On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Guilherme P. de Freitas <
guilherme@gpfreitas.com> wrote:

> In case I wasn't clear "That may be possible" refers to "Having a
> blank background may be possible".
>
> And I really don't want to sound ungrateful for all the great software
> available out there for free (by the way, I pay for software that
> helps me), but it is maybe the 4th time I decide to try to write down
> a set of slides using ConTeXt and I can't find a simple template with
> a plain background to download. Call me crazy, but I didn't expect
> that.
>
> In the webpage for Slides/Presentations in the Context wiki, there is
> no complete, working template for a presentation with slides. Sure,
> people may want to customize everything, but I would guess 90% of
> presentation have a title and an author, lists and pictures. It would
> be very helpful to have such a template (as basic as possible, with
> those four components). And a template like this would be a great
> starting point for people like me, that want to migrate at least part
> of their work to ConTeXt (I've had a very positive experience writing
> problem sets already), and do that by doing real work, under a time
> constraint, instead of setting time aside to learn everything writing
> down examples, etc. (which is great, but takes longer) That kind of
> audience needs a quick solution, and then references to
> customizations. The references for customizations exist; the quick
> solutions (templates go a long way in this case), no. And I think the
> additional cost of doing that is minimal.
>
> Thanks everybody, but I still have to find my simple template: title,
> author, lists, pictures and plain background. I guess I could just go
> and write down a large centered text for title, etc. but I was hoping
> there would be something already done for very simple slides.
>
> Best,
>
>
Not in order of importance
*)simple slides
*) s-pre-*.tex
*) build your slide with layers

Please  consider this
http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/powerpoint

and this
www.dabeaz.com
His slide are really ok, cfr.
www.dabeaz.com/python/*GIL*.pdf

I think that every technical slides must be suitable for printing without
effort and with hight quality. So I prefear A5 paper , black and white, one
font for running text (CharisSIL actually) one font for listing
(Incosolata, actually)  and one for symbols (Unicode.otf, actually) .
They render well on screen and on paper: see
http://www.ntg.nl/EuroTeX2009/slides/luigi-slides.pdf

For printing can be good A5 on A4 on top  (bottom half space for your notes)
or 2 A5 on A4 (more compact)

-- 
luigi