On Thursday 18 June 2009, Daniel Joshua Stark wrote: > Dear All, > > I was wondering if LyX can handle making posters. I've looked around > some, and I don't believe it can. However, I wanted to ask you all > first before giving up on using it to make one. > Daniel,
I assume you're talking about a "poster paper". The answer is "Yes, LyX can be used for posters: I've done it." I don't recommend it. I've also tried OpenOffice, and I certainly don't recommend that, either. What worked best for me is Scribus. I've also found that it is best to work with a smaller format than the final poster. My last poster paper required panels 60 inches by 35 inches; I prepared them as 20 inches by 11.67 inches, and scaled them to 300% when sending them to the plotter. If you work on them full size, you tend to stuff in too much detail. -- Les ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
