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  1. @andrejbauer andrejbauer revised this gist Oct 16, 2014. 1 changed file with 3 additions and 3 deletions.
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    % To give a presentation with the Skim reader (http://skim-app.sourceforge.net) on OSX so
    % that you see the notes on your laptop and the slides on the projector, do the following:
    %
    % 1. Generate just the presentation (hide notes) in slides.pdf
    % 2. Generate onlt the notes (show only nodes) in notes.pdf
    % 1. Generate just the presentation (hide notes) and save to slides.pdf
    % 2. Generate onlt the notes (show only nodes) and save to notes.pdf
    % 3. With Skim open both slides.pdf and notes.pdf
    % 4. Click on slides.pdf.
    % 4. Click on slides.pdf to bring it to front.
    % 5. In Skim, under "View -> Presentation Option -> Synhcronized Noted Document"
    % select notes.pdf.
    % 6. Now as you move around in slides.pdf the notes.pdf file will follow you.
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  3. @andrejbauer andrejbauer created this gist Oct 16, 2014.
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    \documentclass[12pt]{beamer}

    \usepackage{pgfpages}

    % These slides also contain speaker notes. You can print just the slides,
    % just the notes, or both, depending on the setting below. Comment out the want
    % you want.

    %\setbeameroption{hide notes} % Only slides
    %\setbeameroption{show only notes} % Only notes
    \setbeameroption{show notes on second screen=right} % Both

    % To give a presentation with the Skim reader (http://skim-app.sourceforge.net) on OSX so
    % that you see the notes on your laptop and the slides on the projector, do the following:
    %
    % 1. Generate just the presentation (hide notes) in slides.pdf
    % 2. Generate onlt the notes (show only nodes) in notes.pdf
    % 3. With Skim open both slides.pdf and notes.pdf
    % 4. Click on slides.pdf.
    % 5. In Skim, under "View -> Presentation Option -> Synhcronized Noted Document"
    % select notes.pdf.
    % 6. Now as you move around in slides.pdf the notes.pdf file will follow you.
    % 7. Arrange windows so that notes.pdf is in full screen mode on your laptop
    % and slides.pdf is in presentation mode on the projector.

    % Give a slight yellow tint to the notes page
    \setbeamertemplate{note page}{\pagecolor{yellow!5}\insertnote}\usepackage{palatino}

    \title{How to make Beamer slides with notes}
    \author{Andrej Bauer\\University of Ljubljana}
    \date{\small Planet Earth}

    \begin{document}

    \begin{frame}
    \titlepage

    \note[item]{Thank the audience for being awake.}
    \end{frame}

    \begin{frame}

    \begin{itemize}
    \item Here are
    \item some very boring bullets
    \item about nothing.
    \end{itemize}

    \note[item]{Note that this slide is boring.}

    \note[item]{Observe that there are no actual bullets here.}

    \note[item]{Future work: add another bullet.}
    \end{frame}


    \end{document}