Document Classes ⇒ trouble removing indentation on beamer slides

[cleopatra]

I am in the process of making a beamer presentation but everything seems to indent for some reason.

Here is the code for a slide that is having a problem:

\section{Title}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Title}
\begin{columns}
\begin{column}[l]{.45\textwidth}
First Column \\
\begin{itemize}
\item one \\
\item two \\
\item three
\end{itemize}
\end{column}
\begin{column}[r]{.45\textwidth}
Second Column \\
\begin{itemize}
\item one \\
\item two \\
\item three
\end{itemize}
\end{column}
\end{columns}
\end{frame}

First Column, Second Column, and one in both columns wind up indented. How do I stop this? I don't want anything indented.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Cleopatra,

welcome to the board!
Your code is not compilable, that allows testing only if a reader extends it to a complete document. Even then we don't know your packages and settings and used beamer themes. I made your code compilable for me and tested it, I could not see for example that "First Column" is indented, it begins at the left margin.

Is "First Column" indented in relation to other text of your document? Or do you just want to change the margins like the left one?
Or do you want just the item label bullets to be aligned to the left of the column title?

Stefan

[cleopatra]

First Column and the first bullet point are indented with respect to the second two bullet points. I want all four of them to start on the left of the page. If I add a fourth bullet point, I get the first two bullet points and First Column indented with respect to the last two. Can I ask tex to not indent anything at all in the entire document? I'm really at wit's end here.

Here is what I am using:

\documentclass[11pt]{beamer}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage{graphicx,times,cite}
\usetheme{Szeged}

I've tried changing the theme and it doesn't help. I've also tried removing all of the packages but graphicx and that didn't help either.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

do you get the same behavior also with this minimal working example? I don't get the indentation described by you.

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\documentclass[11pt]{beamer}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage{graphicx,times,cite}
\usetheme{Szeged}
\begin{document}
\section{Title}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Title}
\begin{columns}
\begin{column}[l]{.45\textwidth}
First Column \\
\begin{itemize}
\item one \\
\item two \\
\item three
\end{itemize}
\end{column}
\begin{column}[r]{.45\textwidth}
Second Column \\
\begin{itemize}
\item one \\
\item two \\
\item three
\end{itemize}
\end{column}
\end{columns}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

Stefan

[cleopatra]

That works fine for me. But when I enter my stuff into that it indents again. But then I moved the point without any symbols to first and now everything works properly. I'm very confused but it at least seems to be resolved, even if the points aren't in the order I want. Is it something to do with having \mu and \sigma in my items?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Since the problem is caused by code you didn't show it could only be guessed.
If you want to have an explanation post a compilable minimal working example.
Once a problem can be reproduced it's usually not hard to fix.

Stefan

[cleopatra]

Here it is:

\documentclass[11pt]{beamer}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{times,cite}
\usetheme{Szeged}

\section{Univariate vs Multivariate}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Univariate vs Multivariate Normal Distribution}
\begin{columns}
\begin{column}[l]{.45\textwidth}
Univariate \\ \\
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \pi \sigma^{2}}} e^{\frac{(x - \mu)^{2}}{2 \sigma^{2}}}$ \\
\begin{itemize}
\item intervals
\item $\mu$ \mbox{ is a scalar} \\
\item \Sigma \mbox{ is a scalar} \\
\end{itemize}
\end{column}
\begin{column}[r]{.45\textwidth}
Multivariate \\ \\
$\frac{1}{(2\pi)^{p/2}\ |\Sigma|^{1/2}} e^{-\frac{1}{2}(x-\mu)^{T}\Sigma^{-1}(x-\mu)}$ \\
\begin{itemize}
\item ellipsoids
\item $\mu$ \mbox{ is a vector} \\
\item \Sigma \mbox{ is a matrix} \\
\end{itemize}
\end{column}
\end{columns}
\end{frame}

\end{document}


I've tried commenting out packages and switching the style already. The above code is working but when I move the first items in the lists to last, where I originally wanted them, everything goes haywire.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

The code above shows several errors. Don't use \\ that much. It's rarely needed. Use empty lines to produce a paragraph break.
\Sigma has to be written in math mode: $\Sigma$. Such errors can cause other problems. \mbox is not necessary here. Here is the corrected code:

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\documentclass[11pt]{beamer}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{times,cite}
\usetheme{Szeged}
\begin{document}

\section{Univariate vs Multivariate}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Univariate vs Multivariate Normal Distribution}
\begin{columns}
\begin{column}[l]{.45\textwidth}
Univariate

$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \pi \sigma^{2}}} e^{\frac{(x - \mu)^{2}}{2 \sigma^{2}}}$

\begin{itemize}
\item $\mu$ is a scalar
\item $\Sigma$ is a scalar
\item intervals
\end{itemize}
\end{column}
\begin{column}[r]{.45\textwidth}
Multivariate

$\frac{1}{(2\pi)^{p/2}\ |\Sigma|^{1/2}} e^{-\frac{1}{2}(x-\mu)^{T}\Sigma^{-1}(x-\mu)}$

\begin{itemize}
\item $\mu$ is a vector
\item $\Sigma$ is a matrix
\item ellipsoids
\end{itemize}
\end{column}
\end{columns}
\end{frame}

\end{document}

Stefan

[cleopatra]

Thanks!! I'm just learning tex, so you're a godsend.