To come back to the original problem: \documentclass{powerdot} \begin{document} \begin{wideslide}{Overview} \begin{minipage}{0.22\textwidth} \begin{itemize} \item<2-> Rationale \item<3-> Data \item<4-> Analysis \item<5-> Results \item<6-> Future Work \end{itemize} \end{minipage} \begin{minipage}{.75\textwidth} \raggedright \includegraphics*[width=.95\textwidth]{dice.eps} \end{minipage} \end{wideslide} \end{document} This unfortunately doesn't produce the desired result either. I hadn't yet considered such examples, but will take it into account now that I'm redesigning the hiding system. For now, we could use a workaround as below. Sorry for the trouble. Best, -Hendri. \documentclass{powerdot} \begin{document} \begin{wideslide}{Overview} \rput[tl](.5\linewidth,0){\includegraphics[width=.5\linewidth]{dice.eps}} \begin{itemize} \item Rationale\pause \item Data\pause \item Analysis\pause \item Results\pause \item Future Work \end{itemize} \end{wideslide} \end{document}