Odds and ends

In this page I will include a miscellany of topics which may be of occasional use but which are not absolutely essential for running Prosper.

The \ptsize command

The command \ptsize{n} switches the default font size to n where n can be one of 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17. The default n is 14.

I find 14 point fonts too large for presentations involving a lot of mathematics. A point size of 10 works better for this purpose. Therefore I put a \ptsize{10} somewhere before \begin{document} in my slides. Experiment to see what works best for you.

Remark: If you put a \ptsize command within the body of a slide, that is, just after the slide's \begin{slide}{...} command, it will affect that slide only. For instance, if your document uses 10 point fonts, you can change a particular slide to the 9 point fonts by putting a \ptsize{9} within it. This can be useful for squeezing a little extra text in a slide.

The \slideCaption command

Prosper puts a caption at the foot of each slide. The default caption looks like this: 

title of this slideshow - p.7/12

where "title of this slide show" is replaced by text specified by the \title command. (See section The titlepage.) The "p.7/12" indicates that this is the seventh of 12 slides. If you don't specify a title, only the "- p.7/12" will be shown.

You may override the text that appears in the caption using the \slideCaption command. For instance, if you put 

\slideCaption{Joe Smith, Maryland Institute of Technology}

somewhere before \begin{document}, then the caption will change to: 

Joe Smith, Maryland Institute of Technology - p.7/12

The \Logo command

The command \Logo{someobject} (spelled with capital L) puts the TeX object someobject, which is typically an image, such as a company logo, on each slide other than the titlepage slide. Put the command somewhere before the \begin{document}. Typically this macro will be invoked as: 

\usepackage{graphics}
\Logo{\includegraphics{logo.eps}}

where "logo.eps" is the name of an encapsulated Postscript file that contains the logo image.

Remark 1: If you are using any of the UMBC styles, you may use the command 

\Logo{\umbclogo}

to put this logo on your slides:

[umbclogo]

Remark 2: The logo's default position varies, depending on the slide style option. It's possible to override the default by specifying the position's x and y coordinates, as in \Logo(x,y){someobject}.
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