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% slate-blocks — skeleton.
%
% ./check.sh build twice, report overflows
% ./check.sh demo build the filled-out sample instead
%
% pdfLaTeX or XeLaTeX; either works. Nothing here loads a font by filename.
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\documentclass[xcolor=dvipsnames, aspectratio=1610]{beamer}
% Stock beamer themes. Madrid gives the footer, miniframes the row of section
% dots along the top, circles the itemize bullets.
\usetheme{Madrid}
\useoutertheme{miniframes}
\useinnertheme{circles}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\input{style}
% The watermark: the cover photograph on every slide at 6.7%. Comment out to
% drop it.
\slateWatermark{figures/background.png}
% --- the title page's five fields ---------------------------------------------
\renewcommand{\slateTitle} {\large\textbf{\textrm{The title of the talk}}}
\renewcommand{\slateSubTitle} {\small\textrm{What kind of talk it is}}
\renewcommand{\slateAuthor} {Given Family}
\renewcommand{\slateAffiliate}{Your institution, City, Country}
% --- and beamer's own, for the footer and the navigation row ------------------
\title[Short title]{The title of the talk}
\subtitle{What kind of talk it is}
\author[Family]{Given Family}
\institute[Short]{Your institution}
\date{\today}
\begin{document}
% [plain] so the footer and the navigation row stay off the cover.
\begin{frame}[plain]
\slatetitlepage
\end{frame}
\section{\textsc{A first section}}
\begin{frame}{\textsc{A page of prose}}
\begin{itemize}
\item A point, stated in a sentence. \textbf{Bold} carries the term the
point turns on.
\item A second point.
\end{itemize}
\vspace{2.5mm}
\begin{columns}[T]
\begin{column}{0.48\linewidth}
\begin{ExampleBox}
Blocks are named, and each has its own hue. This one is the theme
colour itself.
\end{ExampleBox}
\end{column}
\begin{column}{0.48\linewidth}
\begin{CommentBox}
The seven are defined at the foot of \texttt{style.tex}. Rename them
into your own language there.
\end{CommentBox}
\end{column}
\end{columns}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}{\textsc{Revealing a page in steps}}
% \onslide<n-> is the deck's own pacing: each point appears when it is
% spoken. It costs one PDF page per step, so a 16-frame deck becomes 80.
\begin{itemize}
\onslide<1->{\item The first point, visible from the start.}
\onslide<2->{\item The second, on the next click.}
\onslide<3->{\item The third.}
\end{itemize}
\onslide<4->{
\begin{ProposalBox}
And a block, last.
\end{ProposalBox}}
\end{frame}
% -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
% SWOT. \swot takes the four quadrants; the axes and the mixing are in the
% style file. Keep the contents short — the grid gives each quadrant a quarter
% of the slide, and four lines is what fits.
% -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
\begin{frame}{A SWOT grid}
\swot
{\scriptsize a strength, and a second one}
{\scriptsize a weakness}
{\scriptsize an opportunity, and a second}
{\scriptsize a threat}
\end{frame}
\end{document}
