BEAMER appearance cheat sheet (from version 3.

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The elements presented here come from the beamer files style and class: unfortunately, some elements in the official documentation may not correspond.
Parent-child relations of Beamer’s elements (colors, fonts, templates) are indicated by successive indentations.
More information can be found in the official documentation: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/beamer/doc/beameruserguide.pdf.

Beamer’s Fonts
Use \setbeamerfont{template_name }{〈key=value〉 list } to change a Beamer’s font.
Keys are: family, series, shape, size, parent.
Some parent-child relations from bearmerfontthemedefault.sty are displayed: they can be overridden by other themes.

Structure of the presentation Bibliography section in head/foot description item

Global definitions bibliography entry author subsection in head/foot subitem
bibliography entry title subsubsection in head/foot itemize subitem
normal text
bibliography entry location title in head/foot enumerate subitem
structure
bibliography entry note author in head/foot subsubitem
alerted text
Note page institute in head/foot itemize subsubitem
tiny structure
note page date in head/foot enumerate subsubitem
projected text
Title page, part, section, subsection
note title Elements of a frame Blocks environments
note date
title Frame title block
subtitle Structure of a frame frametitle block body
part title Headlines and footlines framesubtitle block title
section title headline Abstract block title alerted
subsection title footline abstract block title example
author page number in head/foot abstract title block body alerted
institute Sidebars Hyperlinks and buttons block body example
date sidebar button example text
part name sidebar left Lists Figures and tables
section name sidebar right itemize/enumerate body caption
subsection name section in sidebar itemize/enumerate subbody caption name
Table of contents subsection in sidebar itemize/enumerate subsubbody
section in toc subsubsection in sidebar description body Verse, quotations and quotes
section in toc shaded title in sidebar item verse
section number projected author in sidebar item projected quotation
subsection in toc institute in sidebar subitem projected quote
subsection in toc shaded date in sidebar subsubitem projected
subsubsection in toc Navigation bars itemize item Footnotes
subsubsection in toc shaded mini frame enumerate item footnote mark

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 Beamer’s Colors
Use \setbeamercolor{template_name }{〈key=value〉 list } to change a Beamer’s color.
Keys are: fg, bg, parent, use. Use the color syntax of the xcolor package.
Some parent-child relations from bearmercolorthemedefault.sty are displayed: they can be overridden by other themes.

Structure of the presentation subsection number projected subsection in sidebar enumerate subitem
Color palettes subsubsection number projected subsubsection in sidebar subsubitem
palette primary Bibliography subsection in sidebar shaded itemize subsubitem
palette secondary bibliography entry author subsubsection in sidebar shaded enumerate subsubitem
palette tertiary bibliography entry title title in sidebar itemize/enumerate body
palette quaternary bibliography entry location author in sidebar itemize/enumerate subbody
palette sidebar primary bibliography entry note institute in sidebar itemize/enumerate subsubbody
palette sidebar secondary bibliography item date in sidebar description body
palette sidebar tertiary Navigation bars Highlighting
Note page
palette sidebar quaternary mini frames structure
note page
Global definitions mini frame local structure
note title
normal text note date Navigation symbols alerted text
background canvas navigation symbols example text
background Structure of a frame navigation symbols dimmed Blocks environments
separation line Headlines and footlines Logo block title
fine separation line headline logo block body
Title page, part, section, subsection footline block title alerted
page number in head/foot
Elements of a frame block body alerted
titlelike
separation line Frame title block title example
title
subtitle upper separation line head frametitle block body example
middle separation line head framesubtitle
part title Theorem environments
section title lower separation line head frametitle right
qed symbol
subsection title upper separation line foot Abstract
Figures and tables
author middle separation line foot abstract
caption
institute lower separation line foot abstract title
caption name
date author in head/foot Hyperlinks and buttons
titlegraphic title in head/foot button Verse, quotations and quotes
part name date in head/foot button border verse
section name institute in head/foot quotation
Lists
subsection name section in head/foot quote
item
Table of contents subsection in head/foot itemize item Footnotes
section in toc subsubsection in head/foot enumerate item footnote
section in toc shaded Sidebars description item footnote mark
subsection in toc sidebar item projected Mathematics
subsection in toc shaded sidebar left subitem projected math text
subsubsection in toc sidebar right subsubitem projected math text inlined
subsubsection in toc shaded section in sidebar subitem math text displayed
section number projected section in sidebar shaded itemize subitem normal text in math text

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 Beamer’s Templates
Use \setbeamertemplate{template_name }{your definition } to change a Beamer’s template.
The definition is some LATEX code which can use any of the \insert... commands given below.
Parent-child relations are those in bearmerinnerthemedefault.sty, bearmerouterthemedefault.sty, they can be overridden by other themes.

Structure of the presentation Sidebars frametitle continuation alerted text end

Title page sidebar left Abstract Blocks environments
title page sidebar right abstract title blocks
Part, section, subsection pages sidebar canvas left abstract begin block begin
part page sidebar canvas right abstract end block end
section page section in sidebar Hyperlinks and buttons block alerted begin
subsection page section in sidebar shaded button block alerted end
subsection in sidebar block example begin
Table of contents Lists
subsection in sidebar shaded block example end
sections/subsections in toc items
subsubsection in sidebar Theorem environments
section in toc itemize items
subsubsection in sidebar shaded theorems
subsection in toc itemize item
subsubsection in toc Navigation bars itemize subitem theorem begin
sections/subsections in toc shaded mini frames itemize subsubitem theorem end
section in toc shaded mini frame enumerate items proof begin
subsection in toc shaded mini frame in current section enumerate item proof end
subsubsection in toc shaded mini frame in current subsection enumerate subitem qed symbol
Bibliography mini frame in other section enumerate subsubitem Figures and tables
mini frame in other subsection enumerate mini template caption
bibliography entry article
section in head/foot itemize/enumerate body begin caption label separator
bibliography entry author
section in head/foot shaded itemize/enumerate body end
bibliography entry title Verse, quotations and quotes
subsection in head/foot itemize/enumerate subbody begin
bibliography entry location verse begin
subsection in head/foot shaded itemize/enumerate subbody end
bibliography entry note verse end
subsubsection in head/foot itemize/enumerate subsubbody begin
bibliography item quotation begin
subsubsection in head/foot shaded itemize/enumerate subsubbody end
Note page quotation end
page number in head/foot description body begin
note page quote begin
Navigation symbols description body end quote end
Structure of a frame navigation symbols description item
Footnotes
Background Logo Highlighting footnote TCF
background canvas logo structure begin
background structure end Article mode
Headlines and footlines Elements of a frame structure text begin Frame structure
headline Frame title structure text end frame begin
footline frametitle alerted text begin frame end

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 Insert-like Commands
These commands can be used to compose templates.
Possible mandatory and optional arguments are omitted, see the official documentation.

Structure of the presentation \insertshorttitle \insertslideintonotes \insertcontinuationcount

Page and frame numbering \inserttitleindicator \insertcontinuationcountroman
\insertsubtitle
Structure of a frame \insertcontinuationtext
\insertpagenumber
\insertshortsubtitle Headlines and footlines
\insertdocumentstartpage Hyperlinks and buttons
\insertdate \insertsectionhead
\insertdocumentendpage \insertsectionheadnumber \insertbuttontext
\insertshortdate \insertgotosymbol
\insertpresentationstartpage \insertdateindicator \insertpartheadnumber
\insertpresentationendpage \insertsubsectionhead \insertskipsymbol
\inserttitlegraphic \insertreturnsymbol
\insertpartstartpage \insertsubsectionheadnumber
Lecture, part, section, subsection data
\insertpartendpage \insertsubsubsectionhead Lists
\insertlecture
\insertsubsubsectionheadnumber \insertenumlabel
\insertsectionstartpage \insertshortlecture
Navigation bars \insertsubenumlabel
\insertsectionendpage \insertlecturenumber
\insertnavigation \insertsubsubenumlabel
\insertsubsectionstartpage \insertpart
\insertsectionnavigation \insertenumlabel
\insertsubsectionendpage \insertshortpart
\insertsectionnavigationhorizontal \insertdescriptionitem
\insertappendixstartpage \insertpartnumber
\insertromanpartnumber \insertsubsectionnavigation Blocks environments
\insertappendixendpage \insertsubsectionnavigationhorizontal
\insertsection \insertblockname
\insertappendixframenumber \insertverticalnavigation
\insertsectionnumber \insertblocktitle
\insertframenumber \insertsubsection Navigation symbols Theorem environments
\insertmainframenumber \insertsubsectionnumber \insertnavigationsymbols
\insertframenumberinappendix \inserttheoremblockenv
\insertsubsubsection \insertslidenavigationsymbol \inserttheoremheadfont
\inserttotalframenumber \insertsubsubsectionnumber \insertframenavigationsymbol
\insertframestartpage \inserttheoremname
Table of contents \insertsubsectionnavigationsymbol \inserttheoremnumber
\insertframeendpage \insertsectionnavigationsymbol
\inserttocsection \inserttheoremaddition
\insertslidenumber \insertdocnavigationsymbol \inserttheorempunctuation
\inserttocsectionnumber
\insertoverlaynumber \insertbackfindforwardnavigationsymbol \insertproofname
\inserttocsubsection
Presentation data \inserttocsubsectionnumber Logo Figures and tables
\insertauthor \inserttocsubsubsection \insertlogo
\insertshortauthor \insertcaption
\inserttocsubsubsectionnumber Elements of a frame \insertcaptionname
\insertinstitute
Bibliography Frame title \insertcaptionnumber
\insertshortinstitute
\insertinstituteindicator \insertbiblabel \insertframetitle Footnotes
\insertauthorindicator Note pages \insertshortframetitle \insertfootnotetext
\inserttitle \insertnote \insertframesubtitle \insertfootnotemark

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 Beamer’s Sizes
Use \setbeamersize{size name=〈dim〉} to change a Beamer’s size.
The geometry of the page is given by the geometry package.

text margin left sidebar width left description width mini frame size
text margin right sidebar width right description width of mini frame offset

Named Themes
See the official documentation for options associated to some of these themes.
Themes are defined in style files
beamertheme<theme_name>.sty, beamerinnertheme<theme_name>.sty, beameroutertheme<theme_name>.sty, beamercolortheme<theme_name>.sty, beamerfonttheme<theme_name>.sty.

Global Themes Ilmenau circles dove

\usetheme{theme_name } Dresden rectangles fly
Without Navigation Bar Darmstadt rounded monarca
default Frankfurt inmargin seagull
boxes Singapore wolverine
Szeged
Outer Themes beaver
Bergen
\useoutertheme{theme_name } spruce
Boadilla Section and Subsection Tables default
Madrid Copenhagen infolines Inner Color Themes
AnnArbor Luebeck lily
miniframes
CambridgeUS Malmoe orchid
smoothbars
EastLansing Warsaw rose
sidebar
Pittsburgh
Themes for Compatibility (to avoid) split Outer Color Themes
Rochester
compatibility shadow whale
Tree-Like Navigation Bar tree
bars seahorse
Antibes smoothtree
classic dolphin
JuanLesPins
lined Color Themes
Montpellier
plain Font Themes
Table of Contents Sidebar \usecolortheme{theme_name } \usefonttheme{theme_name }
sidebar
Berkeley default default
shadow
PaloAlto structure professionalfonts
split
Goettingen sidebartab serif
tree
Marburg Complete Color Themes structurebold
Hannover Inner Themes albatross structureitalicserif
Mini Frame Navigation \useinnertheme{theme_name } beetle structuresmallcapsserif
Berlin default crane structureitalicserif

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