I use beamerposter in order to do a poster and I have some trouble because the contents of the poster is not centered. I tried to do a minimal example. This is the tex file :
\documentclass[final]{beamer}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usetheme{miniposter}
\usepackage[orientation = portrait, size = a0, scale = 1.4]{beamerposter} % e.g. for DIN-A0 poster
\usepackage{lipsum}
\title{Title of the poster}
\author[Author]{Author 1, Author 2 \ldots}
\date{2-5 Juillet 2012}
\institute[INSTITUTE]{Institute of wonderthings}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}{}
\begin{columns}
\begin{column}[t]{0.64\textwidth}
\begin{block}{first block}
\lipsum[1]
\end{block}
\end{column}
\begin{column}[t]{0.32\textwidth}
\begin{block}{a second block}
\lipsum[2]
\end{block}
\end{column}
\end{columns}
\end{frame}
\end{document}
For beamerposter you need to create a kind of beamer theme. Here also I tried to put the minimum things just to see something.
\ProvidesPackage{beamerthememiniposter}
\mode<presentation>
\setbeamercolor{headline}{bg=blue, fg=white}
\setbeamercolor{footline}{bg=blue, fg=white}
\setbeamercolor{author in head/foot}{fg=white, bg=blue}
\setbeamercolor{title in head/foot}{fg=white, bg=blue}
\setbeamercolor{block title}{fg=white,bg=blue}
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{} % no navigation on a poster
\setbeamertemplate{headline}{
\leavevmode
\begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth]{headline}
\Huge
\inserttitle\par
\insertauthor\par
\insertinstitute\par
\end{beamercolorbox}
}
\mode<all>
This is the output, look at the block at the middle of the page. They are not horizontally centered. They are a little bit on the left side.

I tried some \centering or center environment or \hspace* but I never succeed.
Thanks for your help.
\textwidth– David Carlisle Jun 12 '12 at 22:55