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North Carolina State University
TemplatesUsing PowerPoint
36” x 48” (change under Page Setup)
½” margin around poster
Landscape orientation
Will print side ways
Layout Content
Title - centered Name, Faculty sponsor – centered under Title
Abstract in upper left hand corner Summarize using headings in large letters
Introduction Method Results Conclusion Recommendations
Acknowledgements, citations, references USM and department logos, sponsors
Layout, cont.
Color
Light background :: Dark Text
Dark background :: Light Text
No distracting background – images or color
Layout, cont.
Text Font
San-serif for title and headings (Arial) This is San-Serif type
Serif for body (Times New Roman) This is Serif type
Text Size
Title – at least 48 points
Headings – 36 points
Body – 24 points
Acknowledgements, citations, references – smaller text
Flow of poster Organize with good headings to help move readers
through poster
Be hierarchical – more important the information, larger the font size
Be bold and make strongest statements research allows
Logical flow to where you want readers to go next
Read left to right
Remember symmetry in your poster
Remember focus of poster > results vs methods
Photos
Insert photo
Make smaller or larger by grabbing corner handles
Compress photo to make poster size smaller
Using Graphs Choose correct graph to depict data
Contrast Compare
Labeled axis must be readable
Beware of too much information
Use smaller font than body of poster
Yellow does not show up on graphs
Include information figure captions for graphs – usually first sentence explaining graph