 SliTeX is you can use it for black-and-white slides as well.  You don't need a

 special printer to make color slides; SliTeX uses the same
t need a
 black-and-white printer as LaTeX.  You get color slides by c SliTeX's output onto colored transparencies.
or slides by copying

liTeX's output onto colored transparencies.
2 
Root_File
 S giving it the first name of an input file whose file type is .tex.
,
 This file is called the root file.  For example, myfile.tex.  This
 file starts out with the customary \documentstyle command.  The
s
 standard document style for making slides is slides so your file  likely to begin
 style for making slides is slides so your file is

ikely to begin
  
      \documentstyle{slides}
 T make, followed in turn by the \begin{document} command.
y want to

ake, followed in turn by the \begin{document} command.
 A matter" and not as slide material.  You can use it for notes to
nt
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de material.  You can use it for notes to

dentify the slides.
 F you will be using.  This is done with the \colors command.  The
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be using.  This is done with the \colors command.  The

ommand
  
      \colors{red,black,blue}
 s black, and blue.  SliTeX knows nothing about real colors, so you
ed,
 could just as well have called your three colors puce, mauve, and
 fred.  If you're making only black-and-white slides, then you don't need a \colors command.
nly black-and-white slides, then you don't

eed a \colors command.
 T separate slide file.  This file can have any name that ends in .te for example, myslid.tex.  What goes into the file myslid.tex is
ex;
 explained under Slide_File for this topic.  Black-and-white slide are generated by placing the following command in the root file:


re generated by placing the following command in the root file:
  
      \blackandwhite{myslid}
 C
olor slides are generated by the command
  
      \colorslides{myslid}
 T each color specified by the \colors command.  For example, the
r
 command
r specified by the \colors command.  For example, the

ommand
  
      \colors{red,black,blue}
 c red color-layer pages, then the black ones, and then the blue ones.

ed color-layer pages, then the black ones, and then the blue ones.
 A
s usual, your root file ends with an \end{document} command.
2 
Slide_File
 T use and where to find the slide file, so the root file tends to be
 pretty short.  It's the slide file that actually makes the individua slides.
ort.  It's the slide file that actually makes the individual

lides.
3 
Slides
 E a single argument, which is a list of all the colors contained on the
 slide.  For example, a slide that has the colors red and blue is
the
 created by an environment
e that has the colors red and blue is

reated by an environment
          ...
n{slide}{red,blue}
        \end{
      \end{slide}
 T command in the root file.  They tell SliTeX which color layers to produce for this particular slide.  If there is green text in the
 slide, that text will appear in the black-and-white version, but no green color layer will be generated unless green is included in the
 slide environment's argument.  If you want only black-and-white
he
 slides, then you can use a null argument:
only black-and-white

lides, then you can use a null argument:
          ...
n{slide}{}

      ...

 T commands.  You can use any commands that make sense for slides.

 Commands that don't make sense include sectioning commands, figur and table environments, indexing commands, commands for generating a bibliography, and page-breaking commands.  The latter make no sense

 in a slide because each slide must fit on a single page.  You can use an \input command, but not an \include command.  Commands for
an use
 producing only some of the slides in your slide file are descri Making_Some_Slides within this topic.
ur slide file are described in

aking_Some_Slides within this topic.
 T and that generated by LaTeX.  First of all, text is automatically
X
 centered vertically on the slide.  Secondly, and most noticeable,
 SliTeX uses a set of type faces especially chosen for slides.  The
 characters in these type faces are much larger than the ones in the
 corresponding LaTeX type faces.  SliTeX's \normalsize produces
the
 roughly the same size characters as LaTeX's \LARGE.  Also, SliTe ordinary Roman type style is similar to LaTeX's sans serif style.

 Besides Roman, the only other type styles generally available are
 italic (\it), bold (\bf), and typewriter (\tt).
ly available are

talic (\it), bold (\bf), and typewriter (\tt).
 T ordinary LaTeX input are ones to tell SliTeX what color the text i The \colors command in your root file defines the declarations for

 doing this.  For example, if the root file contains the command
r
 \colors{red,black,blue}, then \red, \black, and \blue are
mand
 declarations that specify the color.  They work just like a declaration, such as \bf, having the same scoping rules.
any other

eclaration, such as \bf, having the same scoping rules.
 A
 color declaration does not affect the type style.
 T color layers.  For example, if you make no color declarations
n all
 anywhere in your slide file, then all color layers will be iden to the black and white versions.  Note that color declarations are

 undefined in the root file.
ns.  Note that color declarations are

ndefined in the root file.
 T text.  Invisible text is not only colorless, appearing in no color

 layer, but does not appear in the black-and-white version either.

 The use of invisible text is explained below.
te version either.

he use of invisible text is explained below.
 W math mode.
n't use a color declaration or an invisible command in

ath mode.
3 
Overlays
 T except for how the page is numbered.  The first overlay following
t
 slide number 9 is numbered "9a", the second one is numbered "9b", a so forth.  To make an overlay that perfectly overlays a slide, the
d
 slide and the overlay should be absolutely identical except that tex visible in one should be invisible in the other.
al except that text

isible in one should be invisible in the other.
3 
Notes
 I slides.  The note environment produces a one-page note that appea only in the black-and-white versions of the slides.  Notes that
rs
 follow slide number 9 are numbered "9-1", "9-2"", etc.
es that

ollow slide number 9 are numbered "9-1", "9-2"", etc.
 F \begin{note}
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s the note for the current slide.
 \end{n
end{note}
2 
Making_Some_Slides
 F the slides in your file.  The command
e able to produce a subset of

he slides in your file.  The command
  
      \onlyslides{4,7-13,23}
 i \colorslides commands to generate only slides numbered 4, 7-13 (inclusive) and 23, plus all of their overlays.  The slide numbe the argument must be in ascending order, and can include nonexistent

 slides---for example, you can type
der, and can include nonexistent

lides---for example, you can type
  
      \onlyslides{10-9999}
 t \onlyslides command must be non-empty.
.  The argument of the

onlyslides command must be non-empty.
 T the notes.  Notes numbered 11-1, 11-2, etc.  will all be generated by
 specifying page 11 in the argument of the \onlynotes command.
ted by

pecifying page 11 in the argument of the \onlynotes command.
 I then notes will be produced for the specified slides.  If there is an \onlynotes command but no \onlyslide command, then no slides will be

 produced.  Including both an \onlyslides and an \onlynotes command

 has the expected effect of producing only the specified slides and
 notes.
expected effect of producing only the specified slides and
