[Tex/LaTex] LaTeX beamer handout mode textpos

beamertextpos

I'm using beamer with textpos to place certain blocks at particular positions (in particular, I use the textblock* environment).

When I attempt to create a handout, the pieces of text within textblock* are moved into (what seems to me) random positions of the page.

Any advice?

Here is a small example:

\documentclass[t, handout]{beamer}

\usepackage[absolute,overlay]{textpos}

\usepackage{pgfpages}
\pgfpagesuselayout{4 on 1}[letterpaper, border shrink = 5mm, landscape]

\mode<presentation>{
  \setbeamercovered{invisible}
}

\usetheme{Madrid}
\usecolortheme{beaver}

\title{Presentation Title}

\author{
  A, B
}

\institute[Institute]{
  The Institute
}

\date{September 5, 2012}

\setbeamertemplate{footline}[frame number]
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{} 

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
  \titlepage
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}{Some title}
  Some text
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}[center]{Part A}
  \begin{textblock*}{300pt}(0.1\textwidth, 0.5\textheight)
    \Large
    \centering
    This title should not appear at the first slide!
  \end{textblock*}
\end{frame}

\end{document}

Best Answer

Wouldn't just removing the absolute package option solve your problem?

\documentclass[t,handout]{beamer}
\usepackage[overlay]{textpos}
\usepackage{pgfpages}
\pgfpagesuselayout{4 on 1}[letterpaper, border shrink = 5mm, landscape]

\mode<presentation>{
  \setbeamercovered{invisible}
}

\usetheme{Madrid}
\usecolortheme{beaver}

\title{Presentation Title}

\author{
  A, B
}

\institute[Institute]{
  The Institute
}

\date{September 5, 2012}

\setbeamertemplate{footline}[frame number]
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{} 

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
  \titlepage
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}{Some title}
  Some text
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}[center]{Part A}
  \begin{textblock*}{300pt}(0.1\textwidth, 0.5\textheight)
    \Large
    \centering
    This title should not appear at the first slide!
  \end{textblock*}
\end{frame}

\end{document}
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