[Tex/LaTex] How to set the same slide number for all slides in the `allowframebreaks` group

beamerpage-breakingpage-numbering

I have [framebreaks] frames in a Beamer presentation. I want to have all generated slides there to have the same slide nubmber, e.g., if I have a listing or some text that spans across two or more slides, but within the same frame I want to prevent slide number increase until I start a new frame. In the MWE below "Slide 1" should be numbered 1/2 for the first 3 PDF slides, whereas "Slide 2" should be 2/2. Using \addtocounter{framenumber}{-1} or \setcounter{framenumber}{x} simply starts counting at current-1 or x. I am aware of this post, but unless I am missing something, I don't see how I can adapt the material there to my problem at this hour.

MWE

\documentclass{beamer}
  \mode<presentation>

\usetheme{Boadilla}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

% "Slide 1"
\begin{frame}[allowframebreaks]
\begin{itemize}
 \item Foo 
 \item Bar
 \item Baz
\end{itemize}
\lipsum[1-5]
\end{frame}

% "Slide 2"
\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}

\end{document}

Best Answer

This can be a solution.

We use a new counter multipleslide where we save the current value of the counter framenumber

\newcounter{multipleslide}

We also define two new commands \multipleframe and \restoreframe to be inserted, respectively, before and after a frame with allowframebreaks

\makeatletter%
\newcommand{\multipleframe}{%
\setcounter{multipleslide}{\value{framenumber}}
\stepcounter{multipleslide}
\patchcmd{\beamer@@tmpl@footline}% <cmd>
  {\insertframenumber}% <search>
  {\themultipleslide}% <replace>
  {}% <success>
  {}% <failure>
}
\newcommand{\restoreframe}{%
\patchcmd{\beamer@@tmpl@footline}% <cmd>
  {\themultipleslide}% <search>
  {\insertframenumber}% <replace>
  {}% <success>
  {}% <failure>
\setcounter{framenumber}{\value{multipleslide}}%
}
\makeatother%

The first one takes care of numbering all the slides with the same number, the latter restores the normal numbering.

The following MWE explains a bit better how it works:

\documentclass{beamer}
  \mode<presentation>

\usetheme{Boadilla}

\usepackage{etoolbox}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\newcounter{multipleslide}

\makeatletter%
\newcommand{\multipleframe}{%
\setcounter{multipleslide}{\value{framenumber}}
\stepcounter{multipleslide}
\patchcmd{\beamer@@tmpl@footline}% <cmd>
  {\insertframenumber}% <search>
  {\themultipleslide}% <replace>
  {}% <success>
  {}% <failure>
}
\newcommand{\restoreframe}{%
\patchcmd{\beamer@@tmpl@footline}% <cmd>
  {\themultipleslide}% <search>
  {\insertframenumber}% <replace>
  {}% <success>
  {}% <failure>
\setcounter{framenumber}{\value{multipleslide}}%
}
\makeatother%

\begin{document}

% "Slide 1"
\multipleframe  %<------------------------------------
\begin{frame}[allowframebreaks]
\begin{itemize}
 \item Foo
 \item Bar
 \item Baz
\end{itemize}
\lipsum[1-5]
\end{frame}
\restoreframe  %<------------------------------------

% "Slide 2"
\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}

\end{document}

This is the output

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[Tex/LaTex] Beamer, framebreaks with different subtitles

Don't use allowframebreaks; the documentation of beamer has the following recommendation:

Using the allowframebreaks option invites the creation of horrible, endless presentations that resemble more a "paper projected on the wall" than a presentation. Nevertheless, the option does have its uses. Most noticeably, it can be convenient for automatically splitting bibliographies or long equations.

You can use overlay specifications instead; here's an example using \only:

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%---------------------------------------------------------------%
\usepackage{graphics,tikz}
%---------------------------------------------------------------%
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%---------------------------------------------------------------%
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\frametitle{Common title, appearing on all slides in one frame}
%------------------------------------------------------------ 1
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\framesubtitle{The first frame subtitle}
\begin{itemize}
\item some text on slide 1
\item some text
\item some text
\item   \dots

\end{itemize}}
%------------------------------------------------------------ 2
\only<2>{
\framesubtitle{The second frame subtitle}
\begin{itemize}
\item some text on slide 2
\item some text
\item some text
\item   \dots

\end{itemize}}
%------------------------------------------------------------ 3
\only<3>{
\framesubtitle{The third frame subtitle}
\begin{itemize}
\item some text on slide 3
\item some text
\item some text
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\end{itemize}}
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%---------------------------------------------------------------%
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If verbatim material created with the listings package must be in the argument of \only (or any other command), then some precautions must be taken; the additional work is described in Section 5.1 Listings inside arguments of the listings documentation (notice that this is an experimental feature):

\documentclass[compress]{beamer}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{listings} 


 %---------------------------------------------------------------%
\begin{document}
%---------------------------------------------------------------%

\begin{frame}[fragile]

\begin{lstlisting}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\end{lstlisting}

\end{frame}
%------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

\begin{frame}[fragile]
\frametitle{Figures and Graphics}

%------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\only<1>{
\framesubtitle{Including Graphics}
\begin{lstlisting}^^J
\\usepackage\{graphicx\}^^J
\end{lstlisting}
}
%------------------------------------------------------------ 2
\only<2>{
\framesubtitle{The second frame subtitle}
\begin{itemize}
\item some text on slide 2
\item some text
\item some text
\item   \dots

\end{itemize}}
%%------------------------------------------------------------ 3
\only<3>{
\framesubtitle{The third frame subtitle}
\begin{itemize}
\item some text on slide 3
\item some text
\item some text
\item   \dots

\end{itemize}}
\end{frame}
%---------------------------------------------------------------%
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Beamer: handout/article mode – produce multiple copies of a frame with distinct overlay numbers

You do need to tell beamer what you want to appear in each frame of the handout version. You can use \onslide specifications to do this so that you do not need to modify the existing overlay specifications at all. (I'm not sure this is what you want - probably not.)

The following code modifies your MWE so that, in presentation mode, there would actually be 10 slides within the frame. These are then placed on slides 1 or 2 of the handout. This is a waste of code: if you only want to show slide 5 and slide 10, you do not need two \againframe but only one. But, anyway, with the two:

\documentclass[handout]{beamer}

\begin{document}

  \begin{frame}<1-| handout:0>[label=foo]{My only frame}
    \begin{enumerate}[<+->]% or whatever you like for presentation mode
      \onslide<1-| handout:1-2>
      \item Item \arabic{enumi}
      \item Item \arabic{enumi}
      \item Item \arabic{enumi}
      \item Item \arabic{enumi}
      \item Item \arabic{enumi}
      \onslide<1-| handout:2>
      \item Item \arabic{enumi}
      \item Item \arabic{enumi}
      \item Item \arabic{enumi}
      \item Item \arabic{enumi}
      \item Item \arabic{enumi}
    \end{enumerate}
  \end{frame}

  \againframe<0| handout:1>{foo}
  \againframe<0| handout:2>{foo}
\end{document}

slides 5 and 10 for handout

More efficiently with only one repeat:

\documentclass[handout]{beamer}

\begin{document}

  \begin{frame}<1-| handout:1>[label=foo]{My only frame}
    \begin{enumerate}[<+->]% or whatever you like for presentation mode
      \onslide<1-| handout:1-2>
      \item Item \arabic{enumi}
      \item Item \arabic{enumi}
      \item Item \arabic{enumi}
      \item Item \arabic{enumi}
      \item Item \arabic{enumi}
      \onslide<1-| handout:2>
      \item Item \arabic{enumi}
      \item Item \arabic{enumi}
      \item Item \arabic{enumi}
      \item Item \arabic{enumi}
      \item Item \arabic{enumi}
    \end{enumerate}
  \end{frame}

  \againframe<0| handout:2>{foo}
\end{document}

I'm not sure how this could apply to article mode since then there are no frames or slides.

MWE

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