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Version 1.3 by chrisby on 2024/08/24 14:11
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1 I found [this tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwpi1Lm6dFo) on how to create a professional PowerPoint presentation very helpful.  To implement the dark theme and the highlighting in a way that is easy to work with, I created a minimalistic LaTeX template. It works in Texmaker.
2
3 \documentclass{beamer}
4
5 \setbeamertemplate{background canvas}[canvas]
6 \setbeamercolor{background canvas}{bg=black}
7 \setbeamercolor{normal text}{fg=white}
8 \setbeamercolor{frametitle}{fg=white}
9 \setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
10 \setbeamertemplate{itemize item}{\color{darkgray}\textbullet}
11 \setbeamertemplate{itemize subitem}{\color{darkgray}--}
12 \setbeamertemplate{frametitle}{\vspace{0.5cm} \Huge\insertframetitle}
13
14 \newcommand{\bluritem}[3]{%
15 \LARGE \item<#1-> \textbf{
16 \only<#1>{\textbf{\color{white} #3}}
17 \only<#2->{\textcolor{darkgray}{#3}}
18 }
19 }
20
21 \newcommand{\finalitem}[2]{%
22 \LARGE \item<#1-> \textbf {\color{white} #2}
23 }
24
25 \begin{document}
26
27 \begin{frame}
28 \frametitle{Heading}
29 \begin{itemize}
30 \bluritem{1}{2}{abc}
31 \bluritem{2}{3}{def}
32 \begin{itemize}
33 \bluritem{3}{4}{ghi}
34 \bluritem{4}{5}{jkl}
35 \finalitem{5}{mno}
36 \end{itemize}
37 \end{itemize}
38 \end{frame}
39
40 \end{document}