Tim Wescott <tim <at> wescottdesign.com> writes: > > I want to generate a page with Beamer that looks like the enclosed pdf. > Any suggestions on how to achieve the "arrows pointing to parts of an > equation" effect? > > I'm thinking that I should probably just write an equation, print the > file to eps (if I can figure out how), edit it with Inkscape, then put > that figure into the text. > > But if there's a stunningly easier way that doesn't involve spending the > next year learning some new tool, I'm open to suggestions. >
Not "stunningly easier", but I would use the TiKZ package (by Til Tantau, the author of Beamer). It's worth getting to know for its easy integration with Beamer and its range. I'm pasting in an example below (one frame from a demo I did here). Paul #LyX 2.0 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat 413 \begin_document \begin_header \textclass beamer \begin_preamble \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{arrows,shapes,positioning} \end_preamble \use_default_options true \maintain_unincluded_children false \begin_local_layout \end_local_layout \language english \language_package default \inputencoding auto \fontencoding global \font_roman lmodern \font_sans lmss \font_typewriter lmtt \font_default_family rmdefault \use_non_tex_fonts false \font_sc false \font_osf false \font_sf_scale 100 \font_tt_scale 100 \graphics default \default_output_format default \output_sync 0 \bibtex_command default \index_command default \paperfontsize default \spacing single \use_hyperref false \papersize letterpaper \use_geometry true \use_amsmath 1 \use_esint 1 \use_mhchem 1 \use_mathdots 1 \cite_engine basic \use_bibtopic false \use_indices false \paperorientation portrait \suppress_date false \use_refstyle 1 \index Index \shortcut idx \color #008000 \end_index \leftmargin 1in \topmargin 1in \rightmargin 1in \bottommargin 1in \secnumdepth 3 \tocdepth 3 \paragraph_separation skip \defskip smallskip \quotes_language english \papercolumns 1 \papersides 1 \paperpagestyle default \tracking_changes false \output_changes false \html_math_output 0 \html_css_as_file 0 \html_be_strict false \end_header \begin_body \begin_layout BeginFrame \begin_inset ERT status collapsed \begin_layout Plain Layout [<+-| alert@+>] \end_layout \end_inset Overlaying Graphics on Text \end_layout \begin_layout Standard \begin_inset ERT status collapsed \begin_layout Plain Layout \backslash tikzstyle{every picture}+=[remember picture] \end_layout \begin_layout Plain Layout \backslash everymath{ \backslash displaystyle} \end_layout \begin_layout Plain Layout \backslash tikzstyle{na} = [baseline=-.5ex] \end_layout \end_inset \end_layout \begin_layout Itemize Coriolis acceleration \begin_inset ERT status collapsed \begin_layout Plain Layout \backslash tikz[na] \backslash node[coordinate] (n1) {}; \end_layout \end_inset \end_layout \begin_layout Standard \begin_inset Formula \[ \vec{a}_{p}=\vec{a}_{o}+\frac{^{b}d^{2}}{dt^{2}}\vec{r} +\tikz[baseline]{\node[fill=blue!20,anchor=base](t1) {\ensuremath{2\vec{\omega}_{ib}\times\frac{^{b}d}{dt}\vec{r}}};} +\tikz[baseline]{\node[fill=red!20,ellipse,anchor=base](t2) {\ensuremath{\vec{\alpha}_{ib}\times\vec{r}}};} +\tikz[baseline]{\node[fill=green!20,anchor=base](t3) {\ensuremath{\vec{\omega}_{ib}\times(\vec{\omega}_{ib}\times\vec{r})}};} \] \end_inset \end_layout \begin_layout Itemize Transversal acceleration \begin_inset ERT status collapsed \begin_layout Plain Layout \backslash tikz[na] \backslash node [coordinate] (n2) {}; \end_layout \end_inset \end_layout \begin_layout Itemize Centripetal acceleration \begin_inset ERT status collapsed \begin_layout Plain Layout \backslash tikz[na] \backslash node [coordinate] (n3) {}; \end_layout \end_inset \end_layout \begin_layout Standard \begin_inset ERT status collapsed \begin_layout Plain Layout \backslash begin{tikzpicture}[overlay] \end_layout \begin_layout Plain Layout \backslash path[->]<1-> (n1) edge [bend left] (t1); \end_layout \begin_layout Plain Layout \backslash path[->]<2-> (n2) edge [bend right] (t2); \end_layout \begin_layout Plain Layout \backslash path[->]<3-> (n3) edge [out=0, in=-90] (t3); \end_layout \begin_layout Plain Layout \backslash end{tikzpicture} \end_layout \end_inset \end_layout \begin_layout EndFrame \end_layout \end_body \end_document
