[Tex/LaTex] Are there alternatives to Beamer for slides

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I like Beamer and I use it but I wanted to check if there other classes for slides or presentation purposes to consider seriously when starting to write a presentation.

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Under the topic Presentation Slides at The TeX Catalogue Online you will find some of them, beamer included.

Another list is provided at Screen Presentations Tools where Michael Wiedmann compares several tools and not only pdf oriented.

But, probably, the most updated list can be found at CTAN (Comprehensive TEX Archive Network) under topic Presentation.

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[Tex/LaTex] Printing beamer slides

I use the following preamble, making use of the package handoutWithNotes:

% \documentclass{beamer}
% \usepackage{beamerthemeclassic}
% \documentclass[handout]{beamer}
% \mode<presentation>
% {
%    \usetheme{classic}
% }
%  Leaving the lines above commented and uncommenting the following
%  produces slides four to a page, with or without space for notes;
%  the selection is made with the command
%
%      \pgfpagesuselayout{...}
%
%  a few lines below.
\documentclass[handout]{beamer}
\usepackage{handoutWithNotes}
%
%  Load other packages you may need here
% 
% \pgfpagesuselayout{4 on 1}[a4paper,landscape,border shrink=5mm
\pgfpagesuselayout{4 on 1 with notes}[a4paper,border shrink=5mm]
%
% .....

It produces rather nicely formatted output four slides to a page, either in landscape format or in portrait format, with space for notes --something my students like.

Look to the blog of Guido Diepen for more info and an example.

[Tex/LaTex] Are there any repositories of “killer slides” for Beamer

In addition to what's been mentioned, there's a number of cool beamer presentations, with source, here: http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/tag/beamer/

This is another good example of what can be done with beamer:
http://latex-beamer.sourceforge.net/beamerexample1.pdf

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