demo.tex

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\documentclass[a2paper]{bigsposter}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[linesnumbered, ruled, vlined]{algorithm2e}

\author{Given names, First name}
% Can also be empty! \advisor{}
\advisor{Prof.\ Dr.\ Escape Thespaces}
\title{An Outstanding Research Work}
\posteryear{2017}
\email{yourname@institute.org}
\institute{Famous Research Institute}

% This is just for making the picture placeholder
\newcommand{\emptybox}[2]{\framebox[#1]{\rule{0pt}{#2}}}

% This is just for putting the bibliography in a single file
\bibliographystyle{alpha}
\begin{filecontents}{samplebib.bib}
@article{samplearticle,
  author={E\'variste Galois},
  title={M\'emoire sur les conditions de r\'esolubilit\'e des \'equations par radicaux},
  year={1831}
}
\end{filecontents}

\begin{document}
  \maketitle
  \begin{blockrow}
    \blocktitle{This column is called ``block''}
    \textcolor{lightgray}{\lipsum[1]}
    Supports also footnotes\blockfootnote{Usually not working properly inside \texttt{framed}, \texttt{multicol}, \textellipsis}.
  \blockbreak
    \textcolor{lightgray}{\lipsum[2]}
    \begin{minipage}[t]{0.3\blockwidth}
      Can put side-by-side \texttt{minipage}, but it needs to be sized according to the block width. The \texttt{caption} package is locked and loaded.
    \end{minipage}
    \begin{minipage}[t]{0.7\blockwidth}
      \begin{blockfigure}
        \emptybox{0.9\textwidth}{4em}
        \blockcaption[0.9\textwidth]{Supports also figures and captions. Caption width is an optional parameter.}
      \end{blockfigure}
    \end{minipage}
  \end{blockrow}
  \begin{blockrow}[3]
    \blocktitle{This block row\textellipsis}
    \begin{blockfigure}
      \emptybox{0.8\blockwidth}{5em}
      \blockcaption{With some effort, you can make footnotes\blockfootnotemark~work in a caption too.}
    \end{blockfigure}
    \blockfootnotetext{As with usual footnotes, you need to split the mark and the text.}
    \textcolor{lightgray}{\lipsum[3]}
    \IncMargin{1em}
    \begin{algorithm}[H]
      \uIf{you plan to use \texttt{algorithm2e}}{
        remember to use the \texttt{H} positioning\;
      }{
        no worries\;
      }
      \caption{Happy typesetting algorithm.}
    \end{algorithm}
    \DecMargin{1em}
  \blockbreak
    \blocktitle{{\textellipsis}has three\textellipsis}
    \textcolor{lightgray}{\lipsum[4]}
    \begin{blocktable}
      \blockcaption{Supports also tables. Just use the correct environment.}
      \begin{tabular}{c|c|c}
        \textbf{Col 1} & \textbf{Col 2} & \textbf{Col 3} \\\hline\hline
        1, 1 & 1, 2 & 1, 3 \\
        2, 1 & 2, 2 & 2, 3 \\\hline
      \end{tabular}
    \end{blocktable}
    \blocktitle{Extra title}
    \textcolor{lightgray}{\lipsum[5]}
  \blockbreak
    \blocktitle{{\textellipsis}blocks.}
    \textcolor{lightgray}{\lipsum[6]}
    You can use bibliography directly in here.
    \nocite{*}
    \bibliography{samplebib}
    \blockfoot
  \end{blockrow}
\end{document}