#+MACRO: BEAMERINSTITUTE T. S. Dye \& Colleagues \\ B. P. Bishop Museum
I typically use sections and subsections in my talks (and the Malmoe theme displays them nicely within beamer). So, I have this in customize org-export-latex-classes:
INS DEL Choice: Value Menu Heading:
numbered: \section{%s}
unnumbered): \section{%s}
INS DEL Choice: Value Menu Heading:
numbered: \subsection{%s}
unnumbered): \subsection{%s}
INS DEL Choice: Value Menu Environment:
Opening (numbered) : \begin{frame}\frametitle{%s}
Closing (numbered) : \end{frame}
Opening (unnumbered): \begin{frame}\frametitle{%s}
Closing (unnumbered): \end{frame}
I have the standard value for org-export-latex-low-levels in customize:
Org Export Latex Low Levels: Hide Value Value Menu Convert as itemized list
And then this in my .org file:
#+OPTIONS: H:3
#+OPTIONS: toc:nil
A typical slide show might look like this, in part:
* Introduction
** Evolution
*** Four Components of Evolutionary Processes
**** Inheritance = Social learning
**** {{{alert(Mutation)}}} = {{{alert(Innovation)}}}
**** Selection = Function
**** Drift = Style
I use beamer's \alert{} command a lot, and often have figures in my slide shows, so I defined two convenience macros:
#+MACRO: ALERT \alert{$1}
#+MACRO: FIGURE \begin{centering}\includegraphics[$2]{$1}\par\end{centering}
And use FIGURE like this:
*** Determining Fish Size from Vertebrae
{{{figure(r/bm_verts,width=12cm)}}}
and ALERT like this:
**** The probability a bone was {{{alert(not)}}} recovered is:
#+BEGIN_LaTeX
$ 1 - \hat{r} $
#+END_LaTeX
I haven't found a way to export columns yet. If I could do this, then I'd be able to generate most of my beamer presentations completely from org-mode. As it is, I'm enjoying substantial productivity gains with this set-up.
HTH,
Tom