\usepackage{mwe} \makeatletter \defbeamertemplate*{note page}{mynotes} {% {% \scriptsize \usebeamerfont{note title}\usebeamercolor[fg]{note title}% \ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{note title}{}{% \insertvrule{.45\paperheight}{note title.bg}% \vskip-.45\paperheight% \nointerlineskip% }% \vbox{ \hfill\insertslideintonotes{0.45}\hskip-\Gm@rmargin\hskip0pt% \vskip-0.45\paperheight% \nointerlineskip \begin{pgfpicture}{0cm}{0cm}{0cm}{0cm} % I don't need the date in the notes.... % \begin{pgflowlevelscope}{\pgftransformrotate{90}} % {\pgftransformshift{\pgfpoint{-2cm}{0.2cm}}% % \pgftext[base,left]{\usebeamerfont{note date}\usebeamercolor[fg]{note date}\the\year-\ifnum\month<10\relax0\fi\the\month-\ifnum\day<10\relax0\fi\the\day}} % \end{pgflowlevelscope} \end{pgfpicture}} \nointerlineskip \vbox to .45\paperheight{\vskip0.5em \hbox{\insertshorttitle[width=8cm]}% \setbox\beamer@tempbox=\hbox{\insertsection}% \hbox{\ifdim\wd\beamer@tempbox>1pt{\hskip4pt\raise3pt\hbox{\vrule width0.4pt height7pt\vrule width 9pt height0.4pt}}\hskip1pt\hbox{\begin{minipage}[t]{7.5cm}\def\breakhere{}\insertsection\end{minipage}}\fi% }% \setbox\beamer@tempbox=\hbox{\insertsubsection}% \hbox{\ifdim\wd\beamer@tempbox>1pt{\hskip17.4pt\raise3pt\hbox{\vrule width0.4pt height7pt\vrule width 9pt height0.4pt}}\hskip1pt\hbox{\begin{minipage}[t]{7.5cm}\def\breakhere{}\insertsubsection\end{minipage}}\fi% }% \setbox\beamer@tempbox=\hbox{\insertshortframetitle}% \hbox{\ifdim\wd\beamer@tempbox>1pt{\hskip30.8pt\raise3pt\hbox{\vrule width0.4pt height7pt\vrule width 9pt height0.4pt}}\hskip1pt\hbox{\insertshortframetitle[width=7cm]}\fi% }% \vfil}% }% \ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{note page}{}{% \nointerlineskip% \insertvrule{.55\paperheight}{note page.bg}% \vskip-.55\paperheight% }% \vskip.25em \nointerlineskip \insertnote } \makeatother \setbeamertemplate{note page}[mynotes]