Preparing the slides

Use the file example.tex as a template. Observe how the front matter, slide boundaries, headers and footers, etc. are set up. Essentially:

• Use xdvislides as the document class, using the type of display on which you will present. For example, use \documentclass[svga]{xdvislides} if you plan to view the slides on an SVGA screen, and \documentclass[a4paper]{xdvislides} if you plan to print them on A4 paper. There is also a special option, htmlslides, which is intended for generating an HTML version of the slides using latex2html. The idea is that simpler macros are used which do not confuse latex2html.
• Nice headers and footers can be set: see the examples in example.tex.
• It is nice to use (possibly nested) item lists (\itemize), because the style typesets them in color.
• Put each slide title inside \subsection{...}. This has the advantage that latex2html creates a new HTML page for each slide.
• The use of Helvetica fonts, which are very readable on a computer screen is highly recommended. With latex2e, simply add: \fontfamily{phv} \selectfont just after \begin{document}, as in the example.tex file.

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