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Beamer is not the only way to make slides. When you want something lighter or simply different, two options stand out — the full presentation class powerdot, and the slide option of jsarticle for quick, large-font slides. This page covers both.

powerdot — an alternative presentation class

powerdot (by Hendri Adriaens) is a full presentation class, written to replace prosper/HA-prosper. Use \documentclass[style=...]{powerdot}, with slides as \begin{slide}{title} … \end{slide}. It offers automatic overlays, presenter notes, and a handout mode. Because it builds on PSTricks, you usually compile via the DVI→PostScript route (latex → dvips → ps2pdf). It ships many styles (themes) — default, tycja, klope, and more. A capable beamer alternative, though beamer is more common today.

latex
\documentclass[style=klope]{powerdot}
\begin{document}
\begin{slide}{はじめに}
  スライドの中身。
\end{slide}
\end{document}

jsarticle’s slide option

If you already write Japanese in jsarticle, the slide option turns it into a large-font slide layout — \documentclass[slide]{jsarticle}. With slide, the base font is fixed at 36pt, so you’ll also want landscape and papersize. There are no themes or overlays like beamer’s, but it is a fast way to make readable big-text slides from the jsarticle you already know (jsclasses go up to 43pt).

latex
\documentclass[slide,papersize,landscape]{jsarticle}  % 基本 36pt
\begin{document}
\section{はじめに}
大きな文字でスライド風に。
\end{document}

Which to choose

  • A full presentation (themes, overlays) → beamer.
  • PSTricks-centric, or you like the prosper lineage → powerdot.
  • Quick large-font Japanese slides → jsarticle’s slide option.
  • Posters are a separate page (see Posters).

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