Use with caution and understanding rather than blindly. I have not tried many of these suggestions and some may actually be wrong. If you find errors, please let me know.
Some journals require that the first names be abbreviated.
You need to create the appropriate fmt file. It is sometimes nice to have coloured background for slides. Here are some ways to do this. Do some arbitrary postscript. LaTeX Layout LaTeX assumes that the origin is 1in down from the top of the paper and 1in in from the lefthand side of the paper.