Slides with Columns in Pandoc

Current versions of pandoc (i.e., pandoc 2.0 and later) supports fenced divs. Specially named divs are transformed into columns when targeting a slides format: # This slide has columns ::: columns :::: column left :::: :::: column right :::: ::: Pandoc translates this into the following LaTeX beamer code: \begin{frame}{This slide has columns} \protect\hypertarget{this-slide-has-columns}{} \begin{columns}[T] … Read more

LaTeX beamer: way to change the bullet indentation?

Beamer just delegates responsibility for managing layout of itemize environments back to the base LaTeX packages, so there’s nothing funky you need to do in Beamer itself to alter the apperaance / layout of your lists. Since Beamer redefines itemize, item, etc., the fully proper way to manipulate things like indentation is to redefine the … Read more

How do you change the image of a bullet point in LaTeX Beamer

You can simply set a symbol of your choice. Let me assume you’d like the \checkmark symbol, just write: \begin{itemize} \item[\checkmark] one \item[\checkmark] two \item[\checkmark] three \end{itemize} Furthermore, if it’s too long to write, you can set a new command: \newcommand{\myitem}{\item[\checkmark]} and the whole thing becomes: \begin{itemize} \myitem one \myitem two \myitem three \end{itemize} Otherwise, … Read more