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Answer : I had the same problem: blank lines in latex articles produces a clearly separated paragraph, but in Beamer, with the limited space and no indentation, the default new paragraph is does not strikingly separate the paragraphs. My hack solution was to append the following latex code to the end of the paragraph that should have the space. \\~\ For example, try inserting this into a Beamer latex file: \frame{ This is text that should have a blank line after it. \\~\\ Here is text following a blank line. } I've noticed this too when preparing slides. Rather than have two paragraphs and separate them with vertical space explicitly, I've often used one of the following workarounds: convert each of the paragraphs you want to split to a block-like environment such as theorem , question , answer , etc. That way (in my theme, at least) they get boxed and visually separated. if the two paragraphs are supporting material to the same point, use an itemize env...

Answer : You can define font size for notes with \setbeamerfont{note page}{size=\tiny} , default size is \small . Define the font size for notes as well as for subitems in notes with \setbeamerfont{note page}{size=\tiny} \addtobeamertemplate{note page}{\setbeamerfont{itemize/enumerate subbody}{size=\tiny}}{} as shown in this answer.

Answer : Modify the background canvas before you begin the frame, not within the frame. To keep the effect of the color change local, you could use curly braces around the frame and that command, or \begingroup ... \endgroup . { \setbeamercolor{background canvas}{bg=violet} \begin{frame} % frame contents here \end{frame} } Put the \setbeamercolor command outside the frame. This will change the background colour for every subsequent frame. If you want to just change that slide, you can surround the frame and the command in {} Here's a complete example: \documentclass{beamer} \begin{document} \begin{frame}{A white frame} \end{frame} % Change all subsequent frames to violet \setbeamercolor{background canvas}{bg=violet!20} \begin{frame}{A violet frame} \end{frame} \begin{frame}{This frame is also violet} \end{frame} % But this frame only will be yellow: note { ... } around % the \setbeamercolor and the frame to limit the scope {\setbeamercolor{background canvas}{bg=ye...

Answer : Ok, after more investigation (in the beamer sources :)), I have found the solution. For those who will search like me in the future, here it is in a simple small example : { % to delimit a block (we only want to remove the header for this frame) \makeatletter % to change template \setbeamertemplate{headline}[default] % not mandatory, but I though it was better to set it blank \def\beamer@entrycode{\vspace*{-\headheight}} % here is the part we are interested in :) \makeatother \begin{frame}{Table of contents} % and our simple frame \tableofcontents \end{frame} } It is also possible to define an environment to be able to use it more easily. To do so, use this part of code before the \begin{document} : \makeatletter \newenvironment{withoutheadline}{ \setbeamertemplate{headline}[default] \def\beamer@entrycode{\vspace*{-\headheight}} }{} \makeatother And for your frame : \begin{withoutheadline} \begin{frame}{Table of contents} %...

Answer : The {} will ensure, that the change is only done for the slides within the {} . \documentclass{beamer} \begin{document} \begin{frame} \frametitle{normal title} abc \end{frame} { \setbeamerfont{frametitle}{size=\small} \begin{frame} \frametitle{extra extra extraextra extra extraextra extra extra extra extra extra long title} abc \end{frame} } \begin{frame} \frametitle{normal title} abc \end{frame} \end{document}