Making Slide Presentations in LaTeX

[G01]

Anyone know where I can find a working download for "Prosper" the LaTeX package that allows you to make Powerpoint-like slides using LaTeX. The prosper page on sourceforge is no longer working and I can't seem to find another site with a download.

Just to be safe: Prosper is free, so I'm not asking for any pirated software or anything illegal like that.

 

[G01]

Heh!

Never mind. Apparently Sourceforge just rearranged everything. I found it!

 

[Kurdt]

Is this not it?

http://sourceforge.net/projects/prosper

EDIT: beaten to it.

 

[G01]

That is it. The problem was that many links to the prosper page used a different address that was no longer valid and I got confused.

Thanks Kurdt!

 

[cristo]

Most people I know use Beamer when making latex slides. I've not used both, so can't comment from experience, but I've heard Beamer is more powerful.

 

[siddharth]

Everyone I know uses Beamer as well.

Beamer is really terrific. I've used it, and it's really easy to learn as well as being extensive in its features. The finished presentation has a polished feel, that you don't find in other presentation software. There's also a detailed reference manual. You might want to take a look at the beamer package, G01.

 

[mcknia07]

Ok, I've never used any sort of latex. How do you do it? Where can I get a free program to try it out for school? Any ideas?

 

[cristo]

Ok, I've never used any sort of latex. How do you do it? Where can I get a free program to try it out for school? Any ideas?

You can find out everything about latex here: http://www.latex-project.org/ including links to download sites.

 

[mcknia07]

Will it work with Vista??

 

[cristo]

Will it work with Vista??

Yes, though it's a long time since I've used latex on windows, so things have probably changed a lot since then. Someone else here probably uses vista, though...

 

[siddharth]

Will it work with Vista??

Yes. First, you need to install the TeX system for windows. I recommend http://miktex.org/about" .

Here are a couple of guides which should help you with LaTex and the Beamer package.

1) "tobi.oetiker.ch/lshort/lshort.pdf"[/URL] (pdf)
2) [PLAIN]http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/beamer/doc/beameruserguide.pdf" (pdf)

Finally, I also suggest you get an IDE for Latex, so that you don't need to use notepad each time you write the .tex file. My pick for windows is http://www.toolscenter.org/" .

 

[NeoDevin]

I second his recommendation of MiKTeX and http://www.toolscenter.org/" , but I provide the correct link for the second.

 

[siddharth]

I second his recommendation of MiKTeX and http://www.toolscenter.org/" , but I provide the correct link for the second.

Thanks for the catch. Fixed the link.

 

[dave morgan]

I personally prefer beamer to prosper and use TeXnicCenter for hard-coding. But for all but the most sophisticated of presentations, Lyx (lyx.org) is a WYSIWYM gui-based editor that will bring you up to speed more quickly.

 

[junglebeast]

Although I love using Latex for writing articles/papers and even notes, I find it a real hindrance to create presentation slides without the ability to rearrange things in a WYSIWYG way. For this reason I use powerpoint with Iguanatex to make my presentations, which works awesome and is free.