yea, your in the wrong program.., reminds me of a story i heard the other day of a guy who was obsessed with making a number of cogs turn by rotating just one of them.., he would only know the reason why.., its simple to do but apparently he became obsessed.., the point is.., it is a totally useless exersice.., and what you are asking is very.., left field and has little to do with maya
im thinking you want to replace the 'cube' with graphics.
making a cube as you know is not the same as making text.., or importing from illustartor.
you need to study the render globals.., get the camera resolution right for what you want.., 800x600.., ect
its the render globals you need to understand.
Mike has a free tut on this site about it.., i can tell you with out any bad feelings (forgot the word) .., no-one here will make a vid for you of that for free. your 'simple' request would take hours.,,and all here are short on time (that i can tell you for free).
alexanderH.., i hear that.., no problem
take it easy and life will be easy