beamer: Steve's Beamer Template

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Steve's Beamer Template

Description

This is the R Markdown template I use for in-class or in-person presentations. For a discussion of some of its features, see here: http://svmiller.com/blog/2019/08/r-markdown-template-beamer-presentations/.

Usage

beamer(...)

templ_beamer()

Arguments

...	Arguments to rmarkdown::beamer_presentation.

Details

Note that xelatex is not required for this template but is heavily suggested. If you elect to use xelatex, you must supply something in titlefont: and mainfont: that your particular LaTeX installation will recognize. See discussion here: https://github.com/svmiller/stevetemplates/issues/4

About YAML header fields

FIELD	DESCRIPTION
title	Title of the presentation
subtitle	Subtitle of the presentation. Optional, but useful. For in-class lectures, I put the class name here.
institute	List your department/college here. Optional.
titlegraphic	Put a path to university watermark here. Optional.
scaletg	Scale titlegraphic relative to the width of the document. Optional, defaults to .25.
make149	Logical, gives 14:9 dimension to presentation (my favorite). Optional, defaults to FALSE.
mainfont	The main font to use with xelatex. I use Open Sans here. Optional, but recommended.
titlefont	The font for slide titles. I use Titillium Web here. Optional, but recommended.
primarycolor	Specifies a "primary" color in six-digit RGB color. Defaults to 522D80. Optional.
secondarycolor	Specifies a "secondary" color in six-digit RGB color. Defaults to F56600. Optional.

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