The title is pretty much self-explanatory. Do you know any LaTeX based beamer alternative? In my university, everyone is using beamer, and every presentation has the same layout, I'm sick of it. I was even wondering to create the individual slides in inkscape and merging them afterwards…
[Tex/LaTex] Which alternatives to the beamer class exist
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I think you can get that with modifying the notes page template. One example that's not exactly what you want, but is close, and pretty easy to work with:
%%% For normal presentations
%\documentclass{beamer}
%%%
%%% For handouts with lots of extra notes
\documentclass[handout]{beamer}
\usepackage{pgfpages}
\pgfpagesuselayout{2 on 1}[a4paper,border shrink=5mm] % could also use letterpaper
\setbeameroption{show notes on second screen=bottom} % Beamer manual, section 19.3
%%%
\setbeamertemplate{note page}[plain] % Beamer manual, section 19.1
\newlength{\parskipbackup}
\setlength{\parskipbackup}{\parskip}
\newlength{\parindentbackup}
\setlength{\parindentbackup}{\parindent}
\newcommand{\baselinestretchbackup}{\baselinestretch}
\usetemplatenote{\rmfamily \scriptsize%
\setlength{\parindent}{1em} \setlength{\parskip}{1ex}%
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1}%
\noindent \insertnote%
\setlength{\parskip}{\parskipbackup}%
\setlength{\parindent}{\parindentbackup}%
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{\baselinestretchbackup}%
}
\title{The Title}
\author{The Author}
\usetheme{Copenhagen}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
Here's some content, with no notes added.
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}
Here's some content, with notes added.
\end{frame}
\note{
Here are things to remember:
\begin{enumerate}
\item Stress this first. (We probably need to ensure that this item wraps properly, too.)
\item Then this.
\end{enumerate}
Afterwards, talk about other things. Stall for as long as possible. Eventually, we'll
run out of room on this line, and will spill over onto another one.
And if we need a second paragraph, we can add one of those, too. Math like Euler's
identity
\[
1+e^{i \pi}=0
\]
isn't hard to add, but you may want to adjust the default math font family back to the
Roman default.
For some unknown reason, it appears that the last paragraph gets some weird line
spacing unless we put an extra paragraph break in the template before resetting the
paragraph-related lengths.
}
\end{document}
Adapted from Changing the textwidth of the notes in Beamer and Customizing LaTeX beamer note pages.
As has been suggested in comments, the best thing to do is to define a \makethanks command, and this can be done fairly easily. For example, using the texts and formatting you already have in your example.tex file, you could do something like
% the ``Thank you'' page
\def\makethanks{%
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{\@thankstitle}
\@thanksmessage
\end{frame}
}
% in ``article'' mode there's no ``Thank you'' page
\mode<article>
{\providecommand\makethanks{}}
% commands for the title and message of the "Thank you" page
\def\thankstitle#1{\def\@thankstitle{#1}}
\def\thanksmessage#1{\def\@thanksmessage{#1}}
\thankstitle{Thanks for your attention! Any questions?}
\thanksmessage{Hope you slept comfortably!}
Adding this in one of your .sty files and using
\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{UniversiteitAntwerpen}
\begin{document}
\makethanks
\end{document}
you will get:
And with
\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{UniversiteitAntwerpen}
\thankstitle{Thank you!}
\thanksmessage{}
\begin{document}
\makethanks
\end{document}
you'll get:
Of course, feel free to make any customization to the page.
Best Answer
Is everyone using the same beamer theme? You could select a different one, or even design your own (e.g. see the Beamer guide by K-J Kim and look at the docs and examples on CTAN).
Sites that show examples of common themes include:
http://www.pletscher.org/writings/latex/beamerthemes.php
http://www.hartwork.org/beamer-theme-matrix/ (can take a while to load but gives an easily-absorbed overview)
http://deic.uab.es/~iblanes/beamer_gallery/ (select by theme, color or font)
Many users have made themes they have developed available (check the licensing before using them), e.g. http://juluribk.com/2010/04/18/beamer-themes/