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How to make slides in LaTex

The beamer class.

The beamer class is a LaTeX class that allows you to create a beamer presentation. It can also be used to create slides. It behaves similarly to other packages like Prosper, but has the advantage that it works together directly with pdflatex, but also with dvips.

The Latex Beamer Class Homepage  provides with the steps to create a beamer presentation and some examples

Beamer Tutorial - MIT  (pdf)

LaTeX Beamer Templates

LaTeX Beamer Video

Powerdot is a presentation class for LaTeX that allows for the quick and easy development of professional presentations. It comes with many tools that enhance presentations and aid the presenter. Examples are automatic overlays, personal notes and a handout mode. To view a presentation, DVI, PS or PDF output can be used. A powerful template system is available to easily develop new styles.

CTAN  provides additional details on Powerdot.

Quick Tutorial on Powerdot for slide making

Note:  These softwares are not a part of the default installation for LaTeX. The software downloads can be obtained from the respective homepages. For further assistance with the installation on your machine please contact  computer support

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We shall see in this article how to make a presentation with LaTeX, using the powerful class Beamer. If you want to make an outstanding “stressfree” presentation and bring your ideas or your work under a whole new light, let’s get started!!!

Installing the Beamer class

You will first need to install the package Beamer . Under Debian or Ubuntu, you can type the following command:

Once the latex-class Beamer is installed, you are definitely ready to stat your first presentation!!!

Basic presentation with Beamer

A few explanations:

means that our document is a Beamer presentation

this package enables us to use special letters (with accents, cedillas, etc). You can discard this command when the presentation is in English.

This is our outer theme (color and background). As you can imagine, there are tons of themes. You can refer to Beamer documentation for more details.

this defines the title of the presentation. As you can see, there are two titles:

• the first one, between brackets. [Making a LaTeX presentation with Beamer] is a substitute title which appears at the bottom of the page. This is useful especially if the original title is long. Since this is anoption only, if it is not mentioned, then the original title is the one shown in the bottom of the page.
• the second one, between braces, is the principal title of the presentation. The command

defines Nadir Soualem and Astozzia (us!) as the authors of the presentation.

defines where the presentation was held. Finally, we use

as the date.

To define the document, we use the markers

To define a slide of the presentation, we use the markers

To define a page title (frame), we mention it as follows

Introduction will be the title of the page. To define the first page, which contains details such as the title, the author, the date, etc - we use a frame in which we include the \titlepage command

To define a frame containing the layout of the presentation, we proceed as follows:

The layout is therefore mentioned at every section and subsection. You should insert \section and \subsection throughout the presentation and out of the frames:

Animations – Overlays

A good presentation is one that is dynamic and attracts the audience’s interest. Generally, we resort to a dynamic type of presentations. Alternatively stated, when we speak, we simultaneously show significant points of the talk, or hide others, or keep just the important ones. We shall see in this section how animations function in Beamer.

Item-by-item list view: the \pause command

In order to view several items of a list on the same slide, we type the following commands inside a frame:

We will thus see the items of our list, one by one.

Item-by-item list view: the \item<n-> command

An alternative way to visualize the elements of a list item by item is to use the \item<n-> command, where n is a natural number referring to the slide, beginning from which the item appears.

List item interval and isolated items: the \item<n-> and \item<p> commands

An example is worth a long speech:

\item<n-> means that the list item will appear on slides numbered n to m, whereas \item<p> means that the item will appear on slide p.

Item-by-item long list view: the [<+->] command

Sometimes the lists you want to display are long and it is not practical to use the \item<n-> command. An alternative solution is the use of the [<+->] command

Up to now, we have dealt with lists. We shall now see how to use text and slides.

Displaying and hiding text in slides: the \uncover<n->, \uncover<n-> and \uncover<p> commands

\uncover<n-> will display the text from slide n on; \uncover<n-> means the text element will appear from slide n to m. Finally, \uncover<p> means that the text will appear on slide p. Here is a case in point of a frame containing the \uncover command.

Be careful not to forget the braces after the \uncover command. The syntax is as follows:

Displaying and hiding text in slides: the \only<n->, \only<n-> and \only<p> commands

\only works like \uncover with the exception that the \only command is not as “cumbersome” on slides. Here is an example:

Here is an other example to better grasp the difference between \only and \uncover

Hide text in slides: the \invisible<n> commands

\invisible<n> makes text invisible on slide n

Another alternative: the \alt<n>{…}{…} commands

As an alternative, one can use the \alt<n>{…}{…} command on a slide. The first argument is the value on slide n. The second is for values other than n. Here is an example:

Highlighting text in red: the \alert<n>{…} command

To highlight text in red on slide n, we use the \alert<n>{…} command.

Successively highlighting list items in red: the <+-| alert@+> command

Using colors in a text on a slide: the \color<n->{…}{…}, \color<n->{…}{…} and\color<p>{…}{…} commands.

The first argument is the red, green, yellow, blue, etc … The second is the text to be colored

Creating links: the \hyperlink{…}{\beamergotobutton{…}} commands

To define internal links, we should add the following package in the preamble

Then, we should define a label pointing on the frame:

you define MY_LABEL as you please ! Finally, on the frame where the link is to be created, we proceed as follows:

There we are! We can see a button Refer to this page pointing to the frame labeled MY_LABEL .

Thus, the first argument of \hyperlink{…}{\beamergotobutton{…}} is the name of the label to be pointed at and \beamergotobutton{…} has the name of the button as an argument.

Defining blocks inside frames

For important stuff, we define blocks as follows:

As clear as onion soup !!!

Dynamic display of tables: the \pause and \onslide<n-> commands

First off, we should add the package colortbl to the preamble

To display rows dynamically, we shall use the \pause command as follows:

To display columns dynamically, we shall use the \onslide<n-> command as follows:

Writing on several columns: the \begin{columns}...\end{columns} commands

For two columns, we proceed as follows:

l,r,c refers to the position: left, right, center. The syntax is as follows:

Inserting a figure in a Beamer presentation

To insert an image or a figure, we proceed as in LaTeX by using the \includegraphics command. Here is an example:

In Beamer, we should distinguish between two types of figures:

• PS type: .eps, .ps and pspicture type (LaTeX)
• General type: .pdf, .png, .jpg, .jpeg You will need to compile a Beamer-class file.

Compiling a Beamer presentation

I assume that the your file is called file.tex. . There are ways to compile, depending on the type of figure you inserted. For PS-type figures, we shall use the following commands

We shall obtain the file file.pdf.

For general-type figures, we shall use the command

We shall also obtain the file file.pdf.

It goes without saying that explaining all the possibilities that Beamer offers is way too long. Have look to the official documentation, which is more exhaustive.

Have fun !!!

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Minimalist LaTeX Template for Academic Presentations

The template produces an academic presentation using LaTeX with the Beamer class . The presentation adheres to typographical best practices and has a minimalist design. The template is particularly well suited for research presentations. It is designed to convey scientific arguments and results effectively.

• LaTeX template for academic presentations
• Research presentation produced by the template
• The aspect ratio is 4:3.
• There are no frills at the periphery of the slides.
• The font for text, roman math, and numbers is Source Sans Pro.
• The font for monospaced text (including URLs) is Source Code Pro.
• The font for Greek and calligraphic math is Euler.
• The font for blackboard bold is Fourier.
• The font for mathematical symbols is MnSymbol.
• No colors are used in the text (only grayscale) to reduce distraction; colors are reserved for figures and text alerts.
• Margins, spacing, and font size are set for comfortable reading.
• Formatting is specified for theorems, propositions, lemmas, definitions, assumptions, corollaries, and remarks.
• Formatting is specified for figures and tables.
• Section slides and final slide can easily be inserted into the presentation.

4:3 versus 16:9 aspect ratio #

There has been a shift from slides with a 4:3 aspect ratio to wider slides with a 16:9 aspect ratio. This template sticks to the traditional 4:3 aspect ratio.

First, 4:3 slides are better at effectively presenting supporting information. And slides are here as support, not as a substitute, for what the speaker is talking about. 4:3 slides force presenters to display only essential information on slides—leading to more effective presentations. 16:9 slides are often used to present two graphs at a time, or two paragraphs at a time, or a graph with some side text. This is confusing and possibly distracting for listeners, who do not know what to look at, and may be looking at the wrong part of the slide. 4:3 slides can only display one graph or one paragraph at a time—focusing the attention of the audience on that one piece of information.

Second, lines of text on 16:9 slides are often excessively long. The lines cannot be read at one glance, so reading them distracts from the presentation.

Third, 4:3 slides are more robust. They are easily readable will all projectors, both new and old. By contrast, the text of 16:9 slides becomes very small when they are displayed on old 4:3 projectors.

Fourth, 4:3 slides work better on tablets because most tablets have a 4:3 aspect ratio (iPads for instance). It has becomes very common to read or display slides on tablets, or watch online presentation on tablets. In that context, 4:3 slides display better.

Sometimes, however, host institutions or conferences require presenters to use 16:9 aspect ratio. The template can be adjusted to produce such slides. Just add the aspectratio=169 option to the \documentclass command. Specifically, to produce a 16:9 presentation, the first line of presentation.tex should be:

Text font #

Fonts matter in presentations—just as in papers. The font determines the appearance and readability of the entire presentation. For the presentation’s text, the template uses Source Sans Pro , which is one of the free fonts recommended by Matthew Butterick .

Source Sans Pro is a sans-serif font. This is an important feature, as sans-serif fonts are more readable than fonts with serif in presentations. Another advantage of Source Sans Pro is that it is not part of typical slide templates (unlike Fira Sans for instance), so it feels new and fresh. And since Source Sans Pro was designed in the last decade, it also feels modern.

Moreover, the Source Pro family includes a nice monospaced font: Source Code Pro . The template uses Source Code Pro as monospaced font—giving the monospaced text and regular text a similar look. The monospaced font is used in particular to typeset URLs.

Another advantage of Source Sans Pro is that it comes with a broad range of weight. For instance, the template uses the semibold font weight in places. To activate the semibold font instead of the usual bold font, use \sbseries and \textsb{} instead of \bfseries and \textbf{} .

A last advantage of Source Sans Pro is that there is a with-serif font in the Source Pro family: Source Serif Pro . This paper template uses Source Serif Pro, which gives the presentations and papers produced by the two templates a similar look.

Math fonts #

LaTeX uses one font for text and other fonts for math. For consistency, the template sticks with Source Sans Pro for roman math . It also uses Source Sans Pro for all the digits in math and basic punctuation (such as . , ? , % , ; , and , ), so very basic mathematical expressions look the same in math and text. For example, the commands 3.5\% and $3.5\%$ produce the same results.

Greek letters #

There are some sans-serif Greek alphabets, but the letters look unusual and are hard to recognize. So for the Greek letters in math, the template uses the Euler font . These Greek letters look good, have the same thickness and height as the text letters, and are distinctive. For consistency, neither uppercase nor lowercase Greek letters are italicized.

All the standard Greek letters are available. A few variants are available as well: \varepsilon , \varpi , \varphi , and \vartheta . The variants \varrho , \varsigma , and \varkappa are not available with the Euler font.

Calligraphic letters #

The template also uses the Euler font for calligraphic letters in math. These calligraphic letters fit well with the other fonts and are very readable. The calligraphic letters are produced with the \mathcal{} command.

Blackboard-bold letters #

The template uses the Fourier font as blackboard-bold font. It is cleaner than the default blackboard-bold font as it does not have serif. And it is slightly thicker than the default font so it matches well with Source Sans Pro and the Euler letters. The blackboard-bold letters are produced with the \mathbb{} command.

Bold characters #

In the template, it is possible to bold any mathematical character (except blackboard-bold letters). This can be done using the \bm{} command in math.

Mathematical symbols #

Finally, the template use the MnSymbol font for the symbols used in math mode. The default Computer Modern symbols are too light and thin in comparison to the Source Sans Pro and Euler letters, and as a result do not mix well with them. The advantage of the MnSymbol font is that its symbols are thicker, so they mix better with the letters. The symbols are also less curly, which gives them a more modern feel. 1

Font size #

The font size is 11pt. It is easily readable but not too big. It follows Butterick’s advice to choose a font size so as to be able to fit about 12 lines of text on one slide.

The template keeps one font size for all text. So the text is not smaller at different levels of itemized lists—which many Beamer themes impose by default but which is both distracting and clunky.

Line spacing #

The line spacing is 150% of the point size. This adds white space to the presentation, which helps with reading, and it limits the amount of stuff that can be written on one slide. There is a small amount of additional vertical spacing between items in lists to separate the items better.

Text margins #

The information on the title slide, section titles, frame titles, and regular text are all aligned along the same left margin. (This requires various adjustments as these elements are not usually aligned in Beamer themes.) Lists are slightly indented to the right.

Color scheme #

As Butterick says , color should be used with restraint. A lot of colors, especially bright ones, is distracting. To reduce distraction, the template only uses grayscale. The text is in dark gray (85% black), not complete black, to avoid an uncomfortable degree of contrast. The list items—bullet points and numbers—are in lighter gray, to blend in the background. 2 Colors are reserved for figures and text alerts.

The typical, bright Beamer bullet points, headers, and footers, should be avoided as they are distracting.

No frills at the periphery #

A typical slide produced with Beamer might includes the following elements:

• Outline of the talk above the title
• Small navigation buttons in the bottom right-hand corner
• Names of the authors and title of the talk at the bottom of the slide

Such clutter distracts listeners and takes their attention away from the main message of the slide—while conveying no useful information. The audience does not need that information in the middle of the talk. The slides produced by the template are devoid of such frills.

In particular, the pesky navigation buttons are eliminated by placing \setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{} in presentation.sty .

Slide numbers #

By default the slides are not numbered. This seems better for most presentations. Displaying slide numbers does nothing but makes the audience jittery at the thought of the sheer number of slides that remain to be covered in the talk.

But for anyone who wants to share the slide deck for comments, or who gives a presentation specifically to collect feedback, it might be helpful to have slides numbers—so the comments can be precisely linked to a slide. To introduce page numbers on slide, just uncomment the line \setbeamertemplate{footline}[frame number] in presentation.sty .

Once slide numbers are inserted at the bottom of all slides, it is possible to remove the slide number from the title slide. To do that, use \frame[plain]{\titlepage} instead of \frame{\titlepage} in presentation.tex . The page numbers will start appearing on the second slide.

Title slide #

The title slide avoids centered text and is otherwise pretty minimalist. The title is in large font (21pt), in small caps, and accentuated by a black line. Authors and dates are in slightly larger font than the text (12pt). The title slide also includes the permanent URL of the paper being presented. When the presentation is posted online, the URL allows readers to go from the presentation directly to the paper. The URL is displayed in small font (9pt) and gray so is not too obtrusive.

• To specify the presentation authors, use the command \information{First Author, Second Author} .
• To add the location of the presentation or a date to the title page, add a second argument to the command: \information{First Author, Second Author}{Location -- Date} .
• The command takes an optional argument to specify the paper URL: \information[URL]{First Author, Second Author}{Location -- Date} .

Slide headline #

The headline is in somewhat larger font than the text (14pt), in small caps, and aligned left. This follows Butterick’s recommendation to avoid centered headlines. The headline stands out, is easily readable, but does not take all the attention away from the text.

The headline is set against the same white background as the text—not against a bright color background. This choice makes the headline easier to read and less distracting.

The template comes with a set of predefined alert commands:

• \al{text} colors the text in magenta.
• \al[n]{text} colors the text in magenta on nth click.
• \alg{text} colors the text in green.
• \alg[n]{text} colors the text in green on nth click.
• \alr{text} colors the text in red.
• \alr[n]{text} colors the text in red on nth click.
• \alb{text} colors the text in blue.
• \alb[n]{text} colors the text in blue on nth click.

The standard alert is set in magenta, which is a color that stands out but unlike red does not induce anger. Apparently :

A color that, for centuries, has captivated many, magenta is a mixture of violet and red. Magenta is known as a color of harmony and balance. It’s used in Feng Shui and is often considered spiritual.

Of course alerts should be used with restraint.

Theorems and other results #

As is standard, the text of theorems is in italic—providing subtle emphasis. The theorem label is in semibold—again providing subtle emphasis. To further emphasize theorems and clearly separate them from surrounding text, the template places theorems in a light gray rectangle with rounded corners.

For consistency, propositions, lemmas, assumptions, definitions, and so on, are formatted just like theorems. The template comes with the following predefined environments:

• Theorems: \begin{theorem} ... \end{theorem}
• Propositions: \begin{proposition} ... \end{proposition}
• Lemmas: \begin{lemma} ... \end{lemma}
• Corollaries: \begin{corollary} ... \end{corollary}
• Definitions: \begin{definition} ... \end{definition}
• Assumptions: \begin{assumption} ... \end{assumption}
• Remarks: \begin{remark} ... \end{remark}

An advantage of avoiding colors in the text is that colors in figures stand out.

The template uses a white background for slides because figures have white backgrounds. Figures therefore seamlessly blend into the slide. With a colorful slide background, the figures background would stick out.

Figures are centered by default.

The template is designed so the slide headline is used to caption the figure. It is not designed to accommodate a separate caption below the figure.

An easy way to insert figures into the template is to create a PDF file with all the figures that are featured in the presentation. To do that, create a Keynote or Powerpoint presentation; insert each figure as a slide background; and save the resulting presentation as PDF. With this method, all the figures have the exact same size. It is also possible to use Keynote or Powerpoint to annotate the figures created with an external software (Matlab, R, Python). The file figures.pdf in the repository was created from MATLAB graphs by this method.

The code for a slide with a basic figure is the following:

The code for a slide with multiple figures displayed sequentially is the following:

People sometimes copy-paste tables from their papers into their slides. That’s not a good idea since it is not possible to read large tables with tiny numbers on slides. It seems more effective to keep the same font size in tables as in the text, and just present in the slide tables the key numbers from the paper tables. If listeners want more details, they will go to the paper.

Tables are centered by default, and fill the slide.

Here too, the template is designed so the slide headline is used to caption the table. It is not designed to accommodate a separate caption below the table.

The code for a slide with a basic table is the following:

Section slide #

The template has a command to divide the presentation into sections, which adds structure to longer talks. To produces the section slide, just use the following code:

The text on the section slide is in small caps, and with moderately large font (17pt).

This section slide is a good point to stop, recap what has already been showed, and discuss what comes ahead. It is also a good point to take questions.

Pictograms #

The template comes with a set of shortcuts to display common pictograms in text mode:

• \then gives $\rightsquigarrow$
• \so gives $\Rightarrow$
• \up gives ↑
• \down gives ↓
• \flat gives →

Navigation buttons #

The template comes with navigation buttons. The buttons have white background, just like the slides. The button text is in light gray and small font (9pt). The buttons blend in the slides, unlike the typical, bright Beamer buttons that stand out and distract from the rest of the content.

Navigation buttons should be used with restraint as hopping from slide to slide with buttons disrupts the flow of the presentation. But buttons are sometimes helpful to go to key backup material.

Here is how to point a button to a specific slide:

• Add a label at the top of the specific slide: \begin{frame}[label=specificSlide] .
• Create a button in another slide that points to the labelled slide: \hyperlink{specificSlide}{\beamergotobutton{Go to specific slide}} .

Slide breaks #

Each slide should be prepared and planned carefully. There should be a reason why material is on a certain slide rather than on another slide. Nevertheless, sometimes, a slide contains too much material to fit on one slide, and it does not matter too much how the material is split across successive slides. One example is a slide with a long list of references. Another example is a slide with a long mathematical derivation. In these cases, the option allowframebreaks can be used to split slides automatically, using the following code:

Each successive slide is automatically numbered with an Arabic number in square brackets: [1], [2], [3], and so on. As the Beamer user guide notes, however, the allowframebreaks option invites the creation of endless presentations that resemble more a paper projected on the wall than a presentation. So the option should only be used sporadically, in the specific cases mentioned above.

Last slide #

The template also come with a last slide, which is a just a gray square, and which is called with the command \lastslide . The last slide can be used instead of conclusion slides—to say thank you, to recap what the presentation showed, and to discuss next steps or related projects.

Conclusion slides are generally ineffective and even mildly upsetting. The audience has been listening for an hour or an hour and a half. They know what they have just been told. At that point they are happy to go on with their day without having to hear again a summary of the same material.

The MnSymbol package is incompatible with the amssymb package. So it is not possible to load amssymb with the template. Neither should it be required since MnSymbol provides a vast collection of symbols.  ↩︎

The template customizes formatting for three levels of itemized and numbered lists. More deeply nested lists should be avoided as they are a sign that the presentation’s organization is too messy.  ↩︎

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• Using basic slides and foils
• Beamer (and here is a beamer presentation about how to make a beamer presentation )

The files below are an example output (the pdf file) and then a latex template (using the beamer class) and associated beamer style and image files to create a presentation with departmental and university branding/styling. Note the images used by the template are png files so you will need to use pdflatex to compile your document (and use pdf/jpeg/png images for figures). There are 2 backgrounds for the title page, the style will use the standard one for 4x3 aspect ratio slides and switch to the wide one for 16x9 slides (suitable for most modern FullHD wide format projectors).

For convenience these files are also available as a Zip file, which is then also an easy way to create a 'new project' in Overleaf using the template.

A Free LaTeX Add-In for PowerPoint on Windows and Mac

IguanaTex is a PowerPoint add-in which allows you to insert LaTeX equations into your PowerPoint presentation. It is distributed completely for free, along with its source code.

If you know how to use LaTeX, it is very easy to use IguanaTex. Select New LaTeX display from the IguanaTex tab of the ribbon, and you will get a dialog box where you can type your equation:

Type any valid LaTeX code, and click on Generate. IguanaTex will compile your code into LaTeX, generate an image from it and insert it into PowerPoint.

Need to change something in the equation? Just select the image, then click on Edit LaTeX display in the IguanaTex tab of the ribbon, and the IguanaTex dialog will re-appear so you can edit the LaTeX code.

Generated bitmap displays are ordinary PowerPoint images, and vector displays are PowerPoint shapes. They can be grouped, animated, rotated, moved, resized, etc. Further editing of the equation will preserve all these changes.

To make similar changes to multiple displays (e.g., changing LaTeX engine, size, DPI, vector/bitmap, transparency, and simple text search & replace), select multiple displays or even multiple slides, and use "Regenerate selection" to apply all changes at once.

Both the image and LaTeX code are saved with the presentation: you can display your presentation on any computer, even those without IguanaTex. Of course, equations can only be edited if you install IguanaTex.

Former TexPoint users, rejoice: you can now edit with IguanaTex (v1.40+) your TexPoint displays, which will be automatically converted to IguanaTex format. You can either edit a TexPoint display as a normal IguanaTex one as described above, or just select one or more TexPoint displays (or the slides that contain them) and click on "Regenerate selection" to convert them to IguanaTex format.

System Requirements

• OS: Windows 2000 or later (32- or 64-bit).
• PowerPoint: IguanaTex has been tested with PowerPoint 2003, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 (both 32 and 64 bit), Office 365. It is likely to also work in PowerPoint 2000 and 2007.
• LaTeX (can be downloaded from MiKTeX or TeX Live )
• (Optional but highly recommended for anything but most basic usage): GhostScript and ImageMagick , required to use pdflatex/xelatex/lualatex.
• (Optional): TeX2img , used for vector graphics output via EMF ( Download ). Note that vector graphics output via SVG is now recommended if you have Office 2019 or 365.
• OS / PowerPoint: Any Mac OS with Powerpoint 2019 or Office 365, Silicon or Intel.
• LaTeX: I highly recommend using MacTeX , as it comes with several other tools that IguanaTex uses (ghostscript, dvisvgm, dvipdfmx, ...)

Download & Installation

The current version, for Windows and Mac, is 1.60.3 (October 13, 2023) and can be downloaded from Github . Here is the changelog . Please follow the installation instructions .

Older, Windows-only versions can be downloaded from this website . After downloading, follow the instructions on the download page to load the add-in in PowerPoint.

Stay up to date: IguanaTex Google Group

To be informed of the release of new versions, you can subscribe to the IguanaTex Google Group .

Tips, Bugs, and Known Issues

If you are having trouble installing or using IguanaTex, please see the frequently asked questions .

Source code on Github

The source code for all versions of IguanaTex is available on Github .

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IguanaTex is free, but if you like it and would like to show your appreciation, I encourage you to donate to the non-profit Union of Concerned Scientists through my IguanaTex Fundraising Page . $816 raised on my previous fund should be added to the amount displayed here. (Note: absolutely nothing goes to me)

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Info and Credits

The current version of IguanaTex is maintained by Jonathan Le Roux , in collaboration with Tsung-Ju Chiang for the Mac version. It was expanded from the original version, written by Zvika Ben-Haim , originally to add support for groups and formatting, then later many more features. See the changelog for details.

Special thanks to Hammad M, Greg Anderson, Amir Bin Sulaiman, Michael Bußler, Evan Cooch, Eran Hof, Ahiteme Nicodeme Houndonougbo, Moshe Mishali, Thomas Stehle, Wei Sun, Henrik Zimmer, Malte von Scheven, Peter Ploß, Lasse Tidemann, Soren Wrang, Peter Koch, Mitchell Wand, Moshe Idan, Stephan Schedler, Mike West, Tag, Martin Bruehl, Evan Cooch, Robert Sattler, Bill White, Riccardo spica, Utophii Logos, Ivor Bowden, Chuan Li, Arnaud Woiselle, Christoph Naumann, Jinyu Lee, Ralf Tautenhahn, Andreas Herkle, archerc, Monroe Weber-Shirk, Arrigo Benedetti, and Ruichen Jiang for help with programming, debugging, and suggestions.

How To Insert a LaTeX Equation in PowerPoint? [Full Guide!]

By: Author Shrot Katewa

To create an academic presentation, you can quickly write equations using symbol options but inserting a LaTeX equation is still a challenge as there are no direct options provided by PowerPoint. However, we have some quick tricks you can use for this purpose.

To insert a LaTeX equation in PowerPoint, select the equation in the LaTeX compilation and click “copy” from the “Right-Click” menu. Open the slide, “Right-click” on the text box you want to insert the equation and choose “Keep Source Formatting” from the “Paste” options to insert the equation as it is.

You can also insert the LaTeX equation as an image while taking a screenshot of the PDF version of the LaTeX file. Besides, the LaTeX equation can be generated in MS Word from where you can copy and then paste it into Powerpoint keeping the source formatting.

If you’re also among those who struggle to insert a LaTeX equation in PowerPoint, we’ve got you covered. Let’s get started with the complete guide below:

1. How to Insert an Equation in PowerPoint?

In Microsoft PowerPoint, you can insert an equation using the “Insert” menu. There are numerous features available to write an equation on a slide. To insert an equation in PowerPoint, follow the 4 easy steps.

Step-1: Click on the “Insert” tab

The first step is to open the “Insert” menu. To do so, click on the “Insert” tab in the menu ribbon located at the top of the screen.

Step-2: Click on the “Equation” icon

In the “Insert” menu, click on the down arrow under the “Symbols” option. Then click on the “Equation” icon in the dropdown list under the “Symbols” option. Do not click on the down arrow under the “Equation” icon.

Step-3: Click on the “Equation” tab

Now you have to click on the equation box in the slide to select it. Then click on the “Equation” tab in the menu ribbon located at the top of the screen. This will expand the “Equation” toolbar.

Step-4: Write the Equation

Finally, you can write the equation in the equation box inserted into the slide. You can use the features available in the “Equation” toolbar to write the equation.

2. How to Insert a LaTex Equation in PowerPoint?

Microsoft PowerPoint does not support LaTex codes, unlike Microsoft Word. So you cannot insert a LaTex equation directly into a PowerPoint presentation. However, you can use some workarounds to insert the LaTex equation into a slide.

2.1 Method 1: Using Copy and Paste

The simplest way to insert a LaTex equation in a PowerPoint presentation slide is to paste it into the slide.

However, this only works for linear equations. Any equation with exponents cannot be pasted using this method. For such equations, you can either rewrite them following the steps detailed in section 1 or insert them using other methods described in the article.

To insert an equation using the copy and paste method, follow the 2 easy steps.

Step-1: Click on the “Copy” option

In the LaTex compilation, select the linear equation that you want to insert into the PowerPoint presentation. Then “Right Click” on the equation and click on the “Copy” option from the right-click menu.

You can alternatively press the “Ctrl+C” keys on your keyboard to copy the equation.

Step-2: Click on the “Keep Source Formatting” option

Now you can open the PowerPoint presentation. “Right Click” on a text box in the slide where you want to insert the LaTex equation. Then click on the “Keep Source Formatting” option in the “Paste Options” section of the right-click menu.

Alternatively, you can press the “Ctrl+V” keys on your keyboard to paste the equation into the text box.

2.2 Method 2: Inserting as Image

To insert a LaTex equation in Microsoft PowerPoint, you can simply add it as an image. All you have to do is follow the 4 quick steps.

Step-1: Click on the “Download PDF” option

The first step is to download the LaTex output as a PDF file. To do so, click on the “Download PDF” option in your LaTex file.

Step-2: Press the “Win+Shift+S” keys on your keyboard

The next step is to open the PDF file. Then press the “Win+Shift+S” keys on your keyboard to take a screenshot of the LaTex equation.

Step-3: Open the PowerPoint slide

Now you have to open the PowerPoint presentation. In the presentation, click on the slide where you want to insert the LaTex equation as an image.

Step-4: Click on the “Paste” option

Finally, all you have to do is “Right Click” on the slide. In the “Paste Options” section of the right-click menu, click on either the “Paste” option or the “Picture” option.

You can alternatively press the “Ctrl+V” keys on your keyboard to paste the LaTex equation as an image.

2.3 Method 3: Using Microsoft Word

The equation toolbar in Microsoft Word supports LaTex equations. You can insert a LaTex equation in Word and paste it into a text box in Microsoft PowerPoint. All you have to do is follow the 9 simple steps.

The first step is to open a Microsoft Word document. In the menu ribbon located at the top of the screen, click on the “Insert” tab to open the “Insert” menu.

Step-2: Click on the “Equation” button

In the “Symbols” group of the “Insert” menu, click on the “Equation” button. It will open an equation box in the document.

The next step is to click on the equation box in the document to select it. Then click on the “Equation” tab in the menu ribbon to open the “Equation” toolbar.

Step-4: Click on the “LaTex” option

In the “Conversions” group of the “Equation” toolbar, click on the “LaTex” option. Now you can enter LaTex codes in the equation box.

Step-5: Type in the LaTex equation

In the equation box, you can now type in the LaTex equation. Then all you have to do is press the “Enter” key on your keyboard to convert the LaTex code to the equation.

Step-6: Click on the “Copy” option

The next step is to “Double Click” on the equation box to select the LaTex equation. Then “Right Click” on the equation and select the “Copy” option from the right-click menu.

Alternatively, you can press the “Ctrl+C” keys on your keyboard to copy the equation.

Step-7: Click on the “Insert” menu

Now you can insert the LaTex equation into a PowerPoint slide. In the PowerPoint presentation, click on the “Insert” menu from the menu ribbon located at the top of the screen.

Step-8: Click on the “Text Box” option

In the “Text” group of the “Insert” menu, click on the “Text Box” option. Now you can draw the text box in the presentation slide where you want to add the equation.

Step-9: Click on the “Keep Source Formatting” option

Finally, you can paste the LaTex equation into the PowerPoint slide. To do so, “Right Click” on the text box. Then click on the “Keep Source Formatting” option under the “Paste Options” section in the right-click menu.

You can alternatively press the “Ctrl+V” keys on your keyboard to paste the LaTex equation.

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How to make a presentation that includes math symbols?

For many years, I've used Latex to create my presentations, because I need to include mathematical formulae and symbols. However, it's sometimes quite cumbersome to use, and it's much harder to do "visual" effects (I'm not talking about animations, but for instance about arrows emphasizing a particular word, or connecting two words together, etc) compared to, say powerpoint.

I'm now trying to keep the maths to a minimum in my presentation (that was actually a really good advice given by a good speaker I talked to), but I still need them a bit, so my question is: what good (combined?) solution exist to create nice presentation that involve mathematical symbols?

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• Somewhat related questions on tex.stackexchange.com: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/beamer –  Andrew Stacey Commented Feb 22, 2012 at 11:47

8 Answers 8

I've found that the secret is (1) good tools to create equations, plus (2) liberal use of arrows and text, plus (3) animations linking the two.

I've found the following two programs to be indispensable for writing talks:

• LateXiT for the Mac
• KLaTeXFormula for a number of OSs, similar to latexit but less functional

The goal is to make the math (1) visually distinctive, so that the reader can easily tell when you're discussing an equation, and (2) easy to interpret. Remember, in a paper, you have text such as "...where n is the number of..." after the equation is shown. This typically isn't done in research talks, and even worse, once you're off the slide, the reader has to simply remember what the equation was; they can't flip back a page.

My technique (you can see it in action in this presentation ) is to put equations in a unique font (I use Times New Roman, with bolding and italics), and using the above tools to typeset equations in latex and insert them as images as necessary. As you introduce each equation, explain all the variables using text and arrows . Every variable should be explained... yes, this is slow, but learning is slow. If you're going to re-use the same equation multiple times, put it in the top-right corner of the slide - with arrows and text sometimes included - so that (1) they remember what you're talking about, and (2) so you can refer back to those equations .

• 1 Just as some kind of follow-up, I'm currently using Keynote to prepare a one-hour talk, and with the trick of copying formulae from the PDF, it's just great, thanks again for the advice! –  user102 Commented Feb 27, 2012 at 11:44
• @CharlesMorisset - glad it's useful! –  eykanal Commented Feb 27, 2012 at 13:09

If you're on OS X, then a great solution is to use the LaTeXiT package, which allows you to create graphics files for individual LaTeX equations, which can then be copy-and-pasted into your favorite presentations program (Keynote, LibreOffice, Powerpoint, or even LaTeX Beamer if you have a suitable penchant for irony).

For other systems, options include KLatexFormula , and of course the well-known (but also not free) MathType .

But I prefer LaTeXiT, as it gives you the classic LaTeX look and precision control, while also making it very easy to cut and paste your work. (You can even save equations if you want to use them later.)

• 1 I personally use latexit, omnigraffle and beamer. The latter is just to include all the beautiful pdf I generate with omnigraffle+latexit ;) –  Sylvain Peyronnet Commented Feb 21, 2012 at 18:28
• 1 I tried using Beamer, I've found that the judicious use of some well-chosen animations can add a lot to a presentation. I've been using Keynote and I've been extremely happy with it. –  eykanal Commented Feb 21, 2012 at 18:31
• @SylvainPeyronnet: I've recently started using OmniGraffle and the companion OmniGraphSketcher . I like them a lot so far, and I look forward to doing more with them. (I'll switch back and forth between Beamer and Keynote, depending on the amount of graphical content as well as my collaborators.) –  aeismail Commented Feb 21, 2012 at 19:23
• Thanks for the answer! About Omnigraffle, I've used in the past (when it was still included with Mac Os X), but now I prefer to use PGF/TikZ, but also because I use beamer. Maybe I should switch off from the Latex world (apart for the formulae), at least to try the tools now. –  user102 Commented Feb 21, 2012 at 19:34
• 1 I personally use LaTeXit, OmniGraffle, and Keynote. –  JeffE Commented Feb 22, 2012 at 4:40

It involves some Latex programming, but you can do all of these things with Beamer and Tikz; see for instance http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/beamer-arrows/ and https://sites.google.com/site/kaarebmikkelsen/in-the-news/fancyequationsinlatexbeamerwithtikz .

Sample image from the first link:

Essentially, Tikz allows you to remember the positions of the elements in each picture (using \tikzstyle{every picture}+=[remember picture] ), and then add popups, markers and arrows between them as an overlay over the already typeset page (using \begin{tikzpicture}[overlay] ).

The main benefit with respect to other solutions is the quality and consistency of Latex typesetting, which we all know and love. The main drawback is the (possibly) cumbersome Latex programming, which we all know and loathe.

Also, it's all plain text (with simplifies automation, version control...)

An answer involving "not LaTex" based on both finding it utterly unnecessary in my field (which does involve a fair amount of math) and finding an endless stream of LaTeX-based presentations to feel very boring and same-y.

Have you considered MathType? I've found it far stronger for equation layout than the default Microsoft tools, and it plays pretty well with both Powerpoint and Keynote, which lets you work in the strengths of actual dedicated presentation software. It is admittedly not free, but I've had fairly strong success with it.

You might also want to try InkScape for creating presentations with plug-ins, such as JessyInk or other - simply search for " presentation in inkscape ". Besides that, InkScape allows you to render LaTeX math, it has the support built in in the new versions . This solution might sound a bit complicated at the beginning, but you'll get the power to create extremely fancy visual presentations in the style of Prezi but locally and you can play them in your favourite browser.

If you are in Windows, you can try Aurora , although it's not free.

The good thing about Aurora is it fits perfectly with Microsoft Word, you can insert inline equation or numbered equation and when you update the equations, the numbers can be altered easily.

Also, when you insert an equation using Aurora, other people who don't have Aurora can still open the file seeing the perfect equation since it's embedded as a picture to non-Aurora user.

The best part is when you insert an equation with Aurora, it won't mess up the line margin or other typesettings, which is quite often when using MathType.

• 1 Hi, Sean: Thanks for posting, and welcome to the Academia board. If you're an Aurora user, you could also make some suggestions about what you like about the code, so as to provide more than just a link. (That's not really considered "best behavior" on Stack Exchange.) –  aeismail Commented Feb 22, 2012 at 7:21
• Sorry, I have edited my post and add something up. –  Sean Commented Feb 23, 2012 at 7:55

Microsoft Office 365 supports Unicode Math for Powerpoint, and also LaTeX syntax for Word. For most simple equations, it is possible to directly type them in as text and edit as necessary, without converting them to images. This includes equations involving integrals, derivatives, limits, trigonometric functions, etc.

While Powerpoint does not seem to support LaTeX syntax, it is possible to copy and paste LaTeX equations written in Word. For a presentation that is lightweight in math content, this could be a good option to keep the other features of Powerpoint without compromising on math expressability. However, Microsoft Office 365 needs a paid subscription.

A few helpful references:

• Linear format equations using UnicodeMath and LaTeX in Word
• Write an equation or formula
• Unicode Nearly Plain-Text Encoding of Mathematics Version 3

IguanaTex is a free AddIn for PowerPoint which allows for seamless integration of LaTeX in PowerPoint slides. It is very simple to use and feels very natural.

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Minimalist LaTeX template for academic presentations

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Minimalist latex template for academic presentations.

This repository contains a LaTeX template to create an academic presentation. The template uses the Beamer class . The template carefully follows typographical best practices and has a minimalist design. The template is particularly well suited for research presentations. It is designed to convey scientific arguments and results effectively.

Documentation

The template is documented at https://pascalmichaillat.org/d1/ .

Illustration

The presentation produced by the template can be viewed at https://pascalmichaillat.org/d1.pdf .

• Clone the repository to your local machine.
• Start editing the LaTeX file presentation.tex to replace the boilerplate content with the content of your presentation.
• Replace the figures in the PDF file figures.pdf with the figures that will be included in the presentation. There should be one figure per page.
• Compile presentation.tex with pdfTeX. This will generate a new PDF file named presentation.pdf .
• The LaTeX style file presentation.sty collects all the commands to format the presentation. The file must be included in the same folder as presentation.tex . It can be modified to alter the presentation's format.
• The file presentation.pdf is not required to use the template. It only illustrate the output of the template, and will be overridden once presentation.tex is compiled.

The template was developed, tested, and validated on a Mac with the MacTeX-2023 distribution.

While the template should also work on other operating systems and with other LaTeX distributions, compatibility cannot be guaranteed. Users on Windows or Linux systems, or those using different LaTeX distributions, may need to make minor adjustments. Please report any compatibility issues or bugs you encounter to help improve cross-platform support.

The content of this repository is licensed under the terms of the MIT License.

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How to Make a Presentation in LaTeX

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What? LaTeX for Presentations?

Building Your Own Beamer Theme

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• beamercolorthemelucid.sty
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• Inner: Defines the appearance of any items that make up the slides central content, e.g., lists or the title on the title page
• Outer: Defines the appearance of the chrome of the slide, e.g., the title and footer of each slide
• Color: Defines the colors used in various parts of the theme, e.g.,the color for frame titles or the background color

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Adding equations to Google Slides

In Google Docs' document editor, there's rudimentary support for adding mathematical equations.

I didn't find anything like that in Google Slides' editor.

Anyone know a workaround?

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• Use add-ons. My experience is Hypatia Create is so far the best. –  JP Zhang Commented Jun 24, 2022 at 8:02
• "Anyone know a workaround?" are poorly worded questions that tend to attract opinionated answers. Questions like this might be interpreted as asking for a software recommendation which is off-topic on Web Applications SE but might be asked in Software Recommendations . On the other hand, Google Slides has changed a lot since 2010, and has had an important revamp recently with the introduction of smart chips among other features for end-users and the technologies used to make the app work. –  Rubén - Volunteer Moderator - ♦ Commented Sep 17, 2023 at 17:23
• I voted to reopen, the question looks fine to me. Elazar Leibovich, you can also vote to reopen since you have over 500 of rep. –  Franck Dernoncourt Commented Feb 22 at 17:24

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I found this online LaTeX editor . It allows you to type LaTeX and download an image of the resulting equation. It even shows in real time what the equation looks like.

I'm going to use the online LaTeX equation editor to place an equation in Google Presentations, just like you wanted to.

Here's an example:

It's a kind of REST interface that generates a downloadable .png image like this , similar to Google Chart API.

• 2 I've used this as well, just wanted to add you should increase the font size of the equation to get a nice high res image that doesn't blur if you need it to be big. –  Joseph Farah Commented May 30, 2018 at 15:15
• Thanks, this has a large resolution range unlike others I saw before. –  ijuneja Commented Feb 11, 2021 at 7:05
• But it still doesn't solve the problem of writing inline Latex -- something that we use to write theorems, definitions, etc. –  Pagol Commented Mar 11, 2022 at 5:35

There is now a Chrome add-on for mathematical equations, but it's not inline.

It's named Math Equations

• You can add extension Math Equations . Its latex based, for Google Slides, you can go to Add-on dropdown menu and select Math Equations**(which will appear in the list after you add the extension). Its pretty intuitive to use, just type the latex equation in the text space(an interface will appear at the side of the slide). Then, click on **add to slide button just below the text box, to add the equation to the slide. –  Pulkit Rustagi Commented Sep 30, 2020 at 4:58

Google Slides compatible add-ons

There are add-ons for Google Slides that can render LaTeX equations, and insert them as images into the presentation. Because the result is an image, other users do not need to install the add-on in order to view the equations, unless they want to insert new equations. Some add-ons also support editing existing equations inserted by the given add-on.

Below is a table summarizing the features offered by each add-on.

Above table, transposed:

Rating system:

• Editable: Can equations be edited afterwards? (The apps embed metadata within the generated images.)
• Speed: Rendering speed; very slow means 10--30 seconds per equation.
• Live preview: Live preview of the equation as it is being typed.
• UX: User experience; ease of workflow. Subjectively assessed (by me).
• Resolution: Resolution of the generated image; can it be adjusted?
• Default resolution: Default resolution of the generated image.
• Background: Transparent or white background?
• LaTeX modes: If LaTeX rendering engine, available modes have "display mode" or "inline mode" or both?
• Colors: Foreground colors or only black text?
• OCR: Handwriting recognition?
• Notes: Additional notes.

Other interesting apps that I haven't yet tried:

Test equations:

• Interesting contribution. Before investing too much effort, please remember that this is not the kind of answer (lists of apps) we are looking for. Please briefly explain how this answers the question, and considering that public add-ons are published on the Google Workspace Marketplace (GWM), and it has its rating system, please briefly explain the value that his answer adds compared to looking directly at GWM. You might explain how you decided the criteria for this benchmark or point to the source of it. –  Rubén - Volunteer Moderator - ♦ Commented Sep 17, 2023 at 17:03
• 4 The marketplace descriptions are not necessarily complete, and don't contain some of this data; one needs to try out each of the apps. Furthermore, tabulation helps for easier comparison. –  Mateen Ulhaq Commented Sep 17, 2023 at 22:23
• Thanks for replying and for adding the description of the rating system. Still, it's unclear how this post answers. Such an explanation should be included in the answer. –  Rubén - Volunteer Moderator - ♦ Commented Sep 17, 2023 at 22:35
• Really helpful comparison. Thanks @MateenUlhaq. –  Saprativa Bhattacharjee Commented Apr 29 at 8:26
• Might not be in perfect keeping with a standard SE answer, but it's still a really good one and perfectly answers the question I had, which was how to add latex eqn's to Google Docs. –  Kenn Sebesta Commented Aug 30 at 14:07

Checkout the Chrome extension EquatIO .

With it it is possible to add equations with LaTeX to google slides.

I am working with Linux, so I do not know if there is similar software. In Linux, however, the simplest solution I know of is writing your LaTeX code into KLaTeXFormula , clicking on copy and pasting it with CTRL+V right into the document.

KLaTeXFormula is great software: It allows you to set your own preamble and also saves previous entries, which you can easily look up in a library.

Go to insert, click on special characters and everything that you need should be right there. This is only for google slides, I don't know how to do it for google docs. Another option is typing the equation in google docs and then pasting it in google slides.

There is no direct and clean way to add equations to Google Slides but you can make an equation in Microsoft Excel, copy it and paste it in Slides.

Note that you can't do this from Google Docs, that is, if you copy-paste an equation created in Docs, it will appear as plain text in Slides losing all equation formatting.

A tip: before you copy the equation from Excel, you may consider enlarging its size by selecting it > Home > Change Font Size.

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Math mode and beamer

I have some difficulties with math mode in beamer .

At the moment if I add a newline it gives the error message:

What am I doing wrong?

In another question it has something to do with versions of math-package and beamer , but I have a fresh install.

This doesn't work:

• 1 \\ is not intended for use in math , better to use a multi-line math environment such as align* or gather* –  David Carlisle Commented Mar 11, 2017 at 10:13
• 1 Should it not be b squared instead of b wedge 2 ? Or am I missing some of the math here? –  BMWurm Commented Mar 11, 2017 at 12:26
• You should write \operatorname{discriminant} rather than \text{discriminant} . Besides the discriminant is given by $d = b^2 - 4ac$. –  user94293 Commented Mar 11, 2017 at 17:22
• @BMWurm No you don't missing something. I need it for visual needs –  Jan-Bert Commented Mar 11, 2017 at 20:32
• @Jan-Bert Thanks for the explanation :D –  BMWurm Commented Mar 11, 2017 at 21:42

2 Answers 2

You need some math environment with multi-line support. There is align* , gather* , split , multline , aligned , alignat , and the list continues..

The math -environment is designed to show "inline" math formulae. The word "inline" implies, that the math is presented in the normal running text. Therefore it can't break lines by using Ret or \\ . You have to encounter each line in a \begin{math} ... \end{math} environment of its own, like so:

This works without compilation error.

Despite that, in your case, I would ask you, to use an environment, which was designed for displayed formulae, as you display the formulae as a paragraph of is own right.

A displayed formulae is typeset different, compared to an inline formulae. The font is bigger, the position of the sub- and superscripts is different, ... Do yourself the favour and enjoy the typographic enhancement.

Therefore, I suggest you use something like an eqnarray environment or something similar from the AMS packages, e. g. align :

Which compiles without error and results in

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