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.

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

   

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_memoir", package = "posterdown")