Reduce footer height

beamertheme-source/beamerouterthemeneo.dtx

@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \defbeamertemplate{headline}{plain}{}
 \defbeamertemplate{footline}{plain}{%
-  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\textwidth, sep=1.3ex]{footline}%
+  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\textwidth, sep=1ex]{footline}%
     \usebeamerfont{page number in head/foot}%
     \usebeamertemplate*{frame footer}
     \hfill%
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
   \end{beamercolorbox}%
 }
 \defbeamertemplate{footline}{standout}{%
-  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\textwidth, sep=1.3ex]{palette primary}%
+  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\textwidth, sep=1ex]{palette primary}%
     \usebeamerfont{page number in head/foot}%
     \usebeamertemplate*{frame footer}
     \hfill%