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I am trying to use \authblk to create a beamer presentation with multiple author blocks, where each block basically says:

AUTHOR NAME 1

INSTITUTION 1

I tried using the \authblk but it does not seem to work. Can anyone please help me?

Here is my code:

\documentclass{beamer}
\mode<presentation>
{
\usetheme{CambridgeUS}
\usecolortheme{dolphin}
\setbeamercovered{transparent}
}

\usepackage{authblk}


\usepackage{color,colortbl}


\title[Short title]{Long Title}
\subtitle{Subtitle}


\author[Short Name (U ABC)]{Author 1\Institute 1 \and Author 2\Institute 2 \and Author 3\Institute 3}


\date[Dec 2015]{December 2015}


\begin{document}


\begin{frame}
    \maketitle
\end{frame}


\end{document}
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BoonHanKoh
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2 Answers2

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Don't use authblk. Rather set the authors in separate \columns:

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\documentclass{beamer}

\usetheme{CambridgeUS}
\usecolortheme{dolphin}
\setbeamercovered{transparent}

\title[Short title]{Long Title}
\subtitle{Subtitle}

\author[Short Name (U ABC)]{%
  \texorpdfstring{%
    \begin{columns}
      \column{.3333\linewidth}
      \centering
      Author 1 \\ Institute 1
      \column{.3333\linewidth}
      \centering
      Author 2 \\ Institute 2
      \column{.3333\linewidth}
      \centering
      Author 3 \\ Institute 3
    \end{columns}
 }
 {Author 1, Author 2, Author 3}
}

\date[Dec 2015]{December 2015}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
  \maketitle
\end{frame}

\end{document}

The use of \texorpdfstring{<tex>}{<pdf string>} helps with the fact that \author automatically completes the PDF properties' author field. Now you can switch between what is displayed visually in the presentation, and that of the document properties.

Werner
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  • Great! That works perfectly. I prefer to break up the author blocks over two rows, so I've posted a modified code separately. Thank you @werner :) – BoonHanKoh Dec 01 '15 at 03:30
  • Could you please explain the use of the command: \texorpdfstring{}{} a little bit? What does it exactly do? – rainman Jun 17 '22 at 20:44
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    @rainman: \texorpdfstring{<TeX>}{<PDF>} takes two arguments. The first contains TeX-related content, while the latter might contain PDF-specific content. It's often used when content being set has comparable entries in a PDF's structure. For example, when one issues \author{<author>}, <author> ends up in the PDF info (when pressing Ctrl+D in Adobe Reader). However, if it's set in the document, it could be set in bold. The formatting is not supported in the PDF attributes, so one may issue \author{\texorpdfstring{\bfseries <author>}{<author>}} to discern between the two components. – Werner Jun 19 '22 at 05:06
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Adding on to @werner's code, here is a version that allows me to break up the author blocks over two rows. Thanks @werner!

enter image description here

\documentclass{beamer}

\usetheme{CambridgeUS}
\usecolortheme{dolphin}
\setbeamercovered{transparent}

\title[Short title]{Long Title}
\subtitle{Subtitle}

\author[Short Name (U ABC)]{%
  \texorpdfstring{%
    \begin{columns}
      \column{.3\linewidth}
      \centering
      Author 1 \\ Institute 1
      \column{.3\linewidth}
      \centering
      Author 2 \\ Institute 2
    \end{columns}
    \vspace{12pt}
    \begin{columns}
      \column{.3\linewidth}
      \centering
      Author 3 \\ Institute 3
    \end{columns}
 }
 {Author 1, Author 2, Author 3}
}

\date[Dec 2015]{December 2015}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
  \maketitle
\end{frame}

\end{document}
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