How to make a Technical PosterThe Practical Side

Janelle YongCMPE185

Setting up a poster manually through MS Powerpoint

• Page Setup > 48”w x 36” h• Text Boxes – Columns: 9”– Title: 45”

• Margins: recommend 1.5”• Position– Horizontal: 1.5” From: Top Left Corner– Vertical: 1.5” From: Top Left Corner

• View: Gridlines

FontsGOOD

Arial

Calibri

Century Gothic

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Comic Sans

Garamond

Times New Roman

Font Sizes

72pt = 1 inch TALL

Title: 85 Body: 30Author Name: 56 References: 30Affiliation: 50 Acknowledgements: 30Section Title: 36 Captions: 22

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Plot(x, y,... 'LineWidth',4,... % line color default,

width 4 'o’,... % add circle marker 'MarkerEdgeColor', 'k',... % edge color black 'MarkerFaceColor', 'r',... % face color red ‘MarkerSize’,7) % change marker size

grid onylim([min max]) % change y-limitsylabel(‘Y label’) title(‘Title’)

Captions

Figure 1: Very detailed description of the figure. Typically goes below the figure. [1]

Text Box > Drawing Tools > Size (Same width as figure)

• Ways to cite references: [1], superscript1

• Font Size: 22

Raster vs. Vector

http://www.webcoursesbangkok.com/blog/

Raster: .jpg, .bmp, .gif, .png, .rawVector: .eps, .pdf

Saving in Photoshop

It’s time to present... Now what?

• Be prepared– Wear a nametag– Have plenty of water– Have your own set of pushpins

• Bring business cards– You never know who your audience will be. Could

be a potential sponsor/donor, future job employer, etc.