[OS X TeX] (OT) Keynote/Beamer (was LaTeXiT & Keynote)

[Adam M. Goldstein]

On Sep 28, 2007, at 4:36 AM, Jérome Laurens wrote:

>
> Le 27 sept. 07 à 14:55, Themis Matsoukas a écrit :
>
>> On Sep 26, 2007, at 2:51 PM, Adam M. Goldstein wrote:
>>
>>> On Sep 26, 2007, at 12:54 PM, Luis Sequeira wrote:
>>>
>>>>> 	I am using a 3rd-party Keynote theme along with LaTeXiT for a  
>>>>> course
>>>>> I am teaching this semester.
>>>>> [...]
>>>>>
>>>>
>>> I use beamer in a similar manner, producing 4-up copies of the  
>>> slide show by commenting and uncommenting short segments in the  
>>> preamble, depending upon whether I am producing a version to show  
>>> in class or a version to be distributed as lecture notes. The  
>>> colors are altered as well as the number of slides per page.
>>
>> On a side issue, as much as I like Keynote for the sleek looks, it  
>> generates enormous files. I recently gave two talks, one in  
>> Keynote, one in beamer. The Keynote file size was 5.2 MB, the  
>> beamer file only 0.7 MB. Granted, these were two different  
>> subjects but still of similar quantity in math and graphics. I  
>> find it hard to justify the gargantuanism of Keynote.
>
> What was the size of the pdf file produced with beamer?
>
>>
>> Themis


I'm not sure who Jerome is asking about here---in any case, you can  
take a look at some of my slide shows, all created with Beamer, at:

http://www.iona.edu/faculty/agoldstein/teaching.html

They are larger than I expected, but they are rather lengthy, some of  
them.

The original files, which are for presentation on-screen, tend to be  
slightly bigger than the 4-ups I have on the web site.

I have just used stock Beamer styles, and these shows don't have any  
mathematics in them, although one has some images.

It looks like the person who started with "On a side issue . . .  
" (not me; I don't know what's happened to the quoting there) says  
that a Beamer-generated file similar to a 5.2MB Keynote file is only . 
7MB.

-Adam

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