How to make a Technical Poster The Practical

How to make a Technical Poster The Practical Side Janelle Yong CMPE 185

Setting up a poster manually through MS Powerpoint • Page Setup > • Text Boxes – Columns: – Title: 48”w x 36” h 9” 45” • Margins: recommend 1. 5” • Position – Horizontal: 1. 5” – Vertical: 1. 5” • View: Gridlines From: Top Left Corner

Fonts GOOD BAD Arial Comic Sans Calibri Century Gothic Garamond Times New Roman

Font Sizes 72 pt = 1 inch TALL Title: 85 Author Name: 56 Affiliation: 50 Section Title: 36 Body: 30 References: 30 Acknowledgements: 30 Captions: 22

Plot(x, y, . . . 'Line. Width', 4, . . . % line color default, width 4 'o’, . . . % add circle marker 'Marker. Edge. Color', 'k', . . . % edge color black 'Marker. Face. Color', 'r', . . . % face color red ‘Marker. Size’, 7) % change marker size grid on ylim([min max]) ylabel(‘Y label’) title(‘Title’) % change y-limits

Captions Figure 1: Very detailed description of the figure. Typically goes below the figure. [1] • Ways to cite references: [1], superscript 1 • Font Size: 22 Text Box > Drawing Tools > Size (Same width as figure)

Raster vs. Vector Raster: . jpg, . bmp, . gif, . png, . raw Vector: . eps, . pdf http: //www. webcoursesbangkok. com/blo

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.