Document Classes ⇒ Themes in Documentclass Slides (not Beamer!)

[XunKan]

Hello,

I would like to adapt my company's presentation theme to LaTeX's documentclass Slides. Does anyone have experience on how to create themes from scratch (color picking, managing the frames, logo)?

Thank you,

XunKan

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi XunKan,

welcome to the board!

Which version of the document class slides do you use? Perhaps the newest one, v2.3z of 1997/08/15?
It's pretty old - do you have any specific reason for using this class, which could be important here?

Stefan

[XunKan]

Thank you for the welcome!

There is no specific reason I use Slides except being used to it instead of Beamer because I do not like the Beamer themes. So if there is no solution available for Slides I can do with Beamer. Is it possible to imitate a company's PowerPoint Template in Beamer (with all necessary permissions, of course)?

XunKan

[Stefan Kottwitz]

You could create your own beamer theme, which can be very different. Some people did that. Beamer is very capable and provides ways for customization.

You could also have a look at powerdot, wich is a good class for presentations, is actively maintained and provides some themes.

Stefan

[josephwright]

The slides class is regarded by most people as not really 'usable'. It was designed for producing printed slides, and even then was not very good. As such, you really should use either beamer or powerdot, both of which are primarily aimed at modern screen presentation. As you want your own theme, the nature of the 'standard' themes really should not be a big issue.