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Version 1.4 by chrisby on 2024/08/24 14:14
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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{\only<#1>{\textbf{\color{white} #3}}\only<#2->{\textcolor{darkgray}{#3}}}
16 }
17
18 \newcommand{\finalitem}[2]{%
19 \LARGE \item<#1-> \textbf {\color{white} #2}
20 }
21
22 \begin{document}
23
24 \begin{frame}
25 \frametitle{Heading}
26 \begin{itemize}
27 \bluritem{1}{2}{abc}
28 \bluritem{2}{3}{def}
29 \begin{itemize}
30 \bluritem{3}{4}{ghi}
31 \bluritem{4}{5}{jkl}
32 \finalitem{5}{mno}
33 \end{itemize}
34 \end{itemize}
35 \end{frame}
36
37 \end{document}