Beamer 2 Thesis

Politecnico di Torino

Beamer2Thesis 2.1, thesis theme for Beamer

Supervisor

Mario Rossi

Candidate

Ricardo Alexandre Caetano

October 30, 2011

Introduction

I Beamer is a LATEX class that allows you to create presentationsI Beamer2Thesis is a Beamer package that allows you to create a

presentation for your thesisB with specific dedicated commandsB it uses TorinoTh, a Beamer Theme

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Ricardo Alexandre Caetano - Beamer2Thesis 2.1, thesis theme for Beamer

TorinoTh theme

I TorinoTh (TorinoThesis) is a theme which is based on Torino andextend itB Torino is a pretty theme for Beamer realized by Marco BarisioneB http://blog.barisione.org/2007-09/torino-a-pretty-theme-for-latex-

beamer/

I Names are similar because I attend, as him, the Politecnico ofTorino, but I want to emphasize the fact that TorinoTh is atheme that can be used only to realize a thesis

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http://blog.barisione.org/2007-09/torino-a-pretty-theme-for-latex-beamer/

http://blog.barisione.org/2007-09/torino-a-pretty-theme-for-latex-beamer/

TorinoTh theme

I The theme consist of:B beamercolorthemetorinoth.sty defines colors and allows you to

choose among three possible options: blue (default), green or redB beamerfontthemetorinoth.sty defines fonts usedB beamerinnerthemetorinoth.sty defines the title page and itemsB beamerouterthemetorinoth.sty defines headers and footersB beamerthemeTorinoTh.sty include all definitions

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Installation

Beamer2Thesis is distributed under:

I TeX Live

I MiKTeX

You can use, respectively, the Package Wizard for MiKTEX(Start/MiKTeX/2.9/) and the TeX Live Manager for TEXLive tosearch and install the theme. Personally, I suggest you to useTEXLive: it works for Linux, Mac and Windows. Actually, theinstallation under Linux is a bit complicated, but I have realized ashort guide that may help you

I download the guide here

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http://claudiofiandrino.altervista.org/LaTeX/texlive_on_ubuntu_guide.pdf

Installation (II)

As an alternative, Beamer2Thesis can be downloaded from mypersonal page as a zip file

I http://claudiofiandrino.altervista.org/latex projects.html

It can be installed with the standard procedure used to install acommon package: I suggest you to read a short guide I have written

I download the guide here

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http://claudiofiandrino.altervista.org/latex_projects.html

http://claudiofiandrino.altervista.org/LaTeX/package_installation.pdf

The guides

I Next slides will present all features avaiableI As examples in which different options are applied, is possible to

see the guides:B beamer2thesis.pdf is the standard english guide which uses standard

optionsB beamer2thesis ita.pdf is the italian guide with green colors

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How to read the guides

I All guides show options in general; to have a look for specificconfigurations, read each guide because in each one is reported itsown configuration state

I Every time something is declared to be default, it is possible toomit it from the configuration phase

I Every time an option is enabled by setting it with true, to disableit you can use false; for example:

secondcandidate=false

secondcandidate=true

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The configuration phase

I It is the first thing you have to declare in the document

I The general code is \usetheme[.. options ..]{TorinoTh}

I An example is:

\documentclass{beamer}

\usetheme[language=english,

titlepagelogo=logopolito,

bullet=circle,

pageofpages=of,

titleline=true,

color=blue

]{TorinoTh}

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Some general options

I The pageofpages option defines the string between the currentpage number and the total page countB the default is of

I If the titleline option is set to true, a horizontal line is drawnbelow the titleB the default is true; use false to disable

I The notshowauthor option set to true allows you to not show thename of the author in the footerB the default is false

I The titlepagelogo is the name of the principal logo: it must be a.jpg, .pdf, .png pictureB to include the logo of your University, follow the procedure explained

in the following slide

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How insert a new logo

There are several ways to do it (for people highly capable in LATEXthis is not a problem), but I suggest this method:

I download from my page the .zip file and extract it

I copy your logo into the directory of the package

I install the package in your personal tree following the guidereported in slide 6

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Other options: avaiable bullets

I The bullet option can be used to choose the symbol used in thebullet listsB square: a filled square (�) for first and third level items, an empty

square (�) for second level itemsB diamond: a filled diamond (�) for first and third level items, an

empty diamond (♦) for second level itemsB triangle: a filled triangle (I) for first and third level items, an

empty triangle (B) for second level itemsB circle: a filled circle (•) for first and third level items, an empty

circle (◦) for second level itemsB The default value is circle

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Languages

I There are two languages avaiable:B english (default)B italian

I The choice of the language implies that in the titlepage, date andlabels (Supervisor, Candidate, Relatore, Candidato) are shownwith the proper language in an automatic way

I To set the italian language, use in the configuration phase:language=italian

I If you have already set a language and you change, it may happenthat, the first time you compile, this error occurs:

! Package babel Error: You haven’t loaded the optionenglish/italian yet

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Coding

To avoid forcing an user to use the utf8x coding, this release fix thebug by introducing the coding option; possible choices you canexploit are:

I coding=utf8x (default)

I coding=utf8

I coding=latin1

An important advise: the program does not check which string youput in input; it is your matter select the right coding to satisfyrequeriments of your system.

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Second logo

I If, for some reasons, someone needs a second logo (a thesisperformed in another institute for example) an option allows youto put it in the title page

I When secondlogo is set to true, you have to use the command\titlepagesecondlogo{name-logo}: otherwise an error occurs

I As the main logo, the second logo must be a .jpg, .pdf, .pngpicture and you can insert it following the same rules explained inslide 11

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Third logo

I Eventually, if you need a third logo you can exploit the possibilityof insert it by setting the option thirdlogo to trueB the default is false

I You have to insert the picture as described for the second logoand use the command \titlepagethirdlogo{name-logo} toput the logo in the title page

I Of course, you can use this option if, and only if, the secondlogois set to true

I When there are three logos please use, as reference for thedimensions, the picture logopolito: in this way they will be aligned

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Second candidate

I It is possible that there are two candidates: the package managethis fact easilyB the first candidate is also the authorB the second candidate can be inserted with the command

\secondcandidate{name-surname} when the optionsecondcandidate is set to true

I Of course, when there are two candidates the label Candidatebecomes Candidates and Candidato become Candidati

I With two candidates, the footer changes and the author is notshown automatically (the reason is simply: show two authors plusthe title is too much long, making the footer too big)

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Supervisor and Assistant Supervisor

I To insert the supervisor you just have to use the command\rel{name-surname}

I There is also the possibility of report the Assistant supervisor:B set the option assistantsupervisor to true (default is false)B use the command \assistantsupervisor{name-surname}

I Labels are set accordingly to the language used

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Advantages and Disadvantages

Sometimes it is useful highlight advantages and disadvantages of agiven argument: instead of list them by using the standard bullet,there is the possibility of exploit two new environments (adv anddisadv). Usage:

\begin{adv}

\item

\end{adv}

\begin{disadv}

\item

\end{disadv}

In the following slide there is an example.

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Why use Beamer2Thesis

Advantages:

3 Simply to install

3 Easy to customize

3 Possibility to exploit several features

Disadvantages:

7 Difficulty with long titles

7 If you find some others, please contact me

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Finally: colors

I There are three possible choices:B blueB greenB red

I When the color is chosen setting the option color to one of thelist above, consequently headers, footers, title page, bullet andhighlightings are set accordingly

I For example: color=green

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Thanks to a suggestion and the precious help of Nicola Tuveri,Beamer2Thesis supports and automatically. You can choose yourfavourite font to further customize the presentation. I report someexamples:

[Ligatures=Common, Historical]Linux Libertine O Italic This is quite

strange! TeX Gyre Pagella Also this is strange

[ SizeFeatures= Size=-10, Font=TeX Gyre Bonum Italic,

Color=AA0000, Size=10-14, Color=00AA00, Size=14-,

Color=0000FA ]TeX Gyre Chorus How to customize fonts?

I WordI Word

I World

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: code

To realize the examples reported in the previous slide, the code is:\fontspec[Ligatures={Common, Historical}]{Linux Libertine O Italic}

\fontsize{12pt}{18pt}\selectfont This is quite strange!

\fontspec{TeX Gyre Pagella}

\selectfont{Also this is strange}\\

\fontspec{TeX Gyre Pagella}

\selectfont{How to customize fonts?}\par

\fontspec[ SizeFeatures={

{Size={-10}, Font=TeX Gyre Bonum Italic, Color=AA0000},

{Size={10-14}, Color=00AA00},

{Size={14-}, Color=0000FA}}]{TeX Gyre Chorus}

\begin{itemize}

\item {\LARGE Word}

\item Word

\item {\tiny World}

\end{itemize}

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Block

Beamer allows to use the block environment: it is very useful in someapplications. For example:

Why use Beamer2Thesis? Advantages

3 Simply to install

3 Easy to customize


Why use Beamer2Thesis? Disadvantages



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Block

Beamer allows to use the block environment: it is very useful in someapplications. For example:

Why use Beamer2Thesis? Advantages

3 Simply to install

3 Easy to customize


Why use Beamer2Thesis? Disadvantages



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Block: code

The previous slide has been realized as:

\begin{block}<1->{Why use Beamer2Thesis? Advantages}

\begin{adv}

\item Simply to install

\item Easy to customize

\item Possibility to exploit several features

\end{adv}

\end{block}

\begin{block}<2->{Why use Beamer2Thesis? Disadvantages}

\begin{disadv}

\item Difficulty with long titles

\item If you find some others, please contact me

\end{disadv}

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Block: code (II)

More in general, Beamer provide three block environments:

I block

I alertblock

I exampleblock

To have more details, not only on this argument, I suggest to readthe beameruserguide.

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http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/beamer/doc/beameruserguide.pdf

Configuration

I The configuration of the standard theme is:B language=englishB coding=utf8xB titlepagelogo=name-of-the-logoB bullet=circleB pageofpages=ofB titleline=trueB color=blueB secondcandidate=falseB secondlogo=false

I Most of them, actually everyone except the titlepagelogo, can beomitted if there are no modifications

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Behavior of alerts

Each color theme requires different colors to highlight words. Toinsert alerts by using the itemize environment, you can exploit:

\begin{itemize}

\item<+-| alert@+> Apple

\item<+-| alert@+> Peach

\end{itemize}

For example:

I Apple

I Peach

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Behavior of alerts

Each color theme requires different colors to highlight words. Toinsert alerts by using the itemize environment, you can exploit:

\begin{itemize}

\item<+-| alert@+> Apple

\item<+-| alert@+> Peach

\end{itemize}

For example:

I Apple

I Peach

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Another way to highlight words

If you want to highlight your text out of the enviroment itemize,Beamer2Thesis offers you the following possibilities:

I the standard command \alert{text}: it simply highlights yourtext

I the command \highlight{text}: it highlights your text settingit in italic

I the command \highlightbf{text}: it highlights your textsetting it in bold

Of course, the color used, is set accordingly to your choice in theconfiguration phase.

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The output

The pdf generated, has automatically, some properties:I the titleI the name of the authorI the subject:

B Thesis Presentation by using the english languageB Presentazione Tesi di Laurea by using the italian language

This is possible thanks to the available options of hyperref. To createreferences in the text, use:I \label{name-reference} in the starting pointI \ref{name-reference} in the point you want to show the

referenceI \href{url}{name-url} to specify web addresses

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Suggestions

I To realize a frame it is possible use the environment frame withtop (t), center (c) or bottom (b) alignment: I suggest you to usethe top alignment; this is the basic code:\begin{frame}[t]{title-of-the-frame}

text

\end{frame}

I To make things easier, it has been introduced a new environmentwhich is able to have the top property property intrinsic:\begin{tframe}{title-of-the-frame}

text

\end{tframe}

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Suggestions (II)

I To realize the titlepage with all options, it has been introducedthe command \titlepageframeB Of course, it is also possible to use the standard approach

\begin{frame}[plain]

\titlepage

\end{frame}B In this case do not provide a title for the frame

I If you have to insert some code using verbatim or listings do notexploit tframe environment, but:\begin{frame}[t,fragile]{title-of-the-frame}

\verb!code!

\end{frame}

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On Facebook

The relevance of Facebook is known to everybody: due to thisreason, you can find:

I the group Beamer2Thesis

I the page Beamer2Thesis

In this way you can post your comments, hints, suggestion andquestions in more familiar way. Morevoer, you can find furtherexamples.

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https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/beamer2thesis/

https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Beamer2Thesis/112814205489099

History

Here are shortly reported the main features of the releases:I basic version (2011-01-17):

B colors, second logo, second candidate, tframe environment, titleline,bullets, languages, separator string for slide numeration;

I release 2.0:B third logo, assistant supervisor, new ways to highlight, new

command for the titlepage, new enviroments adv and disadv, andsupport, block;

I release 2.1:B coding option.

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Thanks

I would like to thank people that, with precious hints, help me:I Alessio CalifanoI Alessio SannaI Luca De Villa PaluI Mariano Dave GrazianoI Giovanna TurvaniI Mattia StefanoI Nicola TuveriI Giuliana Galati

A special thank to Claudio Beccari for very precise comments on thefirst version.

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Beamer 2 Thesis

Documents

thesis theme

pretty theme

standardoptionsb beamer2thesis

presentationsi beamer2thesis

italian guide

guide here6

guide here5

ashort guide