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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/a0poster/a0_eng.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/a0poster/a0_eng.tex new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..5e8d0da6523 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/a0poster/a0_eng.tex @@ -0,0 +1,222 @@ +%% +%% This is file `a0_eng.tex' +%% +%% Copyright (C) 1997-2004 Gerlinde Kettl and Matthias Weiser +%% +%% It may be distributed and/or modified under the +%% conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.2 +%% of this license or (at your option) any later version. +%% The latest version of this license is in +%% http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt +%% and version 1.2 or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX +%% version 1999/12/01 or later. +%% +\documentclass[12pt]{article} +\usepackage{german,a4} +\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} +\begin{document} +\parindent=0pt +\thispagestyle{empty} +\begin{center} +{\Large a0poster}\\[0.5cm] +Version 1.22b\\ +\vspace{1cm}\small +Gerlinde Kettl ({\ttfamily tex@kettl.de})\\ +and\\ +Matthias Weiser \footnote{Thanks to Martin Eckl, +Berend van der Wall and Bernhard Steininger} +\end{center} + +\vspace*{1cm} + +\normalsize + +{\bfseries\large 1. What is this package good for?} + +\bigskip + +Printing a poster with \TeX\ and {\ttfamily dvips} on a DIN A0 printer was +quite complicated (inserting lines in the postscript file and so on). +The a0poster package ants to make this easier. {\ttfamily a0poster.cls} +provides fonts in sizes of 12pt ({\ttfamily$\backslash$tiny}) up to 107pt +({\ttfamily$\backslash$VERYHuge}). a0poster also makes sure that +in math formulas the symbols appear in the right size. +{\ttfamily $\backslash$textwidth} and {\ttfamily$\backslash$textheight} will +have reasonable values. The package also creates a postscript header file +for dvips which manages that the poster will be printed in the right size. +Meanwhile the sizes DIN A0, DIN A1, DIN A2 and DIN A3 are also supported. + +\bigskip + +{\bfseries\large 2. What the package can't do} + +\bigskip + +You still have to think about the best positioning of pictures and text. + +\bigskip + +{\bfseries\large 3. System requirements and installation} + +\bigskip + +Required are \LaTeX {\ttfamily <1995/06/01>} and {\ttfamily dvips}. + +\bigskip + +Contents of the package: +\bigskip + +\begin{tabular}{lp{0.75\textwidth}} +{\ttfamily a0poster.cls} & the class file\\ +{\ttfamily a0size.sty} & adaption of the font sizes\\ +{\ttfamily a0\_eng.tex} & this manual\\ +{\ttfamily a0.tex} & this manual in german\\ +\end{tabular} + +\bigskip + +The files {\ttfamily a0poster.cls} and {\ttfamily a0size.sty} +have to be copied in a directory that \TeX\ scans for input files. +Now the installation is done. But the package expects that dvips searches +for header files in the current directory also. + +\bigskip + +{\bfseries\large 4. Options} + +\bigskip + +a0poster is a class like article. There are the following options: + +\bigskip + +\begin{tabular}{lp{0.8\textwidth}} +{\slshape landscape} & landscape format, is default\\ +{\slshape portrait} & portrait format\\ +{\slshape a0b} & ``DIN A0 big'' - that's a somewhat widened DIN A0 format that +uses the full width of an HP Designjet 650C. This is also default.\\ +{\slshape a0} & DIN A0\\ +{\slshape a1} & DIN A1\\ +{\slshape a2} & DIN A2\\ +{\slshape a3} & DIN A3\\ +{\slshape posterdraft} & reduces the postscript output to DIN A4 size, so test +printings can be made with ordinary DIN A4 printers.\\ +{\slshape draft} & {\bfseries obsolete}--does the same as {\slshape posterdraft}, but while options +are passed to other packages, this can lead to collisions with other packages +(e.\,g. {\ttfamily graphics}). \\ +{\slshape final} & makes postscript output in original size; is default.\\ +\end{tabular} + +\bigskip + +Therefore the beginning of the \TeX\ file can look like that: + +\begin{verbatim} +\documentclass[portrait,a0b,posterdraft]{a0poster} +\usepackage{german,epsf,pstricks} +\begin{document} +\end{verbatim} + +The following font sizes are available: + +\begin{verbatim} +\tiny 12pt +\scriptsize 14.4pt +\footnotesize 17.28pt +\small 20.74pt +\normalsize 24.88pt +\large 29.86pt +\Large 35.83pt +\LARGE 43pt +\huge 51.6pt +\Huge 61.92pt +\veryHuge 74.3pt +\VeryHuge 89.16pt +\VERYHuge 107pt +\end{verbatim} + +{\ttfamily a0poster.cls} is based on the article class, so all commands +of this class can be used. Some register values were adapted to the +size of the page. + +While \TeX ing a file named {\ttfamily a0header.ps} is created that is +read by dvips and manages that the poster is printed in the right +size.\footnote{If this doesn't work with the option draft, use dvips with +the option {\ttfamily -Z} (if not already used in the configuration file +{\ttfamily config.ps} of dvips). That also results in a smaller size of the +postscript file. If it still doesn't work. then bigger paper sizes than +DIN A3 in {\ttfamily config.ps} may be the cause. Then the {\slshape draft} +option doesn't work -- sorry.} + +\bigskip +\bigskip +\bigskip +\bigskip + +{\bfseries\large 5. Colors, frames etc.} + +\bigskip + +This package supports neither colors nor pictures, but this ist possible with +other packages like pstricks of Timothy Van Zandt. +With {\ttfamily$\backslash$red} the following text or formula will be displayed +in red. The colors {\slshape red, blue, yellow, green, cyan} and +{\slshape magenta} and the grey scales {\slshape white, lightgray, gray, +darkgray} and {\slshape black} are already defined, but other colors can be +defined, for example + +\begin{verbatim} +\newrgbcolor{DarkOrange}{1 .498 0} +\DarkOrange blabla +\end{verbatim} + +The numbers range from 0 to 1 and describe the color in the rgb system. +With pstricks lots of other things can be done (frames, shadowboxes, etc.) +For details, see the pstricks manual. + +\bigskip + +{\bfseries\large 6. Anything else?} + +\bigskip + +We are sure that this package still contains lots of bugs. +So we would like to hear bug reports, complaints, suggestions etc. +(just send an email to \\ +{\ttfamily gerlinde.kettl@physik.uni-regensburg.de}). + +\bigskip + +{\bfseries\large 7. History} + +\bigskip + +Version 1.22b: + +\begin{itemize} +\item Added License. +\item Replaced option {\slshape draft} by {\slshape posterdraft}. +\end{itemize} + +\bigskip + +Version 1.21b: + +\begin{itemize} +\item Draft option available in combination with option a3. +\item Modified ghostview removed. +\item {\ttfamily a0size.tex} renamed to {\ttfamily a0size.sty}. +\end{itemize} + +\bigskip + +Version 1.2b: + +\begin{itemize} +\item Support of DIN A0, DIN A1, DIN A2 und DIN A3. +\item Option draft available. +\item Modified ghostview for viewing the poster. +\end{itemize} + +\end{document} |