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Creating name sign for desk using Pandoc + Beamer

First create a markdown file called "desk_sign.md" containing only the following YAML style front-matter:

---
title: Ted Burke
author: ted.burke@tudublin.ie
date: 01 220 5919
fonttheme: "structurebold"
fontsize: 20pt

---

Then use Pandoc to create a PDF:

pandoc -t beamer desk_sign.md -o desk_sign.pdf

This is the finished name sign:

The finished name sign