Oden Institute Beamer Template

A template for presentations made in TeX. This template borrows heavily from the old ICES beamer template created by Teresa Portone.

See the Oden Institute style guide and the University of Texas at Austin brand kit for other options.

Usage

Copy the contents of the template/ directory (the .cls and .png files) to your TeX working directory and change the first line of the TeX file to the following:

\documentclass[10pt]{oden_beamer}

Color Themes

The oden_beamer class implements four themes using colors from the Oden Institute style guide:

• Light Orange (the default): white background, charcoal text, orange highlights.

\documentclass[10pt]{oden_beamer}

• Light Blue: white background, charcoal text, blue highlights.

\documentclass[10pt, blue]{oden_beamer}

• Dark Orange: charcoal background, off-white text, orange highlights.

\documentclass[10pt, dark]{oden_beamer}

• Dark Blue: charcoal background, off-white text, blue highlights.

\documentclass[10pt, dark, blue]{oden_beamer}

See Examples below.

Other Options

The oden_beamer class also loads the beamer class and passes all remaining options to it. The following options may be helpful.

• apsectratio: default beamer slides have a 4:3 aspect ratio, but a 16:9 aspect ratio is becoming more common for presentations and conferences. The oden_beamer class adjusts well to the following aspect ratios.
  • aspectratio=43 (4:3, default)
  • aspectratio=169 (16:9, recommended)
  • aspectratio=1610 (16:10)
• handout: this option suppresses animations like \pause, so it's good for converting your presentation to lecture notes.

Examples

These snapshots come from example/example.tex with the header \documentclass[10pt, aspectratio=169, handout]{oden_beamer} (plus color theme options).

Title Slide

Light Orange	Light Blue
Dark Orange	Dark Blue

Regular Slide 1

Light Orange	Light Blue
Dark Orange	Dark Blue

Regular Slide 2

Light Orange	Light Blue
Dark Orange	Dark Blue