Numbering latex presentation - counting problem

Question

I'm working on a presentation with Latex {beamer}. I have the following problem:

When I use the itemize command on a slide in conjunction with \\visible<2->{text} Latex counts a new page for each item. That's why I have something like 17/11 on my presentation.

Does one know how to solve this problem?

With \\thispagestyle{empty} I solve the problem only temporarily and not satisfactorily

Answer 1

If I understood correctly, you may not want a new page (slide) for each item in each itemize environment in your presentation, for example if you have to print your slides. In this case, you may switch from

\documentclass{beamer}

to

\documentclass[handout]{beamer}

before compiling again and print your output pdf file (whose page count will now be the same or smaller). The handout option is discussed in section 4.6 of this Beamer User Guide .

Answer 2

Don't show the page number, but use the frame number instead:

\documentclass{beamer}

%\setbeamertemplate{footline}[page number]
\setbeamertemplate{footline}[frame number]

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\begin{itemize}
\item text text
\item text \visible<2->{text}
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\end{document}