Eros Albertazzi wrote:

I would like to start using ConText to create a scientific presentation poster to be printed in A0 or smaller size A single sheet of pubblication in which text and figures with captions, can be framed (i.e. boxed) and putted on the page in row and colum, equally distibuted or not. A loose layout wish can be the attaced one.

Any hint on where to find an howto guide, a template or a beginner document to start from?

How ConText is suited for this purpose and popular for this goal?

\setuppapersize[A0][oversized] \setuplayout[location=middle,marking=on] \setuplayout[page] \definelayer[page][width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight] \starttext \startbuffer[a] \input ward \stopbuffer \startbuffer[b] \input ward \stopbuffer \setlayerframed[page][preset=lefttop, x=2cm,y=2cm][width=5cm,align=normal]{\getbuffer[a]} \setlayerframed[page][preset=rightbottom,x=2cm,y=2cm][width=6cm,align=normal]{\getbuffer[b]} \startstandardmakeup\flushlayer[page]\stopstandardmakeup \stoptext an other alternative is columnsets (see columns.pdf) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------