On Wednesday 29 September 2010 10:53:38 Jan Pohanka wrote:
> Hello,
> I wonder how to create a poster presentation using ConTeXt.
> It should have following layout.
> _____________________
>
> | title, ... |
>
> _____________________
>
> | text in 3 columns |
> | with titles etc. |
>
> _____________________
>
> | acknowledgement |
>
> _____________________
>
> Is there any way to fix the height of the depicted areas? Now I use
> columnset for the main text. Maybe layers can be useful?
Below is the sort of scheme that I used about one year ago.
Here, it is for A0 landscape, thus 6 columns.
I also play a lot with \collectedtext
I would/might do a bit better today, having learnt more about ConTeXt.
Alan
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\setuppapersize[A0,landscape][A0,landscape]
\setuplayout [%
backspace=0.5cm,
leftedge=0cm, leftedgedistance=0.5cm,
leftmargin=0cm, leftmargindistance=0cm,
%
width=fit,
%
rightmargin=0cm, rightmargindistance=0.5cm,
rightedge=0cm, rightedgedistance=0cm,
%
%
topspace=0.5cm,
top=0cm, topdistance=0cm,
header=4cm, headerdistance=0.5cm,
%
height=fit,
%
footer=0.5em, footerdistance=0cm,
bottom=0cm, bottomdistance=0cm,
bottomspace=0cm,
%
location=singlesided]
% center header
\setupheadertexts[{\framed[frame=off,align=middle,height=4cm]{%
{\switchtobodyfont[3cm]\bf title, ...\par}
}}]
% footer
\setupfootertexts[{\tfxx © 2010 Alan Braslau, all rights reserved.}][{\tfxx
Typeset using {\ConTeXt} mkiv.}]
\defineoverlay[Koe]
[{\externalfigure[cow][width=114.4cm]}]
\setupbackgrounds[text][text][background=Koe]
\starttext
\definecolumnset[Poster][n=6]
\definecolumnsetspan[Normal][n=1]
\definecolumnsetspan[Double][n=2]
\definecolumnsetspan[Triple][n=3]
\startcolumnset[Poster]
\defineparagraphs[Half][n=2,before=,after=]
\defineparagraphs[Third][n=3,before=,after=]
\defineparagraphs[TwoThird][n=2,before=,after=]
\setupparagraphs[TwoThird][1][width=.66\textwidth]
\startcolumnsetspan[Double][default=here]
Here it is up to you to play\dots
\stopcolumnsetspan
\stopcolumnset
\stoptext
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