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+#' Creates an R Markdown PDF Thesis document
+#'
+#' This is a function called in output in the YAML of the driver Rmd file
+#' to specify using the Brock University LaTeX template and cls files.
+#'
+#' @export
+#'
+#' @param toc A Boolean (TRUE or FALSE) specifying where table of contents should be created
+#' @param toc_depth A positive integer
+#' @param ... arguments to be passed to \code{rmarkdown::\link[rmarkdown]{pdf_document}}
+#'
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+#' @note The arguments highlight, keep_tex, and pandoc_args, are already set.
+#' @examples
+#' \dontrun{
+#'  output: posterdown::poster_pdf
+#' }
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+
+  base <- rmarkdown::pdf_document(template = "template.tex",
+                             toc = toc,
+                             toc_depth = toc_depth,
+                             highlight = "default",
+                             keep_tex = TRUE,
+                             pandoc_args = "--top-level-division=default",
+                             ...)
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+  # Not sure if needed?
+  base$knitr$knit_hooks$plot <- knitr:::hook_plot_tex
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+
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+Package: posterdown
+Title: Generates PDF/ Latex posters using R Markdown and Beamer.
+Version: 0.1.0
+Authors@R: c(person(c("Thorne","B."), email = "brent.thorne18@gmail.com", role = c("aut","cre"))
+Description: Posterdown expands on RMarkdown to generate PDF conference posters.
+Currently it on outputs via Knitr Pandoc and Latex to a PDF output.
+License: MIT + file LICENSE
+Encoding: UTF-8
+LazyData: true
+Imports: yaml
+Depends:
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+    devtools,
+    dplyr,
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+    rmarkdown,
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+Package: posterdown
+Title: Generates PDF/ Latex posters using R Markdown and Beamer.
+Version: 0.1.0
+Authors@R: c(person(c("Thorne","B."), email = "brent.thorne18@gmail.com", role = c("aut","cre"))
+Description: Posterdown expands on RMarkdown to generate PDF conference posters.
+Currently it on outputs via Knitr Pandoc and Latex to a PDF output.
+License: MIT + file LICENSE
+Encoding: UTF-8
+LazyData: true
+Imports: yaml
+Depends:
+    R (>= 3.3.0),
+    devtools,
+    dplyr,
+    ggplot2,
+    rmarkdown,
+    knitr
+RoxygenNotes: 6.0.1
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+#' Return latex control text if rendering latex
+#'
+#' @param txt
+#'
+#' @return a string
+#' @export
+#'
+#' @examples
+#' \dontrun{
+#' iflatex("\\vspace*{\\fill}")
+#' }
+#'
+iflatex <- function(txt){
+  if (knitr::opts_knit$get("rmarkdown.pandoc.to") == "latex"){
+    return(txt)
+  } else {
+    return("")
+  }
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+#' posterdown: A package for creating Rmarkdown based PDF Latex Posters
+#'
+#' This package creates posters for conferences
+#'
+#' @section poster_pdf:
+#' Creates an R Markdown template fo a PDF poster document
+#' @docType package
+#' @name posterndown
+#' @import rmarkdown
+#' @import devtools
+#' @import dplyr
+#' @import ggplot2
+#' @import knitr
+NULL
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+#' Creates an R Markdown PDF Thesis document
+#'
+#' This is a function called in output in the YAML of the driver Rmd file
+#' to specify using the Brock University LaTeX template and cls files.
+#'
+#' @export
+#'
+#' @param toc A Boolean (TRUE or FALSE) specifying where table of contents should be created
+#' @param toc_depth A positive integer
+#' @param ... arguments to be passed to \code{rmarkdown::\link[rmarkdown]{pdf_document}}
+#'
+#' @return A modified \code{pdf_document} based on the Jacobs Landscape Poster Latex template
+#' @note The arguments highlight, keep_tex, and pandoc_args, are already set.
+#' @examples
+#' \dontrun{
+#'  output: posterdown::poster_pdf
+#' }
+poster_pdf <- function(toc = TRUE, toc_depth = 3, ...){
+
+  base <- rmarkdown::pdf_document(template = "template.tex",
+                             toc = toc,
+                             toc_depth = toc_depth,
+                             highlight = "default",
+                             keep_tex = TRUE,
+                             pandoc_args = "--top-level-division=default",
+                             ...)
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+  # Mostly copied from knitr::render_sweave
+  base$knitr$opts_chunk$comment   <- NA
+  base$knitr$opts_chunk$fig.align <- "center"
+  base$knitr$opts_chunk$out.width <- "80%"
+  base$knitr$opts_knit$root.dir   <- getwd()
+  # Not sure if needed?
+  base$knitr$knit_hooks$plot <- knitr:::hook_plot_tex
+
+  base
+
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+# posterdown
diff --git a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/posterdown_generic/skeleton/beamerposter.sty b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/posterdown_generic/skeleton/beamerposter.sty
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+% Copyright 2007 by 
+% Philippe Dreuw <dreuw@cs.rwth-aachen.de> and 
+% Thomas Deselaers <deselaers@cs.rwth-aachen.de>
+% Slight modifications made in August 2009 by Nathaniel Johnston (nathaniel@nathanieljohnston.com)
+%
+% This file may be distributed and/or modified
+%
+% 1. under the LaTeX Project Public License and/or
+% 2. under the GNU Public License.
+%
+%
+% ChangeLog:
+%
+% 1.07 - bugfixed custom size handling, portrait or landscape settings are ignored now
+% 1.06 - added the type1cm package for scalable math fonts
+% 1.05 - added version check for xkeyval package
+% 1.04 - added custom size handling
+% 1.03 - improved predefined size handling
+% 1.02 - minor bugfixes
+% 1.01 - bugfixed size handling
+% 1.00 - first beamerposter release
+%
+\def\beamerposter@version{1.07}
+\def\beamerposter@date{2008/03/11}
+\def\beamerposter@msg{beamerposter: latex-beamer poster extension}
+\typeout{Package: \beamerposter@date. v.\beamerposter@version. \beamerposter@msg} 
+
+\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
+\ProvidesPackage{beamerposter}[\beamerposter@date. v.\beamerposter@version. \beamerposter@msg]
+\RequirePackage{xkeyval}[2006/11/18]
+\RequirePackage{type1cm} %% get it from ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/type1cm.zip
+
+\newif\ifportrait
+\newif\ifcustomsize
+\newif\ifdebug
+
+\DeclareOptionX{size}[a0]{
+  \typeout{beamerposter: checking size input, please wait.}
+  \XKV@cc*+[\val\nr]{#1}{a0b,a0,a1,a2,a3,a4,custom}{%
+    \typeout{beamerposter: the input \val\ \nr\ was correct, we proceed.}
+    \ifcase\nr\relax
+    %a0b
+    \setlength{\paperwidth}{119cm}
+    \setlength{\paperheight}{88cm}
+    \setlength{\textwidth}{116cm}
+    \setlength{\textheight}{88cm}
+    \or
+    %a0
+    \setlength{\paperwidth}{118.82cm}
+    \setlength{\paperheight}{83.96cm}
+    \setlength{\textwidth}{117.82cm}
+    \setlength{\textheight}{82.96cm}
+    \or
+    %a1
+    \setlength{\paperwidth}{83.96cm}
+    \setlength{\paperheight}{59.4cm}
+    \setlength{\textwidth}{82.96cm}
+    \setlength{\textheight}{58.4cm}
+    \or
+    %a2
+    \setlength{\paperwidth}{59.4cm}
+    \setlength{\paperheight}{41.98cm}
+    \setlength{\textwidth}{58.4cm}
+    \setlength{\textheight}{40.98cm}
+    \or
+    %a3
+    \setlength{\paperwidth}{41.98cm}
+    \setlength{\paperheight}{29.7cm}
+    \setlength{\textwidth}{40.98cm}
+    \setlength{\textheight}{28.7cm}
+    \or
+    %a4
+    \setlength{\paperwidth}{29.7cm}
+    \setlength{\paperheight}{21.0cm}
+    \setlength{\textwidth}{28.7cm}
+    \setlength{\textheight}{20.0cm}
+    \or
+    \customsizetrue
+    \fi    
+  }{%
+    \PackageWarning{beamerposter}{the input \val\ was incorrect and was ignored.}
+  }%
+  \typeout{beamerposter: finished size input check.}
+}
+\DeclareOptionX{orientation}[portrait]{
+  \typeout{beamerposter: checking orientation input, please wait.}
+  \XKV@cc*+[\val\nr]{#1}{portrait,landscape}{%
+    \typeout{beamerposter: the input \val\ \nr\ was correct, we proceed.}
+    \ifcase\nr\relax
+    \portraittrue
+    \or
+    \portraitfalse
+    \fi    
+  }{%
+    \PackageWarning{beamerposter}{the input \val\ was incorrect and was ignored.}
+  }%
+  \typeout{beamerposter: finished orientation check.}
+}
+\DeclareOptionX{scale}[1.0]{\edef\myfontscale{#1}\typeout{beamerposter: myfontscale=\myfontscale}}
+\DeclareOptionX{width}{\edef\customwidth{#1}\typeout{beamerposter: custom poster width=\customwidth}}
+\DeclareOptionX{height}{\edef\customheight{#1}\typeout{beamerposter: custom poster height=\customheight}}
+\DeclareOptionX{debug}{\typeout{beamerposter: enabled debug mode}\debugtrue}
+\DeclareOptionX*{\PackageWarning{beamerposter}{Unknown option ignored: \CurrentOption}}
+%\DeclareOptionX*{\PassOptionsToClass{\CurrentOption}{beamer}}
+\ExecuteOptionsX{size=a0,scale=1.0}
+\ProcessOptionsX\relax
+
+\ifdebug
+  \RequirePackage[debug]{fp}
+\else
+  \RequirePackage{fp}
+\fi
+
+%% swap sizes for portrait orientation
+\ifportrait
+  \newdimen\tmp
+  \setlength{\tmp}{\paperwidth}
+  \setlength{\paperwidth}{\paperheight}
+  \setlength{\paperheight}{\tmp}
+  \setlength{\tmp}{\textwidth}
+  \setlength{\textwidth}{\textheight}
+  \setlength{\textheight}{\tmp}
+\else\relax
+\fi
+
+%% overwrite dimensions if custom size
+\ifcustomsize
+  \setlength{\paperwidth}{\customwidth cm}
+  \setlength{\paperheight}{\customheight cm}
+  \FPupn{\resulttextwidth}{1 customwidth  -}
+  \FPupn{\resulttextheight}{1 customheight -}
+  \setlength{\textwidth}{\resulttextwidth cm}
+  \setlength{\textheight}{\resulttextheight cm}
+\fi
+
+%% Setting proper dimensions for a DIN A0 printer
+\setlength{\headheight}{0 cm}
+\setlength{\headsep}{0 cm}
+\setlength{\topmargin}{-12.7 mm}     % -1in +1.47cm
+\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-25.4 mm} % -1in +0.4cm
+
+%% For the page layout
+\ifdebug
+\typeout{beamerposter: paperwidth=\the\paperwidth, paperheight=\the\paperheight}
+\typeout{beamerposter: textwidth=\the\textwidth, textwidth=\the\textheight}
+\fi
+\geometry{
+  paperwidth=\the\paperwidth,
+  paperheight=\the\paperheight,
+  hmargin=1cm,%
+  vmargin=0cm,%
+  head=0.5cm, % 
+  headsep=0pt,%
+  foot=0.5cm  % 
+}
+
+%% scalable vector fonts
+\edef\fontSizeX{14.4}\edef\fontSizeY{18}   
+\FPupn{\resultscriptsizeX}{myfontscale fontSizeX * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\resultscriptsizeY}{myfontscale fontSizeY * 2 round}
+\renewcommand*{\tiny}{\fontsize{\resultscriptsizeX}{\resultscriptsizeY}\selectfont}
+
+\edef\fontSizeX{17.28}\edef\fontSizeY{22}
+\FPupn{\resultfootnotesizeX}{myfontscale fontSizeX * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\resultfootnotesizeY}{myfontscale fontSizeY * 2 round}
+\renewcommand*{\scriptsize}{\fontsize{\resultfootnotesizeX}{\resultfootnotesizeY}\selectfont}
+
+\edef\fontSizeX{20.74}\edef\fontSizeY{25}
+\FPupn{\resultsmallX}{myfontscale fontSizeX * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\resultsmallY}{myfontscale fontSizeY * 2 round}
+\renewcommand*{\footnotesize}{\fontsize{\resultsmallX}{\resultsmallY}\selectfont}
+
+\edef\fontSizeX{24.88}\edef\fontSizeY{30}
+\FPupn{\resultnormalsizeX}{myfontscale fontSizeX * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\resultnormalsizeY}{myfontscale fontSizeY * 2 round}
+\renewcommand*{\small}{\fontsize{\resultnormalsizeX}{\resultnormalsizeY}\selectfont}
+
+\edef\fontSizeX{29.86}\edef\fontSizeY{37}
+\FPupn{\resultlargeX}{myfontscale fontSizeX * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\resultlargeY}{myfontscale fontSizeY * 2 round}
+\renewcommand*{\normalsize}{\fontsize{\resultlargeX}{\resultlargeY}\selectfont}
+
+\edef\fontSizeX{35.83}\edef\fontSizeY{45}
+\FPupn{\resultLargeX}{myfontscale fontSizeX * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\resultLargeY}{myfontscale fontSizeY * 2 round}
+\renewcommand*{\large}{\fontsize{\resultLargeX}{\resultLargeY}\selectfont}
+
+\edef\fontSizeX{43}\edef\fontSizeY{54}
+\FPupn{\resultLARGEX}{myfontscale fontSizeX * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\resultLARGEY}{myfontscale fontSizeY * 2 round}
+\renewcommand*{\Large}{\fontsize{\resultLARGEX}{\resultLARGEY}\selectfont}
+
+\edef\fontSizeX{51.6}\edef\fontSizeY{64}
+\FPupn{\resulthugeX}{myfontscale fontSizeX * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\resulthugeY}{myfontscale fontSizeY * 2 round}
+\renewcommand*{\LARGE}{\fontsize{\resulthugeX}{\resulthugeY}\selectfont}
+
+\edef\fontSizeX{61.92}\edef\fontSizeY{77}
+\FPupn{\resultHugeX}{myfontscale fontSizeX * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\resultHugeY}{myfontscale fontSizeY * 2 round}
+\renewcommand*{\huge}{\fontsize{\resultHugeX}{\resultHugeY}\selectfont}
+
+\edef\fontSizeX{74.3}\edef\fontSizeY{93}
+\FPupn{\resultveryHugeX}{myfontscale fontSizeX * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\resultveryHugeY}{myfontscale fontSizeY * 2 round}
+\renewcommand*{\Huge}{\fontsize{\resultveryHugeX}{\resultveryHugeY}\selectfont}
+
+\edef\fontSizeX{80.3}\edef\fontSizeY{101}
+\FPupn{\resultVeryHugeX}{myfontscale fontSizeX * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\resultVeryHugeY}{myfontscale fontSizeY * 2 round}
+\newcommand*{\veryHuge}{\fontsize{\resultVeryHugeX}{\resultVeryHugeY}\selectfont}
+
+\edef\fontSizeX{107}\edef\fontSizeY{134}
+\FPupn{\resultVERYHugeX}{myfontscale fontSizeX * 2 round}
+\FPupn{\resultVERYHugeY}{myfontscale fontSizeY * 2 round}
+\newcommand*{\VeryHuge}{\fontsize{\resultVERYHugeX}{\resultVERYHugeY}\selectfont}
+
+% set the normalfont (default)
+\renewcommand*{\normalfont}{\normalsize}
diff --git a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/posterdown_generic/skeleton/beamerthemeconfposter.sty b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/posterdown_generic/skeleton/beamerthemeconfposter.sty
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+++ b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/posterdown_generic/skeleton/beamerthemeconfposter.sty
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+%==============================================================================
+% Beamer style for the poster template posted at
+% http://www.nathanieljohnston.com/2009/08/latex-poster-template/
+%
+% Created by the Computational Physics and Biophysics Group at Jacobs University
+% https://teamwork.jacobs-university.de:8443/confluence/display/CoPandBiG/LaTeX+Poster
+% Modified by Nathaniel Johnston (nathaniel@nathanieljohnston.com) in August 2009
+% =============================================================================
+
+\ProvidesPackage{beamerthemeconfposter}
+\RequirePackage{tikz}		% for drawing the nice rounded boxes
+\usetikzlibrary{arrows,backgrounds}
+\RequirePackage[T1]{fontenc}
+\RequirePackage{lmodern}
+\usepackage{exscale}
+\RequirePackage{textcomp}
+\RequirePackage{amsmath,amssymb}
+\usefonttheme{professionalfonts}
+\newcommand{\makeruleinbox}{{\usebeamercolor[bg]{block alerted title}\centering\hspace*{-0.7cm}\rule{\inboxrule}{0.5cm}}}
+\usepackage{ragged2e}
+
+% Spacing before and inside list environments to add white space before lists and between items inside lists
+\makeatletter
+\def\@listi{\leftmargin\leftmarginii
+\topsep 1ex % Spacing before lists
+\parsep 0\p@ \@plus\p@
+\itemsep 6pt} % Spacing between items
+\makeatother
+
+\usecaptiontemplate{\small\structure{\insertcaptionname~\insertcaptionnumber: }\insertcaption} % A fix for figure numbering
+
+%-----------------------------------------------------------
+% Define a whole bunch of custom colours and fonts
+%-----------------------------------------------------------
+
+\definecolor{lgreen} {RGB}{180,210,100}
+\definecolor{dblue}  {RGB}{20,66,129}
+\definecolor{ddblue} {RGB}{11,36,69}
+\definecolor{lred}   {RGB}{220,0,0}
+\definecolor{nred}   {RGB}{224,0,0}
+\definecolor{norange}{RGB}{230,120,20}
+\definecolor{nyellow}{RGB}{255,221,0}
+\definecolor{ngreen} {RGB}{98,158,31}
+\definecolor{dgreen} {RGB}{78,138,21}
+\definecolor{nblue}  {RGB}{28,130,185}
+\definecolor{jblue}  {RGB}{20,50,100}
+
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+% More colours added due to conflict with Colordvi package
+% Addition done by Nishan Mudalige (math.mudalige@uoguelph.ca) in April 2011
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\definecolor{GreenYellow}       {RGB}{217, 229, 6} 	    % GreenYellow  Approximate PANTONE 388
+\definecolor{Yellow}            {RGB}{254, 223, 0} 	    % Yellow  Approximate PANTONE YELLOW
+\definecolor{Goldenrod}         {RGB}{249, 214, 22} 	% Goldenrod  Approximate PANTONE 109
+\definecolor{Dandelion}         {RGB}{253, 200, 47} 	% Dandelion  Approximate PANTONE 123
+\definecolor{Apricot}           {RGB}{255, 170, 123} 	% Apricot  Approximate PANTONE 1565
+\definecolor{Peach}             {RGB}{255, 127, 69} 	% Peach  Approximate PANTONE 164
+\definecolor{Melon}             {RGB}{255, 129, 141} 	% Melon  Approximate PANTONE 177
+\definecolor{YellowOrange}      {RGB}{240, 171, 0} 	    % YellowOrange  Approximate PANTONE 130
+\definecolor{Orange}            {RGB}{255, 88, 0} 	    % Orange  Approximate PANTONE ORANGE-021
+\definecolor{BurntOrange}       {RGB}{199, 98, 43} 	    % BurntOrange  Approximate PANTONE 388
+\definecolor{Bittersweet}       {RGB}{189, 79, 25} 	    % Bittersweet  Approximate PANTONE 167
+\definecolor{RedOrange}         {RGB}{222, 56, 49} 	    % RedOrange  Approximate PANTONE 179
+\definecolor{Mahogany}          {RGB}{152, 50, 34} 	    % Mahogany  Approximate PANTONE 484
+\definecolor{Maroon}            {RGB}{152, 30, 50} 	    % Maroon  Approximate PANTONE 201
+\definecolor{BrickRed}          {RGB}{170, 39, 47} 	    % BrickRed  Approximate PANTONE 1805
+\definecolor{Red}               {RGB}{255, 0, 0}        % Red  Approx PANTONE LUMINOUS VIVID RED
+\definecolor{BrilliantRed}      {RGB}{237, 41, 57} 	    % Red  VERY-Approx PANTONE RED
+\definecolor{OrangeRed}         {RGB}{231, 58, 0} 	    % OrangeRed  No PANTONE match (TRIED PANTONE VIVID ORANGE RED)
+\definecolor{RubineRed}         {RGB}{202, 0, 93}       % RubineRed  Approximate PANTONE RUBINE-RED
+\definecolor{WildStrawberry}    {RGB}{203, 0, 68} 	    % WildStrawberry  Approximate PANTONE 206
+\definecolor{Salmon}            {RGB}{250, 147, 171} 	% Salmon  Approximate PANTONE 183
+\definecolor{CarnationPink}     {RGB}{226, 110, 178} 	% CarnationPink  Approximate PANTONE 218
+\definecolor{Magenta}           {RGB}{255, 0, 144} 	    % Magenta  Approximate PANTONE PROCESS-MAGENTA
+\definecolor{VioletRed}         {RGB}{215, 31, 133} 	% VioletRed  Approximate PANTONE 219
+\definecolor{Rhodamine}         {RGB}{224, 17, 157} 	% Rhodamine  Approximate PANTONE RHODAMINE-RED
+\definecolor{Mulberry}          {RGB}{163, 26, 126} 	% Mulberry  Approximate PANTONE 241
+\definecolor{RedViolet}         {RGB}{161, 0, 107} 	    % RedViolet  Approximate PANTONE 234
+\definecolor{Fuchsia}           {RGB}{155, 24, 137} 	% Fuchsia  Approximate PANTONE 248
+\definecolor{Lavender}          {RGB}{240, 146, 205} 	% Lavender  Approximate PANTONE 223
+\definecolor{Thistle}           {RGB}{222, 129, 211} 	% Thistle  Approximate PANTONE 245
+\definecolor{Orchid}            {RGB}{201, 102, 205} 	% Orchid  Approximate PANTONE 252
+\definecolor{DarkOrchid}        {RGB}{153, 50, 204} 	% DarkOrchid  No PANTONE match
+\definecolor{Purple}            {RGB}{182, 52, 187} 	% Purple  Approximate PANTONE PURPLE
+\definecolor{Plum}              {RGB}{79, 50, 76} 	    % Plum  VERY-Approx PANTONE 518
+\definecolor{Violet}            {RGB}{75, 8, 161} 	    % Violet  Approximate PANTONE VIOLET
+\definecolor{RoyalPurple}       {RGB}{82, 35, 152} 	    % RoyalPurple  Approximate PANTONE 267
+\definecolor{BlueViolet}        {RGB}{33, 7, 106} 	    % BlueViolet  Approximate PANTONE 2755
+\definecolor{Periwinkle}        {RGB}{136, 132, 213} 	% Periwinkle  Approximate PANTONE 2715
+\definecolor{CadetBlue}	  	    {RGB}{95, 158, 160} 	% CadetBlue  Approximate PANTONE (534+535)/2, Could not find get on my own so used PANTONE-CADET BLUE
+\definecolor{CornflowerBlue}  	{RGB}{99, 177, 229} 	% CornflowerBlue  Approximate PANTONE 292
+\definecolor{MidnightBlue}	  	{RGB}{0, 65, 101} 	    % MidnightBlue  Approximate PANTONE 302
+\definecolor{NavyBlue}          {RGB}{0, 70, 173}       % NavyBlue  Approximate PANTONE 293
+\definecolor{RoyalBlue}         {RGB}{0, 35, 102}       % RoyalBlue  No PANTONE match
+\definecolor{Blue}              {RGB}{0, 24, 168}       % Blue  Approximate PANTONE BLUE-072
+\definecolor{Cerulean}          {RGB}{0, 122, 201}      % Cerulean  Approximate PANTONE 3005
+\definecolor{Cyan}              {RGB}{0, 159, 218}      % Cyan  Approximate PANTONE PROCESS-CYAN
+\definecolor{ProcessBlue}       {RGB}{0, 136, 206}      % ProcessBlue  Approximate PANTONE PROCESS-BLUE
+\definecolor{SkyBlue}           {RGB}{91, 198, 232}     % SkyBlue  Approximate PANTONE 2985
+
+\definecolor{Turquoise}         {RGB}{0, 255, 239} 	    % Turquoise  Approximate PANTONE (312+313)/2, Could not find get on my own so used PANTONE-TURQUOISE
+
+\definecolor{TealBlue}          {RGB}{0, 124, 146} 	    % TealBlue  Approximate PANTONE 3145
+\definecolor{Aquamarine}        {RGB}{0, 148, 179} 	    % Aquamarine  Approximate PANTONE 3135
+\definecolor{BlueGreen}         {RGB}{0, 154, 166} 	    % BlueGreen  Approximate PANTONE 320
+\definecolor{Emerald}           {RGB}{80, 200, 120} 	% Emerald  No PANTONE match
+\definecolor{JungleGreen}       {RGB}{0, 115, 99} 	    % JungleGreen  Approximate PANTONE 328
+\definecolor{SeaGreen}          {RGB}{0, 176, 146} 	    % SeaGreen  Approximate PANTONE 3268
+\definecolor{Green}             {RGB}{0, 173, 131} 	    % Green  VERY-Approx PANTONE GREEN
+\definecolor{ForestGreen}       {RGB}{0, 105, 60} 	    % ForestGreen  Approximate PANTONE 349
+\definecolor{PineGreen}         {RGB}{0, 98, 101} 	    % PineGreen  Approximate PANTONE 323
+\definecolor{LimeGreen}         {RGB}{50, 205, 50} 	    % LimeGreen  No PANTONE match
+\definecolor{YellowGreen}       {RGB}{146, 212, 0} 	    % YellowGreen  Approximate PANTONE 375
+\definecolor{SpringGreen}       {RGB}{201, 221, 3} 	    % SpringGreen  Approximate PANTONE 381
+\definecolor{OliveGreen}        {RGB}{135, 136, 0} 	    % OliveGreen  Approximate PANTONE 582
+\definecolor{RawSienna}         {RGB}{149, 82, 20} 	    % RawSienna  Approximate PANTONE 154
+\definecolor{Sepia}             {RGB}{98, 60, 27} 	    % Sepia  Approximate PANTONE 161
+\definecolor{Brown}             {RGB}{134, 67, 30}      % Brown  Approximate PANTONE 1615
+\definecolor{Tan}               {RGB}{210, 180, 140}	% Tan  No PANTONE match
+\definecolor{Gray}              {RGB}{139, 141, 142} 	% Gray  Approximate PANTONE COOL-GRAY-8
+
+\definecolor{Black}		  	    {RGB}{30, 30, 30}       % Black  Approximate PANTONE PROCESS-BLACK
+\definecolor{White}		  	    {RGB}{255, 255, 255}    % White  No PANTONE match
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+% set the basic colors
+\setbeamercolor{palette primary}   {fg=black,bg=white}
+\setbeamercolor{palette secondary} {fg=black,bg=white}
+\setbeamercolor{palette tertiary}  {bg=jblue,fg=white}
+\setbeamercolor{palette quaternary}{fg=black,bg=white}
+\setbeamercolor{structure}{fg=jblue}
+\setbeamercolor{titlelike}         {bg=jblue,fg=white}
+\setbeamercolor{frametitle}        {bg=jblue!10,fg=jblue}
+\setbeamercolor{cboxb}{fg=black,bg=jblue}
+\setbeamercolor{cboxr}{fg=black,bg=red}
+
+% set colors for itemize/enumerate
+\setbeamercolor{item}{fg=ngreen}
+\setbeamercolor{item projected}{fg=white,bg=ngreen}
+
+% set colors for blocks
+\setbeamercolor{block title}{fg=ngreen,bg=white}
+\setbeamercolor{block body}{fg=black,bg=white}
+
+% set colors for alerted blocks (blocks with frame)
+\setbeamercolor{block alerted title}{fg=white,bg=jblue}
+\setbeamercolor{block alerted body}{fg=black,bg=jblue!10}
+
+% set the fonts
+\setbeamerfont{section in head/foot}{series=\bfseries}
+\setbeamerfont{block title}{series=\bfseries}
+\setbeamerfont{block alerted title}{series=\bfseries}
+\setbeamerfont{frametitle}{series=\bfseries}
+\setbeamerfont{frametitle}{size=\Large}
+\setbeamerfont{block body}{series=\rmfamily}
+
+% set some beamer theme options
+\setbeamertemplate{title page}[default][colsep=-4bp,rounded=true]
+\setbeamertemplate{sections/subsections in toc}[square]
+\setbeamertemplate{items}[circle]
+\setbeamertemplate{blocks}[width=0.0]
+\beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty
+
+% set bibliography style
+\setbeamertemplate{bibliography item}[text]
+\setbeamercolor{bibliography item}{fg=black,bg=white}
+\setbeamercolor{bibliography entry author}{fg=black,bg=white}
+\setbeamercolor{bibliography item}{fg=black,bg=white}
+
+% define some length variables that are used by the template
+\newlength{\inboxwd}
+\newlength{\iinboxwd}
+\newlength{\inboxrule}
+\makeatletter
+\makeatother
+
+%==============================================================================
+% build the poster title
+%==============================================================================
+\setbeamertemplate{headline}{
+ \leavevmode
+  \begin{columns}
+   \begin{column}{\linewidth}
+    \vskip1cm
+    \centering
+    \usebeamercolor{title in headline}{\color{jblue}\Huge{\textbf{\inserttitle}}\\[0.5ex]}
+    \usebeamercolor{author in headline}{\color{fg}\Large{\insertauthor}\\[1ex]}
+    \usebeamercolor{institute in headline}{\color{fg}\large{\insertinstitute}\\[1ex]}
+    \vskip1cm
+   \end{column}
+   \vspace{1cm}
+  \end{columns}
+ \vspace{0.5in}
+ \hspace{0.5in}\begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=47in,colsep=0.15cm]{cboxb}\end{beamercolorbox}
+ \vspace{0.1in}
+}
+
+% Block definition
+\setbeamertemplate{block begin}
+{
+  \par\vskip\medskipamount
+  \begin{beamercolorbox}[colsep*=0ex,dp={2ex},center]{block title}
+    \vskip-0.25cm
+    \usebeamerfont{block title}\large\insertblocktitle
+    \begin{flushleft}
+    \vskip-1cm
+    \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
+      \shade [inner color=gray,outer color=white]
+      (0,0) rectangle (\textwidth,0.3cm);
+    \end{tikzpicture}
+    \end{flushleft}
+  \end{beamercolorbox}
+  {\parskip0pt\par}
+  \ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{block title}
+  {}
+  {\ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{block body}{}{\nointerlineskip\vskip-0.5pt}}
+  \usebeamerfont{block body}
+  \vskip-0.5cm
+  \begin{beamercolorbox}[colsep*=0ex,vmode]{block body}
+  \justifying
+}
+
+\setbeamertemplate{block end}
+{
+  \end{beamercolorbox}
+  \vskip\smallskipamount
+}
+
+% Alert block definition (with frame)
+\setbeamertemplate{block alerted begin}
+{
+  \par\vskip\medskipamount
+  \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=0ex,rounded=true,center,dp={2ex}]{block alerted title}
+    \vskip0.01cm
+    \usebeamerfont{block title}\large\insertblocktitle
+  \end{beamercolorbox}
+  {\parskip0pt\par}
+  \usebeamerfont{block body}
+  \vskip-0.8cm
+  \begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=0.5cm, rounded=true,center]{block alerted title}
+  \setlength{\inboxwd}{\linewidth}
+  \addtolength{\inboxwd}{-1cm}
+  \begin{beamercolorbox}[rounded=true,wd={\inboxwd},center]{block alerted body}
+  \setlength{\iinboxwd}{\inboxwd}
+  \setlength{\inboxrule}{\inboxwd}
+  \addtolength{\iinboxwd}{-0.5cm}
+  \addtolength{\inboxrule}{0.5cm}
+  \begin{center}
+  \begin{minipage}{\iinboxwd}
+  \justifying
+}
+
+\setbeamertemplate{block alerted end}
+{
+  \end{minipage}
+  \end{center}
+  \end{beamercolorbox}
+  \end{beamercolorbox}
+  \vskip\smallskipamount
+}
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diff --git a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/posterdown_generic/skeleton/posterdown.cls b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/posterdown_generic/skeleton/posterdown.cls
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+\newcommand{\filename}{posterdown}
+\newcommand{\fileversion}{v1.0}
+\newcommand{\filedate}{2018/11/30}
+
diff --git a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/posterdown_generic/skeleton/skelton.Rmd b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/posterdown_generic/skeleton/skelton.Rmd
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+---
+#
+# Required information -------------------
+#
+title: 'My Wonderfull title'
+author: 'John Doe Jr.'
+date: 'November 30 2018'
+
+# Optional -------------------------------
+
+# Rendering Options
+knitr: "rmarkdown::pdf_document"
+output:
+  posterdown::poster_pdf: default
+---
diff --git a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/posterdown_generic/skeleton/template.tex b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/posterdown_generic/skeleton/template.tex
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+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+% Jacobs Landscape Poster
+% LaTeX Template
+% Version 1.1 (14/06/14)
+%
+% Created by:
+% Computational Physics and Biophysics Group, Jacobs University
+% https://teamwork.jacobs-university.de:8443/confluence/display/CoPandBiG/LaTeX+Poster
+%
+% Further modified by:
+% Nathaniel Johnston (nathaniel@njohnston.ca)
+%
+% This template has been downloaded from:
+% http://www.LaTeXTemplates.com
+%
+% License:
+% CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/)
+%
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%	PACKAGES AND OTHER DOCUMENT CONFIGURATIONS
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\documentclass[$title$, final]{beamer}
+
+\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
+
+%-----------------------------------------------------------
+% 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}{48in} % A0 width: 46.8in
+\setlength{\paperheight}{36in} % A0 height: 33.1in
+\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
+%-----------------------------------------------------------
+
+\usepackage{graphicx}  % Required for including images
+
+\usepackage{booktabs} % Top and bottom rules for tables
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%	TITLE SECTION
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\title{$title$} % Poster title
+
+\author{Brent} % Author(s)
+
+\institute{Department and University Name} % Institution(s)
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\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] % 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
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%	OBJECTIVES
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\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}
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%	INTRODUCTION
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\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}
+
+%------------------------------------------------
+
+\begin{figure}
+\includegraphics[width=0.8\linewidth]{placeholder.jpg}
+\caption{Figure caption}
+\end{figure}
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\end{column} % End of the first column
+
+\begin{column}{\sepwid}\end{column} % Empty spacer column
+
+\begin{column}{\twocolwid} % Begin a column which is two columns wide (column 2)
+
+\begin{columns}[t,totalwidth=\twocolwid] % Split up the two columns wide column
+
+\begin{column}{\onecolwid}\vspace{-.6in} % The first column within column 2 (column 2.1)
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%	MATERIALS
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\begin{block}{Materials}
+
+The following materials were required to complete the research:
+
+\begin{itemize}
+\item Curabitur pellentesque dignissim
+\item Eu facilisis est tempus quis
+\item Duis porta consequat lorem
+\item Eu facilisis est tempus quis
+\end{itemize}
+
+The materials were prepared according to the steps outlined below:
+
+\begin{enumerate}
+\item Curabitur pellentesque dignissim
+\item Eu facilisis est tempus quis
+\item Duis porta consequat lorem
+\item Curabitur pellentesque dignissim
+\end{enumerate}
+
+\end{block}
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\end{column} % End of column 2.1
+
+\begin{column}{\onecolwid}\vspace{-.6in} % The second column within column 2 (column 2.2)
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%	METHODS
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\begin{block}{Methods}
+
+Lorem ipsum dolor \textbf{sit amet}, consectetur adipiscing 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.
+
+\end{block}
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\end{column} % End of column 2.2
+
+\end{columns} % End of the split of column 2 - any content after this will now take up 2 columns width
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%	IMPORTANT RESULT
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\begin{alertblock}{Important Result}
+
+Lorem ipsum dolor \textbf{sit amet}, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed commodo molestie porta. Sed ultrices scelerisque sapien ac commodo. Donec ut volutpat elit.
+
+\end{alertblock}
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\begin{columns}[t,totalwidth=\twocolwid] % Split up the two columns wide column again
+
+\begin{column}{\onecolwid} % The first column within column 2 (column 2.1)
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%	MATHEMATICAL SECTION
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\begin{block}{Mathematical Section}
+
+Nam quis odio enim, in molestie libero. Vivamus cursus mi at nulla elementum sollicitudin. Nam quis odio enim, in molestie libero. Vivamus cursus mi at nulla elementum sollicitudin.
+
+\begin{equation}
+E = mc^{2}
+\label{eqn:Einstein}
+\end{equation}
+
+Nam quis odio enim, in molestie libero. Vivamus cursus mi at nulla elementum sollicitudin. Nam quis odio enim, in molestie libero. Vivamus cursus mi at nulla elementum sollicitudin.
+
+\begin{equation}
+\cos^3 \theta =\frac{1}{4}\cos\theta+\frac{3}{4}\cos 3\theta
+\label{eq:refname}
+\end{equation}
+
+Nam quis odio enim, in molestie libero. Vivamus cursus mi at nulla elementum sollicitudin. Nam quis odio enim, in molestie libero. Vivamus cursus mi at nulla elementum sollicitudin.
+
+\begin{equation}
+\kappa =\frac{\xi}{E_{\mathrm{max}}} %\mathbb{ZNR}
+\end{equation}
+
+\end{block}
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\end{column} % End of column 2.1
+
+\begin{column}{\onecolwid} % The second column within column 2 (column 2.2)
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%	RESULTS
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\begin{block}{Results}
+
+\begin{figure}
+\includegraphics[width=0.8\linewidth]{placeholder.jpg}
+\caption{Figure caption}
+\end{figure}
+
+Nunc tempus venenatis facilisis. Curabitur suscipit consequat eros non porttitor. Sed a massa dolor, id ornare enim:
+
+\begin{table}
+\vspace{2ex}
+\begin{tabular}{l l l}
+\toprule
+\textbf{Treatments} & \textbf{Response 1} & \textbf{Response 2}\\
+\midrule
+Treatment 1 & 0.0003262 & 0.562 \\
+Treatment 2 & 0.0015681 & 0.910 \\
+Treatment 3 & 0.0009271 & 0.296 \\
+\bottomrule
+\end{tabular}
+\caption{Table caption}
+\end{table}
+
+\end{block}
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\end{column} % End of column 2.2
+
+\end{columns} % End of the split of column 2
+
+\end{column} % End of the second column
+
+\begin{column}{\sepwid}\end{column} % Empty spacer column
+
+\begin{column}{\onecolwid} % The third column
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%	CONCLUSION
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\begin{block}{Conclusion}
+
+Nunc tempus venenatis facilisis. \textbf{Curabitur suscipit} consequat eros non porttitor. Sed a massa dolor, id ornare enim. Fusce quis massa dictum tortor \textbf{tincidunt mattis}. Donec quam est, lobortis quis pretium at, laoreet scelerisque lacus. Nam quis odio enim, in molestie libero. Vivamus cursus mi at \textit{nulla elementum sollicitudin}.
+
+\end{block}
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\begin{block}{Additional Information}
+
+Maecenas ultricies feugiat velit non mattis. Fusce tempus arcu id ligula varius dictum.
+\begin{itemize}
+\item Curabitur pellentesque dignissim
+\item Eu facilisis est tempus quis
+\item Duis porta consequat lorem
+\end{itemize}
+
+\end{block}
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%	REFERENCES
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\begin{block}{References}
+
+\nocite{*} % Insert publications even if they are not cited in the poster
+\small{\bibliographystyle{unsrt}
+\bibliography{sample}\vspace{0.75in}}
+
+\end{block}
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%	ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\setbeamercolor{block title}{fg=red,bg=white} % Change the block title color
+
+\begin{block}{Acknowledgements}
+
+\small{\rmfamily{Nam mollis tristique neque eu luctus. Suspendisse rutrum congue nisi sed convallis. Aenean id neque dolor. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas.}} \\
+
+\end{block}
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%	CONTACT INFORMATION
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\setbeamercolor{block alerted title}{fg=black,bg=norange} % Change the alert block title colors
+\setbeamercolor{block alerted body}{fg=black,bg=white} % Change the alert block body colors
+
+\begin{alertblock}{Contact Information}
+
+\begin{itemize}
+\item Web: \href{http://www.university.edu/smithlab}{http://www.university.edu/smithlab}
+\item Email: \href{mailto:john@smith.com}{john@smith.com}
+\item Phone: +1 (000) 111 1111
+\end{itemize}
+
+\end{alertblock}
+
+\begin{center}
+\begin{tabular}{ccc}
+\includegraphics[width=0.4\linewidth]{logo.png} & \hfill & \includegraphics[width=0.4\linewidth]{logo.png}
+\end{tabular}
+\end{center}
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\end{column} % End of the third column
+
+\end{columns} % End of all the columns in the poster
+
+\end{frame} % End of the enclosing frame
+
+\end{document}
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+RnwWeave: Sweave
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+
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+StripTrailingWhitespace: Yes
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+PackageUseDevtools: Yes
+PackageInstallArgs: --no-multiarch --with-keep.source