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About this template
Changing the colors
Importing picture files
Design services
Thank you for using this poster template.
The colors we have chosen for this template work very well when
printed. They help the content stand out without the stark white look
so common with other presentation posters.
If you need to change the colors and use your own color scheme got
to VIEW>MASTER>SLIDE MASTER to access the elements of the
background.
It’s always good to use the largest images you have available for
your poster. Avoid images taken from the web and avoid copying
and pasting images. Instead try to INSERT>PICTURE>FROM FILE
to bring images to your poster.
Would you like to have your poster professionally
designed and save yourself the time and effort?
This template is designed to produce a 72x48 poster.
You can modify it as needed for your presentation before you send it
back to www.PosterPresentations.com for premium quality next day
affordable printing. By using this template your poster will look
professional, easy to read and save you valuable time from trying to
figure out proper placement of titles, subtitles and text body. If you
need further assistance call us at: 1.866.649.3004
The template uses four columns. Depending on the amount of
content you need for your presentation you may want to change the
number of columns.
For your convenience, we have included four alternate master
layouts. To select a different layout go to FORMAT>SLIDE DESIGN
(Figure A). The slide design pane will open (Figure B). From there
you can select your alternate layout (Figures C).
1. Your multi-page PowerPoint presentation(s) containing the
images, logos, graphs, charts, tables and text content for the
poster.
Although PowerPoint is very forgiving when it comes to printing low
resolution images, if you scale your images more than 200% after
you bring them in, the image quality will suffer. See the example
below:
Select the element of the
background you want to change
the color of and chose your
custom fill color.
Figure B
Figure A
For PowerPoint beginners we have included a few tips that will
hopefully make your design experience a little easier. If you don’t
need the help you can delete the content by clicking on this and
pressing the delete button on your keyboard.
Text sizes used
This template uses the Arial family at several text sizes.
You can use any typeface you wish but what is used here works well
with this poster format.
This template uses Arial Black 61 for the title, Arial Narrow 34 and
24 for subtitles, Narrow 24 Bold for headers and Arial Narrow 20
for the text body. You can change the text body size up or down if
you need to but we recommend that you don’t go too much bigger or
too much smaller. Keep in mind that this template will print at 200%
its size.
Suggestion: If you cut and paste text from Word, or another source
onto this document your text will maintain its formatting and you will
need to change it so it will match the rest of the text on this page.
Refer to the text sizes indicated above.
Original image at 100%, enlarged 200% and 400%.
The blue headers are a nice way to separate the main topics of your
presentation. Click on them to move the around and to change the text
as needed.
The most commonly used headers in poster presentations are:
 Introduction, Summary or Abstract
 Materials and Methods
 Results
 Conclusion
 Literature Cited
 Acknowledgements
Suggestion: An easy way to see what
an image is going to print like is to
change your VIEW>ZOOM setting to
100% and look at the images up close.
What you’ll see at 100% is very close to
what your images will look like when
printed.
Importing slides from a PowerPoint document with
many pages
Charts & Graphs
Many times the information you want to use
in your poster exists on multiple slides in
one or more PowerPoint presentations. An
easy way to extract the information and
bring it in your poster is to go to
FILE>SAVE AS>ENHANCED WINDOWS
METAFILE (A).
Charts & Graphs: To bring in charts and graphs from Excel, Word or
other applications, go to EDIT>COPY to copy your chart, come back
to PowerPoint, and go to EDIT>PASTE to paste it on the poster. You
can scale the charts or graphs as needed.
Suggestion: Press the SHIFT key as you scale your charts or
graphs to scale them proportionally.
You will be prompted to
choose whether you
want to save all or only
the current slide as a
Metafile (B).
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Sample
70
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spacing for a selected part of the text
Sample
30
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to read.
East
West
North
40
adds emphasis and also makes it easier
Sample
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3. The size you want your final poster to be, i.e. 48x36, 72x36,
48x96,etc.
2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr
4th Qtr
You can then go back to
your poster, import (C)
the Metafiles, and
arrange them on the
page as needed.
We will work on your presentation and email it to you for
proofing and approval as soon as it is finished.
After approval we will print your poster and ship it to you.
Call us for an estimate. We will be happy to assist.
You can reach us toll-free at:
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Monday through Friday 9AM to 6PM PST.
How to send us your poster for printing
How to order your poster:
To order your poster go to www.posterpresentations.com and click
on ORDER. Fill in the form and send us your file by email or FTP.
We are available to answer your questions from 9 am to 6 pm Pacific
time, Monday through Friday.
You can email us at production@cp-digital.com or call us toll free at
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2. Any additional images and text you might want to use.
That’s all!
Modifying the Headers
Figures C
We’ll be happy to help. What we’ll need is the following:
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