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Table of Contents

Introduction – 0:00
Learning Objective – 0:30
Poster Layout – 0:50
See an Example – 3:20
Option 1: Start from Scratch – 5:18
Option 2: Use a Template – 18:21
Get Inspired – 29:52
Printing your Poster – 30:45
TOTAL RUNNING TIME – 33:11

Resources Mentioned in this Tutorial

www.posterpresentations.com
www.postersession.com
www.posters4research.com

Footnote

This is something I didn’t cover in the video tutorial. PowerPoint doesn’t let you create a document with a width or height larger than 56 inches. So if you want to create a larger poster with any of these common dimensions (W x H) …

72 x 48   |   96 x 48   |   60 x 36   |   72 x 36   | 96 x 36

… you need to work at half size in PowerPoint. For example, if you want a 96 x 48 poster, set the width and height of your document (File > Page Setup) to 48 x 24 inches.

When you send your PowerPoint slide to the printer, just tell them the desired dimensions of your poster (e.g., 96 x 48). At print time, they’ll know to double the size of the slide you sent!

Of course, if you’re using a preset template (e.g., from one of the sites I mentioned in this tutorial), they’ve already applied this half-rule to the size of your slide. To double check, just go to File > Page Setup.