Page LayoutBoxes in tikzposter

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cgnieder
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Boxes in tikzposter

Post by cgnieder »

Manusch wrote:cgnieders version doesnt change anything
I beg to disagree! Of course I tested my suggestion before I posted it.

Compare for yourself (just click on the »open in writelatex« button):

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\documentclass[12pt, a2paper, portrait, margin=0mm, innermargin=10mm,     titleinnersep=0mm,blockbodyinnersep=0mm,     blocktitleinnersep=0mm, blockverticalspace=5mm, colspace=5mm, subcolspace=5mm]{tikzposter}

\usepackage[ngerman]{babel} 
%\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}  

\usetitlestyle{Envelope}
\usebackgroundstyle{Rays}
\useblockstyle{Envelope}
\usecolorstyle{Spain}

\title{Titel}
\author{Autor}
 \institute{Institut}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\begin{columns}
\column{0.33}

\block{}{
  \small
  \section*{Before}
  TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT
  TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT
  TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT
  TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT
  TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT 
}
 
\makeatletter
\renewcommand\section{%
  \@startsection
    {section}% name
    {1}% level
    {\z@}% indent
    {0ex \@plus -1ex \@minus -.2ex}% beforeskip, changed!
    {2.3ex \@plus.2ex}% afterskip
    {\normalfont\Large\bfseries}% style
}
\makeatother
  
 \block{}{
  \small
  \section*{After}
  TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT
  TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT
  TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT
  TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT
  TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT 
}

 \end{columns}
 \end{document}
Manusch wrote:\vplus{-3.5ex}
There is no \vplus command that I know of.
Manusch wrote:but the position of the text is no stranger than before...
I have no idea what that means…

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Boxes in tikzposter

Post by Manusch »

I posted a picture with the distances I spoke about.
distances.png
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How can I change these?
Last edited by Stefan Kottwitz on Sat Aug 29, 2015 3:19 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Boxes in tikzposter

Post by Stefan Kottwitz »

Set bodyinnersep to a suitable value. Furthermore, \maketitle takes an option titletoblockverticalspace which you can adjust. Such as here, in your code:

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\documentclass[12pt, a2paper, portrait, margin=0mm,    innermargin=10mm, titleinnersep=0mm,blockbodyinnersep=0mm, blocktitleinnersep=0mm, blockverticalspace=5mm, colspace=5mm, subcolspace=5mm,innermargin=10pt]{tikzposter}

 \usepackage[english]{babel}  
 %\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}  

 \usetitlestyle{Envelope}
 \usebackgroundstyle{Rays}
 \useblockstyle{Envelope}
 \usecolorstyle{Spain}

 \title{Titel}
 \author{Autor}
 \institute{Institut}
 \usepackage{blindtext}
 \newcommand{\mysection}[1]{\Large\textbf{#1}\par\smallskip}

 \begin{document}
 \maketitle[titletoblockverticalspace=10pt]
 \begin{columns}
 \column{0.33}

 \block[bodyinnersep=10pt]{}
 { \mysection{Aufgabenstellung}
   \blindtext
  }
 \end{columns}
 \end{document}
tikz-poster-distances.png
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