Poster Session Title

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Poster Session Title
Author 1, Author 2, and Author 3

• Introduction
• This is a template for creating a presentation
  poster with PowerPoint. Note that PowerPoint was
  not intended to make posters like this. It is not
  a layout program and the tools as such are very
  limited, making it very labor-intensive to do
  tasks that a layout program could with ease.
  PowerPoint has also been known to be unstable
  with large files and prone to spontaneous
  crashes. You will be better served to write and
  format your text in Word and your tables and
  graphs in Excel.
• The template was written assuming you have a
  basic knowledge of PowerPoint and are familiar
  with its interface and tools.
• This template is actually a large PowerPoint
  slide that you will be printing from a large
  printer. The printing of this poster will not
  take place from this computer so you will need to
  stay away from using a variety of fonts.
  Remember that you will want your poster to be
  viewable from a distance so your font size will
  need to be large enough to be seen.
• Consider italicizing your captions that accompany
  photographs and graphs.
• Limit the number of fonts you use. You probably
  should stick to no more than 2 fonts.
• When using bullets make sure the font of your
  bullet is consistent with the fonts in your text.
  If not, the printer may print erroneous
  characters in place of the bullets.
• Limit your columns. This makes it easy to read
  from a distance.

Paragraph break vs. custom line spacing
Example 1 This text comes after (is beneath) a
paragraph break (return). Note the space between
the Example 1 line and the line immediately
beneath it . The Line Spacing dialog box is set
to PowerPoints default setting. See Figure 4.
Conclusions
Example 2 There is no paragraph break (return)
between the line youre reading and the Example
2 line. The Line Spacing dialog box is set to
.2 Before ParagraphNote the more efficient use
of space compared to Example 1. See Figure 5.

• Important things to remember when making a poster
• Proofing your document is essential. Do not have
  the final, large version of your poster printed
  without doing this first! In addition to
  yourself, have at least one other person review
  the technical aspects your proof before having
  the final poster printed.
• Make sure your images are high resolution so the
  printout will be of sufficient quality.
• Back up your poster file frequently. Save often
  while working. PowerPoint is very unstable with
  large files and prone to spontaneous crashes that
  will cost you hours of labor.
• Watch your margins. Make sure there is enough
  air around the edges of your poster.

Materials and Methods To import photographs into
your poster Under PowerPoints Insert menu
youll see Picture Hold the mouse down on
Picture and select From File. Then select
youre your image file. This must be a .jpg file
and please read the Adequate Resolution
information in the next column of this poster.
To change the way text fits on a page use the
line spacing dialog boxes shown below.
Figure 4
Figure 5
Acknowledgements Thanks to Mr. Smith for making
us work so hard it will pay off later in life.
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