General ⇒ Beamer: Long and Short Desctription in Table of Contents

[ajg112]

Hi All,

In a presentation, I've declared sections like this:

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\section[Introduction]{This is more details about what I say in the intro}

When I list my table of contents, like this:

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\begin{frame}{Outline}$
  \tableofcontents$
\end{frame}$

I'd like it to include both the short title, and the longer description. A bit like this:
- Introduction
- This is more details about what I say in the intro

A dirty quick fix is to do this:

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\section{Introduction}
\subsection[]{This is more details about what I say in the intro}

But it goes against what subsections are really for.

Any ides?
Many Thanks
Andy

[kapowza]

I stumbled on this post after searching through the forum. I'm experiencing the exact same situation. Does anyone have any ideas how to solve this? Thanks!

[localghost]

Perhaps the \addtocontents command could serve for this purpose.

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\section{Introduction}
\addtocontents{toc}{This is more details about what I say in the intro.}

This is just an idea (and thus untested). But you can try and report about success or ask further questions.


Best regards
Thorsten