added new support for note files and tweaks for better footnotes

slides_template/example.tex

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 \documentclass[xcolor=dvipsnames]{beamer}
 
+% set up the file to create notes in the output PDFs
+\usepackage{pgfpages}
+\setbeameroption{show notes on second screen} % for pdfpc -n right
+% \setbeameroption{show notes} % place notes on the second slide
+% \setbeameroption{show only notes} % for making printouts
+
 \renewcommand{\rmdefault}{ugm}
 \usepackage[garamond]{mathdesign}
 
@@ -54,6 +60,11 @@
 % \usepackage{dcolumn}
 % \usepackage{booktabs}
 
+% replace footnotes with symbols instead of numbers
+\renewcommand*{\thefootnote}{\fnsymbol{footnote}}
+\usepackage{perpage}
+\MakePerPage{footnote}
+
 %% BEAMER THEME STUFF
 \usetheme[pageofpages=/,% String used between the current page and the
                          % total page count.