I am trying using textblock
with beamer. The problem is that I am not able to make the text appear.
\documentclass[10pt,handout]{beamer}
\setbeamertemplate{frametitle}[default][center]
\addtobeamertemplate{frametitle}{\vskip4.5ex}{}
\usepackage[english,italian]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[absolute,showboxes]{textpos}
\setlength{\TPHorizModule}{10mm}
\setlength{\TPVertModule}{\TPHorizModule}
\textblockorigin{0mm}{0mm}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\title{Title}
\author{Name}
\date{}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\maketitle
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{\textbf{Title}}
\begin{textblock}{200}(0,0)
Text TextTextText Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text
\end{textblock}
\end{frame}
\end{document}
Edit: I would like to add a box at the top-right corner to all slides, even to the front page. I tried
\addtobeamertemplate{frametitle}{}{%
\begin{textblock}{10mm}(5,5)
\parbox{10cm}{\centering
\tiny \textbf{DE} Department}
\end{textblock}}
but I receive an error: Missing number, treated as zero.
Best Answer
Placing your text in the logo-layer is probably saver, as it will be shown on all slides, including the title page and frames without frametitle.