Basic presentations with LaTeX Beamer

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Nov 8, 2007 8:19 PM EDT
Linux.com; By Bruce Byfield
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Since slide shows are graphical themselves, most people associate them with GUI programs. Yet you can build slide shows just as effectively with some of the simplest and oldest of GNU/Linux tools. A case in point is LaTeX Beamer, which adds extensions to the classic LaTeX typesetting program to produce PDF presentations. Although LaTeX Beamer is capable of considerable complexity, you need to know surprisingly little in order to produce a slide show.

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But there is a GUI for Beamer... mvermeer 6 9,201 Nov 13, 2007 6:54 AM

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