Template for making slideshows in LaTeX

This template has my favorite settings after about eight years of use. I strived to make it hard to tell that the slides were made with the beamer document class. I included example slides for the following situations, which cover most scenarios:

• black bullet point list (no green triangle for points)
• imported image
• sample table
• code block on colored background and syntax highlighted by the minted package
• display equations

Duplicate the kind of slide you need and delete or comment on the rest.

Recommeded workflow

• Stay organized. Create a separate folder for each platform talk or seminar in the home directory for easy access and clone this repository into it. I never give the same talk twice. For example, I create a new folder for each seminar if they are similar. I will store lectures in separate subfolders in the folder for each course.
• I will start a slideshow early to help generate new ideas through visualization. Sometimes the slideshow precedes the drafting of a manuscript.
• git clone Writing log template
• Use the writing log to record your plans, decisions, correspondence with session chairs or seminar host, and progress in terms of slides developed, text written, and the number of times rehearsed.
• git clone Annotated Bibliography to the subfolder annotatedBibliograpy
• Use the annotated bibliography to store the Bibtex entries and notes and to cite the literature.
• If you use Overleaf, create a new project and upload the files. Set the compiler to XeLaTeX.
• If using compiles to PDF locally, use the XeLaTeX compiler.
• git clone the Overleaf project to the subfolder ov as a backup.
• Start brainstorming and creating!

Sample slide with a code block with a colored background and syntax highlighting

Related repositories of possible interest

• LaTeX manuscript template
• Writing log template
• Annotated Bibliography
• Diary for 2022 in LaTeX
• Diary for 2023 in LaTeX
• latex-emacs profile
• snippets for latex-mode in Emacs
• Quizzes about Emacs to improve recall of keybindings
• Slides from talk about LaTeX in Emacs
• Slides from talk about GhostText
• Video link to talk about GhostText

Update history

Version	Changes	Date
Version 0.2	Added funding and update table.	2024 May 4

Funding

• NIH: R01 CA242845, R01 AI088011
• NIH: P30 CA225520 (PI: R. Mannel); P20GM103640 and P30GM145423 (PI: A. West)