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Brian Fitzpatrick (imported from SE)
I'm working on a long beamer document and each frame has lots of overlays. To make my workflow faster, I'm using `handout` mode. However, sometimes when I'm working on a frame I want to test whether or not the overlays are working properly. I'm curious if it is possible to activate overlays for a single frame in `handout` mode.

Here is a MWE:

    \documentclass[handout]{beamer}
    
    \begin{document}
    
    
    \begin{frame}
    
      \frametitle{Happy Without Overlays Here}
    
      \begin{block}{First Block}<+->
        Foo bar.
      \end{block}
    
      \begin{block}{Second Block}<+->
        Foo bar.
      \end{block}
    
    \end{frame}
    
    
    
    \begin{frame}[?magic?]
    
      \frametitle{I Want Overlays Here}
    
      \begin{block}{First Block}<+->
        Foo \pause bar.
      \end{block}
    
      \begin{block}{Second Block}<+->
        Spam \pause eggs.
      \end{block}
    
    \end{frame}
    
    
    \begin{frame}
    
      \frametitle{Also Happy Without Overlays Here}
    
      \begin{block}{First Block}<+->
        Foo bar.
      \end{block}
    
      \begin{block}{Second Block}<+->
        Foo bar.
      \end{block}
    
    \end{frame}
    
    
    \end{document}

Top Answer
samcarter
One can manually switch to normal beamer mode for the desired frame:

```
\documentclass[
  handout
]{beamer}

\begin{document}


\begin{frame}

  \frametitle{Happy Without Overlays Here}

  \begin{block}{First Block}<+->
    Foo bar.
  \end{block}

  \begin{block}{Second Block}<+->
    Foo bar.
  \end{block}

\end{frame}

{

\makeatletter
  \def\beamer@currentmode{beamer}
\makeatother

\begin{frame}

  \frametitle{I Want Overlays Here}

  \begin{block}{First Block}<+->
    Foo \pause bar.
  \end{block}

  \begin{block}{Second Block}<+->
    Spam \pause eggs.
  \end{block}

\end{frame}
}

\begin{frame}

  \frametitle{Also Happy Without Overlays Here}
  
  \begin{block}{First Block}<+->
    Foo bar.
  \end{block}

  \begin{block}{Second Block}<+->
    Foo bar.
  \end{block}

\end{frame}


\end{document}
```

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