From a3beb517688be19aa4180424bbad8a13dd19dac9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tiyn Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 01:24:22 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] presentation: added pdfpc and reformatted --- wiki/presentation.md | 21 +++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/wiki/presentation.md b/wiki/presentation.md index 3224862..f7f00e5 100644 --- a/wiki/presentation.md +++ b/wiki/presentation.md @@ -8,10 +8,19 @@ Presentation tools are often used to support the presentation. The following is a list of these tools. - PowerPoint is a tool often used for creation and presenting in [Windows](/wiki/windows.md). - It can be used on dual screen setup to give the presenter an additional slide for comments. + It can be used on dual screen setup to give the presenter an additional slide for comments. - PDF files can easily be used for presenting cross-platform but often used for - [Linux-based operating systems](/wiki/linux.md). - They can easily be generated by [LaTeX](/wiki/markup_language.md#latex). -- [pympress](https://github.com/Cimbali/pympress) is a cross-platform tool for the presentation via - PDF files. - It is also usable for dual screen setups. + [Linux-based operating systems](/wiki/linux.md). + They can easily be generated by [LaTeX](/wiki/markup_language.md#latex). +- [pympress](https://github.com/Cimbali/pympress) is a cross-platform tool for giving presentations + using PDF files. + It is usable for dual screen setups and features basic notes and timer functions. +- [pdfpc](https://pdfpc.github.io/) is a cross-platform tool for giving presentations using PDF + files. + It is usable for dual screen setups and features basic notes and timer functions. + In contrast to pympress it features more elaborate functions and abilities to include timer + and other options inside the PDF using the `pdfpc` LaTeX package. + However, it also works well with LaTeX's default `\note` function. + Basic guides for this can be found on the pages of + [toromtomtom](https://www.toromtomtom.com/blog/2021/10/17/pdfpc.html) and + [Utah university](https://ctan.math.utah.edu/ctan/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pdfpc/pdfpc-doc.pdf).