Do you need to create striking graphics for company newsletters, blog posts, posters, training materials, and so on?
A nice way to do this is with one of the burst or star shapes. Here you see an example.
This is easy to create: [Read more…]
How to create a poster in PowerPoint 2007 & PowerPoint 2010
Do you create posters for personal or business use? Many people use Microsoft Word for this purpose, but PowerPoint offers more graphic features and greater flexibility in placing your text and images. Let’s create a couple of posters in PowerPoint 2007 or 2010.
Note: At the end of this blog post, I give you a resource for downloading existing PowerPoint poster templates. I also offer a free download of templates for the 2 posters I created for this post.
Set the page size
The default slide size is 10 inches wide by 7-1/2 inches high (at least in the United States). That won’t work for your poster, so you need to change the Page Setup setting. Also, most posters use a portrait orientation (higher than they are wide), but the default slide size is landscape. Follow these steps:
- In PowerPoint 2007 or PowerPoint 2010, click the Design tab. In the Page Setup group on the left, click Page Setup. The Page Setup dialog box opens.
- From the Slides Sized For drop-down list, choose the size of the paper you’ll use to print the poster.
- In the Orientation section, choose Portrait for the slides, as you see here.
- Click OK to close the dialog box.
Your slide now looks very different from it’s typical shape and size! But now it looks more like it’s ready to be a poster.
