[Tex/LaTex] Latex Beamer multiple columns

beamercolumns

So Im doing this presentation with Latex Beamer powerpoint. I have one slide that looks like a mess, but I need the equations in columns and in one slide. Heres how it looks:

Screenshot of the slide

And this is the code used:

\begin{frame}{Introducing bootstrap}
- Historical data Z to a risk estimate $\hat{\Psi}$ \\
\begin{columns}[c]
\column{0in}
$\theta \rightarrow Z$,\\
the real world

\column{0in}
$\hat{\theta}=g(Z)$\\
$\hat{\Psi}=\Psi(\hat{\theta})$\\
estimation

\column{0in}
and

\column{0in}
$\hat{\theta} \rightarrow \hat{Z}^{*}$\\
in the computer

\column{0in}
$\hat{\theta}^{*}=g(\hat{Z}^{*})$\\
$\hat{\Psi}^{*}=\Psi(\hat{\theta}^{*})$\\
estimation
\end{columns}

- The idea is to identify the distribution of $\hat{\Psi}^{*}$ given $\hat{\theta}$ with that of $\hat{\Psi}$ given $\theta$.
\end{frame}

Does anyone have an idea of how to make this look ordered and nice?

Thanks

Best Answer

You could use the options t (top alignment) and onlytextwidth when initiating the columns environment, and you could provide more-normal widths than 0in for the columns.

enter image description here

\documentclass{beamer}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}{Introducing bootstrap}

- Historical data Z to a risk estimate $\hat{\Psi}$ 

\medskip
\begin{columns}[t,onlytextwidth]
\column{.2\textwidth}
$\theta \rightarrow Z$,\\
the real world

\column{.2\textwidth}
$\hat{\theta}=g(Z)$\\
$\hat{\Psi}=\Psi(\hat{\theta})$\\
estimation

\column{.1\textwidth}
and

\column{.2\textwidth}
$\hat{\theta} \rightarrow \hat{Z}^{*}$\\
in the computer

\column{.2\textwidth}
$\hat{\theta}^{*}=g(\hat{Z}^{*})$\\
$\hat{\Psi}^{*}=\Psi(\hat{\theta}^{*})$\\
estimation
\end{columns}

\bigskip
- The idea is to identify the distribution of $\hat{\Psi}^{*}$ given $\hat{\theta}$ with that of $\hat{\Psi}$ given $\theta$.

\end{frame}
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Multiple columns with images and wrapped text in Beamer

beamer provides the columns environment. Within it, you specify a column environment with a given width. Together, the following generic structure is used:

\begin{columns}[<options>]
  \begin{column}{<width>}
    ...
  \end{column}
  ...
  \begin{column}{<width>}
    ...
  \end{column}
\end{columns}

It is best to specify the above <width> parameters as factors of \textwidth. As such, I've passed the option onlytextwidth to columns in the example below. Since these environments are inherent to beamer, it doesn't warrant using something like multicol. Here's an example of what you might be after - I used \rule{<width>}{<height>} to denote your graphics:

enter image description here

\documentclass{beamer}
\let\Tiny\tiny% http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/94159/5764
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{This is a frame title}
  \begin{columns}[onlytextwidth]
    \begin{column}{0.4\textwidth}
      \centering
      \rule{100pt}{150pt}% Place your graphic here
    \end{column}
    \begin{column}{0.2\textwidth}
      \centering
      \rule{40pt}{150pt}% Place your graphic here
    \end{column}
    \begin{column}{0.4\textwidth}
    Here is some regular text in a column. And there is an equation
    \[
      f(x)=ax^2+bx+c
    \]
    Here is some more text.
    \end{column}
  \end{columns}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

Read the beamer package documentation (p 127, section 12.7 Splitting a Frame into Multiple Columns) for more information.

For adjusting the vertical alignment of the columns, you can add the t (for top) option to the columns environment:

\documentclass{beamer}
\let\Tiny\tiny% http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/94159/5764
\usepackage[export]{adjustbox}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{This is a frame title}
  \begin{columns}[onlytextwidth,t]
    \begin{column}{0.4\textwidth}
      \centering
      \includegraphics[width=40pt,height=150pt,valign=t]{example-image-a}% Place your graphic here
    \end{column}
    \begin{column}{0.2\textwidth}
      \centering
      \includegraphics[width=40pt,height=150pt,valign=t]{example-image-b}% Place your graphic here
    \end{column}
    \begin{column}{0.4\textwidth}
    Here is some regular text in a column. And there is an equation
    \[
      f(x)=ax^2+bx+c
    \]
    Here is some more text.
    \end{column}
  \end{columns}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

Note that the inclusion of graphics makes for some unintuitive output in terms of alignment. That's before alignment at the top implies the "baseline of the top line." And since graphics are placed in a single line, their top turns out to be more like their bottom. To correct for this, we use adjustbox's valign=t option, which is export to be used as part of graphicsx's \includegraphics options.

[Tex/LaTex] Beamer error with columns

You have a \begin{itemize} and \end{itemize} without an \item:

After reducing your code to a MWE by commenting out sections of code, the problem is more obvious:

\documentclass{beamer}

\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Svemir dominiran tvari}
\begin{columns}
    \begin{column}{0.5\textwidth}
        \begin{itemize}
        \flushleft{\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{btph.eps}}
            % <----- There is no \item within this itemize environment
        \end{itemize}
    \end{column}
\end{columns}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

After adding the \item (and \RequirePackage[demo]{graphicx} since I do not have the image) with the the full code, I get:

enter image description here

Code:

\RequirePackage[demo]{graphicx}
\documentclass{beamer}

\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Svemir dominiran tvari}
\begin{columns}
    \begin{column}{0.5\textwidth}
        \begin{itemize}
        \item \flushleft{\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{btph.eps}}
        \end{itemize}
    \end{column}
    \begin{column}{0.5\textwidth}
        \begin{itemize}
        \item Barionska asimetrija se izražava omjerom broja bariona i fotona
            \begin{equation}
            \eta=\frac{n_b-n_{\bar{b}}}{n_\gamma}=6.1\pm 0.3\times 10^{-10}.
            \end{equation}
        \end{itemize}
    \end{column}
\end{columns}
\begin{itemize}
    \item $n_b\Rightarrow$ \quad gustoća broja (stanja) bariona\\
    \item $n_{\bar{b}}\Rightarrow$ \quad gustoća broja antibariona\\
    \item $n_\gamma\Rightarrow$ \quad gustoća broja fotona
    $\frac{\zeta(3)}{\pi^2}g_\star T^3$
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

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