Using PowerPoint to design Academic Poster

Using to Design

Academic Poster HANIFFA BEEVI BT ABD JALEEL

Objective

At the end of the workshop, you should be able to:

• design academic posters using PowerPoint;

• apply poster designing tips to make visually attractive academic posters.

Who is your audience?

Novice

Intermediate

Experts

Let’s start !

Decide the poster SIZE and

ORIENTATION Paper Height

(cm)

Width

(cm)

A0 118.9 84.1

A1 84.1 59.4

A2 59.4 42.0

A3 42.0 29.7

A4 29.7 21.0

A5 21.0 14.0

PAGE SIZE AND ORIENTATION 1

1

2

Design layout & content

1

2

LAYOUT AND CONTENT2

Leaving breathing

space between column.

4 cm around inside edge

3 cm in between column

Your poster title : 85 pt

Author: 56ptSub-headings: 36ptBody text: 24ptCaption: 18pt

Title need to be

BIG GRAB

ATTENTION

FONT SELECTION3

Don’t put conclusion on

the floor.

In 30 second, the viewers decide whether your content is worthy for further exploration or not.

Conclusion first!

• Put the most important part first.

• Short and to the point.

• Highlight it !

High Contrast

BADExample

GOODExample

Use sans serif fonts: these fonts are more legible than serif fonts from a distance.

Example:

ArialCalibri Impact

Verdana

Using Serif fonts

Using San Serif fonts

More easy to read

from far.

Left-aligned your text. Reason;

vs.

Left-aligned Justified

Create large gaps between some words and make it difficult to read.

Left-aligned

Justified

Create large gaps between some words and make it difficult to read.

Your poster should have roughly:

CONTENT

GRAPHICS

TEXT

SPACE

Use PNG image instead of JPEG

REASON

PNG

JPEG

JPEG

PNG

• Keep the number of colours to minimum.• 2-3 colours, no more!

How to choose RIGHT colour for

your poster?

Guidelines to choose colours:

1. Use colours from your school or organizations logo.

2. Choose an image or graph from your poster.

3. Use an online resource likehttp://www.colourlovers.com/palettes/

http://www.colourlovers.com/palettes/

Million of colourpalettes

available here

Let’s judge some designs

Finally !!

Where do I

begin?

Bad contrast

Good Design

Perfect

Reference

http://www.cns.cornell.edu/documents/ScientificPosters.pdf

http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/posters.html

http://colinpurrington.com/tips/academic/posterdesign

http://www.stir.ac.uk/media/schools/is/documents/CreatingAcademicPostersUsingPowerPoint.pdf

http://www.makesigns.com/tutorials/images-graphs-colors.aspx

http://www.colourlovers.com/palettes/

http://www.ncsu.edu/project/posters/