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ptoche
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Joined: Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:41 am

Creating Handouts with Beamer

Post by ptoche »

Edit by localghost: Please upload the attachments to the forum Server. See Board Rules for more information.

I have now fully uninstalled MiKTeX 2.7 and installed MiKTeX 2.8. Problem persists. Irritating.

It has something to do with the page layout not being interpreted correctly by pdftex, I think.

If I remove the a4paper option, I get two slides stacked on top of each other (the desired result), but the bottom slide cut off -- something wrong with both the size of the paper and the alignment of the slides on the paper.

To sum up, With

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Code, edit and compile here:
\usepackage{pgfpages}
\pgfpagesuselayout{2 on 1}
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I obtain:
22483162-Minimal.pdf
(6.9 KiB) Downloaded 358 times
while with

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\usepackage{pgfpages}
\pgfpagesuselayout{2 on 1}[a4paper]
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I obtain:
22288287-Minimal.pdf
(5.45 KiB) Downloaded 397 times
The page is too wide and not tall enough. I want this page to have a4 size, but the two slides to be stacked up nicely onto it, why is it so difficult...

I tried to force a specific papersize by setting things like the following in the preamble:

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\def\pgfpageoptionheight{12in}
\def\pgfpageoptionheight{9in}
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but that did nothing...

For reference, the pgfpages package defines the "2 on 1" layout as follows:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphi ... fpages.sty

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\pgfpagesdeclarelayout{2 on 1}
{
\edef\pgfpageoptionheight{\the\paperwidth} % landscaped by default
\edef\pgfpageoptionwidth{\the\paperheight}
\def\pgfpageoptionborder{0pt}
\def\pgfpageoptionfirstshipout{1}
}
{
\pgfpagesphysicalpageoptions
{%
logical pages=2,%
physical height=\pgfpageoptionheight,%
physical width=\pgfpageoptionwidth,%
current logical shipout=\pgfpageoptionfirstshipout%
}
\ifdim\paperheight>\paperwidth\relax
% put side-by-side
\pgfpageslogicalpageoptions{1}
{%
border shrink=\pgfpageoptionborder,%
resized width=.5\pgfphysicalwidth,%
resized height=\pgfphysicalheight,%
center=\pgfpoint{.25\pgfphysicalwidth}{.5\pgfphysicalheight}%
}%
\pgfpageslogicalpageoptions{2}
{%
border shrink=\pgfpageoptionborder,%
resized width=.5\pgfphysicalwidth,%
resized height=\pgfphysicalheight,%
center=\pgfpoint{.75\pgfphysicalwidth}{.5\pgfphysicalheight}%
}%
\else
% stack on top of one another
\pgfpageslogicalpageoptions{1}
{%
border shrink=\pgfpageoptionborder,%
resized width=\pgfphysicalwidth,%
resized height=.5\pgfphysicalheight,%
center=\pgfpoint{.5\pgfphysicalwidth}{.75\pgfphysicalheight}%
}%
\pgfpageslogicalpageoptions{2}
 
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ptoche
Posts: 49
Joined: Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:41 am

Creating Handouts with Beamer

Post by ptoche »


Please upload the attachments to the forum Server. See Board Rules for more information.
Oops sorry, would love to. But then I couldn't find information on how to upload files.

From http://www.latex-community.org/forum/vi ... f=9&t=5838
2.5 Attachments

External servers and links to pictures or other files should not be used. Files can easily be uploaded to the forum server. External links may get lost after some time. In case a certain file extension (suffix) is not accepted, attachments can be uploaded as RAR or ZIP archives.

From http://www.latex-community.org/forum/vi ... f=9&t=3483, no info either.

I bet it's one of those obvious things staring at me...
magicmoose
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Joined: Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:29 am

Re: Creating Handouts with Beamer

Post by magicmoose »

Underneath where you write your message it says "options" and "upload attachment" ;)
ptoche
Posts: 49
Joined: Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:41 am

Creating Handouts with Beamer

Post by ptoche »

In my office I still have a non-updated version of MiKTeK 2.7. pgfpages works as expected there, but doesn't with the latest MiKTeK 2.8 installed today.

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Code, edit and compile here:
\usepackage{pgfpages}
\pgfpagesuselayout{2 on 1}[a4paper]
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works as expected there. I am trying to post the logs obtained with \listfiles in the preamble. Perhaps some expert will find it informative.
ptoche
Posts: 49
Joined: Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:41 am

Creating Handouts with Beamer

Post by ptoche »

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This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.9 (MiKTeX 2.7) (preloaded format=latex 2009.11.13) 13 NOV 2009 16:16
entering extended mode
**minimal.tex
(minimal.tex
LaTeX2e <2005/12/01>
Babel <v3.8l> and hyphenation patterns for english, dumylang, nohyphenation, ge
rman, ngerman, german-x-2008-06-18, ngerman-x-2008-06-18, french, loaded.
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\beamer\base\beamer.cls"
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\beamer\base\beamerbasercs.sty"
Package: beamerbasercs 2007/01/28 (rcs-revision 1.4)
)
Document Class: beamer 2007/03/11 cvs version 3.07 A class for typesetting pres
entations (rcs-revision 1.70)
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\beamer\base\beamerbasemodes.sty"
Package: beamerbasemodes 2007/01/28 (rcs-revision 1.22)
\beamer@tempbox=\box26
\beamer@tempcount=\count79
\c@beamerpauses=\count80
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\beamer\base\beamerbasedecode.sty"
Package: beamerbasedecode 2007/01/28 (rcs-revision 1.20)
\beamer@slideinframe=\count81
\beamer@minimum=\count82
)
\beamer@commentbox=\box27
\beamer@modecount=\count83
)
\headheight=\dimen102
\headdp=\dimen103
\footheight=\dimen104
\sidebarheight=\dimen105
\beamer@tempdim=\dimen106
\beamer@finalheight=\dimen107
\beamer@animht=\dimen108
\beamer@animdp=\dimen109
\beamer@animwd=\dimen110
\beamer@leftmargin=\dimen111
\beamer@rightmargin=\dimen112
\beamer@leftsidebar=\dimen113
\beamer@rightsidebar=\dimen114
\beamer@boxsize=\dimen115
 
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ptoche
Posts: 49
Joined: Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:41 am

Creating Handouts with Beamer

Post by ptoche »

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This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (MiKTeX 2.8) (preloaded format=latex 2009.11.13) 13 NOV 2009 16:20
entering extended mode
**minimal.tex
(C:\TeX\minimal.tex
LaTeX2e <2009/09/24>
Babel <v3.8l> and hyphenation patterns for english, dumylang, nohyphenation, fr
ench, loaded.
("C:\Documents and Settings\ptoche\Application Data\MiKTeX\2.8\tex\latex\beamer
\base\beamer.cls"
("C:\Documents and Settings\ptoche\Application Data\MiKTeX\2.8\tex\latex\beamer
\base\beamerbasercs.sty"
Package: beamerbasercs 2007/01/28 (rcs-revision 1.4)
)
Document Class: beamer 2007/03/11 cvs version 3.07 A class for typesetting pres
entations (rcs-revision 1.70)
("C:\Documents and Settings\ptoche\Application Data\MiKTeX\2.8\tex\latex\beamer
\base\beamerbasemodes.sty"
Package: beamerbasemodes 2007/01/28 (rcs-revision 1.22)
\beamer@tempbox=\box26
\beamer@tempcount=\count79
\c@beamerpauses=\count80
("C:\Documents and Settings\ptoche\Application Data\MiKTeX\2.8\tex\latex\beamer
\base\beamerbasedecode.sty"
Package: beamerbasedecode 2007/01/28 (rcs-revision 1.20)
\beamer@slideinframe=\count81
\beamer@minimum=\count82
)
\beamer@commentbox=\box27
\beamer@modecount=\count83
)
\headheight=\dimen102
\headdp=\dimen103
\footheight=\dimen104
\sidebarheight=\dimen105
\beamer@tempdim=\dimen106
\beamer@finalheight=\dimen107
\beamer@animht=\dimen108
\beamer@animdp=\dimen109
 
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ptoche
Posts: 49
Joined: Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:41 am

Creating Handouts with Beamer

Post by ptoche »

magicmoose wrote:Underneath where you write your message it says "options" and "upload attachment" ;)
oh aye! it was staring at me right in the eye! :oops:

thanks a lot for your patience magicmoose :D
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