Making posters using PowerPoint

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Making posters using PowerPoint
Making posters using PowerPoint

• These slides give you some ideas they may not
  be the best slides ever but contain some ideas
  and techniques that may be of help!
• The first two are set up as posters might be, the
  last slide has some links to web resources.

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PowerPoint techniques that might help.

• PowerPoint also has an option called "snap to
  grid", this can aid alignment.

• Put text in individual text boxes so it can be
  altered to wrap round pictures

• Avoid fully justifying text when it is in
  columns, some long terms may make the layout look
  terrible (especially if using 3 columns rather
  than 2).

• Grids and guides are not printed so you can leave
  them on.

• You can override the "snap to grid" by holding
  the Alt key while moving objects.

• Pictures can be placed behind the text, perhaps
  after editing if they are from clipart.
• There is an extended clipart gallery online.
• Scanned pictures should be scanned at about the
  size they should be for the A4 version of the
  poster at about 300dpi and saved to disk in JPG
  format to keep storage space down.

• Switch on the ruler (from the View menu) and also
  use the guides to help line text boxes up. (If
  the guides aren't displayed, click Grid and
  Guides on the View menu and select the Display
  drawing guides on screen check box. ) Guides can
  be copied so you have two visible on screen, just
  drag on but hold the Control (Ctrl) key at the
  same time.

New text boxes can be created by dragging an
existing one with the control key down or by
clicking the "Text Box" tool and dragging in the
poster.
Pictures can be used in the background, first get
the size right then select "Washout" in the image
control, finally send the picture behind the text
(Draw, Order, Send to back.)
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22-24 Point HEADLINEYour name 18 ptWork address
14ptColoured backgrounds can work but do check
on a proof.

• Generally work in columns. Avoid fully justified
  text.

Pictures need to be .JPG to keep file size down
typically scanned at 300DPI
Use guides to line up columns. use View, Guides
and line to switch them on.
HEADINGS 12-14 point BODY TEXT 8 OR 12 point
Typically for a projected PowerPoint we would go
no lower than 18 point for a font size, but when
creating an A4 poster to be printed at A1 or A0
we would go down to 12 or 14 point it will be
blown up when printed large.
Use File, Page Setup to change the size and
orientation of the slide to A4 Portrait.
Do this before anything else.
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• A really good poster resource site can be found
  at http//www.strath.ac.uk/Departments/CAPLE/post
  er/
• General ideas Examples
• http//www.biology.lsa.umich.edu/research/labs/kto
  sney/file/PostersHome.html
• http//www.aas.duke.edu/trinity/research/vt/poster
  tips.html
• http//lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/Dept/Tips/present/pos
  ters.htm
• The link below is an in-depth resource about
  planning and making posters looks very useful!
• http//www.kumc.edu/SAH/OTEd/jradel/Poster_Present
  ations/PstrStart.html

http//www.shu.ac.uk/schools/hcs/teaching/ag/
To download this poster as a PowerPoint
presentation go to http//www.shu.ac.uk/schools/h
cs/teaching/ag/powerpoint/pptdownloads.html