[Tex/LaTex] Beamer presentation with 16:9 aspect ratio and same height as 4:3 aspect ratio

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Beamer 4:3 presentations are a bit taller than the 16:9 ones (see Beamer user guide, section 8.3 Frame and Margin Sizes) :

  • aspectratio=43 : 128 mm by 96 mm (6mm taller)
  • aspectratio=169 : 160 mm by 90 mm

I would like both aspect ratios to have the same height to be able to easily have a 16:9 presentation when needed without further modifications. For example, with the quarantine lockdown, I'm uploading videos of my presentations, hence I would prefer to use a wider format.

Is it possible to easily customize the dimensions of the 16:9 aspect ratio to have the same height as the 4:3 aspect ratio ?

\documentclass[aspectratio=169]{beamer}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Minimal Working Example 16:9}
\LARGE
\foreach \i in {0,...,10}
{
  \i\\
}

\end{frame}

\end{document}

4:3 aspect ratio
16:9 aspect ratio

Best Answer

beamer uses geometry package to setup paper size. So you can use something similar to

% use it before \begin{document}
\geometry{paperwidth=500pt, paperheight=200pt}

to change the paper size.

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