I would like to use the beamerpackage to create a 1 column poster. The dimensions should be 16 inches, 14 inch box and 1 inch of white space on the right and left edges of the poster. I plan to have 3 of these 1 column posters, measuring a total of 48x48 inches when placed side by side. This allows the poster to be carried in a small 18 inch tube, which is easier to bring as carry-on luggage.
My attempt below fails, as it makes two pages and does not make a nice title.
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% Jacobs Landscape Poster
% LaTeX Template
% Version 1.1 (14/06/14)
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% Computational Physics and Biophysics Group, Jacobs University
% https://teamwork.jacobs-university.de:8443/confluence/display/CoPandBiG/LaTeX+Poster
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% Further modified by:
% Nathaniel Johnston ([email protected])
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% This template has been downloaded from:
% http://www.LaTeXTemplates.com
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% License:
% CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/)
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% PACKAGES AND OTHER DOCUMENT CONFIGURATIONS
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\documentclass[final]{beamer}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage[scale=1.24]{beamerposter} % Use the beamerposter package for laying out the poster
\usetheme{confposter} % Use the confposter theme supplied with this template
\setbeamercolor{block title}{fg=ngreen,bg=white} % Colors of the block titles
\setbeamercolor{block body}{fg=black,bg=white} % Colors of the body of blocks
\setbeamercolor{block alerted title}{fg=white,bg=dblue!70} % Colors of the highlighted block titles
\setbeamercolor{block alerted body}{fg=black,bg=dblue!10} % Colors of the body of highlighted blocks
% Many more colors are available for use in beamerthemeconfposter.sty
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% Define the column widths and overall poster size
% To set effective sepwid, onecolwid and twocolwid values, first choose how many columns you want and how much separation you want between columns
% In this template, the separation width chosen is 0.024 of the paper width and a 4-column layout
% onecolwid should therefore be (1-(# of columns+1)*sepwid)/# of columns e.g. (1-(4+1)*0.024)/4 = 0.22
% Set twocolwid to be (2*onecolwid)+sepwid = 0.464
% Set threecolwid to be (3*onecolwid)+2*sepwid = 0.708
\newlength{\sepwid}
\newlength{\onecolwid}
\newlength{\twocolwid}
\newlength{\threecolwid}
\setlength{\paperwidth}{16in}
\setlength{\paperheight}{48in}
%\setlength{\paperwidth}{48in} % A0 width: 46.8in
%\setlength{\paperheight}{36in} % A0 height: 33.1in
\setlength{\sepwid}{0.063\paperwidth} % Separation width (white space) between columns
\setlength{\onecolwid}{0.87\paperwidth} % Width of one column
%\setlength{\sepwid}{0.024\paperwidth} % Separation width (white space) between columns
%\setlength{\onecolwid}{0.22\paperwidth} % Width of one column
\setlength{\twocolwid}{0.464\paperwidth} % Width of two columns
\setlength{\threecolwid}{0.708\paperwidth} % Width of three columns
\setlength{\topmargin}{-0.5in} % Reduce the top margin size
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\usepackage{graphicx} % Required for including images
\usepackage{booktabs} % Top and bottom rules for tables
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% TITLE SECTION
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\title{Unnecessarily Complicated Research Title} % Poster title
\author{John Smith, James Smith and Jane Smith} % Author(s)
\institute{Department and University Name} % Institution(s)
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\begin{document}
\addtobeamertemplate{block end}{}{\vspace*{2ex}} % White space under blocks
\addtobeamertemplate{block alerted end}{}{\vspace*{2ex}} % White space under highlighted (alert) blocks
\setlength{\belowcaptionskip}{2ex} % White space under figures
\setlength\belowdisplayshortskip{2ex} % White space under equations
\begin{frame}[t][fragile] % The whole poster is enclosed in one beamer frame
\begin{columns}[t] % The whole poster consists of three major columns, the second of which is split into two columns twice - the [t] option aligns each column's content to the top
\begin{column}{\sepwid}\end{column} % Empty spacer column
\begin{column}{\onecolwid} % The first column
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% OBJECTIVES
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\begin{alertblock}{Objectives}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur, nunc tellus pulvinar tortor, commodo eleifend risus arcu sed odio:
\begin{itemize}
\item Mollis dignissim, magna augue tincidunt dolor, interdum vestibulum urna
\item Sed aliquet luctus lectus, eget aliquet leo ullamcorper consequat. Vivamus eros sem, iaculis ut euismod non, sollicitudin vel orci.
\item Nascetur ridiculus mus.
\item Euismod non erat. Nam ultricies pellentesque nunc, ultrices volutpat nisl ultrices a.
\end{itemize}
\end{alertblock}
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% INTRODUCTION
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\begin{block}{Introduction}
Lorem ipsum dolor \textbf{sit amet}, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed commodo molestie porta. Sed ultrices scelerisque sapien ac commodo. Donec ut volutpat elit. Sed laoreet accumsan mattis. Integer sapien tellus, auctor ac blandit eget, sollicitudin vitae lorem. Praesent dictum tempor pulvinar. Suspendisse potenti. Sed tincidunt varius ipsum, et porta nulla suscipit et. Etiam congue bibendum felis, ac dictum augue cursus a. \textbf{Donec} magna eros, iaculis sit amet placerat quis, laoreet id est. In ut orci purus, interdum ornare nibh. Pellentesque pulvinar, nibh ac malesuada accumsan, urna nunc convallis tortor, ac vehicula nulla tellus eget nulla. Nullam lectus tortor, \textit{consequat tempor hendrerit} quis, vestibulum in diam. Maecenas sed diam augue.
This statement requires citation \cite{Smith:2012qr}.
\end{block}
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\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=0.8\linewidth]{placeholder.jpg}
\caption{Figure caption}
\end{figure}
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\end{column} % End of the first column
\end{columns} % End of all the columns in the poster
\end{frame} % End of the enclosing frame
\end{document}
\begin{frame}[t,fragile]and you must to have anything else in the line after\end{frame}if you use a fragile frame. With these errors fixed it will only produce a single page.