Combine Warsaw and Boadilla

Question

I am using beamer to make a presentation.

I like the Warsaw theme, but I also like Boadilla navigation bar. So my idea is using Warsaw theme, but at bottom of each slide I want it to be shown like Boadilla: 40% dedicated to my name and institute, 40% to the topic name and 20% to the page number (Page #).

Yes use beamer to make a presentation. I do not know how to insert a picture. but my idea is to have a slide with warsaw theme, but the bottom bar should have 3 slices instead of 2. First slice is about my name and institute, 4/10 total bar space. second slice is about my topic, also 4/10 tatal bar space. and last is for page number, 2/10 bar space. — kalashnimov, May 25 '16 at 22:10

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 07 '16 at 01:19

The Warsaw theme of beamer uses the shadow outer theme which, in turn, is based on the split outer theme. The split outer theme sets the footline using the following template construction:

\defbeamertemplate*{footline}{split theme}
{%
  \leavevmode%
  \hbox{\begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.5\paperwidth,ht=2.5ex,dp=1.125ex,leftskip=.3cm plus1fill,rightskip=.3cm]{author in head/foot}%
    \usebeamerfont{author in head/foot}\insertshortauthor
  \end{beamercolorbox}%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.5\paperwidth,ht=2.5ex,dp=1.125ex,leftskip=.3cm,rightskip=.3cm plus1fil]{title in head/foot}%
    \usebeamerfont{title in head/foot}\insertshorttitle
  \end{beamercolorbox}}%
  \vskip0pt%
}

From the above it's clear that split's footline template creates the 50%-50% view you mention under Warsaw. Let's update this to suit your needs, now creating a 40%-40%-20% layout:

\documentclass{beamer}

\let\Tiny\tiny% http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/94159/5764

\usetheme{Warsaw}

%\usecolortheme{dolphin}% from Boadilla

\setbeamertemplate{footline}
  {%
    \leavevmode%
    \hbox{\begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.4\paperwidth,ht=2.5ex,dp=1.125ex,leftskip=.3cm plus1fill,rightskip=.3cm]{author in head/foot}%
      \usebeamerfont{author in head/foot}\insertnameinstitute
    \end{beamercolorbox}%
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.4\paperwidth,ht=2.5ex,dp=1.125ex,leftskip=.3cm,rightskip=.3cm plus1fil]{title in head/foot}%
      \usebeamerfont{title in head/foot}\inserttopic
    \end{beamercolorbox}%
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.2\paperwidth,ht=2.5ex,dp=1.125ex,leftskip=.3cm,rightskip=.3cm plus1fil]{author in head/foot}%
      \usebeamerfont{title in head/foot}Page~\insertframenumber
    \end{beamercolorbox}}%
    \vskip0pt%
  }
\newcommand{\insertnameinstitute}{\insertshortauthor, \insertshortinstitute}
\newcommand{\topic}[1]{\def\currenttopic{#1}}\topic{}
\newcommand{\inserttopic}{\currenttopic}

\author[A Author]{An Author}
\institute[Institute]{INSTITUTE}
\title[A title]{An interesting title}

\topic{Some topic}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
  \maketitle
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{foo}
\end{frame}

\end{document}

I am unfamiliar with your choice of the term topic, as there's no such definition in beamer that I know of. Instead, I created \topic{<topic>} that you can change on the fly throughout the presentation.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 25 '16 at 20:23

1

\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Warsaw}
\usecolortheme{dolphin}%  from Boadilla
\useoutertheme{infolines}% from Boadilla
\begin{document}
    \frame{foo}
\end{document}

answered May 25 '16 at 20:23

Thank you. But I do not want navigation bar at upper slide. Also for the bottom navigation I don't want it be evenly distributed. 4/10, 4/10 and 2/10(without time). – kalashnimov May 25 '16 at 20:37

Combine Warsaw and Boadilla

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