For most things latex check the Latex Wikibook
The following are some handy latex tricks,
- To relocate all graphs and tables to the end of the document just add this line near beginning:
\usepackage{endfloat} - To create links, give the pdf properties, add buttons to presentations, etc.: \usepackage{hyperref}
- To remove those symbols in the bottom corner of every other persons beamer presentation: \beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty
- To not count a slide (say you want to remove the title slide from the slide count) just put following immediately after that slide: \addtocounter{framenumber}{-1}
- Create a custom footer in beamer presentations (uses shorttitle &c. which are useful more generally)
\setbeamertemplate{footline}
{
\leavevmode
\hbox{
\begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.25\paperwidth,ht=2.25ex,dp=1ex,left]{author in head/foot}
\usebeamerfont{author in head/foot}\hspace*{2ex} \insertshortauthor %~~(\insertshortinstitute)
\end{beamercolorbox}
\begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.5\paperwidth,ht=2.25ex,dp=1ex,center]{title in head/foot}
\usebeamerfont{title in head/foot}\insertshorttitle
\end{beamercolorbox}
\begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.25\paperwidth,ht=2.25ex,dp=1ex,right]{date in head/foot}
\usebeamerfont{date in head/foot} \insertframenumber{} / \inserttotalframenumber\hspace*{2ex}
\end{beamercolorbox}
\vskip0pt
}
Note, you set shortauthor &c. using square brackets before the curly ones containing the author, eg. \author[K]{Kirkby}
- How to create appendix slides in beamer presentations:
%(so later slides, eg. appendix do not appear as part of counter)
\newcommand{\beginappendix}{
\newcounter{finalframenumber}
\setcounter{finalframenumber}{
}
\newcommand{\finishappendix}{
\setcounter{framenumber}{\
}