The L Y X Presentations with Beamer and L Y Xsites.wcsu.edu/roccac/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2017/02/LyX_Beamer_Sample.pdfPresentations with Beamer and L Y X An Introduction to the

Presentationswith Beamerand LYX

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Segments ofa presentation

The overlayconcept

Speci�cenvironments

Short remarkson modes

Changing thelook

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Presentations with Beamer and LYXAn Introduction to the Basics

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Contents

1 Purposes

2 Segments of a presentation

3 The overlay concept

4 Speci�c environments

5 Short remarks on modes

6 Changing the look

7 And more . . .


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Purpose of the Beamer class

With the Beamer class, you can produce presentation slides,which

are visually highly customizable

can be very well structured

can be constructed step-by-step (�overlay� concept)

may contain di�erent navigation paths (note that theslides contain all sorts of hyperlinks)

use LATEX's superb output quality

might embed multimedia content (audio, video)

can easily be transformed to accompanying material (suchas an article-like handout)

and much more . . .


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Purpose of this presentation

This presentation

describes some basic features of Beamer

especially how they can be used with LYX

For more general and comprehensive information on Beameritself, please refer to the extensive class manual [1]


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The global structure

A presentation usually consists of

a title page

slides that might be grouped to sections/parts

an appendix with additional information, such as abibliography

We describe these global segments in what follows.


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The title page

Within LYX, a title page is constructed by the layouts Title,Subtitle, Author, Institute, Date and TitleGraphic.

None of these elements is mandatory, but at least onemust be given

The order of insertion does not matter (the real order isde�ned in the Beamer theme)

For Title, Subtitle, Author, Institute and Date, you cande�ne �short� forms via Insert .Short Title/Date/. . .These are used in the sidebar/heading (given the themeactually provides a sidebar/heading)

If you select Title (Plain Frame) instead of Title, the titlepage will have no sidebar or heading


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Slides/Frames

Slides are called �frames� in Beamer. Everything inside a frameis put on one slide (which itself might consist of sub-slides).

Select the Frame style to start a frame

The frame title is to be inserted in the �Frame title� inset,which is automatically inserted for new frames or can bemanually inserted via Insert .Frame Title

Alternatively, you can also use the FrameTitle layout,which additionally o�ers a (rarely used) short frame titleoption, and, more importantly, overlay options

A subtitle can be added via the FrameSubtitle layout

Frame options (see [1] for the diverse options) are insertedvia Insert .Frame Options, overlay options via Insert .Overlay Speci�cations and Insert .Default OverlaySpeci�cations (we explain later what this is)


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Frames can be repeated

Frames can be repeated fully or only in terms of selectedsub-slides, multiple times at any later point of the presentation.You just need to give the respective frame a label name via theframe option �label� (as done here).

Then you can repeat this frame by means of the AgainFramelayout later in the presentation. Just enter the label name inthe AgainFrame layout and specify, if required, which sub-slidesyou want to be repeated via Insert .Overlay Speci�cations(again, see below for the concept of �overlays�).

Proof.

Here's the proof! (This text is only shown on sub-slide 3 whichis itself only shown when this frame is repeated later on)


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Frames can be repeated fully or only in terms of selectedsub-slides, multiple times at any later point of the presentation.You just need to give the respective frame a label name via theframe option �label� (as done here).Then you can repeat this frame by means of the AgainFramelayout later in the presentation. Just enter the label name inthe AgainFrame layout and specify, if required, which sub-slidesyou want to be repeated via Insert .Overlay Speci�cations(again, see below for the concept of �overlays�).

Proof.



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Keeping frames togetherUse nesting!

Note that all frame content, if the style is not Frame,must be nested to the frame environment (via Edit .Increase List Depth or Alt+Shift+Right)

Nested content is marked by a red bar in the margin of theLYX workarea


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Non-nested content (such as this) will also be displayed inthe presentation (on a separate slide), but not properlyaligned

So please avoid this


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Separating frames

Consecutive frames have to be separated from each other. Thisis done by means of the Separator inset, which can be producedby hitting return in an empty Standard paragraph right belowthe frame (see UserGuide, sec. 3.4.6).

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There is a simple and much more convenient way to start anew frame: Issue Edit . Start New Environment(Alt+P Return) if you are in a non-nested Frame paragraph, orEdit .Start New Parent Environment (Alt+P Shift+Return),respectively, if you are in a nested paragraph within the frame!


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Frames can be repeated fully or only in terms of selectedsub-slides, multiple times at any later point of the presentation.You just need to give the respective frame a label name via theframe option �label� (as done here).Then you can repeat this frame by means of the AgainFramelayout later in the presentation. Just enter the label name inthe AgainFrame layout and specify, if required, which sub-slidesyou want to be repeated via Insert .Overlay Speci�cations(again, see below for the concept of �overlays�).

Proof.


Special frame types

LYX provides two special frame types:

1 Frame (plain) is a frame without a sidebar/header (suchas this one). This is useful for slides with muchcontent/wide tables

2 Frame (fragile) is to be used if the frame consists of�fragile� content, especially verbatim stu� such as programlistings

If you want a fragile plain frame, pass the option �plain� to afragile frame or the option �fragile� to a plain frame.


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Sectioning a presentation

To group frames, you can use the usual sectioningcommands (Section, Subsection etc.)

These are shown in the table of contents, thesidebar/header (depending on the theme) and the articleoutput (for �article� see below, the section on �modes�)


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Parts have special meaning

You can also divide your presentation into Parts. Note,however, that parts behave di�erently in Beamer than inother document classes: a part is considered to be �a little`talk of its own' with its own table of contents, its ownnavigation bars, and so on.� [1, sec. 10.3]

This means, for instance, that if you use parts, the table ofcontents will only list the sections and subsections of thepart that contains this table of contents, and thesidebar/header will also only show the sections of thecurrent part.


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Re-arranging frames

Tip

Did you know that you can easily move and re-arrange wholeframes via the outliner (View .Outline Pane)?Also, you can navigate to a speci�c frame via the Navigatemenu!


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The appendix

Appendices might be useful for additional/reservematerial. The appendix is part of the presentation, but notshown in the table of contents/sidebar/header

An appendix is inserted as usual in LYX:

Use Document . Start Appendix Here at the positionwhere the appendix should begin

Typical content of the appendix is the bibliography

You insert it as in all other LYX classes, via theBibliography style (see the bibliography at the end of thispresentation as an example)Note that you can also use BibTEX, although not allBibTEX styles are prepared to work with Beamer


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What are overlays?

Basically, the overlay concept allows to change the slidecontent dynamically. You can uncover things/text piecewise,fade out content, highlight things, replace text, images etc.

Overlays are useful to build up slides as you speak

They help you to shift your audience's focus on speci�cthings

And they help your audience to follow you

So use overlays! Really, use them!


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Overlay types

Beamer provides many di�erent overlay types. The mostimportant ones are:

Hidden content: Stu� that is completely invisible up to a point

Covered content: Stu� that is faded out (not completelyinvisible)

Highlighted content: Stu� that is somehow emphasized at acertain point

We give examples for these types in what follows, but beginwith some general remarks on overlay possibilities


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General overlay/action possibilities

Many Beamer elements provide overlay settings. Basically, youcan de�ne on which sub-slide(s) a given content appears (�2�,�2-4�, �3-�, �1,3� etc.), or in which output mode (�presentation�,�article� etc.)

In LYX, these settings are generally accessible via Insert .Overlay Speci�cations or Insert .Action Speci�cations


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De�nition

�Action� is a more general concept, which does not only includewhat we have called �overlays� (�on which sub-slide[s] is this tobe shown/hidden/highlighted�), but also tasks such as �onlyshow this in the presentation, not on the handout� or �showthis on the second screen only� (so-called �modes�).


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Note to the LATEX a�cionados

The mentioned overlay/action settings conform to thosecommand/environment options embraced by <. . . > and[<. . . >] in the LATEX output.Note that LYX adds those braces on export, so you must notenter them yourself. In other words, enter �1� or �+-� to theoverlay/action insets, not �<1>� or �[<+->]�!


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An example

Take for example a quote. In a Quote environment, you canspecify the overlay settings via Insert .Overlay Speci�cations.If you do this and enter �2�, the quote will only appear on(sub-)slide 2:

Fear no more the heat o' the sun

Nor the furious winter's rages

Thou thy worldly task hast done

Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages

This is how the concept works, basically.


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An example

Take for example a quote. In a Quote environment, you canspecify the overlay settings via Insert .Overlay Speci�cations.If you do this and enter �2�, the quote will only appear on(sub-)slide 2:





This is how the concept works, basically.


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Covering vs. hiding

The di�erence between �covering� and �hiding� is that hiddencontent is treated as if it isn't there, while covered content isjust covered (and the space is reserved). If we would havehidden the quote on the last slide and not covered, it wouldonly have taken space on appearance:You can see how this text moves when the quote is un-hidden.


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Covering vs. hiding

The di�erence between �covering� and �hiding� is that hiddencontent is treated as if it isn't there, while covered content isjust covered (and the space is reserved). If we would havehidden the quote on the last slide and not covered, it wouldonly have taken space on appearance:





You can see how this text moves when the quote is un-hidden.


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Coverage degrees

Beamer o�ers several degrees of �coverage�, which can be setvia the command \setbeamercovered either globally (for thewhole presentation) or locally (e. g. for a single frame, as here).By default, content is completely covered. In �transparent�mode, you can see covered text greyed-out:





Check the Beamer manual for more possibilities.


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Coverage degrees

Beamer o�ers several degrees of �coverage�, which can be setvia the command \setbeamercovered either globally (for thewhole presentation) or locally (e. g. for a single frame, as here).By default, content is completely covered. In �transparent�mode, you can see covered text greyed-out:





Check the Beamer manual for more possibilities.


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Default overlay/action speci�cations vs.(normal) overlay/action speci�cations

For some environments (such as lists and also frames), youcan set �default speci�cations� additionally to normaloverlay/action speci�cations (or in the case of lists:�overlay speci�cations� for the whole list and �item overlayspeci�cations� for singular items)

Default speci�cations apply to all content of the givenenvironment, if not individually speci�ed otherwise

They use a placeholder syntax. E. g., �+(1)-� will uncoverall items in a list step by step (with a start o�set of 1) ifthey have no individual item speci�cation:

OneTwoThree

Always

Please consult the Beamer manual for details on this syntax.


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This frame uses a speci�c default overlay speci�cationwhich causes each overlay-aware paragraph . . .

. . . or list item . . .

. . . to appear . . .

. . . on a subsequent sub-slide . . .

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. . . to appear . . .


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And this frame uses a speci�c default overlay speci�cation . . .

. . . which causes each overlay-aware list item . . .

. . . to be highlighted . . .

. . . on respective sub-slides


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Pause

The Pause layout lets you mark a point where all followingcontent will be covered (by default for one slide, with regard tothe content preceding the pause):

After �rst pauseAfter second pauseBy default, consecutive pauses also end consecutively.Via Insert .Pause Number, however, you can specify a speci�csub-slide at which the given pause ends, independent from thenumber of pauses inserted before this one.


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Pause

The Pause layout lets you mark a point where all followingcontent will be covered (by default for one slide, with regard tothe content preceding the pause):After �rst pause

After second pause

By default, consecutive pauses also end consecutively.Via Insert .Pause Number, however, you can specify a speci�csub-slide at which the given pause ends, independent from thenumber of pauses inserted before this one.


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Pause

The Pause layout lets you mark a point where all followingcontent will be covered (by default for one slide, with regard tothe content preceding the pause):After �rst pauseAfter second pauseBy default, consecutive pauses also end consecutively.Via Insert .Pause Number, however, you can specify a speci�csub-slide at which the given pause ends, independent from thenumber of pauses inserted before this one.


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Paragraph-wide overlays

Beamer and LYX provide you with paragraph layouts whosepurpose it is to show/hide whole paragraphs or sequences ofparagraphs on speci�c slides. These are particularly:

The Uncovered layout which uncovers all content on thespeci�ed slides . . .

. . . including nested paragraphs of other layout.

as demonstrated here.


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Beamer and LYX provide you with paragraph layouts whosepurpose it is to show/hide whole paragraphs or sequences ofparagraphs on speci�c slides. These are particularly:The Uncovered layout which uncovers all content on thespeci�ed slides . . .




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The Only layout which un-hides content (note again how thesurrounding text �moves� when this gets visible).



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The Only layout which un-hides content (note again how thesurrounding text �moves� when this gets visible).And the Overprint environment which lets you enter . . .as demonstrated here.


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The Only layout which un-hides content (note again how thesurrounding text �moves� when this gets visible).. . . alternative text taking a speci�c space on speci�ed slides.as demonstrated here.


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Inline overlays

Beamer also supports inline overlays for text parts (as opposedto whole paragraphs), which are accessible via Edit .Text Stylein LYX:

You can uncover text on speci�c slides

You can make

text

visible (which makes a di�erence to�uncover� only with �transparent� coverage setting, asused locally on this slide)

You can show only on speci�c slides

You can make text invisible

And you can show alternative text

As for the paragraph layouts, the overlay settings can beaccessed via the Insert menu.


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You can make text visible (which makes a di�erence to�uncover� only with �transparent� coverage setting, asused locally on this slide)






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Overlay-aware commands

Many �inline� commands (also to be found at Edit .Text Style)are overlay-aware.

Thus, you can make for instance text on speci�c slidesemphasized, bold, shown in alert or structure color.

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Use these Emphasize and Bold insets (instead of the usualrespective font settings) also if you do not need overlayspeci�cations. Due to the way emphasized and bold is de�nedin Beamer, normal emphasizing and boldface can lead to LATEXerrors, e. g. when used in section headings.


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Speci�c environments

Speci�c environments, particularly suited for presentations are:

Diverse �blocks�

Theorem-style environments

Columns

We sketch them brie�y in what follows.


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Blocks

Blocks can contain all sorts of information. We used them herefor �tips� and �hints�. The class provides 3 pre-de�ned blockswith di�erent look:

Block

A general-purpose block

Example Block

A block for �examples�

Alert Block

And an �alert� block for important remarks.


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Handling Blocks

In LYX, blocks have a similar user interface to frames,which means that

Content inside blocks needs to be nested (if the paragraphlayout is not Block)Consecutive blocks of the same type must be separated bythe Separator paragraph style

Blocks are overlay-aware


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Handling Blocks

In LYX, blocks have a similar user interface to frames,which means that

Content inside blocks needs to be nested (if the paragraphlayout is not Block)Consecutive blocks of the same type must be separated bythe Separator paragraph style

Tip

Use Edit .Start New Environment (Alt+P Return) to quickly start anew block from within a previous block!

Blocks are overlay-aware


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Theorem-style environments(Theorem, Corollary, De�nition, De�nitions, Example, Examples, Fact, Proof)

Theorems look similar to blocks in the output, but they have a�xed title (depending on the type).

Theorem

This is a theorem!

Fact

This is a fact!

Via Insert .Additional Theorem Text, you can add some extratext to this �xed title

Example (a bad one!)

An example with additional text (brackets added automatically)


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Theorem-style environments(Theorem, Corollary, De�nition, De�nitions, Example, Examples, Fact, Proof)

Theorems look similar to blocks in the output, but they have a�xed title (depending on the type).

Theorem

This is a theorem!

Fact

This is a fact!

Via Insert .Additional Theorem Text, you can add some extratext to this �xed title

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An example with additional text (brackets added automatically)


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Columns

Sometimes it is useful to divide a presentation into columns

To do this, �rst selectColumns (note theplural) to start thecolumns

And then, in thefollowing paragraph,select Column (singular)to start a speci�c column

Note:

In the Column (singular) environment, you need to specifythe width using LATEX syntax (but also something like�3.5cm� will work)

Any (singular) Column must be nested to the (plural)Columns. Likewise, column content can be any paragraphstyle that is nested to a singular Column


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Modes

In Beamer terms, a �mode� is a speci�c output route. Thereare several modes for di�erent purposes. We just want tohighlight three:

1 The �beamer� mode

2 The �presentation� mode

3 The �article� mode

The beamer mode is the default. Unless explicitly speci�edotherwise, your Beamer document is in �beamer� mode.


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Switching Modes

However, you can switch document parts, frames, headings andall �action�-aware environments to a di�erent mode. Forinstance, we have switched this frame to �presentation� mode.

What does this mean?

It means that this frame will only be visible in thepresentation, not in the accompanying �article�, if youproduce such an article (we will elaborate on this a bitbelow)


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So what?

This is actually pretty useful! You can set up a singledocument and produce both a presentation and � using thearticle mode � a handout.

And we mean a real, useful handout, not one of thosescaled slide printouts that are so common nowadays (but ifyou insist, you can produce one of those as well)

Modes allow you to add extra text to the handout or hideparts from it

You can use for instance di�erent graphics for thepresentation and the handout

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Examples

As said, many elements are mode-aware.

You can show particular text only in the presentation viaEdit .Text Style .Only

Or put all sorts of complex contents via Insert .CustomInsets .PresentationMode in an inset that will only beoutput in presentation mode

Or you can de�ne that an emphasizing should only applyto the presentation, a bold face only to article

You can also show section headings or frametitles/subtitles only in the presentation/article (like we dofor the �Contents� and �References� frame titles in thispresentation)

And much more of this sort . . .


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Purposes


The overlayconcept



Changing thelook

And more . . .

Setting up an article

Setting up a beamer article with LYX is easy.

Just create a new document with the class Beamer Article(Standard Class) or Beamer Article (KOMA-Script)

Then add the presentation to this document as a child(via Insert .File .Child Document. . . )

And that's it. Now you can produce the handout and thepresentation by compiling one of these two documents,while you only need to edit one, namely the presentation

Check out the accompanying beamer-article example documentfor this presentation. You can �nd it in the same folder as thisdocument.


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Purposes


The overlayconcept



Changing thelook

And more . . .

Themes

Beamer presentations are themeable. Themes determinethe colors used, the macro structure (use of sidebars,headlines etc.), the fonts, the look of list items, blocks andin general the whole look and feel of a presentation

Beamer itself ships a number of di�erent-looking themesto chose from (we use the �Berkeley� theme in thispresentation; see Document .Settings . LATEX Preamble forhow we activated and slightly tweaked the theme)

In addition to this standard set, you can get more themesfrom CTAN and other places at the Internet

If you still are not satisi�ed or if you need a themematching to your University's or company's corporatedesign, the Beamer manual [1] explains how you can setupyour own theme

http://www.ctan.org


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Purposes


The overlayconcept



Changing thelook

And more . . .

Themes can be modi�ed

But you do not need to write a theme from scratch if you wantto alter the look.

Existing themes can be modi�ed both in details and inmajor areas (such as the coloring)

Consult the Beamer manual [1] for details


The LYXTeam

Purposes


The overlayconcept



Changing thelook

And more . . .

. . . much more!

Note that Beamer can do much more than we have describedhere. The Beamer manual [1] provides a comprehensivedocumentation.Also, have a look at the Beamer examples and templatesshipped with LYX!


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Appendix

References

Tantau, Till et al.:The beamer class. http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/beamer/doc/beameruserguide.pdf.

http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/beamer/doc/beameruserguide.pdf

http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/beamer/doc/beameruserguide.pdf

Documents

The L Y X Presentations with Beamer and L Y Xsites.wcsu.edu/roccac/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2017/02/LyX_Beamer_Sample.pdfPresentations with Beamer and L Y X An Introduction to the