HOW TO MAKE A POSTER IN

POWERPOINTAdvanced Academic Services

Klein ISD

STEP

1

Open Powerpoint

Select Design Menu

Select Page Set Up

Select “Custom” in Slides sized for:

Change the width to 54” Change the Height to 36”

Click on Landscape

Click OK

STEP

2

Click on the title box, type in title (TPSP Sample Poster)

Delete Subtitle Box

STEP

3

Open existing powerpoint Right click on title slide,

located on left slide menu Select Copy

STEP

4A

Toggle back to Poster Presentation, select “Paste Special” under Paste

Click on Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Object (First choice)

Click OK Cut and paste whole slides or

specific text and/or clipart into your new Poster Presentation to create your poster.

STEP

4B

Resize object by “grabbing” corner handles

STEP 5 Continue with the rest of the slides to make your presentation poster

Important: Remember to think about balancing the amount of white space, aesthetic appeal of text and picture, and the big ideas you want to communicate from your research when creating your poster!

STEP 6 As you are pasting, you can make all your slides the same size by:

Right click slide Choose Format Object Choose the size tab In this case, the first slide was:

Height 12.44” and Width: 16.59”

STEP 7 You can move the objects around and design your own layouts

ADDITIONAL SAMPLES: