beamerline-breakingtitles
Currently I'm preparing a presentation with the beamer class.
I want to add a manual line break (with \\) to the title to make it look nicer. However, in the \inserttitle command (which I use in the footer), the line break adds a spurious comma.
Is this a bug or a feature? How do I get rid of the comma?
You can use \fontsize to control the font size (first argument) and the value of \baselineskip (second argument); usually, the value for the second argument is aprox. 20% more than the first argument, but you can use the value that best suits your needs:
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usetheme{Torino}
\usepackage{arev}
\author{T.H.E. Author}
\title{\fontsize{28}{35}\selectfont A really really really really really really really really really really really long long title}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\titlepage
\end{frame}
\end{document}
For this particular class, you need to \protect the manual line-breaking commands (as Stephan Lehmke comments, this is not the behaviour for other classes; is this a bug or a feature of your university's document class?):
\documentclass{maine-thesis}
\title{Some Long title \protect\\ with manual \protect\\ linebreaks}
\author{...}
\degreesheld{...}
\degree{...}
\program{...}
\submitdate{...}
\principaladvisor{...}
\secondadvisor{...}
\firstreader{...}
\secondreader{...}
\thirdreader{...}
\fourthreader{...}
\fifthreader{...}
\principalshort{...}
\begin{document}
\titlepage
\end{document}
Best Answer
I believe that this is an intended feature of
beamer(you don't want a line break in the footer anyways, do you?). Well, have you tried this?Of course, you need to use
\insertshorttitleinstead of\inserttitle.