LaTeX Standard Transparencies Deck

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A presentation on LaTeX's original slides class in landscape, the transparency format that predates Beamer, with an agenda, three modules and an executive summary.

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Document class
slides [landscape]
Compiles with
pdfLaTeX
Pages in the compiled PDF
17
Bibliography
None
Files
2 files: 1 .tex, 1 image
Packages
  • geometry
  • amsmath
  • amssymb
  • xcolor
  • tcolorbox
  • tikz
  • booktabs
  • colortbl
  • array
  • tabularx
  • fontawesome5
  • fancyhdr
The start of the preamble of main.tex, from its \documentclass line.
\documentclass[landscape]{slides}

% --- Core Packages ---
\usepackage[landscape,margin=0.7in]{geometry}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{tcolorbox}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning,calc,shapes.geometric,backgrounds}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{colortbl}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{fontawesome5}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}

% --- Custom Color Palette ---
\definecolor{NavyDark}{RGB}{15,32,67}
\definecolor{TealAccent}{RGB}{0,136,145}
\definecolor{CoralAccent}{RGB}{225,112,85}
\definecolor{CardBg}{RGB}{245,247,251}
\definecolor{BorderGray}{RGB}{210,218,226}
\definecolor{TextDark}{RGB}{35,45,60}
\definecolor{TableHeadBg}{RGB}{20,40,80}
\definecolor{RowAltBg}{RGB}{240,244,248}

% --- Header and Footer Setup ---
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[L]{\color{NavyDark}\bfseries\small \faLayerGroup~~VERTEX DATA OS --- Technical Briefing}
\fancyhead[R]{\color{TealAccent}\bfseries\small Enterprise Architecture Review}
\fancyfoot[L]{\color{TextDark}\small Vertex Systems Engineering}
\fancyfoot[R]{\color{NavyDark}\bfseries\small Slide \thepage}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.8pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.4pt}

% --- Custom Macros ---
\newcommand{\slidetitle}[1]{%
  {\Large\bfseries\color{NavyDark} #1}\par\vspace{0.3em}%
  {\color{TealAccent}\hrule height 2pt}\vspace{0.6em}%

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What does the LaTeX Standard Transparencies Deck template load?

It uses the slides class (options: landscape), builds with pdfLaTeX, and loads 12 packages, including geometry, amsmath, amssymb, xcolor, tcolorbox, tikz, booktabs and colortbl.

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