Document Classes ⇒ Slides class -- Landscape mode?

[latexforever]

Hello everybody,

I'm now using the slides class, and I want to put the different slides in landscape mode. For this, I'm using

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\documentclass[landscape]{slides}

; it seems to work, but does not modify "physical" page orientation, so the text is landscape-oriented, but not the page containing it.

What can I do? I've looked carefully slides' manual, but there is no explanation about it, except that it could be interesting to use:

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\DeclareOption{a4paper}
{\setlength\paperheight {297mm}%
\setlength\paperwidth {210mm}}

, but do I really have to modify the package to obtain this landscape mode?

Thanks!

[gmedina]

Hi,

you can use the landscape option for the geometry package:

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\documentclass{slides}
\usepackage[landscape]{geometry}

\begin{document}

\begin{slide}
 blah, blah
\end{slide}

\end{document}

[latexforever]

Here is the output: http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be ... i/test.pdf. It seems not to work.

[localghost]

It should work when compiling with pdflatex. With latex you will need the dvips option in the list for the document class.

Just for your information. LaTeX is not a word processor, but a typesetting system. This is a point you should correct in your text.


Best regards
Thorsten¹

[latexforever]

Thanks for your answer: I had to use dvips option.
I've modified the text, but only on the two editions, because I can't remember where I put the .tex files of the beamer presentation. If I don't find them, I'll anyway put an erratum.

Anyway, you can notice it is a really basical presentation, because it was destined to people who had no idea of what LaTeX was.

[latexforever]

And how can I produce 2-up or 4-up transparents with the Slides class?
(I can do it with Seminar, but I know it is possible for the Slides class.)

Thanks!

[localghost]

And how can I produce 2-up or 4-up transparents with the Slides class?
(I can do it with Seminar, but I know it is possible for the Slides class.)[...]

If you know that it is possible, just do it. I don't know how. The slides class from standard LaTeX is very restricted. Even overlays are problematic. I suggest to change to another class. But the modern classes are made more for beamer presentations than for presentations with foils.

[latexforever]

And how can I produce 2-up or 4-up transparents with the Slides class?
(I can do it with Seminar, but I know it is possible for the Slides class.)[...]

If you know that it is possible, just do it. I don't know how. The slides class from standard LaTeX is very restricted. Even overlays are problematic. I suggest to change to another class. But the modern classes are made more for beamer presentations than for presentations with foils.

I've tried using 2up (http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/ ... up/2up.pdf) and twoup (http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/ ... /twoup.pdf) packages, but I never have a result as I want it to be.

[localghost]

I would consider twoup-gen (2up) outdated and the usage of twoupltx (twoup) too complicated. I guess the best would be to compile the slides to PDF as usual and then rearrange them with the pdfpages package by including them into another document.

[latexforever]

Thanks for your answer.
It's an interesting topic.