A LaTeX beamer theme for NTNU presentation templates

This beamer theme implements the NTNU PowerPoint templates for LaTeX beamer. See usage example below.

The single theme can produce all the different templates, both in 4:3 and 16:9 format. Starting from the 2017 edition, the theme also includes campus dependent versions of of all the variants.

If you have technical questions, please contact Martin Strand. Do not send such questions to the NTNU Communications Division.

The basic usage is the command

\usetheme[style=ntnu|simple|vertical|horizontal, language=bm|nn|en, smalltitle, city=all|trondheim|alesund|gjovik]{ntnu2017}

All options are optional. The defaults are ntnu, bm and no cities.

A minimal working example

\documentclass[screen, aspectratio=43]{beamer}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

% Use the NTNU-temaet for beamer 
% \usetheme[style=ntnu|simple|vertical|horizontal, 
%     language=bm|nn|en, 
%     smalltitle, 
%     city=all|trondheim|alesund|gjovik]{ntnu2017}
\usetheme[style=ntnu,language=en]{ntnu2017}

\usepackage[english]{babel}

\title[Short title]{The full and long title of the presentation}
\subtitle{Subtitle if you want}
\author[O. Nordmann]{Ola Nordmann}
\institute[NTNU]{Department of \LaTeX-ical sciences, NTNU}
\date{1 January 1970}
%\date{} % To have an empty date

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
  \titlepage
\end{frame}

% Alternatively, special title page command to get a different background
% \ntnutitlepage

\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Main theorem}
  \begin{theorem}
    {\LaTeX} makes things easier.
  \end{theorem}
  \begin{proof}
    For details, see Flynn.
  \end{proof}
\end{frame}

\end{document}

Simply copy the folder beamerthementnu2017 into your texmf/tex/latex folder. The precise location varies on different operating systems.

TeX Live specific: A user have suggested that one can run texhash after installing the files if LaTeX is unable to find the new theme.

• The theme doesn't work with eps only presentations. This can be changed if there is a demand for it.

• The code is completely rewritten, based on a skeleton by Claudio Fiandrino
• All templates are localized
• Full support for biblatex
• There is now an option to show which city you belong to, in those rare cases that is important
• The overall size is reduced, due to fewer and smaller pictures
• Generating the title page is fully flexible, and it can be used everywhere in the presentation
• Margins and sizes are adjusted to bring it closer to the PowerPoint templates
• The title font is greatly increased in size; if your presentation has a long title, use the smalltitle option
• Frames can now have subtitles

As a principle, the code is as lightweight as practically possible, and only using packages when really necessary. For example, while some of the graphics could have been generated by TikZ, an image is included instead.

The code was originally based on Håvard Berland's work in 2005. In private conversation in December 2015, Berland licensed his code under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, and so naturally goes for all code in this repository.

However, the design is owned by NTNU, and should not be altered substantially without checking it with the Communication Division.

Any contribution to improve the code is very welcome.

This theme also includes code from the following sources and contributors:

• Detect aspect ratio, by StackExchange user egreg
• anates
• dvolgyes