CTAN update: beamer
Finally, a new version of Beamer. Notable new features and bugfixes include: * notes about lualatex and xelatex in documentation, * improve Linux distribution-specific information, * add support for more professional fonts (suppresses Beamer internal replacements), * add support for 16:9, 16:10, 14:9, 5:4, 3:2 layout using screensize class option (e.g. screensize=169) * fix utf8, utf8x, ucs class options, * add (an undocumented for now) option [noframenumbering] to skip numbering a specific frame, * merge lots of patches scattered around the Internet (see ChangeLog if you are interested).
This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/beamer . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/beamer (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
beamer – A LaTeX class for producing presentations and slides
The beamer LaTeX class can be used for producing slides. The class works in both PostScript and direct PDF output modes, using the pgf graphics system for visual effects.
Content is created in the frame environment, and each frame can be made up of a number of slides using a simple notation for specifying material to appear on each slide within a frame. Short versions of title, authors, institute can also be specified as optional parameters. Whole frame graphics are supported by plain frames. The class supports figure and table environments, transparency effects, varying slide transitions and animations. Beamer also provides compatibility with other packages like prosper.
The package now incorporates the functionality of the former translator package, which is used for customising the package for use in other language environments.
Beamer depends on the following other packages: atbegshi, etoolbox, hyperref, ifpdf, pgf, and translator.
| Package | beamer |
| Version | 3.71 2024-01-06 |
| Copyright | 2003–2007 Till Tantau 2010 Vedran Miletić 2011–2015 Vedran Miletić, Joseph Wright 2019–2024 Joseph Wright, samcarter |
| Maintainer | samcarter Joseph Wright Vedran Miletić (inactive) Louis Stuart (inactive) Till Tantau (inactive) |