Document Classes ⇒ beamer problem

[Martin]

Hello,

I am working whit the beamer documentclass, I am using the theme called warsaw. The problem is that the title doesn`t fit in the footline box. I would like to know if it is posible to write anything else there instead of the title?

Thank you very much!!!
i appreciate it!

[localghost]

Use the optional argument for a short title.


Best regards
Thorsten¹

[Martin]

Thanks you very much!
I'm sorry but i don't understand what you mean, can you explain it again, please?

[gmedina]

Hi,

what localghost suggested you was to use the optional argument of the \title command,as the following example shows:

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\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Warsaw}

\title[A short form of the title]{A really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really long title}
\author{The author}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
  Test
\end{frame}

\end{document} 

[Martin]

Ahhh, Ok! Very helpful, Thanks you two!

[dfmalh]

Hallo,

I am also using Warsaw, and the outer theme "smoothbars".

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\useoutertheme[subsection=false]{smoothbars}

The problem I have is that the dots (presenting the pages of my subsections) run into each other... There is however large gaps between some sections, almost as if it is justifies or spaced evenly over the top.

My question is: 1. Is there a way to define the size of the gaps? or 2. To align the sections to the right so that the one subsection (dots) does not overlap the other sections dots.

Thanks,
Danie

[gmedina]

Hi,

please post a minimal working example showing the undesired bahaviour.

[dfmalh]

Hi,

Sorry, I forgot about my "mwe". My file is very large, but I attached an image to show my problem.

Thanks for the quick reply.
Danie

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[dfmalh]

Hi,

So as you can see the space between "Introduction", "Project Aims". "Research Results", etc. are the same.

See how the one subsection's "dots" start to overlap the next one? I indicated it with an arrow.

Here is my code to define he settings:

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\useoutertheme[subsection=false]{smoothbars}

Is there additional settings to "fix" this problem? My presentation is next week. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Danie

[gmedina]

At the moment I don't know an easy fix for your problem and unfortunately I don't have enough time right now to write the necessary code. My suggestion would be to use the split outher theme:

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\useoutertheme{split}

instead of smooth bars (split does something similar to what you proposed as the second alternative to solve your problem).