Each file includes two pages:
- the poster for your presentation
- the clip board with different style elements for copy & paste
2. Change the default language if necessary
The default language of the presentation is U.K. English. To change the language, select “Tools” > “Language”. Select your language and choose “Default”.
3. Edit the poster header
Click on the header to add the title (59 pt). Replace “Author Name Institute” by the authors’ details.
If you want to use partner logos, for example the DESY logo, please place them in the footer area from right to left.
4. Get familiar with the clip board
To compose your poster, we propose to use the elements of the clip board that we have added to the template for your convenience.
Copy a box of the clip board and paste it into your poster. Then you can change the height or the width (or both) of the box (including its background) by selecting the box and dragging an edge of the box frame. Concerning the box with the violet corners, you have to copy all the corners together with the text box to paste them into your poster. It is not possible to change the height or the width of the box as described above, the form of the corners would be changed. You can change the text box alone but the corners have to be located afterwards one by one.
The default colour scheme for text, lines and fills is: White n Violet n Grey n Black n Violet n Orange n Violet n Orange
Tips & tricks
Making use of the grid and guidelines
The grid and the guidelines are helpful to position your text blocks and images exactly. To change them, use the menu entry “View” > “Grids and Guides”.
Printing
You can print the poster directly from MS PowerPoint: File > Print.
Select the printer and the paper size. Select “Scale to fit paper” when you want to print it on DIN-A 4 using a DIN-A 4 printer.
Creating a DIN-A4 PDF file using PDFCreator (NetInstall)
Use the print menu: File > Print and select the Printer ‘”PDFCreator”.
Select “Scale to fit paper”, press the “Properties” button > Layout > Advanced and select the paper size A4.
