from the documentation pdf: powerdot has three different methods of processing slides, from which two have mainly verbatim been developed to make the inclusion of verbatim content6 on slides easier. These methods can be accessed by the method key which is available in slide environments and the \pdsetup command (see section 2.2.2). method=normal This is the preset method for processing slides. It is fast and allows for overlays, but it does not allow for verbatim. method=direct This method is also fast, but does not allow for overlays. Overlays will silently be disabled. However, it does allow for verbatim content on slides. method=file This method uses a temporary file to export the slide body to and read it back in. This method does allow for verbatim content and overlays, but could be slow when many slides use this method because the filesystem is used. ------------- How should I use method=file then ? /Kim