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This package is available on CTAN, but there is no documentation. We have no idea how we should use the package. What are the options, and possible values for the options?

Hi

please see the attached latex file in zip format. a page with a centred table results in two pages one of them empty.
I tried to use the shrink option but it did not help

any ideas?

regards

Uwe Brauer
beamerposter-table.zip

I recently had to switch to a new computer, so I installed texlive 2018 on the new mac. However none of my previous latex files using this template can be compiled. I did some debugging, and found out that as long as I used "itemize" function, compiling will fail. Compiling error says "Undefined control sequence."

The themes in the theme directory are not in the CTAN package. This always leads to manual download of these themes.

line 154: Undefined control sequence. \end{frame}
line 154: Undefined control sequence. \end{frame}
line 17: Token not allowed in a PDF string (PDFDocEncoding):(hyperref) removing math shift
line 17: Token not allowed in a PDF string (PDFDocEncoding):(hyperref) removing superscript
line 17: Token not allowed in a PDF string (PDFDocEncoding):(hyperref) removing math shift
line 17: Token not allowed in a PDF string (PDFDocEncoding):(hyperref) removing math shift
line 17: Token not allowed in a PDF string (PDFDocEncoding):(hyperref) removing superscript
line 17: Token not allowed in a PDF string (PDFDocEncoding):(hyperref) removing math shift
line 17: Token not allowed in a PDF string (PDFDocEncoding):(hyperref) removing math shift
line 17: Token not allowed in a PDF string (PDFDocEncoding):(hyperref) removing superscript
line 17: Token not allowed in a PDF string (PDFDocEncoding):(hyperref) removing math shift
line 25: Overfull \hbox (50.59032pt too wide) detected
line 154: Citation Paivi on page 1 undefined
line 154: Citation Paivi on page 1 undefined
line 154: Citation Oegren2008 on page 1 undefined
line 154: Citation Oegren2008 on page 1 undefined
line 154: Overfull \hbox (15.75464pt too wide) in paragraph
: No file poster.bbl.
: Overfull \hbox (50.59032pt too wide) has occurred while \output is active
: Overfull \hbox (50.59032pt too wide) has occurred while \output is active
: There were undefined references.

I am trying to add multiple authors and affiliations in the header of beamerposter by referring to How can I make a LaTeX poster with all affiliations on the same line, using Beamer?.

\title{This is a beamerposter header with multiple authors and affiliations} 
\author[shortname]{Author1 \inst{1} \and Author2 \inst{2} \and Author3  \inst{3}}
\institute[shortinst]{\inst{1} Affil1 \and \inst{2} Afil2 \and \inst{3} Afil3 }

But for my situation, the authors can be sucessfully added, but none of the affiliations can be shown, like:

This is a beamerposter header with multiple authors and affiliations 
                Author1   Author2   Author3

Because I couldn't add maketitle command to document or it will generate a
separate title page. Therefore, without maketitle command, is there a solution about this?

Here is a small document for reproducing the problem. Thanks!

\documentclass[final]{beamer}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[orientation=portrait,size=a2,scale=1.4,debug]{beamerposter}
\usetheme{RJH}
\usepackage[]{subfig}
\usepackage[absolute,overlay]{textpos}
\setlength{\TPHorizModule}{1cm}
\setlength{\TPVertModule}{1cm}
\footer{a footer}
\title{This is a beamerposter header with multiple authors and affiliations} 
\author[shortname]{Author1 \inst{1} \and Author2 \inst{2} \and Author3  \inst{3}}
\institute[shortinst]{\inst{1} Affil1 \and \inst{2} Afil2 \and \inst{3} Afil3 }
\begin{document}


\begin{frame}[t]{}
\begin{columns}
\begin{column}[t]{0.49\textwidth}
\begin{block}{Introduction}
Introduction section
\end{block}
\end{column}

\begin{column}[t]{0.49\textwidth}
\begin{block}{Results}
Results section
\end{block}
\end{column}
\end{columns}
\end{frame}

\end{document}

First off, many thanks for writing this package! I had initially been advised to use tikzposter, but seeing as tikz does not work with pgf (and thus with the way I have grown accustomed to using pythontex), I had to find something different.

It turns out that this package not only supports pgf, but has also been easier for me to hack in other ways.

In any case, I have finished creating a poster with latex-beamerposter, the soirce code of which you can find on bitbucket. It depends on external stuff such as pythontex and my own analysis scripts, so it may not in and of itself be suitable as a ready-to-go example. However, as part of this, I have created a new color theme based on my university's corporate identity. I would be very happy if you would be interested to include it!

Does beamerposter support multiple affiliations? Is there any way to add superscript notes to map the authors to different institutions (and/or one author to multiple institutions) ?

Some paper sizes defined in beamerposter.sty differ from the official A series formats. The sizes should be as follows: (current values in comments)

%a0
\edef\paperwidthValue{118.9} % {118.82}
\edef\paperheightValue{84.1} % {83.96}
\edef\textwidthValue{117.9}  % =\paperwidthValue - 1  % {117.82}
\edef\textheightValue{83.1}  % =\paperheightValue - 1 % {82.96}
\edef\fontscale{1.0}
\or
%a1
\edef\paperwidthValue{84.1}  % {83.96}
\edef\paperheightValue{59.4}
\edef\textwidthValue{83.1}   % =\paperwidthValue - 1  % {82.96}
\edef\textheightValue{58.4}
\edef\fontscale{0.70710678}  % fontscale=(1/sqrt(2))^1
\or
%a2
\edef\paperwidthValue{59.4}
\edef\paperheightValue{42.0} % {41.98}
\edef\textwidthValue{58.4}
\edef\textheightValue{41.0}  % =\paperheightValue - 1 % {40.98}
\edef\fontscale{0.5}         % fontscale=(1/sqrt(2))^2
\or
%a3
\edef\paperwidthValue{42.0}  % {41.98}
\edef\paperheightValue{29.7}
\edef\textwidthValue{41.0}   % =\paperwidthValue - 1  % {40.98}
\edef\textheightValue{28.7}
\edef\fontscale{0.35355339}  % fontscale=(1/sqrt(2))^3

(a4 sizes are correct)