[Tex/LaTex] latex beamer appendix numbering

appendicesbeamernumbering

Why are the slides from appendix not numbered with letters?

Is there a solution?

Thank you for your help

\documentclass{beamer}
\begin{document}

\section{test1}
\begin{frame}{\insertsectionnumber.~\insertsection}
 bal bla
\end{frame}

\appendix

\section{test2}
\begin{frame}{\insertsectionnumber.~\insertsection}
 bla bla
\end{frame}

\end{document}

Best Answer

This is so, because \insertsectionnumber is defined as (in the file beamerbasesection.sty)

\def\insertsectionnumber{\@arabic\c@section}

And \appendix doesn't change this;

\newcommand<>\appendix{%
  \only#1{\part{\appendixname}
  \addtocontents{nav}{\protect\headcommand{\protect\beamer@appendixpages{\the\c@page}}}}}

so the counter will appear using arabic representation.

You can change this, redefining \insertsectionnumber in the proper location:

\setcounter{section}{0}
\renewcommand\insertsectionnumber{\Alph{section}}

Perhaps you want to let \appendix do this change:

\documentclass{beamer}

\makeatletter
\renewcommand<>\appendix{%
\setcounter{section}{0}%
\renewcommand\insertsectionnumber{\Alph{section}}%
  \only#1{\part{\appendixname}
  \addtocontents{nav}{\protect\headcommand{\protect\beamer@appendixpages{\the\c@page}}}}}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\section{test1}
\begin{frame}{\insertsectionnumber.~\insertsection}
 bal bla
\end{frame}

\appendix

\section{test2}
\begin{frame}{\insertsectionnumber.~\insertsection}
 bla bla
\end{frame}

\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Beamer frame numbering in appendix

I've used the following macros for this purpose:

\newcommand{\backupbegin}{
   \newcounter{framenumberappendix}
   \setcounter{framenumberappendix}{\value{framenumber}}
}
\newcommand{\backupend}{
   \addtocounter{framenumberappendix}{-\value{framenumber}}
   \addtocounter{framenumber}{\value{framenumberappendix}} 
}

The bonus slides are then put between the two commands:

\appendix
\backupbegin

\frame{\frametitle{One more thing}}

\backupend

This will get you the desired numbering, too.

[Tex/LaTex] Beamer, page/frame numbers, buttons and Appendix slides

Here's one way to remove the slide numbering from the Appendix slide, via the etoolbox package. The idea being that you replace the insertion of the frame in the footline template with a \phantom version of itself:

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\documentclass{beamer}% http://ctan.org/pkg/beamer
\usepackage{lmodern}% http://ctan.org/pkg/lm
\usepackage{etoolbox}% http://ctan.org/pkg/etoolbox
\mode<presentation>
\usetheme{Warsaw}
\usetheme{CambridgeUS}
\begin{document}

\section{Section}
\subsection{}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Slide Title}
Slide 1
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Slide Title}
Slide 2
\hspace{0.01cm}\hyperlink{eab<1>}{\beamergotobutton{Literature}}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Slide Title}
Slide 3
\end{frame}

\section*{}

% Remove <frame #> / <total frame #> from footline template
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\beamer@@tmpl@footline}% <cmd>
  {\insertframenumber{} / \inserttotalframenumber}% <search>
  {\phantom{\insertframenumber{} / \inserttotalframenumber}}% <replace>
  {}% <success>
  {}% <failure>
\makeatother

\begin{frame}[label=eab]
\frametitle{Appendix Material}
Appendix Material here.
{\tiny\hfill\Acrobatmenu{GoBack}{\beamerreturnbutton{}}}
\end{frame}

\addtocounter{framenumber}{-1}% Correct total frame count
\end{document}

The beamer footline template is stored in beamer@@tmpl@footline. It's just easier replacing (or patching) the necessary commands rather than redefining it all over again.

A similar approach can be used to repeat the frame number of some other slide. One way is to "capture" the frame number in a different counter, and then patch the footline to display that number rather than the regular framenumber counter (via \insertframenumber). Here is a complete minimal example:

\documentclass{beamer}% http://ctan.org/pkg/beamer
\usepackage{lmodern}% http://ctan.org/pkg/lmodern
\usepackage{etoolbox}% http://ctan.org/pkg/etoolbox
\newcounter{captureframe}
\mode<presentation>
\usetheme{Warsaw}
\usetheme{CambridgeUS}
\begin{document}

\section{Section}
\subsection{}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Slide Title}
Slide 1
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Slide Title}
Slide 2
\hspace{0.01cm}\hyperlink{eab<1>}{\beamergotobutton{Literature}}
\end{frame}
\setcounter{captureframe}{\value{framenumber}}% Store/capture current frame

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Slide Title}
Slide 3
\end{frame}

\section*{}

% Replace <frame #> in footline template
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\beamer@@tmpl@footline}% <cmd>
  {\insertframenumber}% <search>
  {\thecaptureframe}% <replace>
  {}% <success>
  {}% <failure>
\makeatother

\begin{frame}[label=eab]
\frametitle{Appendix Material}
Appendix Material here.
{\tiny\hfill\Acrobatmenu{GoBack}{\beamerreturnbutton{}}}
\end{frame}

\addtocounter{framenumber}{-1}% Correct total frame count
\end{document}

The frame number is captured via

\setcounter{captureframe}{\value{framenumber}}

after defining the new counter captureframe. In the patch to the footline template, \insertframenumber is replaced with \thecaptureframe (which defaults to an \arabic presentation of the counter).

Both of the above solutions will impact all slides/frames following the patch. So, if a modification should be made temporarily, some more work is required (but is not difficult).

Based on certain assumptions, an elementary method using macros (that does not require etoolbox) can be established to reference slides. The assumptions are

There is a clear separation between "frontmatter" and "backmatter" slides. The former contain slides that could be "referenced" while the latter contains the "referenced" slides.
Manual usage of certain macros are required before every "backmatter" slide in order to maintain an accurate count of the total frame number.

Here is an MWE:

\documentclass{beamer}% http://ctan.org/pkg/beamer
\usepackage{lmodern}% http://ctan.org/pkg/lmodern
\makeatletter
\newcommand{\saveframenumber}[1]{%
  \expandafter\edef\csname r@#1\endcsname{\theframenumber}% Store frame number
}
\newcommand{\useframenumber}[1]{%
  \addtocounter{framenumber}{-1}% Decrease framenumber counter
  \renewcommand{\insertframenumber}{%
    \csname r@#1\endcsname%
  }%
}
\makeatother
\newcommand{\restoreframenumberdefault}{%
  \renewcommand{\insertframenumber}{%
    \arabic{framenumber}%
  }%
}

\mode<presentation>
\usetheme{Warsaw}
\usetheme{CambridgeUS}
\begin{document}

\section{Section}
\subsection{}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Slide Title}
Slide 1
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Slide Title}
Slide 2
\hspace{0.01cm}\hyperlink{eab<1>}{\beamergotobutton{Literature}}
\end{frame}
\saveframenumber{myslide}% Save this slide number as <myslide>

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Slide Title}
Slide 3
\end{frame}

\section*{}

\useframenumber{myslide}% Use the same number as on <myslide>
\begin{frame}[label=eab]
\frametitle{Appendix Material}
Appendix Material here.
{\tiny\hfill\Acrobatmenu{GoBack}{\beamerreturnbutton{}}}
\end{frame}

\end{document}

The usage is:

After a slide that you want to reference in the "backmatter", you place \saveframenumber{<name>}. This stores the value of the current frame in \r@<name>.
Before every "backmatter" slide that uses the "referenced" slide in the "frontmatter", you place \useframenumber{<name>}.

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