Presentations and Posters ⇒ Aligning block titles and giving them borders

[cheesesofnazareth]

In one of my slides, I am trying to make two adjacent blocks. I want the block sizes to be the same size, so that the titles are at the same level/height. I also want border around the blocks of the same colour as its title.
Here is my MWE:

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\documentclass[xcolor=dvipsnames]{beamer}
\usetheme{default}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{color}

\setbeamersize{text margin left=10mm, text margin right=10mm}

\setbeamertemplate{blocks}[rounded]
\setbeamertemplate{blocks}[framed]
\setbeamercolor{block title}{fg=MidnightBlue}

\setbeamertemplate{footline}{\hspace{.5cm}\scriptsize{\insertshorttitle
\hspace{25pt} \hfill\insertframenumber\hspace{0.5cm}}
\vspace{9pt}}

\setbeamercolor{title}{fg=MidnightBlue}
\setbeamercolor{titlelike}{fg=MidnightBlue}
\setbeamertemplate{itemize items}[circle]
\setbeamercolor{caption name}{fg=MidnightBlue}

\beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty

\usepackage{helvet}
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
\usepackage{microtype}

\setbeamertemplate{frametitle}{
\vspace*{4mm}\hspace*{-0.1mm}\insertframetitle\vspace*{1mm}\hrule}

\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{tikzpagenodes}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}

\title[\textsc{My Name}]{My Name\\~\\ My education and career}
%%% Until here marks the preamble

\begin{document}
\begin{frame}{Internships}
\begin{columns}
\column{0.5\textwidth}
\begin{exampleblock}{Company 1}
\begin{minipage}[l]{0.5\textheight}
\begin{itemize}
\item ELISA assay 
\item Chromatography
\item Histology
\end{itemize}
\end{minipage}
\end{exampleblock}

\column{0.5\textwidth}
\begin{block}{Company 2}
\begin{minipage}[l]{0.5\textheight}
\begin{itemize}
\item Learnt statistical methods and was introduced to the use of R
\item Was introduced to the use of \LaTeX
\item Developed a novel compounds which is currently being considered for a patent.
\end{itemize}
\end{minipage}
\end{block}
\end{columns}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

[Bartman]

You could test the example with one click if you didn't have to add the end of the document environment first. Please make sure your example is complete before you send it.

I want the block sizes to be the same size, so that the titles are at the same level/height.

Read section 12.7 "Splitting a Frame into Multiple Columns" in the beamer manual.

[cheesesofnazareth]

Oh apologies. I have this MWE compiled and working. Just a copy-paste error. Apologies.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

I added the missing \end{document}. So the code compiles here in the forum when I click the "Run LaTeX here" button.

Did you already get the information from the manual, as Bartman posted the link above? Does it work?

Stefan