Writing Beamer presentations in org-mode

Table of Contents

1 Introduction

1.1 Overview

  • org-mode template
  • beamer structure
  • beamer settings

2 Methodology

2.1 A simple slide

This slide consists of some text with a number of bullet points:

  • the first, very @important@, point!
  • the previous point shows the use of the special markup which translates to the Beamer specific alert command for highlighting text.

The above list could be numbered or any other type of list and may include sub-lists.

2.2 A more complex slide

This slide illustrates the use of Beamer blocks. The following text, with its own headline, is displayed in a block:

2.2.1 Org mode increases productivity    B_theorem

  • org mode means not having to remember \LaTeX commands.
  • it is based on ascii text which is inherently portable.
  • Emacs!

\hfill \(\qed\)

2.3 Two columns

2.3.1 A block    B_ignoreheading BMCOL

  • this slide consists of two columns
  • the first (left) column has no heading and consists of text
  • the second (right) column has an image and is enclosed in an @example@ block

2.3.2 A screenshot    BMCOL B_example

../../images/org-beamer/a-simple-slide.png

2.4 Babel

2.4.1 Octave code    BMCOL B_block

A = [1 2 ; 3 4]
b = [1; 1];
x = A\b

2.4.2 The output    BMCOL B_block

A =

   1   2
   3   4

x =

  -1
   1

3 Conclusions

3.1 Summary

  • org is an incredible tool for time management
  • @but@ it is also excellent for writing and for preparing presentations
  • Beamer is a very powerful \LaTeX{} package for presentations
  • the combination is unbeatable!

Documentation from the http://orgmode.org/worg/ website (either in its HTML format or in its Org format) is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License version 1.3 or later. The code examples and css stylesheets are licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later.