Page Layout ⇒ beamer | Frames with two-columned Index

[gadgetto]

Hi everybody,

I have implemented a huge number of slides using the beamer class. Now I want to append an index. It works quite fine with

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\usepackage{makeidx}
\newenvironment{theindex}{%
  \let\item\par   % definitions for subitem etc 
}{}
\newcommand\indexspace{}
\makeindex

[...]

\begin{frame}<handout>[allowframebreaks]
  \frametitle{Index}
  \printindex
\end{frame}

But I would like to have two columns per frame.

I tried the multicol package as follows, but the automatic frame-breaks did not work any more and latex tries to put the hole index on one slide, so that a lot of entries stick out

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\newenvironment{theindex}{%
  \let\item\par   % definitions for subitem etc
  \begin{multicols}{2}
}{\end{multicols}}

Has anyone an idea how to get an 2 column index on several frames???


Thanks for help!
Gadgetto

[localghost]

Did you try to use imakeidx instead? It is more sophisticated. If that doesn't help, kindly prepare a minimal example.


Thorsten

[gadgetto]

Hi localghost,

I tried also imakeidx, but I got the same problem. When I want to have n columns n-1 empty slides are created and the hole index is set to the next slide, so that a lot of entries stick out.

Hier is a small example:

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\documentclass[handout]{beamer}

\usepackage{makeidx}
\newenvironment{theindex}{%
  \let\item\par   % definitions for subitem etc
}{}
\newcommand\indexspace{}
\makeindex


\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
  A\index{A} B\index{B} C\index{C} D\index{D} E\index{E} F\index{F}
  G\index{G} H\index{H} I\index{I} J\index{J} K\index{K} L\index{L}
  M\index{M} N\index{N} O\index{O} P\index{N} P\index{N} Q\index{Q}
  R\index{R} S\index{S} T\index{T} U\index{U} V\index{V} W\index{W} 
  X\index{X} Y\index{Y} Z\index{Z}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}<handout>[allowframebreaks]
  \frametitle{Index}
  \printindex
\end{frame}
\end{document}

Gadgetto