FYE 1000 - First-Year Experience: Creating your Poster

• Open new Slide 
• File --> Page Set up
• Choose Custom
• set size in Inches, i.e. 36" x 24"
• Save as .PDF.
  • File --> Download as PDF
• Save your PDF to your Google Drive

• Open a blank PowerPoint page
• On the Design Tab - choose Slide Size (Custom)
• Change Width to 36 in and Height to 24 in.
• Use "Insert" to make Text Boxes and insert Pictures
• Save as .PDF
  • File-->Export -->Create PDF
• Save to Google Drive

Thanks to @collinpurrington   Check out his website, Designing Conference Posters, for more great ideas 

Posters are visual presentations - the text and graphics should support each other

                    Write your Research Paper, first

Then, sketch your design arranging your sections in 3 or 4 columns; following a logical sequence, such as a section for your Abstract, Main Idea, Summary or Conclusion and the References or bibliography

Get to the point and LIMIT your text.  Use photos, figures, and tables to tell your story

Blocks of text:  for a cleaner look, do a Full Justify

Use only 2-3 colors 

Grace College Logo

First-Year Foundations Logo

Main parts of your poster may include:

• Title
• Introduction
• Methods
• Results
• Discussion of Result
• Conclusion
• Works Cited
• Further information

Print posters!  

1. Create your poster in the FINAL size you would like it printed, i.e. 24 x 36 inches*
2. Save as PDF
3. Save to your Google Drive
4. Log into the computer next to the KIP (large format printer) on the main floor of the library and follow the directions available at the computer.

*Max width is 36" x any desired length.

Poster Printer Costs: 

• Black and white = $1.50 per square foot
• Color = $2.00 per square foot

Tips for Creating a Poster

PLEASE NOTE: This printer is reserved for large, single posters. If you have multiple advertising posters (11x17 or smaller), you may want to use a printer/copier with regular paper or contact Bartel Printing in Warsaw.

310 Cedar Street Warsaw, IN  46580

https://bartelprinting.com

574-267-7421