[Tex/LaTex] Insert second slide with Lyx and Beamer

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I am trying to create a presentation in LyX using Beamer. I am using LyX 2.1.0. I created a new document, and selected Document -> Settings -> Document Class -> Presentations -> Beamer.

Then, I tried to add a new slide using the LyX section selector.

I selected Frame. This allowed me to create the first frame, give it a title, and write the content for the first frame. However, I can't work out how to insert the second frame. Or rather, I can't work out how to end the first frame which would then allow me to start the next frame.

How do you create multiple Beamer slides in LyX 2.1.0?

Best Answer

Hit Alt + PEnter (Edit -> Start new environment) or Alt + PShift+Enter (Edit -> Start new parent environment), depending on whether you are in an environment inside the frame or not.

These are shortcuts that insert a Separator environment and start a new frame.

This is described in Help --> Specific Manuals -> Beamer Presentations.

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When I started doing presentations with beamer, I kept getting caught out by the fact that I'd forget exactly when the end of a frame was going to happen so I'd jump to the next frame before I intended as I wasn't sure that everything on the current frame had been displayed. (Now, of course, I print out the handout version and have it in front of me.) So I came up with a hack that modified the title when it was on the last frame to give me a visual clue that it was the last frame. This might be adaptable to what you want (though there may well be a better solution) as it uses a counter to keep track of the last frame number. It's not completely robust as it can get confused if a frame changes size radically between compilations (in which case, delete the aux file).

This was my "experiment" file to test the system. It also allows for one to define an "offset".

\documentclass[12pt,color=dvipsnames]{beamer}

\newcounter{last}
\newcounter{lastoffset}[framenumber]
\setcounter{last}{1}
\setcounter{lastoffset}{0}

\newcommand{\last}{%
\setcounter{last}{1}%
\addtocounter{last}{\insertframeendpage}%
\addtocounter{last}{-\insertframestartpage}%
\addtocounter{last}{\value{lastoffset}}%
}

\newcommand{\lastlabel}[1]{%
\last%
\label<\value{last}>{#1}%
}

\definecolor{last}{named}{purple}

\newcommand{\lastframetitle}[1]{%
\last%
\frametitle{\color<\value{last}| trans:0>{last}#1}
}

% Either: \reset redefines \last
% Or: just redefine the \lastframetitle and \lastlabel to the originals.

\newcommand{\reset}{%
\renewcommand{\last}{%
\setcounter{last}{1}%
}}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\setcounter{lastoffset}{-1}
\lastframetitle{Example Frame}
\lastlabel{ex}

\arabic{lastoffset}

\hyperlink{ex}{\beamergotobutton{Last Slide}}

This is an example frame.
\pause

Wait here    
\pause

Paws for Thought

\onslide    
Visible all along?    
\end{frame}    

\begin{frame}
\lastframetitle{Second Frame}

\arabic{lastoffset}

This is the second frame.    
\pause

Another slide appears    
\pause

Yet more appear
\pause

Wait until the end    
\onslide

Should be here any time soon    
\pause

What's going on?    
\onslide

When do all these appear?    
\pause

Phew, that's all folks.
\end{frame}    

\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] Slide ticker in beamer presentations

You could choose a beamer theme which supports that. For example Singapore:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Singapore}
\begin{document}
\section{Introduction}
\subsection{One}
\begin{frame} text \end{frame}
\subsection{Two}
\begin{frame} text \end{frame}
\subsection{Three}
\begin{frame} text \end{frame}
\subsection{Four}
\begin{frame} text \end{frame}
\section{Methods}
\subsection{One}
\begin{frame} text \end{frame}
\subsection{Two}
\begin{frame} text \end{frame}
\end{document}

Singapore beamer theme

Here's the top of a frame, where subsection three of the introduction is highlighted.

\usetheme{Szeged}

Szeged theme

\usetheme{Darmstadt}

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There are related themes such as Berlin, Ilmenau, Dresden and Frankfurt, with such a navigation.

Also the progressbar theme is interesting, if you wish to show the frame progress.

To visit beamer themes galleries, have a look at Where to find custom beamer themes.

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