I am designing a poster for OHBM conference (my first poster). I am using a0poster, but it gives posters of fixed width and height.
I want to make a poster of 90 cm width, and 150 cm height. Is there a way to do this in a0poster?
[Tex/LaTex] Increase size of poster in a0poster
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Beamerposter can handle custom page sizes, at least. Not sure about other classes, but since I already was using beamer for presentations, beamerposter was an easy transition.
Example (72" wide, 48" high):
important bit (lengths in cm by default, may be able to change to more comfortable units):
\usepackage[size=custom,width=182.88,height=121.92,scale=3]{beamerposter} % e.g. for custom size poster
Full example:
\documentclass[final]{beamer} % beamer 3.10: do NOT use option hyperref={pdfpagelabels=false} !
\mode<presentation> { %% check http://www-i6.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~dreuw/latexbeamerposter.php for examples
\usetheme{Berlin} %% you should define your own theme e.g. for big headlines using your own logos
}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{amsmath,amsthm, amssymb, latexsym}
\usefonttheme[onlymath]{serif}
\boldmath
\usepackage[size=custom,width=182.88,height=121.92,scale=3]{beamerposter} % e.g. for custom size poster
\title[Giant Posters]{Making Giant Posters with \LaTeX}
\author[One \& Two]{First One and Second Two}
\institute[Big U]{Some Department, Big University}
\date{Jul. 27th, 2011}
\setbeamertemplate{headline}{
\leavevmode
\begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{headline}
\begin{columns}[T]
\begin{column}{.02\paperwidth}
\end{column}
\begin{column}{.7\paperwidth}
\vskip8ex
\raggedleft
\usebeamercolor{title in headline}{\color{fg}\textbf{\LARGE{\inserttitle}}\\[1ex]}
\usebeamercolor{author in headline}{\color{fg}\large{\insertauthor}\\[1ex]}
\usebeamercolor{institute in headline}{\color{fg}\large{\insertinstitute}\\[1ex]}
\end{column}
\begin{column}{.25\paperwidth}
\vskip8ex
\begin{center}
Logo goes here.
\end{center}
\vskip2ex
\end{column}
\begin{column}{.02\paperwidth}
\end{column}
\end{columns}
\vskip2ex
\end{beamercolorbox}
\begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{lower separation line head}
\rule{0pt}{3pt}
\end{beamercolorbox}
}
\setbeamertemplate{footline}{
\begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{upper separation line foot}
\rule{0pt}{3pt}
\end{beamercolorbox}
\leavevmode%
\begin{beamercolorbox}[ht=4ex,leftskip=1em,rightskip=1em]{author in head/foot}%
\texttt{http://www.bigu.edu/}
\hfill
\texttt{(one,two)@bigu.edu}
\vskip1ex
\end{beamercolorbox}
\vskip0pt%
\begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{lower separation line foot}
\rule{0pt}{3pt}
\end{beamercolorbox}
}
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}{}
\begin{columns}[t]
\begin{column}{0.32\textwidth}
\begin{block}{\large Fontsizes}
\centering
{\tiny tiny}\par
{\scriptsize scriptsize}\par
{\footnotesize footnotesize}\par
{\normalsize normalsize}\par
{\large large}\par
{\Large Large}\par
{\LARGE LARGE}\par
{\veryHuge veryHuge}\par
{\VeryHuge VeryHuge}\par
{\VERYHuge VERYHuge}\par
\end{block}
\end{column}
\begin{column}{0.65\textwidth}
\begin{block}{\large Other Things}
Other things go here.
\end{block}
\end{column}
\end{columns}
\end{frame}
\end{document}
If the publicity poster is more of a flyer (around A4 size), then regular beamer will work fine. If it's really poster-sized (around A0), then beamerposter. And yes, depending on how much control you want in where things go, you might be better off with illustration software instead. However, here's what I've used for short course publicity in the past:
\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{default} % no need for borders, sidebars, etc.
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{} % no need for navigation symbols
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}[fragile]{CAE Short Courses for Graduate and REU Students}
% [fragile] since I have a \verb for the email address. Could be removed if you use
% \texttt{} instead.
\begin{columns}[t] % top-aligned columns
\begin{column}{0.5\textwidth}
Basic information
\begin{itemize}
\item Selected topics relevant to research and publication
\item Each course is independent of the others: sign up for one, two, or all
\item Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:00--9:00 pm
\item 4 meetings (2 weeks) per course
\item No registration fee
\end{itemize}
\end{column}
\begin{column}{0.5\textwidth}
Courses and starting dates
\begin{itemize}
\item \bfseries{Introduction to Linux and UNIX: January 25}
\item \bfseries{Introduction to MATLAB: February 8}
\item \bfseries{Introduction to \LaTeX{}: February 22}
\end{itemize}
Other courses may be offered, depending on interest and availability.
\end{column}
\end{columns}
\begin{center}
To register, or for more information, email Mike Renfro \verb|<renfro@tntech.edu>|
\end{center}
\end{frame}
\end{document}
Best Answer
Add
\setlength{\paperwidth}{90cm}and\setlength{\paperheight}{150cm}. Here you can find thea0posterpackage.Size:
MWE: