[texhax] Slide Advice

[Thomas Jacobs]

Leo, Uwe, and Tom,

Thanks very much for the suggestions.

Tom

On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Tom Schneider <schneidt at mail.nih.gov> wrote:
> Thomas:
>
>> If I wish to create .pdf slide shows and will use basic drawing
>> diagrams (boxes, arrows, etc.) what is the best way to proceed in
>> terms of packages/classes?
>
> I've been pretty happy the the recently developed powerdot in
> combination with the cool pstricks.  Generally I displace down the page and then
> can place objects anywhere I want using:
>
> % atat % section start
> \begin{wideslide}{Advanced Molecular Information Theory}
> \vspace{8.6cm}\hspace{0cm}% start at lower left point
> % \psgrid(0,0)(-20,-20)(20,20)%
> %
> \rput[tl]{0}(1.65,8.0){% across down, inches
> \parbox[t][3.0cm][t]{3.0cm}{% \parbox[c][\height][t]{\width}%
> {\rotatebox{90}{\scalebox{0.6}{\includegraphics*{slidesfigs/ecorI.eps}}}}
> }%
> }%
> %
> \rput[tl]{0}(2.0,8.5){% across down, inches
> \parbox[t][3.0cm][t]{10.0cm}{% \parbox[c][\height][t]{\width}%
> {\par
> \vspace{11pt}\hspace{4.5cm}
> {\large\textbf{Information \emph{versus} Energy}
> }%
> }%
> }%
> }%
> \end{wideslide}
>
> So the vspace sets us to the lower left corner.  The coordinate system
> can be seen by unearthing psgrid.  Then the two rputs place objects
> where I want on the grid.  Text goes inside parboxes (or in this case
> also a graphic).
>
> In powerdot one can pause or set parts to appear at different times.
> Also, hyperlinks work.
>
> My slides done this way from my talk at the recent meeting
> Perspectives in High Dimensions are at:
>
> http://www.case.edu/artsci/math/mwmeckes/perspectivesInHighDimensions/slides.htm
> http://www.case.edu/artsci/math/mwmeckes/perspectivesInHighDimensions/schneider.pdf
>
> The example above is slide 15.
>
>> Do I need to identify what drawing tools I will use before choosing
>> a presentation method?
>
> Probably not.
>
> Tom
>
>  Thomas D. Schneider, Ph.D.
>  National Institutes of Health
>  Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory
>  schneidt at mail.nih.gov
>  toms at alum.mit.edu (permanent)
>  http://alum.mit.edu/www/toms (permanent)
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