear from slide 2 on!” To make the second line appear later, use \pause[number]. Possible answer \begin{alertblock}<2->{Block 2: alert block} First line of text.\\\pause Second line of text. \end{alertblock}

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Overlay specifications: exercise Exercise 7 v Make the alert block appear from slide 2 on. v Notice that when the block is displayed it contains both lines of text. This is because the \pause command doesn’t read the overlay counter. All it know is “I am the first \pause command on this frame! That is, everything that follows me should appear from slide 2 on!” To make the second line appear later, use \pause[number]. Possible answer \begin{alertblock}<2->{Block 2: alert block} First line of text.\\\pause[3] Second line of text. \end{alertblock}

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Overlay specifications and text formatting

v When you add an overlay specification to a command responsible for text formatting, the text wil only be formatted on the specified slide(s): ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸

\emph<2>{text}: The text will be emphasized on slide 2. \textbf<3>{text}: The text will be set in boldface on slide 3. \textit<4>{text}: The text will be italicized on slide 4. \alert<5>{text}: The text will be highlighted on slide 5. {\color<6>{purple}text}: The text will be purple on slide 6. \structure<7>{text}: The text will be marked as part of the structure on slide 7.

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Overlay specifications and text formatting

v When you add an overlay specification to a command responsible for text formatting, the text wil only be formatted on the specified slide(s): ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸

\emph<2>{text}: The text will be emphasized on slide 2. \textbf<3>{text}: The text will be set in boldface on slide 3. \textit<4>{text}: The text will be italicized on slide 4. \alert<5>{text}: The text will be highlighted on slide 5. {\color<6>{purple}text}: The text will be purple on slide 6. \structure<7>{text}: The text will be marked as part of the structure on slide 7.

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Overlay specifications and text formatting

v When you add an overlay specification to a command responsible for text formatting, the text wil only be formatted on the specified slide(s): ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸

\emph<2>{text}: The text will be emphasized on slide 2. \textbf<3>{text}: The text will be set in boldface on slide 3. \textit<4>{text}: The text will be italicized on slide 4. \alert<5>{text}: The text will be highlighted on slide 5. {\color<6>{purple}text}: The text will be purple on slide 6. \structure<7>{text}: The text will be marked as part of the structure on slide 7.

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Overlay specifications and text formatting

v When you add an overlay specification to a command responsible for text formatting, the text wil only be formatted on the specified slide(s): ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸

\emph<2>{text}: The text will be emphasized on slide 2. \textbf<3>{text}: The text will be set in boldface on slide 3. \textit<4>{text}: The text will be italicized on slide 4. \alert<5>{text}: The text will be highlighted on slide 5. {\color<6>{purple}text}: The text will be purple on slide 6. \structure<7>{text}: The text will be marked as part of the structure on slide 7.

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Overlay specifications and text formatting

v When you add an overlay specification to a command responsible for text formatting, the text wil only be formatted on the specified slide(s): ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸

\emph<2>{text}: The text will be emphasized on slide 2. \textbf<3>{text}: The text will be set in boldface on slide 3. \textit<4>{text}: The text will be italicized on slide 4. \alert<5>{text}: The text will be highlighted on slide 5. {\color<6>{purple}text}: The text will be purple on slide 6. \structure<7>{text}: The text will be marked as part of the structure on slide 7.

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Overlay specifications and text formatting

v When you add an overlay specification to a command responsible for text formatting, the text wil only be formatted on the specified slide(s): ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸

\emph<2>{text}: The text will be emphasized on slide 2. \textbf<3>{text}: The text will be set in boldface on slide 3. \textit<4>{text}: The text will be italicized on slide 4. \alert<5>{text}: The text will be highlighted on slide 5. {\color<6>{purple}text}: The text will be purple on slide 6. \structure<7>{text}: The text will be marked as part of the structure on slide 7.

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Overlay specifications and text formatting

v When you add an overlay specification to a command responsible for text formatting, the text wil only be formatted on the specified slide(s): ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸

\emph<2>{text}: The text will be emphasized on slide 2. \textbf<3>{text}: The text will be set in boldface on slide 3. \textit<4>{text}: The text will be italicized on slide 4. \alert<5>{text}: The text will be highlighted on slide 5. {\color<6>{purple}text}: The text will be purple on slide 6. \structure<7>{text}: The text will be marked as part of the structure on slide 7.

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Overlay specifications and text formatting: exercise Exercise 8 v Find the following lines of code in the dgfs-beamer-practice.tex file and remove them. Then re-compile the file. %––––––––––––––––CUT HERE (1)––––––––––––––––% \end{document} %––––––––––––––––CUT HERE (1)–––––––––––––––-% v The frame titled The fourth frame contains a list. Make the items on this list appear in a stepwise fashion. v There are three sentences below the list. Make them true.

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Overlay specifications and text formatting: exercise Exercise 8 v Find the following lines of code in the dgfs-beamer-practice.tex file and remove them. Then re-compile the file. %––––––––––––––––CUT HERE (1)––––––––––––––––% \end{document} %––––––––––––––––CUT HERE (1)–––––––––––––––-% v The frame titled The fourth frame contains a list. Make the items on this list appear in a stepwise fashion. v There are three sentences below the list. Make them true.

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Overlay specifications and text formatting: exercise Exercise 8 v Find the following lines of code in the dgfs-beamer-practice.tex file and remove them. Then re-compile the file. %––––––––––––––––CUT HERE (1)––––––––––––––––% \end{document} %––––––––––––––––CUT HERE (1)–––––––––––––––-% v The frame titled The fourth frame contains a list. Make the items on this list appear in a stepwise fashion. v There are three sentences below the list. Make them true.

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Overlay specifications and text formatting: exercise

Answer \begin{itemize}[<+->] \item Item 1 \item Item 2 \item Item 3 \end{itemize} This line is set in boldface on slides 5-6.\\ This line is highlighted on slides 4 and 6. This line is green on slide 7.\\

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Overlay specifications and text formatting: exercise

Answer \begin{itemize}[<+->] \item Item 1 \item Item 2 \item Item 3 \end{itemize} \textbf<5-6>{This line is set in boldface on slides 5-6.}\\ This line is highlighted on slides 4 and 6. This line is green on slide 7.\\

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Overlay specifications and text formatting: exercise

Answer \begin{itemize}[<+->] \item Item 1 \item Item 2 \item Item 3 \end{itemize} \textbf<5-6>{This line is set in boldface on slides 5-6.}\\ \alert<4,6>{This line is highlighted on slides 4 and 6.}\\ This line is green on slide 7.\\

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Overlay specifications and text formatting: exercise

Answer \begin{itemize}[<+->] \item Item 1 \item Item 2 \item Item 3 \end{itemize} \textbf<5-6>{This line is set in boldface on slides 5-6.}\\ \alert<4,6>{This line is highlighted on slides 4 and 6.}\\ {\color<7>{green}This line is green on slide 7.}\\

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Special overlay commands v Beamer also has commands that have special overlay specifications (which affect the text within the brackets): The text is only shown on slide 2. On nonspecified slides, it still occupies space but is not shown or is shown as semitransparent (depending on the transparency settings of the presentation). \only<3>{text} The is only shown on slide 3. On nonspecified slides, it occupies no space. \visible<4>{text} The is only shown on slide 4. On nonspecified slides, it still occupies space but it is never shown. \invisible<5>{text} The text is not shown on slide 5 (though it still occupies space). and more... \uncover<2>{text}

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Special overlay commands v Beamer also has commands that have special overlay specifications (which affect the text within the brackets): The text is only shown on slide 2. On nonspecified slides, it still occupies space but is not shown or is shown as semitransparent (depending on the transparency settings of the presentation). \only<3>{text} The is only shown on slide 3. On nonspecified slides, it occupies no space. \visible<4>{text} The is only shown on slide 4. On nonspecified slides, it still occupies space but it is never shown. \invisible<5>{text} The text is not shown on slide 5 (though it still occupies space). and more... \uncover<2>{text}

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Special overlay commands v Beamer also has commands that have special overlay specifications (which affect the text within the brackets): The text is only shown on slide 2. On nonspecified slides, it still occupies space but is not shown or is shown as semitransparent (depending on the transparency settings of the presentation). \only<3>{text} The text is only shown on slide 3. On nonspecified slides, it occupies no space. \visible<4>{text} The is only shown on slide 4. On nonspecified slides, it still occupies space but it is never shown. \invisible<5>{text} The text is not shown on slide 5 (though it still occupies space). and more... \uncover<2>{text}

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Special overlay commands v Beamer also has commands that have special overlay specifications (which affect the text within the brackets): The text is only shown on slide 2. On nonspecified slides, it still occupies space but is not shown or is shown as semitransparent (depending on the transparency settings of the presentation). \only<3>{text} The is only shown on slide 3. On nonspecified slides, it occupies no space. \visible<4>{text} The text is only shown on slide 4. On nonspecified slides, it still occupies space but it is never shown. \invisible<5>{text} The text is not shown on slide 5 (though it still occupies space). and more... \uncover<2>{text}

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Special overlay commands v Beamer also has commands that have special overlay specifications (which affect the text within the brackets): The text is only shown on slide 2. On nonspecified slides, it still occupies space but is not shown or is shown as semitransparent (depending on the transparency settings of the presentation). \only<3>{text} The is only shown on slide 3. On nonspecified slides, it occupies no space. \visible<4>{text} The is only shown on slide 4. On nonspecified slides, it still occupies space but it is never shown. is not shown on slide 5 (though \invisible<5>{text} The it still occupies space). and more... \uncover<2>{text}

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Graphics

Including graphics

v If you use beamer with pdflatex (you do), you can use graphic files with the extensions .pdf, .jpg, .jpeg and .png. v Add them to your presentation by invoking the \includegraphics[scale=xx]{imagename} command (you will also need to put \usepackage{graphicx} in the preamble). Do not include file extensions. v The size of beamer slides is 128x96mm. You may need to scale your images accordingly!

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Graphics

Overlay specifications: exercise Exercise 9 v Add another frame at the end of your file. v Include the igra.pdf image (located in the images folder). Make it 7cm wide.

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Overlay specifications: exercise Exercise 9 v Add another frame at the end of your file. v Include the igra.pdf image (located in the images folder). Make it 7cm wide. Possible answer \begin{frame} \frametitle{The fifth frame} \includegraphics[width=7cm]{images/igra} \end{frame}

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Themes and colours

Presentation themes v To change the appearance of your presentation, you may select one of predefined themes. Presentation themes dictate the appearance of every single detail of a presentation. v Install a theme using the \usetheme{theme name} command. v Available themes: ▸

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Without navigation bar: default, Bergen, Boadilla, Madrid, AnnArbor, CambridgeUS, EastLansing, Pittsburgh, Rochester With a treelike navigation bar: Antibes, JuanLesPins, Montpellier. With a TOC sidebar: Berkeley, PaloAlto, Goettingen, Marburg, Hannover With a mini frame navigation: Berlin, Ilmenau, Darmstadt, Dresden, Frankfurt, Singapore, Szeged With section and subsection titles: Copenhagen, Luebeck, Malmoe, Warsaw

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Themes and colours

Presentation themes: exercise

Exercise 10 v Install any theme in your presentation.

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Presentation themes: exercise

Exercise 10 v Install any theme in your presentation. Possible answer \documentclass{beamer} \usetheme{Warsaw}

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Themes and colours

Other themes

v If you don’t like the default settings of a given presentation theme, you may override them, using themes that define one aspect of the presentation’s appearance. Those are: ▸

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Inner themes, which specify how certain elements of a presentation are typeset. This includes all enumerations, itemize environments, block environments, theorem environments and the table of contents. Outer themes, which specify what the “outside” or “border” of the presentation slides should look like (headlines, footlines, navigation bar, etc.). Colour themes, which dictate which colours are used in the presentation. Font themes, which dictate which fonts or font attributes are used.

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Inner and outer themes

v Command: \useinnertheme{} v Predefined themes: default, circles, rectangles, rounded, shadow, inmargin v Command: \useouthertheme{} v Predefined themes: default, infolines, miniframes, smoothbars, sidebar, split, shadow, tree, smoothtree

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Colour themes

v Command: \usecolortheme{} v Predefined complete colour themes: default, albatross, beetle, crane, dove, fly, monarca, seagull, wolverine, beaver, spruce v Predefined inner colour themes: lily, orchid, rose v Predefined outer colour themes: whale, seahorse, dolphin

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Themes and colours

Font themes

v Command: \usefonttheme{} v Predefined themes: default, professionalfonts, serif, structurebold, structureitalicserif, structuresmallcapsserif

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Creating support materials

Printing slides without overlays

v If you try to print a presentation that has overlays, each overlay slide will be printed separately. To create a version of your presentation with no overlays simply add the handout option to the document class, i.e. the first line of your file should be \documentclass[handout]{beamer}.

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Creating support materials

Making proper handouts v Another option is to convert your presentation to the article class. To do this, you will need to: 1. Change the document class to article (i.e. the first line should be minimally something like documentclass[a4paper]{article}). 2. Load the beamerarticle package (\usepackage{beamerarticle}). This package defines almost all of beamer’s commands in a way that can be understood by the article class. 3. Replace the \titlepage command in the title frame with the \maketitle command. 4. To suppres frame titles, add \mode<article> {\setbeamertemplate{frametitle}{}} to the preamble.

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Creating support materials

Making proper handouts v Another option is to convert your presentation to the article class. To do this, you will need to: 1. Change the document class to article (i.e. the first line should be minimally something like documentclass[a4paper]{article}). 2. Load the beamerarticle package (\usepackage{beamerarticle}). This package defines almost all of beamer’s commands in a way that can be understood by the article class. 3. Replace the \titlepage command in the title frame with the \maketitle command. 4. To suppres frame titles, add \mode<article> {\setbeamertemplate{frametitle}{}} to the preamble.

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Creating support materials

Making proper handouts v Another option is to convert your presentation to the article class. To do this, you will need to: 1. Change the document class to article (i.e. the first line should be minimally something like documentclass[a4paper]{article}). 2. Load the beamerarticle package (\usepackage{beamerarticle}). This package defines almost all of beamer’s commands in a way that can be understood by the article class. 3. Replace the \titlepage command in the title frame with the \maketitle command. 4. To suppres frame titles, add \mode<article> {\setbeamertemplate{frametitle}{}} to the preamble.

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Creating support materials

Making proper handouts v Another option is to convert your presentation to the article class. To do this, you will need to: 1. Change the document class to article (i.e. the first line should be minimally something like documentclass[a4paper]{article}). 2. Load the beamerarticle package (\usepackage{beamerarticle}). This package defines almost all of beamer’s commands in a way that can be understood by the article class. 3. Replace the \titlepage command in the title frame with the \maketitle command. 4. To suppres frame titles, add \mode<article> {\setbeamertemplate{frametitle}{}} to the preamble.

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Making proper handouts v Another option is to convert your presentation to the article class. To do this, you will need to: 1. Change the document class to article (i.e. the first line should be minimally something like documentclass[a4paper]{article}). 2. Load the beamerarticle package (\usepackage{beamerarticle}). This package defines almost all of beamer’s commands in a way that can be understood by the article class. 3. Replace the \titlepage command in the title frame with the \maketitle command. 4. To suppres frame titles, add \mode<article> {\setbeamertemplate{frametitle}{}} to the preamble.

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Making handouts: exercise

Homework :-) v Make a copy of the dgfs-beamer-practice.tex file. Name it dgfs-beamer-practice-article.tex v Convert the new file to an article-like handout.

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Where to find out more?

Some useful documents v Beamer user guide (245 page long!): http://www.ctan.org/texarchive/macros/latex/contrib/beamer/doc/beameruserguide.pdf v Beamer theme matrix (illustrating different theme and colour combinations): https://www.hartwork.org/beamer-theme-matrix/ v Beamer appearance cheat sheet (very useful for customizing the appearance of your presentation): http://www.cpt.univmrs.fr/ masson/latex/Beamer-appearance-cheat-sheet.pdf v Beamer template for a 20-minute presentation: conference-ornate-20min.en.tex on your computer. v Beamer template for a 2-minute presentation: speaker_introduction-ornate-2min.en.tex on your computer.

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Part II Creating posters The tikzposter document class

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Outline

1. Introduction 2. Options for the document class 3. Title matter 4. Blocks 5. Columns and subcolumns 6. Block objects 7. Notes 8. Modifying the appearance of the poster 9. Where to find out more?

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Introduction

Introduction

v The tikzposter document class can be used to format and create scientific posters in the .pdf format. v It uses the drawing package TikZ to generate poster layout. v A poster contains a series of blocks in a sequence of aligned columns.

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Options for the document class

Basic options for the document class

v To use tikzposter, begin the document with \documentclass[options]{tikzposter} v Some useful options: ▸ ▸ ▸

Font size: 12pt, 14pt, 17pt, 20pt, 25pt Paper size: a0paper, a1paper, a2paper Orientation: landscape, portrait

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Options for the document class

Basic options for the document class: exercise

Exercise 1 v Open the file dgfs-tikzposter-practice.tex. v Compile it to see if it works. v Change the poster’s size to A1, its orientation to portrait and the font size to 20pt.

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Basic options for the document class: exercise

Exercise 1 v Open the file dgfs-tikzposter-practice.tex. v Compile it to see if it works. v Change the poster’s size to A1, its orientation to portrait and the font size to 20pt.

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Basic options for the document class: exercise

Exercise 1 v Open the file dgfs-tikzposter-practice.tex. v Compile it to see if it works. v Change the poster’s size to A1, its orientation to portrait and the font size to 20pt.

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Basic options for the document class: exercise

Exercise 1 v Open the file dgfs-tikzposter-practice.tex. v Compile it to see if it works. v Change the poster’s size to A1, its orientation to portrait and the font size to 20pt. Answer \documentclass[20pt, a0paper, landscape]{tikzposter}

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Title matter

The title: basic options

v Information for the title is defined in the usual manner, using \author{}, \institute{} and \title{}. v There is an additional option \titlegraphic{} for inserting your university’s logo. v The title is created using the \maketitle command

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Title matter

More complicated titles

Problems with the title block 8 The title block is obligatory. Omitting it causes formatting errors. 8 The \and command (used to separate two or more authors) doesn’t work. To include more than two authors you can either... ▸ ▸

... simply treat them as one very long author or... ... redefine the title matter using the \settitle{} command (see the appendix for the code I use to generate a poster that has two separate authors).

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Title matter

The title: exercise Exercise 2 v In the dgfs-tikzposter-practice.tex file, change the author name to your own. v Change the institution name to yours. v Remove the IGRA logo from the title block.

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Title matter

The title: exercise Exercise 2 v In the dgfs-tikzposter-practice.tex file, change the author name to your own. v Change the institution name to yours. v Remove the IGRA logo from the title block.

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Title matter

The title: exercise Exercise 2 v In the dgfs-tikzposter-practice.tex file, change the author name to your own. v Change the institution name to yours. v Remove the IGRA logo from the title block.

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Title matter

The title: exercise Exercise 2 v In the dgfs-tikzposter-practice.tex file, change the author name to your own. v Change the institution name to yours. v Remove the IGRA logo from the title block. Answer \title{My first poster} \institution{Your institution goes here} \author{Your name goes here} \titlegraphic{\includegraphics{images/igra}}

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Blocks

Blocks: the basics

v The command \block[options]{title }{text } creates a block of the width of the page (or column/subcolumn). v If the {title } field is left empty, the block will have no title. v The contents of the {text } field are displayed in the body of the block. v Each further block is displayed below the previous ones.

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Blocks

Blocks: exercise

Exercise 3 v In the dgfs-tikzposter-practice.tex file there are 3 blocks. Create two more blocks after the existing ones.

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Blocks

Blocks: exercise

Exercise 3 v In the dgfs-tikzposter-practice.tex file there are 3 blocks. Create two more blocks after the existing ones. Answer \block{}{This is the content of the third block.\\This block does not have a title.} \block{Block 4}{This is could be the 1st of your 2 blocks.} \block{Block 5}{This is could be the 2nd of your 2 blocks.}

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Columns and subcolumns

Columns and subcolumns: basic options

v To put the blocks into 2 or more columns, use the columns environment (\begin{columns}...\end{columns}). v To begin a new column, use \column{width} (e.g. \column{0.4}). The sum of the column widths should not exceed 1. v To create columns within columns, use the subcolumns environment (\begin{subcolumns}...\end{subcolumns}) and the \subcolumn{width} command. The width of the subcolumns is relative to the width of the matrix column.

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Columns and subcolumns

Columns and subcolumns: exercises Exercise 4 v You now have 5 blocks. Put them in two columns so that... ▸

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... the first column takes up 35% of the poster’s width and contains the first two blocks and... ... the second column fills the remaining space and contains the last three blocks.

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Columns and subcolumns

Columns and subcolumns: exercises Exercise 4 v You now have 5 blocks. Put them in two columns so that... ▸

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... the first column takes up 35% of the poster’s width and contains the first two blocks and... ... the second column fills the remaining space and contains the last three blocks.

Answer

\block{Block 1}{...} \block{Block 2}{...} \block{Block 3}{...} \block{Block 4}{...} \block{Block 5}{...}

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Columns and subcolumns

Columns and subcolumns: exercises Exercise 4 v You now have 5 blocks. Put them in two columns so that... ▸

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... the first column takes up 35% of the poster’s width and contains the first two blocks and... ... the second column fills the remaining space and contains the last three blocks.

Answer \begin{columns} \block{Block 1}{...} \block{Block 2}{...} \block{Block 3}{...} \block{Block 4}{...} \block{Block 5}{...} \end{columns} LATEX for Linguists

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Columns and subcolumns: exercises Exercise 4 v You now have 5 blocks. Put them in two columns so that... ▸

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... the first column takes up 35% of the poster’s width and contains the first two blocks and... ... the second column fills the remaining space and contains the last three blocks.

Answer \begin{columns} \column{0.35} \block{Block 1}{...} \block{Block 2}{...} \column{0.65} \block{Block 3}{...} \block{Block 4}{...} \block{Block 5}{...} \end{columns} LATEX for Linguists

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Columns and subcolumns

Columns and subcolumns: exercises Exercise 5 v Now put blocks 4 and 5 into two subcolumns of equal width.

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Columns and subcolumns

Columns and subcolumns: exercises Exercise 5 v Now put blocks 4 and 5 into two subcolumns of equal width. Answer \block{Block 3}{...}

\block{Block 4}{...} \block{Block 5}{...} \end{columns}

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Columns and subcolumns

Columns and subcolumns: exercises Exercise 5 v Now put blocks 4 and 5 into two subcolumns of equal width. Answer \block{Block 3}{...} \begin{subcolumns} \block{Block 4}{...} \block{Block 5}{...} \end{subcolumns} \end{columns}

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Columns and subcolumns

Columns and subcolumns: exercises Exercise 5 v Now put blocks 4 and 5 into two subcolumns of equal width. Answer \block{Block 3}{...} \begin{subcolumns} \subcolumn{0.5} \block{Block 4}{...} \subcolumn{0.5} \block{Block 5}{...} \end{subcolumns} \end{columns}

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Block objects

Inner blocks, coloured boxes and figures v There are three types of special objects that can be placed inside blocks. These are: ▸

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Inner blocks (blocks within blocks), generated by the command \innerblock[options]{heading}{text}. Coloured boxes (for emphasizing parts of the block body) called by the command \coloredbox[options]{text} Figures (for illustrations/trees/tables with captions). Because the standard figure environment doesn’t work in tikzposter, you have to use the tikzfigure environment: \begin{tikzfigure}[Caption of the figure] \label{fig:fig1} Figure \end{tikzfigure}

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Block objects

Inner blocks, coloured boxes and figures v There are three types of special objects that can be placed inside blocks. These are: ▸

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Inner blocks (blocks within blocks), generated by the command \innerblock[options]{heading}{text}. Coloured boxes (for emphasizing parts of the block body) called by the command \coloredbox[options]{text} Figures (for illustrations/trees/tables with captions). Because the standard figure environment doesn’t work in tikzposter, you have to use the tikzfigure environment: \begin{tikzfigure}[Caption of the figure] \label{fig:fig1} Figure \end{tikzfigure}

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Block objects

Inner blocks, coloured boxes and figures v There are three types of special objects that can be placed inside blocks. These are: ▸

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Inner blocks (blocks within blocks), generated by the command \innerblock[options]{heading}{text}. Coloured boxes (for emphasizing parts of the block body) called by the command \coloredbox[options]{text} Figures (for illustrations/trees/tables with captions). Because the standard figure environment doesn’t work in tikzposter, you have to use the tikzfigure environment: \begin{tikzfigure}[Caption of the figure] \label{fig:fig1} Figure \end{tikzfigure}

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Block objects

Inner blocks, coloured boxes and figures v There are three types of special objects that can be placed inside blocks. These are: ▸

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Inner blocks (blocks within blocks), generated by the command \innerblock[options]{heading}{text}. Coloured boxes (for emphasizing parts of the block body) called by the command \coloredbox[options]{text} Figures (for illustrations/trees/tables with captions). Because the standard figure environment doesn’t work in tikzposter, you have to use the tikzfigure environment: \begin{tikzfigure}[Caption of the figure] \label{fig:fig1} Figure \end{tikzfigure}

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Block objects

Inner blocks, coloured boxes and figures v There are three types of special objects that can be placed inside blocks. These are: ▸

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Inner blocks (blocks within blocks), generated by the command \innerblock[options]{heading}{text}. Coloured boxes (for emphasizing parts of the block body) called by the command \coloredbox[options]{text} Figures (for illustrations/trees/tables with captions). Because the standard figure environment doesn’t work in tikzposter, you have to use the tikzfigure environment: \begin{tikzfigure}[Caption of the figure] \label{fig:fig1} Figure \end{tikzfigure}

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Block objects

Block objects: exercise (?) Exercise 6 v To see what inner blocks, coloured boxes and figures look like, find the following lines of code in the dgfs-tikzposter-practice.tex file and remove them. Then re-compile the file. %––––––––––––––––CUT HERE (1)––––––––––––––––% \end{document} %––––––––––––––––CUT HERE (1)–––––––––––––––-%

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Block objects

Block objects: exercise (?) Exercise 6 v To see what inner blocks, coloured boxes and figures look like, find the following lines of code in the dgfs-tikzposter-practice.tex file and remove them. Then re-compile the file. %––––––––––––––––CUT HERE (1)––––––––––––––––% \end{document} %––––––––––––––––CUT HERE (1)–––––––––––––––-% Answer That wasn’t an exercise really, was it?

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Notes

Notes: basic options v Notes are smaller objects associated with blocks that can be used to comment on specific points in the block. v They are created with the \note[options]{contents } command. v Some useful options are... ▸

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... targetoffsetx, targetoffsety: by default, the note places a “target” in the centre of the block. These two options can be used to shift the target (positive values result in a shift right/upwards and negative values in a shift left/downwards). ... width: width of the note. ... rotate: rotation angle for the entire note.

v A sample note: \note[targetoffsetx=1cm, targetoffsety=-2cm, width=6cm, rotate=45]{This is a note}

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Notes

Notes: basic options v Notes are smaller objects associated with blocks that can be used to comment on specific points in the block. v They are created with the \note[options]{contents } command. v Some useful options are... ▸

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... targetoffsetx, targetoffsety: by default, the note places a “target” in the centre of the block. These two options can be used to shift the target (positive values result in a shift right/upwards and negative values in a shift left/downwards). ... width: width of the note. ... rotate: rotation angle for the entire note.

v A sample note: \note[targetoffsetx=1cm, targetoffsety=-2cm, width=6cm, rotate=45]{This is a note}

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Notes: basic options v Notes are smaller objects associated with blocks that can be used to comment on specific points in the block. v They are created with the \note[options]{contents } command. v Some useful options are... ▸

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... targetoffsetx, targetoffsety: by default, the note places a “target” in the centre of the block. These two options can be used to shift the target (positive values result in a shift right/upwards and negative values in a shift left/downwards). ... width: width of the note. ... rotate: rotation angle for the entire note.

v A sample note: \note[targetoffsetx=1cm, targetoffsety=-2cm, width=6cm, rotate=45]{This is a note}

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Notes

Notes: exercises Exercise 7 v Find the following code in the dgfs-tikzposter-practice.tex file and remove it. Then re-compile the file. %––––––––––––––––CUT HERE (2)–––––––––––––––-% \end{document} %––––––––––––––––CUT HERE (2)–––––––––––––––-% v You should see a new block with two notes attached to it. Move the note linked to the word “THIS” so that it connects to the word “THAT”.

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Notes

Notes: exercises Exercise 7 v Find the following code in the dgfs-tikzposter-practice.tex file and remove it. Then re-compile the file. %––––––––––––––––CUT HERE (2)–––––––––––––––-% \end{document} %––––––––––––––––CUT HERE (2)–––––––––––––––-% v You should see a new block with two notes attached to it. Move the note linked to the word “THIS” so that it connects to the word “THAT”.

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Notes

Notes: exercises Exercise 7 v Find the following code in the dgfs-tikzposter-practice.tex file and remove it. Then re-compile the file. %––––––––––––––––CUT HERE (2)–––––––––––––––-% \end{document} %––––––––––––––––CUT HERE (2)–––––––––––––––-% v You should see a new block with two notes attached to it. Move the note linked to the word “THIS” so that it connects to the word “THAT”. Possible answer \note[targetoffsetx=-4cm, targetoffsety=-.5cm, angle=300, connection, radius=8cm]{This is a note \\with some additional information} LATEX for Linguists

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Notes

Notes: exercises

Exercise 8 v Make the second note 7cm wide and rotated by 45○ .

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Notes

Notes: exercises

Exercise 8 v Make the second note 7cm wide and rotated by 45○ . Answer \note[targetoffsetx=10cm, rotate=45, roundedcorners=50, width=7cm]{This is another note}

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Modifying the appearance of the poster

Themes

v If you don’t like the default appearance of your poster, tikzposter provides many options that allow you to change the shape and colours of each of its elements. v One way to change the appearance of your poster is to use a predefined layout theme by means of the \usetheme{layout style} command. v The predefined themes are Default, Rays, Basic, Simple, Envelope, Wave, Board, Autumn and Desert. You can also create your own theme.

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Modifying the appearance of the poster

Themes: exercise

Exercise 9 v Change the theme of the dgfs-tikzposter-practice.tex poster to a different one.

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Modifying the appearance of the poster

Themes: exercise

Exercise 9 v Change the theme of the dgfs-tikzposter-practice.tex poster to a different one. Possible answer \usetheme{Envelope}

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Colour styles

v Each poster uses three basic colours. You can change the colour scheme of your poster using the \usecolors[colour palette]{colour style} command. v tikzposter includes the following colour palettes: Default, BlueGrayOrange, GreenGrayViolet, PurpleGrayBlue and BrownBlueOrange, so a sample set of options might be [colorPalette=BlueGrayOrange]. v The colour style defines which elements of your poster use which of the three basic colours. The predefined styles are Default, Australia, Britain, Sweden, Spain, Russia, Denmark and Germany.

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Modifying the appearance of the poster

Colour styles

v Each poster uses three basic colours. You can change the colour scheme of your poster using the \usecolors[colour palette]{colour style} command. v tikzposter includes the following colour palettes: Default, BlueGrayOrange, GreenGrayViolet, PurpleGrayBlue and BrownBlueOrange, so a sample set of options might be [colorPalette=BlueGrayOrange]. v The colour style defines which elements of your poster use which of the three basic colours. The predefined styles are Default, Australia, Britain, Sweden, Spain, Russia, Denmark and Germany.

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Modifying the appearance of the poster

Colour styles

v Each poster uses three basic colours. You can change the colour scheme of your poster using the \usecolors[colour palette]{colour style} command. v tikzposter includes the following colour palettes: Default, BlueGrayOrange, GreenGrayViolet, PurpleGrayBlue and BrownBlueOrange, so a sample set of options might be [colorPalette=BlueGrayOrange]. v The colour style defines which elements of your poster use which of the three basic colours. The predefined styles are Default, Australia, Britain, Sweden, Spain, Russia, Denmark and Germany.

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Colours: exercise

Exercise 10 v Change the colour style and the colour palette of the dgfs-tikzposter-practice.tex poster to different ones. v To do that, you will need to uncomment the \usecolorstyle command (that is, remove the % symbol at the beginning of the line).

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Modifying the appearance of the poster

Colours: exercise

Exercise 10 v Change the colour style and the colour palette of the dgfs-tikzposter-practice.tex poster to different ones. v To do that, you will need to uncomment the \usecolorstyle command (that is, remove the % symbol at the beginning of the line).

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Colours: exercise

Exercise 10 v Change the colour style and the colour palette of the dgfs-tikzposter-practice.tex poster to different ones. v To do that, you will need to uncomment the \usecolorstyle command (that is, remove the % symbol at the beginning of the line). Possible answer \usecolorstyle[colorPalette=BlueGrayOrange]{Russia}

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Modifying the appearance of the poster

Customizing elements of the poster v You can make individual changes to the elements of your poster using the following commands: ▸

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\usebackgroundstyle{} (Default, Rays, VerticalGradation, BottomVerticalGradation or Empty \usetitlestyle{} (Default, Basic, Envelope, Wave, VerticalShading, Filled or Empty) \useblockstyle{} (Default, Basic, Minimal, Envelope, Corner, Slide or TornOut) \usenotestyle{} (Default, Corner, VerticalShading or Sticky)

v You can also define define your own colour palette in the options of the \usecolors command, e.g. [colorOne=RawSienna, colorTwo=YellowOrange, colorThree=ForestGreen] (to use named colours, you need to add dvipsnames in the options for the document class).

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Customizing elements of the poster: exercise

Homework :-) v Make your poster pretty!

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Where to find out more?

Some useful documents v Class documentation: http://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikzposter/tikzposter.pdf v An illustration of all TikZposter themes: https://bitbucket.org/surmann/tikzposter/downloads/themes.pdf v TikZposter style and theme guide: https://bitbucket.org/surmann/tikzposter/downloads/styleguide.pdf v TikZposter template with a minimal set of inputs: tikzposter-template.tex on your computer. v TikZposter example with more extensive comments and additional options: tikzposter-example.tex on your computer. v List of named colours: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Colors

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Part III Appendix

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Appendix

Poster title with two authors

Redefining the title matter I \settitle{ \centering \vbox{ \centering \color{titlefgcolor} {\bfseries \Huge \sc \@title \par} \vspace*{1.5em} {\huge \@author \par} \vspace*{1em} {\LARGE \@institute} }} bs{}title{\parbox{\linewidth}{\centering Poster title}} \institute{ \begin{minipage}{.50\linewidth} \begin{minipage}{.30\linewidth} \center Institution 1 \end{minipage}\hfill \begin{minipage}{.40\linewidth} \center Institution 2 \end{minipage} \end{minipage} } LATEX for Linguists

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Appendix

Poster title with two authors

Redefining the title matter II \author{ \begin{minipage}{.50\linewidth} \begin{minipage}{.30\linewidth} \center Author1\vspace{-0.5em}\\{\normalsize\texttt{[email protected]}} \end{minipage}\hfill \begin{minipage}{.40\linewidth} \center Author2\vspace{-0.5em}\\{\normalsize\texttt{[email protected]}} \end{minipage} \end{minipage} } Back to title matter

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