How can I set a time between slides to create an automatic slideshow with beamer?

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I switched from PowerPoint to Beamer. I developed my presentation in Beamer and would like to create a slide show that will play my file automatically. Is there a way to set a time between slide as we can do in a PowerPoint slideshow?

You can set this in at least some PDF viewers. For example in Adobe Reader X, there is a checkbox in Edit --> Preferences --> Fullscreen for moving forward one page every n seconds. — Torbjørn T., Jan 07 '12 at 14:28

score 37 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 13 '17 at 05:34

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You can use the \transduration command for this (page 142 of the manual):

\transduration<⟨overlay specification⟩>{⟨number of seconds⟩} In full screen mode, show the slide for ⟨number of seconds⟩. If zero is specified, the slide is shown as short as possible. This can be used to create interesting pseudo-animations. Example: \transduration<2>{1}

Example:

\documentclass{beamer}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\transduration{0.75}
This is my first frame
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\transduration{0.75}
This is my second frame
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\transduration{0.75}
This is my third frame
\end{frame}

\end{document}

output - I use convert -verbose -delay 50 -loop 0 -density 300 file.pdf file.gif to make gif.

edited Sep 13 '17 at 05:34

alhelal

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answered Jan 07 '12 at 14:31

Thorsten

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(+1) @Thorsten: Great. Much appreciated. Thanks – MYaseen208 Jan 07 '12 at 14:39
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Does it work with evince or only with acroread ? – Tarass Jul 05 '14 at 09:40
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@Tarass it works in evince also. – alhelal Sep 13 '17 at 04:58
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@Thorsten if you also gave turn off autotransition solution without removing each \transduration line, it would useful. – alhelal Sep 13 '17 at 05:22
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Is there any way to loop back into the first slide (without resorting to the creation of a gif file)? – Waldir Leoncio Aug 29 '18 at 12:16
Is there a way to set \transduration (or its variants such as \transdissolve) for all frames globally. This could come in handy. I couldn't find a way to do this in the manual. – Cyriac Antony Aug 14 '19 at 11:41

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 11 '12 at 16:32

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May be you can try the Impress!ve PDF viewer, which gives numerous functionalities dedicated to presentations (and of course, fine timing of slides).

Note: this is not a "pure" beamer solution since to have the full usage of impressive power you will have to define a script associated with your PDF file. Well, in other words, you can also consider that this is a PDF-origin independent solution.

edited Jan 11 '12 at 16:32

Werner

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answered Jan 11 '12 at 16:09

aucune importance

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This is not what OP is asking for. Nevertheless, this may be a solution for less formal presentations. – Cyriac Antony Aug 14 '19 at 11:38

How can I set a time between slides to create an automatic slideshow with beamer?

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