How can I insert page number to rmarkdown beamer slides?

Question

How can I show page numbers (preferably like 4/10, 5/10 etc.) on an rmarkdown beamer presentation?

score 20 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 31 '16 at 19:18

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In the front matter of the document, you can include a .tex file with extra commands as shown in RStudio's documentation here.

I created a new .tex file that I called "header_pagenrs.tex" which only includes the top 2 lines from @user4281727's answer:

\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\setbeamertemplate{footline}[page number]

Then I referenced this file at the top of my .Rmd file:

---
title: "Things and Stuff"
author: "Me"
output:
  beamer_presentation:
    includes:
      in_header: header_pagenrs.tex
---

If this still gives you errors, you might also be missing some required TeX packages (a separate problem from RStudio and rmarkdown).

answered Jul 31 '16 at 19:18

civilstat

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Is it possible to remove the page number from the title page? – mharinga Feb 07 '18 at 16:39
I'm afraid I don't know how! – civilstat Feb 07 '18 at 21:37
@civilstat I have been using this script for well over a year now, but today it is failing... MAC OSX 10.13.6, R 3.5.2 RStudio 1.1.463. To clarify: same exact document, just recompiling. Now no page number outputs... the `header_pagenrs.tex` file seems to be causing the `include: ... theme:` output to malfunction as well – alexwhitworth Jan 09 '19 at 19:21
After updating all LaTeX packages, this is largely resolved. The theme I was using ("Malmoe") still has problems; but a switch to a new theme resolves. – alexwhitworth Jan 10 '19 at 19:33
Glad to hear that updating packages helped. Unfortunately I have no ideas about how to fix the issue with your original theme. – civilstat Jan 11 '19 at 20:48

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 24 '22 at 21:05

Here's another option that worked for me. Didn't need to add a .tex file to my folder. Just included the following (based on above code from @civilstat) at the top of my Markdown doc.

---
title: 'Your Title'
author: "Your Name"
date: "July 4, 1776"
output:
  beamer_presentation(keep_tex = TRUE): default

header-includes:

- \setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
- \setbeamertemplate{footline}[page number]
---

samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz · Answer 3 · 2022-05-06T13:58:44.717

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If your beamer version is reasonable up to date (>= v3.48), you can adjust the format of the frame numbers while keeping the footline of your chosen beamer theme unchanged otherwise.

---
output: 
  beamer_presentation:
    theme: "Berlin"
    keep_tex: true
header-includes:
  - \setbeamertemplate{page number in head/foot}[totalframenumber]
---

test

edited May 06 '22 at 13:58

answered Oct 30 '19 at 14:59

samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz

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Doesn't do a thing with pandoc. What am I missing? – dearN Jun 17 '20 at 12:00
@dearN Is your beamer version new enough? (>=v3.48) – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Jun 17 '20 at 12:22
How do I check (beamer version) via command line? You ask a pertinent question. – dearN Jun 17 '20 at 14:45
@dearN There should be a .log file in the same folder as the .tex file.This log file should include the version number – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Jun 17 '20 at 15:08
There is no log file... I am using `pandoc -t beamer foo.md -o foo.pdf`. – dearN Jun 17 '20 at 15:33
@dearN I don't know if this rmarkdown syntax with the header includes works for markdown. if yes the `keep_tex` option should make sure that the log file is also kept – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Jun 17 '20 at 15:34

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 22 '14 at 12:50

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Try to put the lines below into the template

\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}

\setbeamertemplate{footline}[page number]

~/Library/R/3.1/library/rmarkdown/rmd/beamer/default.tex

edited Nov 22 '14 at 12:50

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answered Nov 22 '14 at 12:42

user4281727

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How can I insert page number to rmarkdown beamer slides?

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