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%% The LaTeX Graphics Companion, 2ed (first printing May 2007)
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%% Example 11-4-37 on page 795.
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%% Copyright (C) 2007 Michel Goossens, Frank Mittelbach, Denis Roegel, Sebastian Rahtz, Herbert Vo\ss
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% Show page(s) 1,2,3
\documentclass{ttctbeamer}
% graphic converted to gray in book
\StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{beamerthemeMalmoe}
\usepackage{beamerouterthemesidebar}
\usepackage{beamercolorthemedove}
\StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\section{The Canvas}
\setbeamertemplate{background canvas}
{\put(120,-230){\rotatebox{45}
{\scalebox{5}{\textcolor{gray!20}{DRAFT}}}}}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{The canvas background}
A watermark on all slides until redefined.
\end{frame}
\section{The background}
\setbeamertemplate{background}[grid]
[step=0.5cm,color=red!20]
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{The background setting}
Second and third slide additionally gets a grid.
\end{frame}
\section{Shaded canvas}
\setbeamertemplate{background canvas}
[vertical shading][top=blue!25]
\setbeamercolor{normal text}{fg=red}
\usebeamercolor[fg]{normal text}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Text on the frame background}
\framesubtitle{Text foreground and background color}
Here background color shading is used and the
text color is changed to red---Not a very
useful combination.
\end{frame}
\end{document}
