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The Aalborg Beamer
Why the Aalborg beamer theme? Theme
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your work at AAU, you are allowed to use the AAU logo. User Interface
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your work at AAU, you are allowed to use the AAU logo. User Interface
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1. beamerthemeAalborg.sty 4 Installation
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2. beamerinnerthemeAalborg.sty Microsoft Windows
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4. beamercolorthemeAalborg.sty Loading the Theme and
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1. beamerthemeAalborg.sty 4 Installation
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4. beamercolorthemeAalborg.sty Loading the Theme and
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Local Installation Widescreen Support
The simplest way of installing the theme is by placing the four Feedback
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theme files in the same folder as your presentation. When you Bugs, Comments and
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download the theme, the four theme files are located in the Contact Information
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I If you wish to make the theme globally available, you must Introduction
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put the files in your local latex directory tree. The location
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of the root of the local directory tree depends on the GNU/Linux
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common setups. Loading the Theme and
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embedded in a directory structure (in the global folder) AAU Waves
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as <dirstruct>. Note that some parts of the directory
may already exist if you have installed other packages in
your local latex directory tree. If this is the case, you
simply merge <dirstruct> with your existing setup. Dept. of Electronic Systems
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If the root does not exist, create it. The symbol ~ refers to Compilation
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your home folder, i.e., /home/<username> AAU Waves
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Apparently, MiKTeX does not include a local latex directory tree GNU/Linux
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by default. Therefore, you first have to create it. Mac OS X
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1. To do this, create a folder <somewhere> named, e.g., texmf User Interface
2. Add this folder in the Roots tab of the MiKTeX Settings Loading the Theme and
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3. Place the <dirstruct> in your newly created local latex Widescreen Support
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In the advanced TeX Live Installer, you can manually change Installation
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%USERPROFILE%\texmf Theme Options
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If it does not exist, create it. In XP %USERPROFILE% is Modifying the theme
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c:\Document and Settings\<username> Widescreen Support
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tree. By default it is Loading the Theme and
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~/Library/texmf Compilation
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user manual. If you want to create beautiful plots, you should use the pgfplots Dept. of Electronic Systems
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package which is based on TikZ. 20 Denmark
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The Presentation Theme License
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It is very simple to load the presentation theme. Just type GNU/Linux
themes are loaded. The presentation theme loads the inner, User Interface
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outer and color Aalborg theme files and passes the <options> Theme Options
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and it has no options.
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the sidebar Compilation
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I shownavsym: show the navigation symbols AAU Waves
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I width=<length>: width of the sidebar (default is 2 cm). Bugs, Comments and
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You can use these colors in the standard beamer way by using Feedback
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the command \usebeamercolor[<fg or bg>]{Aalborg}. See Bugs, Comments and
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the beamer manual for instructions. Contact Information
You can use these colors in the standard beamer way by using Feedback
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the command \usebeamercolor[<fg or bg>]{Aalborg}. See Bugs, Comments and
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the beamer manual for instructions. Contact Information
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Unlike most other beamer themes, this theme must be Required Packages
compiled at least three times to make everything look right. For User Interface
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most other themes, you do not have to compile your Theme Options
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presentation more than two times. For the Aalborg theme, the Modifying the theme
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third compilation is necessary to determine the position of the Widescreen Support
circle with the current frame number and the length of the Feedback
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I For example, on this slide the following commands have User Interface
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\setbeamercolor{frametitle}{use=structure,
fg=structure.fg}
I Change the background color of the text
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widescreen format such as 16:10 or 16:9. Beamer (>= v. 3.10) Required Packages
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supports various aspect ratios of the slides. According to Loading the Theme and
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169, 149, 54, 43 (default), and 32 to get other aspect ratios. Bugs, Comments and
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footnote text width. This is problem with older User Interface
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I There are probably still some bugs in the theme. If you Mac OS X
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I There are probably still some bugs in the theme. If you Mac OS X
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