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README.md

posterdown

Installation

You can install and use posterdown from github using the devtools package as seen below.


devtools::install_github("brentthorne/posterdown")

Overview

The posterdown package provides a familiar workflow enviroment for those used to working in RMarkdown. See the skeleton.Rmd that is produced when generating a new posterdown document for how to go from typical RMarkdown formatting to this: posterdown PDF Poster

This package is currently focused on a single template called posterdown_memoir which is a 38in (H) by 45in (W) poster template which allows for custom section headers and content.

This package is currently focused on a single template called posterdown_pdf which is a modular 38in (H) by 45in (W) poster template which allows for custom section headers and content.

Using posterdown from RStudio

To use posterdown from RStudio:

  1. Install the latest RStudio.

  2. Install the posterdown package:

    devtools::install_github("brentthorne/posterdown")

  3. Use the New R Markdown dialog to create a conference poster from the templates

    New R Markdown

Using posterdown outside of RStudio

  1. Install pandoc using the instructions for your platform.

  2. Install the rmarkdown and posterdown packages:

    devtools::install_github("brentthorne/posterdown")

  3. Use the rmarkdown::draft() function to create articles:

    rmarkdown::draft("MyJSSArticle.Rmd", template = "posterdown_pdf", package = "posterdown")