Re: What is beamer?
On Wed, 4 May 2005, samar wrote: I am enclosing a sample file. which uses Lyx with a lot of ERT. Even then it saves a lot of typing using Lyx. I have not used Harvard Graphics so one cant really compare but Beamer does give a very nice, slightly unusual presentation, very quickly and easily for the average Lyx user. To use this sample file as some sort of template one would need to have a background Jpeg which is called samartv05.jpg in this file, which becomes the background for each slide. Have had to exclude this from this posting due to size of file. It should be pretty dark else change the color scheme to something else in the preamble. Of course, using the Acrobat viewer is pretty important in this case. How about uploading this example to http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/Beamer ? /Christian PS. Just let me know if you run into any problems trying to upload it. -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
Re: What is beamer?
On Wed, 4 May 2005, samar wrote: I am enclosing a sample file. which uses Lyx with a lot of ERT. Even then it saves a lot of typing using Lyx. I have not used Harvard Graphics so one cant really compare but Beamer does give a very nice, slightly unusual presentation, very quickly and easily for the average Lyx user. To use this sample file as some sort of template one would need to have a background Jpeg which is called samartv05.jpg in this file, which becomes the background for each slide. Have had to exclude this from this posting due to size of file. It should be pretty dark else change the color scheme to something else in the preamble. Of course, using the Acrobat viewer is pretty important in this case. How about uploading this example to http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/Beamer ? /Christian PS. Just let me know if you run into any problems trying to upload it. -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
Re: What is beamer?
On Wed, 4 May 2005, samar wrote: > I am enclosing a sample file. which uses Lyx with a lot of ERT. Even > then it saves a lot of typing using Lyx. I have not used Harvard > Graphics so one cant really compare but Beamer does give a very nice, > slightly unusual presentation, very quickly and easily for the average > Lyx user. > > To use this sample file as some sort of template one would need to have > a background Jpeg which is called samartv05.jpg in this file, which > becomes the background for each slide. Have had to exclude this from > this posting due to size of file. It should be pretty dark else change > the color scheme to something else in the preamble. > > Of course, using the Acrobat viewer is pretty important in this case. How about uploading this example to http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/Beamer ? /Christian PS. Just let me know if you run into any problems trying to upload it. -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
Re: What is beamer?
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, What is beamer? SteveT If you ever used Harvard Graphics, it is more or less the same philosophy. The LyX interface is very clunky, I found it easier to write my presentation directly in LaTeX. Cheers, Charles -- http://www.kde-france.org
Re: What is beamer?
On 5/4/05, Charles de Miramon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is beamer? If you ever used Harvard Graphics, it is more or less the same philosophy. The LyX interface is very clunky, I found it easier to write my presentation directly in LaTeX. I have used both ways (LaTeX directly and LyX) for writing my presentions and I have no doubt that it is easier (at least to me) to do it with LyX. Paul
Re: What is beamer?
Thanks Paul Subject: Re: What is beamer? On 5/4/05, Charles de Miramon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is beamer? If you ever used Harvard Graphics, it is more or less the same philosophy. The LyX interface is very clunky, I found it easier to write my presentation directly in LaTeX. I have used both ways (LaTeX directly and LyX) for writing my presentions and I have no doubt that it is easier (at least to me) to do it with LyX. Paul I am enclosing a sample file. which uses Lyx with a lot of ERT. Even then it saves a lot of typing using Lyx. I have not used Harvard Graphics so one cant really compare but Beamer does give a very nice, slightly unusual presentation, very quickly and easily for the average Lyx user. To use this sample file as some sort of template one would need to have a background Jpeg which is called samartv05.jpg in this file, which becomes the background for each slide. Have had to exclude this from this posting due to size of file. It should be pretty dark else change the color scheme to something else in the preamble. Of course, using the Acrobat viewer is pretty important in this case. samar BeamerPrsntn.lyx Description: Binary data
Re: What is beamer?
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, What is beamer? SteveT If you ever used Harvard Graphics, it is more or less the same philosophy. The LyX interface is very clunky, I found it easier to write my presentation directly in LaTeX. Cheers, Charles -- http://www.kde-france.org
Re: What is beamer?
On 5/4/05, Charles de Miramon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is beamer? If you ever used Harvard Graphics, it is more or less the same philosophy. The LyX interface is very clunky, I found it easier to write my presentation directly in LaTeX. I have used both ways (LaTeX directly and LyX) for writing my presentions and I have no doubt that it is easier (at least to me) to do it with LyX. Paul
Re: What is beamer?
Thanks Paul Subject: Re: What is beamer? On 5/4/05, Charles de Miramon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is beamer? If you ever used Harvard Graphics, it is more or less the same philosophy. The LyX interface is very clunky, I found it easier to write my presentation directly in LaTeX. I have used both ways (LaTeX directly and LyX) for writing my presentions and I have no doubt that it is easier (at least to me) to do it with LyX. Paul I am enclosing a sample file. which uses Lyx with a lot of ERT. Even then it saves a lot of typing using Lyx. I have not used Harvard Graphics so one cant really compare but Beamer does give a very nice, slightly unusual presentation, very quickly and easily for the average Lyx user. To use this sample file as some sort of template one would need to have a background Jpeg which is called samartv05.jpg in this file, which becomes the background for each slide. Have had to exclude this from this posting due to size of file. It should be pretty dark else change the color scheme to something else in the preamble. Of course, using the Acrobat viewer is pretty important in this case. samar BeamerPrsntn.lyx Description: Binary data
Re: What is beamer?
Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > What is beamer? > > SteveT > If you ever used Harvard Graphics, it is more or less the same philosophy. The LyX interface is very clunky, I found it easier to write my presentation directly in LaTeX. Cheers, Charles -- http://www.kde-france.org
Re: What is beamer?
On 5/4/05, Charles de Miramon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What is beamer? > > If you ever used Harvard Graphics, it is more or less the same philosophy. > The LyX interface is very clunky, I found it easier to write my > presentation directly in LaTeX. I have used both ways (LaTeX directly and LyX) for writing my presentions and I have no doubt that it is easier (at least to me) to do it with LyX. Paul
Re: What is beamer?
Thanks Paul Subject: Re: What is beamer? On 5/4/05, Charles de Miramon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is beamer? If you ever used Harvard Graphics, it is more or less the same philosophy. The LyX interface is very clunky, I found it easier to write my presentation directly in LaTeX. I have used both ways (LaTeX directly and LyX) for writing my presentions and I have no doubt that it is easier (at least to me) to do it with LyX. Paul I am enclosing a sample file. which uses Lyx with a lot of ERT. Even then it saves a lot of typing using Lyx. I have not used Harvard Graphics so one cant really compare but Beamer does give a very nice, slightly unusual presentation, very quickly and easily for the average Lyx user. To use this sample file as some sort of template one would need to have a background Jpeg which is called samartv05.jpg in this file, which becomes the background for each slide. Have had to exclude this from this posting due to size of file. It should be pretty dark else change the color scheme to something else in the preamble. Of course, using the Acrobat viewer is pretty important in this case. samar BeamerPrsntn.lyx Description: Binary data
What is beamer?
Hi all, What is beamer? SteveT Steve Litt Author: * Universal Troubleshooting Process courseware * Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist * Rapid Learning: Secret Weapon of the Successful Technologist Webmaster * Troubleshooters.Com * http://www.troubleshooters.com
Re: What is beamer?
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, What is beamer? latex-beamer.sf.net quote The beamer class is a LaTeX class that allows you to create a beamer presentation. It can also be used to create slides. It behaves similarly to other packages like Prosper, but has the advantage that it works together directly with pdflatex, but also with dvips. /quote Personally, I think that it produces fantastic looking presentations (as PDF files --- use with Adobe acroread in full screen mode). You can do pretty much everything you can do with powerpoint, but the result is o, so much nicer. The docs are great, the author is fantastic at responding to user queries and there is some (clunky) support for it in LyX. Did I say I like it? :) -- Angus
Re: What is beamer?
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, What is beamer? SteveT Steve Litt Author: * Universal Troubleshooting Process courseware * Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist * Rapid Learning: Secret Weapon of the Successful Technologist Webmaster * Troubleshooters.Com * http://www.troubleshooters.com It is a document class for preparing screen presentations in pdf format. Anand
Re: What is beamer?
Is it possible for some one to share a small presentation file(.lyx) using beamer. Thanks, Subir On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, R S Ananda Murthy wrote: Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, What is beamer? SteveT Steve Litt Author: * Universal Troubleshooting Process courseware * Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist * Rapid Learning: Secret Weapon of the Successful Technologist Webmaster * Troubleshooters.Com * http://www.troubleshooters.com It is a document class for preparing screen presentations in pdf format. Anand -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson or B. Franklin or both...)
Re: What is beamer?
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005, Subir Singh Lamba wrote: Is it possible for some one to share a small presentation file(.lyx) using beamer. Please go to this page http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/Beamer and upload examples using Beamer to that page. regards Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
What is beamer?
Hi all, What is beamer? SteveT Steve Litt Author: * Universal Troubleshooting Process courseware * Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist * Rapid Learning: Secret Weapon of the Successful Technologist Webmaster * Troubleshooters.Com * http://www.troubleshooters.com
Re: What is beamer?
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, What is beamer? latex-beamer.sf.net quote The beamer class is a LaTeX class that allows you to create a beamer presentation. It can also be used to create slides. It behaves similarly to other packages like Prosper, but has the advantage that it works together directly with pdflatex, but also with dvips. /quote Personally, I think that it produces fantastic looking presentations (as PDF files --- use with Adobe acroread in full screen mode). You can do pretty much everything you can do with powerpoint, but the result is o, so much nicer. The docs are great, the author is fantastic at responding to user queries and there is some (clunky) support for it in LyX. Did I say I like it? :) -- Angus
Re: What is beamer?
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, What is beamer? SteveT Steve Litt Author: * Universal Troubleshooting Process courseware * Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist * Rapid Learning: Secret Weapon of the Successful Technologist Webmaster * Troubleshooters.Com * http://www.troubleshooters.com It is a document class for preparing screen presentations in pdf format. Anand
Re: What is beamer?
Is it possible for some one to share a small presentation file(.lyx) using beamer. Thanks, Subir On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, R S Ananda Murthy wrote: Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, What is beamer? SteveT Steve Litt Author: * Universal Troubleshooting Process courseware * Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist * Rapid Learning: Secret Weapon of the Successful Technologist Webmaster * Troubleshooters.Com * http://www.troubleshooters.com It is a document class for preparing screen presentations in pdf format. Anand -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson or B. Franklin or both...)
Re: What is beamer?
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005, Subir Singh Lamba wrote: Is it possible for some one to share a small presentation file(.lyx) using beamer. Please go to this page http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/Beamer and upload examples using Beamer to that page. regards Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
What is beamer?
Hi all, What is beamer? SteveT Steve Litt Author: * Universal Troubleshooting Process courseware * Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist * Rapid Learning: Secret Weapon of the Successful Technologist Webmaster * Troubleshooters.Com * http://www.troubleshooters.com
Re: What is beamer?
Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > What is beamer? latex-beamer.sf.net The beamer class is a LaTeX class that allows you to create a beamer presentation. It can also be used to create slides. It behaves similarly to other packages like Prosper, but has the advantage that it works together directly with pdflatex, but also with dvips. Personally, I think that it produces fantastic looking presentations (as PDF files --- use with Adobe acroread in full screen mode). You can do pretty much everything you can do with powerpoint, but the result is o, so much nicer. The docs are great, the author is fantastic at responding to user queries and there is some (clunky) support for it in LyX. Did I say I like it? :) -- Angus
Re: What is beamer?
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, What is beamer? SteveT Steve Litt Author: * Universal Troubleshooting Process courseware * Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist * Rapid Learning: Secret Weapon of the Successful Technologist Webmaster * Troubleshooters.Com * http://www.troubleshooters.com It is a document class for preparing screen presentations in pdf format. Anand
Re: What is beamer?
Is it possible for some one to share a small presentation file(.lyx) using beamer. Thanks, Subir On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, R S Ananda Murthy wrote: > Steve Litt wrote: > > >Hi all, > > > >What is beamer? > > > >SteveT > > > >Steve Litt > >Author: > > * Universal Troubleshooting Process courseware > > * Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist > > * Rapid Learning: Secret Weapon of the Successful Technologist > >Webmaster > > * Troubleshooters.Com > > * http://www.troubleshooters.com > > > > > > > It is a document class for preparing screen presentations in pdf format. > > Anand > -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson or B. Franklin or both...)
Re: What is beamer?
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005, Subir Singh Lamba wrote: > > Is it possible for some one to share a small presentation file(.lyx) using > beamer. Please go to this page http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/Beamer and upload examples using Beamer to that page. regards Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
