BEAMER appearance cheat sheet (from version 3.

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Parent-child relations of Beamers elements (colors, fonts, templates) are indicated by successive indentations.
More information can be found in the official documentation: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/beamer/doc/beameruserguide.pdf.

Beamers Colors
Use \setbeamercolor{template name }{key=value list } to change a Beamers color.
Keys are: fg, bg, parent, use. Use the color syntax of the xcolor package.

Structure of the presentation Bibliography title in sidebar item projected

Color palettes bibliography entry author author in sidebar subitem projected
palette primary bibliography entry title Navigation bars subsubitem projected
palette secondary bibliography entry location mini frame subitem
palette tertiary bibliography entry note section in head/foot subsubitem
palette quaternary bibliography item subsection in head/foot Highlighting
palette sidebar primary Note page subsubsection in head/foot structure
palette sidebar secondary note page Navigation symbols local structure
palette sidebar tertiary Structure of a frame navigation symbols alerted text
palette sidebar quaternary Blocks environments
Background Logo
Global definitions logo block title
background canvas
normal text block body
background Elements of a frame
titlelike block title alerted
separation line Headlines and footlines Frame title block body alerted
fine separation line headline
frametitle example text
footline
Title page frametitle right block title example
page number in head/foot
title page framesubtitle block body example
separation line
titlelike frametitle continuation Theorem environments
upper separation line head
title titlelike
middle separation line head qed symbol
subtitle
lower separation line head Abstract
Figures and tables
author abstract
upper separation line foot caption
institute abstract title
middle separation line foot caption name
date Hyperlinks and buttons
lower separation line foot
Part, section, subsection pages Verse, quotations and quotes
author in head/foot button
part page verse
title in head/foot button border
section page quotation
date in head/foot Lists
subsection page quote
institute in head/foot itemize item
Table of contents Sidebars Footnotes
itemize subitem
section in toc sidebar itemize subsubitem footnote
subsection in toc sidebar left enumerate item footnote mark
subsubsection in toc sidebar right enumerate subitem Mathematics
section in toc shaded section in sidebar enumerate subsubitem math text
subsection in toc shaded section in sidebar shaded enumerate mini template math text inlined
subsubsection in toc shaded subsection in sidebar description item math text displayed
section number projected subsubsection in sidebar item normal text in math text

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 Beamers Fonts
Use \setbeamerfont{template name }{key=value list } to change a Beamers font.
Keys are: family, series, shape, size, parent.

Structure of the presentation Note page Logo subsubitem projected

Global definitions note page logo subitem
subsubitem
projected text Structure of a frame Elements of a frame
Title page Highlighting
Background Frame title
title page background canvas structure
frametitle
title background tiny structure
framesubtitle
subtitle alerted text
Headlines and footlines frametitle continuation
author Blocks environments
institute headline Abstract
footline abstract block title
date
page number in head/foot abstract title block body
Part, section, subsection pages block title alerted
part page Sidebars Hyperlinks and buttons
sidebar block body alerted
section page button block title example
subsection page sidebar left
sidebar right Lists block body example
Table of contents itemize item
section in sidebar Theorem environments
section in toc itemize subitem
section in sidebar shaded qed symbol
subsection in toc itemize subsubitem
subsection in sidebar
subsubsection in toc enumerate item Figures and tables
subsubsection in sidebar
section in toc shaded enumerate subitem caption
title in sidebar
subsection in toc shaded enumerate subsubitem caption name
author in sidebar
subsubsection in toc shaded enumerate mini template
Navigation bars Verse, quotations and quotes
section number projected itemize/enumerate body
mini frame verse
Bibliography itemize/enumerate subbody
section in head/foot quotation
bibliography entry author itemize/enumerate subsubbody
subsection in head/foot quote
bibliography entry title description item
subsubsection in head/foot Footnotes
bibliography entry location item
bibliography entry note Navigation symbols item projected footnote
bibliography item navigation symbols subitem projected footnote mark

Beamers Sizes
Use \setbeamersize{size name=dim} to change a Beamers size.
The geometry of the page is given by the geometry package.

text margin left sidebar width left description width mini frame size
text margin right sidebar width right description width of miniframe offset

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 Beamers Templates
Use \setbeamertemplate{template name }{your definition } to change a Beamers template.
The definition is some LATEX code which can use any of the \insert... commands given below.

Structure of the presentation Headlines and footlines Elements of a frame Blocks environments
Title page headline Frame title blocks
title page footline frametitle block begin
Sidebars frametitle continuation block end
Part, section, subsection pages
sidebar left block alerted begin
part page Abstract
sidebar right block alerted end
section page abstract title block example begin
subsection page sidebar canvas left abstract begin
sidebar canvas right block example end
Table of contents abstract end
section in sidebar Theorem environments
sections/subsections in toc Hyperlinks and buttons qed symbol
section in sidebar shaded
section in toc button theorems
subsection in sidebar
subsection in toc Lists theorem begin
subsection in sidebar shaded
subsubsection in toc items theorem end
subsubsection in sidebar
sections/subsections in toc shaded itemize items
subsubsection in sidebar shaded Figures and tables
section in toc shaded itemize item
Navigation bars caption
subsection in toc shaded itemize subitem
mini frames caption label separator
subsubsection in toc shaded itemize subsubitem
mini frame Verse, quotations and quotes
Bibliography enumerate items
mini frame in current subsection verse begin
bibliography entry author enumerate item verse end
mini frame in other subsection
bibliography entry title enumerate subitem quotation begin
section in head/foot
bibliography entry location enumerate subsubitem quotation end
section in head/foot shaded
bibliography entry note enumerate mini template quote begin
subsection in head/foot
bibliography item itemize/enumerate body begin quote end
subsection in head/foot shaded
Note page itemize/enumerate body end
subsubsection in head/foot Footnotes
note page description item
subsubsection in head/foot shaded footnote TCF
Highlighting
Structure of a frame Navigation symbols Article mode
structure begin
Background navigation symbols
structure end Frame structure
background canvas Logo alerted text begin frame begin
background logo alerted text end frame end

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 Insert-like Commands
These commands can be used to compose templates.
Possible mandatory and optional arguments are omitted, see the official documentation.

Structure of the presentation \insertdate \insertpartheadnumber Hyperlinks and buttons

Page and frame numbering \insertshortdate \insertsubsectionhead \insertbuttontext
\insertpagenumber \inserttitlegraphic \insertsubsectionheadnumber \insertgotosymbol
Part, section, subsection data \insertsubsubsectionhead \insertskipsymbol
\insertdocumentstartpage
\insertpart \insertsubsubsectionheadnumber \insertreturnsymbol
\insertdocumentendpage
\insertpresentationstartpage \insertshortpart Navigation bars Lists
\insertpresentationendpage \insertpartnumber \insertnavigation \insertenumlabel
\insertpartromannumber \insertsectionnavigation \insertsubenumlabel
\insertpartstartpage \insertsectionnavigationhorizontal
\insertsection \insertsubsubenumlabel
\insertpartendpage \insertsubsectionnavigation
\insertsubsection \insertenumlabel
\insertsectionstartpage \insertsubsectionnavigationhorizontal
\insertsubsubsection \insertdescriptionitem
\insertsectionendpage \insertverticalnavigation
\insertsubsectionstartpage Table of contents Blocks environments
\inserttocsection Navigation symbols
\insertsubsectionendpage \insertblocktitle
\inserttocsectionnumber \insertslidenavigationsymbol
\insertappendixstartpage
\inserttocsubsection \insertframenavigationsymbol Theorem environments
\insertappendixendpage
\inserttocsubsectionnumber \insertsubsectionnavigationsymbol \inserttheoremblockenv
\insertframenumber \insertsectionnavigationsymbol \inserttheoremheadfont
\inserttotalframenumber \inserttocsubsubsection
\inserttocsubsubsectionnumber \insertdocnavigationsymbol \inserttheoremname
\insertframestartpage \insertbackfindforwardnavigationsymbol \inserttheoremnumber
\insertframeendpage Bibliography
Logo \inserttheoremaddition
Presentation data \insertbiblabel \inserttheorempunctuation
\insertlogo
\insertauthor Note pages
Elements of a frame Figures and tables
\insertshortauthor \insertnote
Frame title \insertcaption
\insertinstitute \insertslideintonotes
\insertframetitle \insertcaptionname
\insertshortinstitute
\inserttitle Structure of a frame \insertframesubtitle \insertcaptionnumber
\insertshorttitle Headlines and footlines \insertcontinuationcount Footnotes
\insertsubtitle \insertsectionhead \insertcontinuationcountroman \insertfootnotetext
\insertshortsubtitle \insertsectionheadnumber \insertcontinuationtext \insertfootnotemark

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 Named Themes
See the official documentation for options associated to some of these themes.
Snapshots of the themes can be found at http://www.hartwork.org/beamer-theme-matrix/.

Global Themes Mini Frame Navigation Outer Themes fly

\usetheme{theme name } Berlin \useoutertheme{theme name } seagull
Without Navigation Bar Ilmenau default wolverine
default Dresden infolines beaver
Bergen Darmstadt miniframes Inner Color Themes
Boadilla Frankfurt smoothbars lily
Madrid Singapore sidebar orchid
AnnArbor Szeged split rose
CambridgeUS shadow Outer Color Themes
Section and Subsection Tables
Pittsburgh tree whale
Copenhagen smoothtree
Rochester Luebeck seahorse
Tree-Like Navigation Bar Malmoe Color Themes dolphin
Antibes Warsaw \usecolortheme{theme name } Font Themes
JuanLesPins default \usefonttheme{theme name }
Montpellier Inner Themes structure default
Table of Contents Sidebar \useinnertheme{theme name } sidebartab professionalfonts
Berkeley default Complete Color Themes serif
PaloAlto circles albatross structurebold
Goettingen rectangles beetle structureitalicserif
Marburg rounded crane structuresmallcapsserif
Hannover inmargin dove structureitalicserif

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