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I'm trying to compile a basic page that includes only the title.

I've added the clock via global options.

When I compile it in {present, landscape} settings in "screen" paper size, everything is just fine.

However, it produces a vertical clock when compiled in "smartboard" paper size.

During compilation I execute latex > dvips > ps2pdf in this order.

How could I fix it?

I add the minimal non-working code below.

\documentclass[paper=smartboard, style=horatio, orient=landscape, size=17pt, clock]{powerdot}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\title{Title}
\author{Author}
\date{Date}

\begin{document}
\maketitle
\end{document}
MTSan
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1 Answers1

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This looks like a bug in powerdot. In the code that positions the clock there is a check for orientation (line 653 in powerdot.cls) that incorrectly results in the clock being rotated for the smartboard setting.

You can patch that line with the xpatch package to set the rotation to 0 degrees for files where you use the smartboard option.

MWE:

\documentclass[paper=smartboard, style=horatio, orient=landscape, size=17pt, clock]{powerdot}
\usepackage{xpatch}
\makeatletter
\xpatchcmd{\pd@sl@de}{\ifnum\pd@orient=\z@ 90\else 0\fi}{\ifnum\pd@orient=\z@ 0\else 0\fi}{}{}
\makeatother
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\title{Title}
\author{Author}
\date{Date}

\begin{document}
\maketitle
\end{document}

Result:

enter image description here

Marijn
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  • I was right there was a bug. Powerdot similar to beamer for my humble opinion is old package, and I think that only few people use it. My compliments. – Sebastiano Mar 05 '20 at 22:45
  • Thanks @Marijn. I wonder around those lines for a while to see what was wrong, but I couldn't figure it out. – MTSan Mar 06 '20 at 16:30