CREATING POSTERS IN POWERPOINT

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CREATING POSTERS IN POWERPOINT

• Gene Leiszleiszgj_at_uwec.edu
• Graphics ? Learning and Technology Services

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CREATING POSTERS IN POWERPOINT

• Gene Leiszleiszgj_at_uwec.edu
• Graphics ? Learning and Technology Services

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Workshop Objectives

• To become familiar with using PowerPoint to
  create large format posters
• To build awareness of poster design principles
  and concerns
• To reinforce presented materials through
  hands-on practice

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Workshop Agenda

• Introductions
• Questions
• Hands-on practice
• Wrap-up

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Needs Questions

• Do you have any questions before the workshop
  begins?
• What do you want to get out of todays workshop?

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Research Support Web Page at LTS Plot Web Site

• http//plot.uwec.edu
• This page discusses many aspects about supporting
  professional poster at UW-Eau Claire
• Policy Instructions
• Designing creation tips
• Request for printing
• Deadline (at least one week prior) April 28-29,
  2008

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Template Designed for the Teacher and Learning
Symposium
http//www.uwec.edu/net/index.htm
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Template Designed for the NET/SoTL Symposium
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Manipulating the Template

• Changing colors and fonts
• Color theory and reasons
• High contrast between foreground and background,
  this insures readability
• Printing large areas of dark saturated ink ()
• Minimize amount
• Reverse out text (dark color background light
  color text)

Reverse Text Title
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Poster Size Constraints

• 46 x 42 horizontal format
• printer friendly
• display board friendly

46 ?
42 ?
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Manipulating and Adding Text Boxes

• Bullets
• View/Presentation Views/Slide Master
• Home/Paragraph/Bullets and Numbering
• Using tabs and indent features

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Inserting Images, Clip Art, and Other Visual
Items

• Specs for images resolution and file types
• TIFF, JPEG
• 150 dpi resolution
• Dont stretch to increase physical size (distorts
  the image)
• Hold down the SHIFT key while using a corner
  handle to resize

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Working with Text Boxes and Objects

• Using the Drawing/Arrange Menu
• Aligning information
• Grouping information

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Graphic Enhancements

• Insert/Illustrations Menu
• Clip art and Pictures
• Shapes (autoshapes)
• Charts
• Smart Art
• Insert/Text Menu
• Symbol (adding special characters)
• Text Boxes

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Precautions

• Printer may not work properly if you dont
  consider these!
• Font choices (use common Windows fonts Arial,
  Times New Roman, etc.)
• Over extended text boxes (going beyond the
  slide area can cause the printer to freak out
  and print text erratically or not at all!)
• Copy and paste (better to save in software like
  Photoshop or PowerPoint as a file and then
  insert)

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Slide boundaries
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Steps for Printing the Posters

• Proofread your poster before you send it on to be
  printed. It may also be helpful to share it with
  a colleague for fresh eyes to proofread.
• When everything is perfect fill out the plot
  request and send it on see next slide to have a
  proof version printed (if there is time).
• Examine the proof copy and make any changes to
  your poster, follow the instruction that you get
  in the email informing you that the proof is done
  to request the final printing. You will be
  notified via email when it is done. Caution The
  inks take time to dry Your poster may smear
  within the first 24 hours of printing.

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Steps for Printing the Posters
http//plot.uwec.edu/
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