sizing

[jumpboy111]

Hi,

What do I need to change in here to make convert the size of the poster to A2 or will what I have work?

\documentclass[10pt,a2paper,landscape]{beamer}

\usepackage[scale=1.24]{beamerposter} 

%\usepackage[size=custom,width=594mm,height=420mm,scale=1]{beamerposter}

\usetheme{confposteralt} 

\setbeamercolor{block alerted title}{fg=Goldenrod,bg=blue!70} % Colors of the highlighted block titles

\setbeamercolor{block alerted body}{fg=black,bg=blue!10} 

%-----------------------------------------------------------

% Define the column widths and overall poster size

% To set effective sepwid, onecolwid and twocolwid values, first choose how many columns you want and how much separation you want between columns

% In this template, the separation width chosen is 0.024 of the paper width and a 4-column layout

% onecolwid should therefore be (1-(# of columns+1)*sepwid)/# of columns e.g. (1-(4+1)*0.024)/4 = 0.22

% Set twocolwid to be (2*onecolwid)+sepwid = 0.464

% Set threecolwid to be (3*onecolwid)+2*sepwid = 0.708

\newlength{\sepwid}

\newlength{\onecolwid}

\newlength{\twocolwid}

\newlength{\threecolwid}

\setlength{\paperwidth}{48in} % A0 width: 46.8in

\setlength{\paperheight}{36in} % A0 height: 33.1in

\setlength{\sepwid}{0.024\paperwidth} % Separation width (white space) between columns

\setlength{\onecolwid}{0.22\paperwidth} % Width of one column

\setlength{\twocolwid}{0.464\paperwidth} % Width of two columns

\setlength{\threecolwid}{0.708\paperwidth} % Width of three columns

\setlength{\topmargin}{-0.5in} % Reduce the top margin size

Thank you in advance.

[Philippe Dreuw]

not sure what you are trying to do but you might want to have a look at the minimal example first

http://www-i6.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~dreuw/latexbeamerposter.php

simply replace a0 by a2 there and you are almost done.

next try to use some of your stuff below but do NOT specify

\setlength{\paperwidth}{48in} % A0 width: 46.8in

\setlength{\paperheight}{36in} % A0 height: 33.1in

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[DvD]

I actually have a problem in the same vein as this. I need a specific size for a poster, but now that I'm adapting the size, my title runs off the page and I have no clue why. It's fine when the width is 48 inches, but not when I have to bring it down to 42... 

The minimal example is this:

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\documentclass[final]{beamer}

\usepackage[scale=1.24]{beamerposter}

\setlength{\paperwidth}{42 in}

\setlength{\paperheight}{36 in}

\usetheme{confposter}

\title{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum}

\author{DvD}

\institute{Institute}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}[t]

\end{frame}

\end{document}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

What am I doing wrong or missing?

[Cameron Clarke]

In your \usepackage definition it should be "\usepackage[size=custom,width=106.68,height=91.44,scale=1.24]{beamerposter}" where those numbers I've included are simply the values 42 inches and 36 inches converted to centimeters. You can keep the \setlength{} commands too.

[Roushan Rezvani]

Hi!

I have a similiar question. I want to create an a2-poster and I have changed the first

two lines of code to:

\documentclass[final]{beamer}

\usepackage[size=a2,scale=1.24]{beamerposter}

Do I need to pass any other arguments to documentclass?

Also, the template has these two lines of code as well:

\setlength{\paperwidth}{48in} % A0 width: 46.8in

\setlength{\paperheight}{36in} % A0 height: 33.1in

Do I need to change these sizes? They define the width and height of the document, how come 

they are 48 and 36 inches respectively, while a0 has the width 46.8 inches and the height 33.1 inches?

Thank you in advance!