1. Poster Making 2002 Resident Research Course Adam Schlichting C:\WINDOWS\Desktop Last Update: 10-21-02

2. Overview: Programs Printing a poster from MS Word Printing a poster from MS Publisher

3. MS Word Producing a 2’ X 3’ Poster Open Word Document From the File menu select Page Setup… “Page Size” tab input 7.23” X 11” Create Poster

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5. MS Word Printing a 2’ X 3’ Poster From the File menu, select “Print” Select the Design Jet 755CM (C3198B) printer from the drop-down menu

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7. MS Word Printing a 2’ X 3’ Poster (continued) Select “Properties” Select “Fit to this page…” Click “More sizes” and input 24” X 36” Select Application page size Click “More sizes” and input 7.23” X 11” Select Paper source as 36” roll

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9. MS Word Printing a 2’ X 3’ Poster (continued) In the Advanced tab, select Autorotate Click “OK”

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11. MS Word Printing a 2’ X 3’ Poster (continued) In the print menu, click “OK”

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13. MS Publisher Producing a 36” X 72” Poster Create PowerPoint slides Choose a MS Publisher template that best correlates number of slides with number of spaces in the template, from C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\desktop items\Poster Templates\Blank templates Currently we have poster templates for 15, 16, 18, 21, and 25 slides; title and authors should be on additional slides

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15. 15 Slide Template

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17. 18 Slide Template

18. 21 Slide Template

19. 25 Slide Template

20. MS Publisher Producing a 36” X 72” Poster (continued) From the “View” menu in PowerPoint, select “Slide Sorter”

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22. MS Publisher Producing a 36” X 72” Poster (continued) Copy each slide from PowerPoint into the corresponding space in MS Publisher

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24. MS Publisher Producing a 36” X 72” Poster (continued) Type the poster title, authors, and institutions into the banner at the top of the poster ACEP Recommendations: Title: 72 point, Bold, Italicized Names of Authors: 48 point, Bold, Italicized Name of Institution(s): 36 point, Bold, Italicized

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26. MS Publisher Unique backgrounds Highlight the blue background and hit delete From the “Insert” menu in Publisher, click “Picture”…. “From file”

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28. MS Publisher Unique Background Locate the picture and click insert

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30. MS Publisher Unique Background Manually resize the picture From the “Arrange” menu click “Send to back”

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36. MS Publisher Printing a 36” X 72” Poster Ensure the correct printer is attached to the computer Use Computer B in the “Cave” From the “File” menu in MS Publisher, select “Print”

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38. MS Publisher Printing a 36” X 72” Poster Select the Design Jet 755CM(C3198B) printer from the drop-down menu

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40. MS Publisher Printing a 36” X 72” Poster (continued) Select “Properties” Select Landscape Orientation Select Paper source as 36” roll Select Application page size 36” X 18” Select “Fit to this page…” and input 72” X 36”

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42. MS Publisher Printing a 36” X 72” Poster (continued) In the Advanced tab, select “…in computer” and “Autorotate” Click “OK”

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44. MS Publisher Printing a 36” X 72” Poster (continued) In the print menu, click “OK”

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46. General Suggestions for Preparing Posters Easily read from a distance of 4 feet Organize to correspond with abstract Title Study Objectives Design Type of Participants Edit material down to essential words Use tables and lists whenever possible Interventions Measurements Results Conclusion

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