Creating a Poster in Microsoft PowerPoint

This handout will guide you through setting up a poster in PowerPoint, inserting text and images, and preparing the poster for printing. A poster created in PowerPoint usually consists of a single slide. Launch Microsoft PowerPoint. PowerPoint will automatically open a blank presentation. To resize the slide, select Page Setup from the File menu. In the dialog box that pops up, select Custom under Slides sized for: Then enter the width and height of your poster, in inches. PowerPoint will automatically set portrait or landscape orientation based on the measurements you enter. [via]

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