modifying margins for one slide

Question

I need help for modifying the margins for only one slide in the beamer class

In other words, I need a local version of

\setbeamersize{text margin left=<size>,text margin right=<size>}

in here

\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Rochester}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\setbeamersize{text margin left=5pt,text margin right=5pt}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\lipsum[2]
\end{frame}

\end{document}

Gonzalo Medina · Answer 1 · 2014-02-17T01:24:31.890

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You can define a command for this using a minipage of the desired width inside a \makebox (using the optional argument you can change the default value of 3em to any desired value):

\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Rochester}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\newcommand\Wider[2][3em]{%
\makebox[\linewidth][c]{%
  \begin{minipage}{\dimexpr\textwidth+#1\relax}
  \raggedright#2
  \end{minipage}%
  }%
}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\lipsum[2]
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\Wider{\lipsum[2]}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\Wider[4em]{\lipsum[2]}
\end{frame}

\end{document}

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Another option, would be to use a list, and this can be easily done using adjustwidth from the changepage package:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Rochester}
\usepackage{changepage}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\lipsum[2]
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\begin{adjustwidth}{-1.5em}{-1.5em}
\lipsum[2]
\end{adjustwidth}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\begin{adjustwidth}{-2em}{-2em}
\lipsum[2]
\end{adjustwidth}
\end{frame}

\end{document}

edited Feb 17 '14 at 01:24

answered Feb 17 '14 at 01:16

Gonzalo Medina

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The minipage approach does break allowframebreaks, while the changepage/adjustwidth approach works gorgeously, thanks. – stefanct Dec 06 '18 at 15:55
What if I want to reduce left margin more than right margin? Thanks. – Yan King Yin May 04 '19 at 09:03
@YanKingYin I guess the second argument is for the right margin – Cyriac Antony Oct 10 '19 at 07:33
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What does it mean "use a list"? How the adjustwidth approach uses a list? – robertspierre Apr 02 '23 at 23:24

Paul Gaborit · Answer 2 · 2014-09-08T14:38:50.880

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Here is another solution using a columns environment with a single column:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Rochester}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
  \begin{columns}
    \column{\dimexpr\paperwidth-10pt}
    \lipsum[2]
  \end{columns}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

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edited Sep 08 '14 at 14:38

answered Sep 08 '14 at 14:14

Paul Gaborit

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This seems the most simple option. – Steven C. Howell Nov 12 '15 at 03:14
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simple, and does the job perfectly – rll Apr 29 '17 at 00:53

score 10 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

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Based on the minipage approach of the Answer of Gonzalo you can also introduce a new frame environment (environ package required) which is neat option if you'd like to use consistent wider frames for multiple slides or regularly want to change the textwidth of the whole slide.:

\documentclass{beamer}

\usetheme{Rochester}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{calc}
\usepackage{environ}

\newcommand{\halfmargin}{0.05\paperwidth}
\newcommand{\margin}{0.10\paperwidth}

\beamersetrightmargin{\margin}
\beamersetleftmargin{\margin}

\NewEnviron{wideframe}[1][]{%
\begin{frame}{#1}
\makebox[\textwidth][c]{
\begin{minipage}{\dimexpr\paperwidth-\halfmargin-\halfmargin\relax}
\BODY
\end{minipage}}
\end{frame}
}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\lipsum[2]
\end{frame}

\begin{wideframe}
\lipsum[2]
\end{wideframe}

\end{document}

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edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

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answered May 04 '15 at 09:54

Robert Seifert

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This would be nice but has some drawbacks: it breaks the heading format for some reason and it breaks frame options, e.g. \begin{wideframe}[noframenumbering]{Abbreviations} will create a slide with "noframenumbering" as title and "Abbreviations" as subtitle. – stefanct Oct 17 '18 at 14:39
yep, didn't work for me either. – PatrickT Nov 19 '18 at 05:19
And it does not work with muti-page frames due to allowframebreaks. – stefanct Dec 06 '18 at 15:35

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