Which package to use to create a size like blank presentation

Question

Does someone know which latex package to use in order to make paper size like blank presentation.

Here is an example

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-041-probabilistic-systems-analysis-and-applied-probability-fall-2010/video-lectures/lecture-2-conditioning-and-bayes-rule/MIT6_041F10_L02.pdf

And here is the result when showing the slides :

http://youtu.be/j9WZyLZCBzs?list=PLUl4u3cNGP60A3XMwZ5sep719_nh95qOe

Please make edit your question to make it self-contained so that it continues to be useful to others even if external content is modified or annihilated. Remember that a question on this site should concern a general issue which can be expected to be of interest to many users and not just to the person posting the question. — cfr, Nov 30 '14 at 23:47
Perhaps you are looking for beamer or pdfscreen or similar? — cfr, Nov 30 '14 at 23:47
Maybe this could help: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/75646/proper-page-size-for-slides — pisoir, Dec 04 '14 at 16:18

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 10 '20 at 12:32

One way would be to use four minipages:

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Code:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[
    paperwidth=8.5in,
    paperheight=8.5in,
    top=0.25in,
    bottom=0.25in,
    left=0.25in,
    right=0.25in,
    nomarginpar,
    footskip=15pt,
]{geometry}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{environ}
%\usepackage{showframe}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\cfoot{\thepage}
\newcommand*{\Heading}[1]{{\centering\textbf{#1}\par}}
\NewEnviron{MyBox}{%
    \fbox{\begin{minipage}[t][0.48\textheight]{0.48\linewidth}
        \vspace*{0.5cm}%
        \BODY%
    \end{minipage}}%
    \hfill
}
\begin{document}\noindent
\begin{MyBox}
    \Heading{Lecture 2}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item \textbf{Readings:} Sections 1.3--1.4.
    \end{itemize}
\end{MyBox}%
\begin{MyBox}
    \Heading{Review of Probability Models}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item \textbf{Readings:} Sections 1.3--1.4.
    \end{itemize}
\end{MyBox}%
\vfill\noindent
\begin{MyBox}
    \Heading{Conditional probaility}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item  Probability of A\ldots
    \end{itemize}
\end{MyBox}%
\begin{MyBox}
    \Heading{Die roll example}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item  Let $B$ be the event\ldots
    \end{itemize}
\end{MyBox}%
\begin{MyBox}
    \Heading{Lecture 2}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item \textbf{Readings:} Sections 1.3--1.4.
    \end{itemize}
\end{MyBox}%
\begin{MyBox}
    \Heading{Review of Probability Models}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item \textbf{Readings:} Sections 1.3--1.4.
    \end{itemize}
\end{MyBox}%
\vfill\noindent
\begin{MyBox}
    \Heading{Conditional probaility}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item  Probability of A\ldots
    \end{itemize}
\end{MyBox}%
\begin{MyBox}
    \Heading{Die roll example}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item  Let $B$ be the event\ldots
    \end{itemize}
\end{MyBox}%
\end{document}

Hello Peter, it's perfect for the "printing version". Can you tell me how I can compile your code to get the "presentation version" that's to say to show slide by slide by using a beamer in a classroom. — S12000, Dec 10 '14 at 13:56
Hello Fran's answer works with his code (by commenting pgfpagesuselayout). But with your code I don't figure out how to solve it. — S12000, Dec 12 '14 at 00:47
@Swiss12000: My code does not use beamer for the slides. If you are interested in a non-beamer solution let me know and I can look into modifying this. Am traveling starting tomorrow so might be a while until I can get back to this though. — Peter Grill, Dec 12 '14 at 03:53
Hello Peter. Yes I'm very interested in your code. Now with your code I can get a printed version (4 "slide) in 1 page) and I would like to use your code to get a "presentation version" to give a lesson to students. That's to compile your code and get 1 "slide" per page... — S12000, Dec 13 '14 at 16:03

Fran · Answer 2 · 2014-12-10T21:11:41.417

As commented, use the beamer class with the option handout and pgfpges for a 4 x 1 layout:

enter image description here

\documentclass[handout]{beamer}
\setbeamercolor{background canvas}{bg=cyan!05}
\usepackage{pgfpages}
\pgfpagesuselayout{4 on 1}[a4paper,landscape,border shrink=5mm]
\pgfpageslogicalpageoptions{1}{border code=\pgfusepath{stroke}}
\pgfpageslogicalpageoptions{2}{border code=\pgfusepath{stroke}}
\pgfpageslogicalpageoptions{3}{border code=\pgfusepath{stroke}}
\pgfpageslogicalpageoptions{4}{scale=3,border code=\pgfusepath{stroke}}
\begin{document}
\huge
\frame{\frametitle{\Huge Lecture \insertpagenumber} Bla bla bla ... }
\frame{\frametitle{\Huge Lecture \insertpagenumber} More bla bla ... }
\frame{\frametitle{\Huge Lecture \insertpagenumber} Still bla bla ... }
\frame{\frametitle{\Huge Lecture \insertpagenumber} Even more bla ... }
\end{document}

With a % before \pgfpagesuselayout and removing the handout option you can obtain the presentation version. See also about the command \mode.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 10 '14 at 00:00

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Slides can be done using beamer. Printing multiple logical pages on a single sheet of paper can be done using pdfpages.

answered Dec 10 '14 at 00:00

Júda Ronén

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Which package to use to create a size like blank presentation

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