Create your first poster
Creating your first poster is easy! Before we begin, we have to
create a new R project by clicking on the file tab in the top of the
RStudio window and following the instructions of the prompt that
appears. Now that we have created an R project for our presentation, we
can open a new R-Markdown file. To do this click on the “plus file” logo
in the top left corner and then on “R-Markdown”.
After you have done this, a little pop-up helper will appear. The
first thing we will do is to select the {iheiddown}
template for our presentation. To do so, click on the “From Template”
option on the left and select one of the “Poster {iheiddown}” templates.
Now give your poster a name and click on “OK”.
Congrats! You just created your first poster! Let’s render it to see
what it looks like out of the box. This is done by simply clicking the
“knit button” while viewing the Poster.Rmd pane. Et voilà!
You have now successfully generated your first poster with R.
Take a moment to read through the generated poster to get acquainted
with the {R-markdown} syntax and to get a feel of the
possibilities of the {iheiddown} theme.
Edit your poster
This section will focus on giving you an overview of the workflow of
designing your conference posters in R with{iheiddown}.
Three flavors of posters to choose from:
The three flavors {iheiddown} incorporates are
“re-themed” versions of the excellent {posterdown}
package. They include:
- A classic poster (landscape)
- Simple and classic poster layout.
- A “betterposter” (landscape)
- Inspired by Mike Morrison’s template allowing you to highlight the
central message of your poster in a landscape format.
- A “betterposter” (portrait)
- Inspired by Mike Morrison’s template allowing you to highlight the
central message of your poster in a portrait format.
Here is the thread that started the #betterposter
style. Choose the one that fits your needs and read on to discover how
to edit it!
Set YAML options
The general options are set in the YAML header. You can define the
metadata of the document such as the name of the authors, the
institution they are a part of , and the title of your poster there.
You can also set bibliographic options such as the .bib
file you want to draw your references from (packages.bib by
default) and the style of the bibliographic entries by altering the
.csl file. Note that packages that were used in the code
chunks of your problem set have their citation information automatically
written to a second .bib file called
packages.bib. That way you easily give appropriate credit
to the work of the creators of the packages you use.
That’s it! You’re now all set to focus on the content of your poster.
Again, please take a moment to read through the template once it is
generated as it serves as much as a tutorial than this vignette.
Printing your posters
Printing your posters can be done by opening the generated HTML file
in any modern browser and select the “print to PDF” functionality they
incorporate.
