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LaTeX Poster Macros,
Examples, and Accessories |
The following LaTeX files, style files, and examples are freely
available to anyone who wants to make a poster-sized document using the
tools typically available on a SUN workstation - LaTeX, ghostview (with
the gv interface), make, BibTeX, etc.). The provided style files produce a
variety of different poster formats: 3-5 columns, oriented horizontally or
vertically, in "plotter" size (maxi) or "letter" size (mini) for
proofreading, meeting handouts, etc. They are an alternative to programs
like PageMaker for those who don't have convenient access to a PC, or who
want to quickly convert existing LaTeX documents to a poster-type format.
Those who understand LaTeX and BibTeX may want to customize these files
for their own purposes. They are supplied without any warranty, expressed
or implied. In particular, I am not responsible for any frustration they
may cause as you attempt to make them work with YOUR hardware and
software. I had enough frustration getting them to work with MY hardware
and software. The Makefile and BibTeX tools are handy for the production
of any LaTeX document, independent of their poster making options.
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Just left-click on any of the
file names below to view the contents. Right-click to download the file
(Save Link As...) to your computer. When downloading the .tex files below,
the file name will appear with a .txt extension; Netscape demands an
external application to view files with the .tex extension, so I have
symbolically linked files with a .txt extension to the corresponding .tex
file so they may be viewed onscreen. You will want to change the extension
on the downloaded file back to .tex, either in the browser "Save as ..."
dialog box or in your UNIX shell after downloading.
- Here is a tar
archive containing all files on this page. Extract and list
files from the archive using the commands
tar -tvf
example.tar (lists archive contents) tar -xvf example.tar
[desired_filename] (extracts specified file) 'desired_filename' must
be preceded with a "./", exactly as it appears in the archive listing.
If desired_filename is blank, ALL files will be extracted. BE CAREFUL
you do not overwrite one of your existing files, unless you WANT to
replace it with the archived version. If you change the names of the
files you create (such that none of them start with "example", for
instance) you can avoid this possibility.
LaTeX
- Style Files and Example TeX Files
Horizontal formats are larger
in the horizontal direction, vertical formats are larger in the vertical
direction. WARNING:Blank lines are forbidden inside
the LaTeX picture environment. While comments (preceded by a % sign) are
allowed, blank lines are not. The document will not compile if one is
present. This, along with mismatched curly brackets {}, are the most
common causes of problems. Look for them first if you experience
difficulties.
- hor_maxi.sty
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create full sized horizontal posters for the plotter
- hor_maxi_view.sty
- create full sized horizontal posters for on-screen viewing. This
option added because our plotter does not interpret
(device-independent?) PostScript in the same way that ghostview does.
- hor_mini.sty
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create miniaturized horizontal posters for a standard printer, 8.5x11
- hor_3.sty
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create horizontal 3 column posters
- hor_4.sty
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create horizontal 4 column posters
- hor_5.sty
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create horizontal 5 column posters
- ver_maxi.sty
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create full sized vertical posters for the plotter
- ver_mini.sty
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create miniaturized vertical posters for a standard printer, 8.5x11
- ver_3.sty
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create vertical 3 column posters
- ver_4.sty
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create vertical 4 column posters
- poster.sty
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macros that are independent of the selected format. Modify colors, font
families and sizes, and line spacing here.
- aastexposter.cls
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aastex.cls with the slug comments (date received, accepted, etc.)
removed.
- example.tex
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the TeX file used to create the example poster (horizontal, 5 column)
- example_table.tex
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the TeX file used to make the table included in the example poster
- example_fig1.ps
- example_fig2.ps
- example_fig3.ps
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PostScript figures used in the example poster - you may also use
encapsulated PostScript
- example.ps
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the PostScript file constructed from all the above.
- Link to
the Posters directory
- Want to know file sizes or
modification dates? Look here. HINT: Click on the
"Last modified" heading at the top of the page to sort entries by
modification date and time, either ascending or descending order, with
the exception of the Parent Directory entry, which will always be at the
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Makefile - never type latex, bibtex, or dvips
again! Convenient for any TeX document, not just posters.
- Makefile
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just type "make" to run latex/pslatex, bibtex, and dvips. Make checks
the modification dates of TeX files, figures, tables, and style files to
see if LaTeX needs to be run again. - "make clean" removes temporary
TeX files, .log, .blg, .aux, .dvi, etc. - "make view" displays the
miniposter format on screen - "make viewmaxi" displays the maxiposter
format on screen
- Format-specific
Makefile
This makefile offers options to make a
document in multiple formats; those included here are the AGU/JGR
preprint, manuscript, and galley formats. For example, typing make
pprint, make galley, or make mscrpt will place the proper \documentclass
statement in your LaTeX file and then compile it. (This assumes you are
on a UNIX system that supports the 'sed' program. The required cshell
script chngdocclass is available here.)
No need to change the file for each format you wish to create. Output
PostScript files are named accordingly as well. This method may be
adapted to the poster styles as well - I'll get to it eventually,
otherwise feel free to do it yourself if you know the lingo.
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BibTeX - Download abstracts from the ADS server and
format citation keys with a PERL script. See example.tex for details on
how to use the citation and bibliography macros. Convenient for any TeX
document, not just posters.
- make_keys
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a PERL script that takes entries from the ADS abstract server (download
or cut/paste them into a file in BibTeX format) and formats them with
keys of the form Authors_last_name:year_of_publication. A letter
(a,b,c,d...) is added if there are multiple keys with the same author
and year.
- example.ads
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a file of "raw" BibTeX entries, as downloaded from the ADS.
- example.bib
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formatted file with keys, produced by running make_keys, e.g.
make_keys example will take example.ads and use it to
create example.bib
- poster.bst
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a style file which specifies the format used for inline citations and
the bibliography, i.e. titles (or not), italics, author name format,
etc.
- Link to
the BibStyles directory
Other bibliography style files
(.bst) not listed here may be accessed from this page. |
Problems, questions, or
comments? Contact wolven@pha.jhu.edu
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