A LaTeX beamer theme for NTNU presentation templates

This beamer theme implements the [NTNU PowerPoint templates] (https://innsida.ntnu.no/wiki/-/wiki/Norsk/Lage+presentasjon) for LaTeX beamer. See usage example below.

The single theme can produce almost all the different templates, and both in 4:3 and 16:9 format. Notably, the campus dependent version and 16:10 format are not implemented.

If you have technical questions, please contact [Martin Strand] (https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/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]{ntnu2015}

along with the special title page command

\ntnutitlepage

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]{ntnu2015}
\usetheme[style=ntnu,language=en]{ntnu2015}
 
\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}

% Special title page command to get a different background
\ntnutitlepage

\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Main theorem}
  \begin{theorem}
    LaTeX makes things easier.
  \end{theorem}
\end{frame}

\end{document}

Simply copy the folder beamerntnu2015 into your texmf/tex/latex folder. The precise location varies on different operating systems.

• The simple template is not localised

The code is based on [Håvard Berland's original work in 2005] (http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~berland/ntnubeamer/). In private conversation in December 2015, Berland licensed his code under a [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License] (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/), 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] (https://www.ntnu.no/adm/komm).

So far, this is built using duct tape and chewing gum, so any contribution to improve the code is very welcome.

This theme also includes code from the following sources:

• Detect aspect ration, by StackExchange user egreg

As of May 2017, there is a new set of theme files located in the folder `beamerthementnu2017'. It should currently be considered being in a beta stage, and is recommended for those who want more flexibility, but are willing to risk some hickups (and preferably have the time to report such issues, or even submit fixes).

Here are some of the improvements in the new theme:

• All files 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

As a principle, the code is as lightweigth 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.

There is also a small setback, which can be fixed if someone needs it

• Graphics are no longer included in eps

The new implementation is scheduled to replace beamerntnu2015 as soon as it has sufficiently few bugs.