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In this article, a beamer template is provided which can be used as is or with minimum modification. Beamer is used among the scientific community to produce beautiful and fancy presentations where the content is predominantly mathematical. Powerpoint is perhaps better suited for non-mathematical presentations, whereas beamer shines in there.

Please copy the following codes and paste it in your favorite TeX processor (for example, WinEdt).

Change log:
December 19, 2009: First published.
COPY the following code or download it from the bottom of this article.

\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Madrid} % My favorite!
%\usetheme{Boadilla} % Pretty neat, soft color.
%\usetheme{default}
%\usetheme{Warsaw}
%\usetheme{Bergen} % This template has nagivation on the left
%\usetheme{Frankfurt} % Similar to the default 
%with an extra region at the top.
%\usecolortheme{seahorse} % Simple and clean template
%\usetheme{Darmstadt} % not so good
% Uncomment the following line if you want %
% page numbers and using Warsaw theme%
% \setbeamertemplate{footline}[page number]
%\setbeamercovered{transparent}
\setbeamercovered{invisible}
% To remove the navigation symbols from 
% the bottom of slides%
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{} 
%
\usepackage{graphicx}
%\usepackage{bm}         % For typesetting bold math (not \mathbold)
%\logo{\includegraphics[height=0.6cm]{yourlogo.eps}}
%
\title[Short title of the talk]{Beautiful Presentation using Beamer}
\author{Name of the Speaker}
\institute[U of X]
{
University of [...] \\
\medskip
{\emph{email@domain.ca}}
}
\date{\today}
% \today will show current date. 
% Alternatively, you can specify a date.
%
\begin{document}
%
\begin{frame}
\titlepage
\end{frame}
%
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Motivation}
\begin{block}
{Why Beamer?}
Does anybody need an introduction to Beamer? I don't think so.
\end{block}
\end{frame}
%
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Example of a Theorem}
\begin{theorem}
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
\end{theorem}
\end{frame}
%
\begin{frame}[fragile] % Notice the [fragile] option %
\frametitle{Verbatim}
\begin{example}[Putting Verbatim]
\begin{verbatim}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Outline}
\begin{block}
{Why Beamer?}
Does anybody need an introduction to Beamer?
I don't think so.
\end{block}
% Extra carriage return causes problem with verbatim %
\end{frame}\end{verbatim} 
\end{example}
\end{frame}
%
\begin{frame}
\centerline{The End}
\end{frame}
% End of slides
\end{document} 

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