Inserts the text of a title page into the current frame.

Example: \begin{frame}\titlepage\end{frame}

Example: \begin{frame}[plain]\titlepage\end{frame} for a titlepage that fills the whole frame.

If used inside a frame, it has the same effect as \titlepage. If used outside a frame, it has the same effect as \begin{frame}\titlepage\end{frame}; in other words, a frame is added if necessary.

The ⟨short title⟩ is used in headlines and footlines. Inside the ⟨title⟩ line breaks can be inserted using the double-backslash command.

Example:

\title{The Beamer Class}
\title[Short Version]{A Very Long Title\\Over Several Lines}

The short form is ignored in article mode.

The ⟨short subtitle⟩ is not used by default, but is available via the insert \insertshortsubtitle. The subtitle is shown below the title in a smaller font.

Example:

\title{The Beamer Class}
\subtitle{An easily paced introduction with many examples.}

This command causes the subtitle to be appended to the title with a linebreak and a \normalsize command issued before it. This may or may not be what you would like to happen.

The names should be separated using the command \and. In case authors have different affiliations, they should be suffixed by the command \inst with different parameters.

Example: \author[Hemaspaandra et al.]{L. Hemaspaandra\inst{1} \and T. Tantau\inst{2}}

The short form is ignored in article mode.

If more than one institute is given, they should be separated using the command \and and they should be prefixed by the command \inst with different parameters.

Example:

\institute[Universities of Rijeka and Berlin]{
  \inst{1}Department of Informatics\\
  University of Rijeka
  \and
  \inst{2}Fakult\"at f\"ur Elektrotechnik und Informatik\\
  Technical University of Berlin}

The short form is ignored in article mode. The long form is also ignored, except if the document class (like llncs) defines it.

Example: \date{\today} or \date[STACS 2003]{STACS Conference, 2003}.

The short form is ignored in article mode.

The ⟨text⟩ is shown as title graphic. Typically, a picture environment is used as ⟨text⟩.

Example: \titlegraphic{\pgfuseimage{titlegraphic}}

The command is ignored in article mode.

Enters the ⟨text⟩ as the subject text in the pdf document info. It currently has no other effect.

Enters the ⟨text⟩ as keywords in the pdf document info. It currently has no other effect.

Starts a section. No heading is created. By default the ⟨section name⟩ is shown in the table of contents and in the navigation bars; if ⟨short section name⟩ is specified, it will be used in the navigation bars instead; if ⟨short section name⟩ is explicitly empty, it will not appear in the navigation bars. If a ⟨mode specification⟩ is given, the command only has an effect for the specified modes.

Example: \section[Summary]{Summary of Main Results}

The ⟨mode specification⟩ allows you to provide an alternate section command in article mode. This is necessary for example if the ⟨short section name⟩ is unsuitable for the table of contents:

Example:

\section<presentation>[Results]{Results on the Main Problem}
\section<article>{Results on the Main Problem}

Starts a section without an entry in the table of contents. No heading is created, but the ⟨section name⟩ is shown in the navigation bar.

Example: \section*{Outline}

Example: \section<beamer>*{Outline}

This command works the same way as the \section command.

Example: \subsection[Applications]{Applications to the Reduction of Pollution}

Starts a subsection without an entry in the table of contents. No heading is created, but the ⟨subsection name⟩ is shown in the navigation bar, except if ⟨subsection name⟩ is empty. In this case, neither a table of contents entry nor a navigation bar entry is created, but any frames in this “empty” subsection are shown in the navigation bar.

Example:

\section{Summary}

  \begin{frame}
    This frame is not shown in the navigation bar
  \end{frame}

  \subsection*{}

  \begin{frame}
    This frame is shown in the navigation bar, but no subsection entry is shown.
  \end{frame}

  \subsection*{A subsection}

  \begin{frame}
    Normal frame, shown in navigation bar. The subsection name is
    also shown in the navigation bar, but not in the table of contents.
  \end{frame}

This command works the like \subsection. However, subsubsections are supported less well than subsections. For example, in the table of contents subsubsections are always shown with the same shading/hiding parameters as the subsection.

We strongly discourage the use of subsubsections in presentations. If you do not use them, you will give a better presentation.

Example: \subsubsection[Applications]{Applications to the Reduction of Pollution}

Starts a subsubsection without an entry in the table of contents. No heading is created, but the ⟨subsubsection name⟩ is shown in a possible sidebar.

The given text will be inserted at the beginning of every section. If the ⟨special star text⟩ parameter is specified, this text will be used for starred sections instead. Different calls of this command will not “add up” the given texts (like the \AtBeginDocument command does), but will overwrite any previous text.

Example:

\AtBeginSection[] % Do nothing for \section*
{
 \begin{frame}<beamer>
   \frametitle{Outline}
   \tableofcontents[currentsection]
 \end{frame}
}

This command has no effect in article mode.

The given text will be inserted at the beginning of every subsection. If the ⟨special star text⟩ parameter is specified, this text will be used for starred subsections instead. Different calls of this command will not “add up” the given texts.

Example:

\AtBeginSubsection[] % Do nothing for \subsection*
{
 \begin{frame}<beamer>
   \frametitle{Outline}
   \tableofcontents[currentsection,currentsubsection]
 \end{frame}
}

Like \AtBeginSubsection, only for subsubsections.

This command shows a frame with the section number and title of the current section.

Example:

\section{A section}

  \begin{frame}
    \sectionpage
  \end{frame}

  \begin{frame}
    Some text.
  \end{frame}

Works the same way as the \sectionpage.

Starts a part. The ⟨part name⟩ will be shown when the \partpage command is used. The ⟨short part name⟩ is not shown anywhere by default, but it is accessible via the command \insertshortpart.

Example:

\begin{document}
  \begin{frame}
  \titlepage
  \end{frame}

  \section*{Outlines}
  \subsection{Part I: Review of Previous Lecture}
  \begin{frame}
    \frametitle{Outline of Part I}
    \tableofcontents[part=1]
  \end{frame}
  \subsection{Part II: Today's Lecture}
  \begin{frame}
    \frametitle{Outline of Part II}
    \tableofcontents[part=2]
  \end{frame}

  \part{Review of Previous Lecture}
  \begin{frame}
    \partpage
  \end{frame}
  \section[Previous Lecture]{Summary of the Previous Lecture}
  \subsection{Topics}
  \begin{frame}...\end{frame}
  \subsection{Learning Objectives}
  \begin{frame}...\end{frame}

  \part{Today's Lecture}
  \begin{frame}
    \partpage
  \end{frame}
  \section{Topic A}
  \begin{frame}
    \tableofcontents[currentsection]
  \end{frame}
  \subsection{Foo}
  \begin{frame}...\end{frame}
  \section{Topic B}
  \begin{frame}
    \tableofcontents[currentsection]
  \end{frame}
  \subsection{bar}
  \begin{frame}...\end{frame}
\end{document}

Works like \titlepage, only that the current part, not the current presentation is “advertised.”

Example: \begin{frame}\partpage\end{frame}

The given text will be inserted at the beginning of every part.

Example:

\AtBeginPart{
  \begin{frame}
    \partpage
  \end{frame}
}

Starts a lecture. The ⟨lecture name⟩ will be available via the \insertlecture command. The ⟨short lecture name⟩ is available via the \insertshortlecture command.

Example:

\begin{document}
\lecture{Vector Spaces}{week 1}

\section{Introduction}
...
\section{Summary}

\lecture{Scalar Products}{week 2}

\section{Introduction}
...
\section{Summary}

\end{document}

This command has no effect in article mode.

Causes all \frame, frame, \section, \subsection, and \part commands following a \lecture command to be suppressed, except if the lecture’s label matches the ⟨lecture label⟩. Frames before any \lecture commands are always included. This command should be given in the preamble.

Example: \includeonlylecture{week 1}

This command has no effect in article mode.

The given text will be inserted at the beginning of every lecture.

Example:

\AtBeginLecture{
  \begin{frame}
    \Large Today's Lecture: \insertlecture
  \end{frame}
}

This command has no effect in article mode.

Inserts a table of contents into the current frame.

Example:

\section*{Outline}
\begin{frame}
  \tableofcontents
\end{frame}

\section{Introduction}
\begin{frame}
  \tableofcontents[currentsection]
\end{frame}
\subsection{Why?}
\begin{frame}...\end{frame}
\begin{frame}...\end{frame}
\subsection{Where?}
\begin{frame}...\end{frame}

\section{Results}
\begin{frame}
  \tableofcontents[currentsection]
\end{frame}
\subsection{Because}
\begin{frame}...\end{frame}
\subsection{Here}
\begin{frame}...\end{frame}

The following options can be given:

• • currentsection causes all sections but the current to be shown in a semi-transparent way. Also, all subsections but those in the current section are shown in the semi-transparent way. This command is a shorthand for specifying the following options:

  sectionstyle=show/shaded,subsectionstyle=show/show/shaded
  

• • currentsubsection causes all subsections but the current subsection in the current section to be shown in a semi-transparent way. This command is a shorthand for specifying the option subsectionstyle=show/shaded.

• • firstsection=⟨section number⟩ specifies which section should be numbered as section “1.” This is useful if you have a first section (like an overview section) that should not receive a number. Section numbers are not shown by default. To show them, you must install a different table of contents templates.

• • hideallsubsections causes all subsections to be hidden. This command is a shorthand for specifying the option subsectionstyle=hide.

• • hideothersubsections causes the subsections of sections other than the current one to be hidden. This command is a shorthand for specifying the option subsectionstyle=show/show/hide.

• • lastsection=⟨section number⟩ similar to firstsection, this option specifies which section should be the last numbered section. This is useful if you have unnumbered sections at the end, like a summary or outlook. Section numbers are not shown by default. To show them, you must install a different table of contents templates.

• • part=⟨part number⟩ causes the table of contents of part ⟨part number⟩ to be shown, instead of the table of contents of the current part (which is the default). This option can be combined with the other options, although combining it with the current option obviously makes no sense.

• • pausesections causes a \pause command to be issued before each section. This is useful if you wish to show the table of contents in an incremental way.

• • pausesubsections causes a \pause command to be issued before each subsection.

• • sections={⟨overlay specification⟩} causes only the sections mentioned in the ⟨overlay specification⟩ to be shown. For example, sections={<2-4| handout:0>} causes only the second, third, and fourth section to be shown in the normal version, nothing to be shown in the handout version, and everything to be shown in all other versions. For convenience, if you omit the pointed brackets, the specification is assumed to apply to all versions. Thus sections={2-4} causes sections two, three, and four to be shown in all versions.

• • sectionstyle=⟨style for current section⟩/⟨style for other sections⟩ specifies how sections should be displayed. Allowed ⟨styles⟩ are show, shaded, and hide. The first will show the section title normally, the second will show it in a semi-transparent way, and the third will completely suppress it. You can also omit the second style, in which case the first is used for all sections (this is not really useful).

• • subsectionstyle=⟨style for current subsection⟩/⟨style for other subsections in current section⟩/
  ⟨style for subsections in other sections⟩ specifies how subsections should be displayed. The same styles as for the sectionstyle option may be given. You can omit the last style, in which case the second also applies to the last, and you can omit the last two, in which case the first applies to all.

  Example: subsectionstyle=shaded causes all subsections to be shaded.

  Example: subsectionstyle=hide causes all subsections to be hidden.

  Example: subsectionstyle=show/shaded causes all subsections but the current subsection in the current section to be shown in a semi-transparent way.

  Example: subsectionstyle=show/show/hide causes all subsections outside the current section to be suppressed.

  Example: subsectionstyle=show/shaded/hide causes all subsections outside the current section to be suppressed and only the current subsection in the current section to be highlighted.

• • subsubsectionstyle=⟨style for current subsubsection⟩/⟨style for other subsubsections in current subsection⟩/
  ⟨style for subsubsections in other subsections in current section⟩/⟨style for subsubsections in other subsections in other sections⟩ specifies how subsubsections should be displayed. The same styles as for the sectionstyle option may be given. You can omit styles from the end of the list, in which case the last given style will also be applied to the omitted styles. This option operates in an analogous manner to subsectionstyle.

The last examples are useful if you do not wish to show too many details when presenting the talk outline.

The options are ignored in article mode.

The ⟨citation text⟩ is inserted into the text when the item is cited using \cite{⟨label name⟩} in the main presentation text. For a beamer presentation, this should usually be as long as possible.

Use \newblock commands to separate the authors’s names, the title, the book/journal reference, and any notes. If the ⟨overlay specification⟩ is present, the entry will only be shown on the specified slides.

Example:

\bibitem[Dijkstra, 1982]{Dijkstra1982}
  E.~Dijkstra.
  \newblock Smoothsort, an alternative for sorting in situ.
  \newblock {\em Science of Computer Programming}, 1(3):223--233, 1982.

Starts the appendix in the specified modes. All frames, all \subsection commands, and all \section commands used after this command will not be shown as part of the normal navigation bars.

Example:

\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
  \titlepage
\end{frame}
\section*{Outline}
\begin{frame}
  \tableofcontents
\end{frame}
\section{Main Text}
\begin{frame}
  Some text
\end{frame}
\section*{Summary}
\begin{frame}
  Summary text
\end{frame}

\appendix
\section{\appendixname}
\begin{frame}
  \tableofcontents
\end{frame}
\subsection{Additional material}
\begin{frame}
  Details
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}
  Text omitted in main talk.
\end{frame}
\subsection{Even more additional material}
\begin{frame}
  More details
\end{frame}
\end{document}