Transcript 22 24 PT HEADLINE - Sheffield Hallam University

Making
Making
posters
postersusing
using
PowerPoint
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.
PowerPoint techniques
that might help.
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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).
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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.
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PowerPoint also has an
option called "snap to grid",
this can aid alignment.
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Grids and guides are
not printed so you can
leave them on.
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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.
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.)
22-24 Point HEADLINE
Your name 18 pt
Generally work in
columns. Avoid fully
justified text.
Pictures need to
be .JPG to keep
file size down
typically
scanned at
300DPI
Use File, Page Setup to
change the size and
orientation of the slide
to A4 Portrait.
Use guides to line up columns.
use View, Guides and line to switch them on.
Work address 14pt
Coloured backgrounds can work – but do check on a proof.
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.
A really good poster resource site can be found at;
http://www.strath.ac.uk/Departments/CAPLE/poster/
General ideas & Examples;
http://www.biology.lsa.umich.edu/research/labs/ktosney/file/PostersHome.html
http://www.aas.duke.edu/trinity/research/vt/postertips.html
http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/Dept/Tips/present/posters.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_Presentations/PstrStart.html
To download this poster as a PowerPoint presentation go to;
http://www.shu.ac.uk/schools/hcs/teaching/ag/powerpoint/pptdownloads.html