If you have a text box with a large amount of text, you can format it into multiple columns by selecting the text box, then clicking on the dropdown menu colums icon (under Paragraph in the Home tab). You can change the postion of the text box as well as its dimensions by clicking and dragging on the text box handles. Then you can either type to add text, or you can copy and paste text from another application such as Microsoft Word. To add text, insert a text box by clicking on the Text Box icon (under Insert on the Home tab):Ĭlick and drag on the poster to add the text box. Posters are typically made up of a combination of text, graphics (lines, shapes, diagrams, charts), and images. Here is the way the work area looks without the thumbnails and notes window panes: You can do this by dragging the handles on the edges of these areas to the left and to the bottom, as shown below. To make your workspace less cluttered, you may want to remove the slide thumbnails and a notes panes from your document window. Click OK if you know you will be printing it on large format printer that can print at your desired size. If you are not currently connected to a large format printer, the following dialog box may appear. For example, if you set the size at 20" X 40" and print the poster at 200%, it will end up being 40" X 80". If your poster is larger than that, create the poster at half size. NOTE: Powerpoint will only accept sizes up to 56 X 56 inches. In the Page Setup dialog, enter the dimensions of your poster. Next set your poster size by clicking on the Themes tab, then click on "Page Setup" Slide Size" and choose "Page Setup.". (You can also delete them by selecting them (click and drag over the them with the mouse cursor) and pressing the delete key. This will remove the "Title" and "Subtitle" text boxes on the slide, with you probably don't need to use. Then click on the Slides Layout drop-down menu and then click on the "Blank" thumbnail. Above the toolbar is a row of tabs (Home, Themes, Tables, Charts, etc.)Ĭlick the Home tab. By default, it shows text entry boxes for a title slide.Ībove the document window, a formatting toolbar or "ribbon" appears.
Or you can go to the File menu and choose "New Presentation" or "Open.".Ī new Powerpoint document appears. Or if you are editing a presentation you previously created you can click on its name in the "Recent Presentations" at the bottom of the left-hand column of the window.Īlternatively, you can click "Cancel" and a new, blank presentation will appear. In most cases (unless you have previously created a template you want to use), choose to create a new presentation with a white background by clicking the "White" thumbnail in the list of themes. The "Powerpoint Presentation Gallery" appears. Launch PowerpointĬlick on its icon in the dock, or double-click on the "Microsoft Powerpoint.app" in the Applications folder on your Macintosh. The following are steps and techniques to get you started creating your poster in Powerpoint. Screenshots from the 2011 version may differ slightly from the 2016 version but the features work the same way. PowerPoint 2016 includes a few new features. Features unique to 2016 are identified below by the highlighted text New for 2016. NOTE: PowerPoint for Macintosh versions 2016 and 2011 are very similar. When you create a poster with Powerpoint, you are creating the poster on only ONE slide (a very large slide). But it can also be used to create a poster. Microsoft Powerpoint was originally designed for created slide presentations, not posters. Triangle & Physical Education Magazines.Springfield College Digital Collections.
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