Poster -- three by four foot poster: vertical format

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Poster -- three by four foot poster vertical
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Author Number One, MD, PhD1 Author Number Two,
MD2 Author Number Three, MD2 Author Number
Four, MD2
1Department of Medicine, Georgetown University
Hospital, Washington, DC 2Georgetown University
Medical Center, Washington, DC
Georgetown University
Abstract
Results (continued)
A roll-up poster is a single large sheet
displayed at a scientific conference, which
communicates your research. The poster is usually
organized into sections. Sometimes it is helpful
to sketch out on paper how your poster content is
to be organized. If you are not following the
standard 'Abstract, Introduction, Methods,
Results, Discussion, Conclusion' presentation,
make sure you chunk up" your content into
organized sections. A poster converted from a
20-slide PowerPoint presentation will look like
20 slides on paper. But grouping similar slides
under common headings will make the content more
appealing and easier to read. Consider using
shaded rectangles, outlined rectangles, or
prominent headings to let the viewer know which
information is related. Try organizing your
content in 3 to 5 columns to begin with. These
columns will probably need to be adjusted once
all your content is brought in.
Fig. 1(A-C). Make sure figure legends have enough
detail to fully describe what is being shown. A)
Legend font sizes could be slightly smaller or in
a different font than the main poster text. B)
Keep in mind they must be read from 6 feet away
and your figures are very import to support the
rest of the content of your poster. C) Another
way to differentiate legend from main content is
to make the legend text a different color.
C
Introduction
Font Issues The type size for your poster content
should be at least 24 point, (or 12 point type if
the poster is to be scaled up 200). You could go
as high as 36 to 44 point if you have lots of
room. Average is about 30 point. Its helpful to
add a line spacing of 1.25 to the text as well.
Titles should be largearound 100 point type.
Youll want your poster to be readable from about
6 feet away. Usually a non-serif typeface, like
Arial, or Arial Narrow, is best. Weve found it
to be more legible than Times New Roman and often
looks cleaner. If you are required to include
an Abstract, you may wish to make the text in the
Abstract boldface, or larger than the other text
in your poster. The width of text boxes should
be approximately 40 characters (on average 10-14
words per line). Then again, rules are made to be
brokenoccasionally.
Figures Figures imported into PowerPoint should
be in TIFF or JPEG format and should be of
adequate resolution for printing. Files taken
from a website are usually too low in resolution
and will likely appear fuzzy or pixellated. To
properly import a file, in the Menu bar at the
top of PowerPoint, select Insert gt Picture gt From
File.
Fig. 2. Figure legends could also be placed to
the right of figures. This is helpful when you
have a vertical-oriented figure such as the one
to the left.
Methods
Poster Dimensions Usually your meeting website
will provide you with the dimensions of your
display area so that you can design your poster
to an appropriate size. Standard poster sizes are
4' x 6, 3' x 5', or 36" x 56". Make note if your
poster space is vertical or horizontal!
PowerPoint has a page-size limitation of 56
inches. If you want your poster to be over 56
inches, consider setting up your page to be half
of the final size (we will scale it up 200 when
we print it). For a 3' x 5' poster, then, you
could set PowerPoint's Page Setup to 18 inches by
30 inches.
Discussion
Copy/Paste Text can be copied from another
PowerPoint file (or another application like
Word) and pasted into your poster layout. Likely
it will have to be reformatted to fit your
poster. Images and tables may be copied and
pasted from other Microsoft applications. In most
cases though, it is best to import photos and
figures properly using the INSERT menu.
Results
Roll up posters are not particularly difficult to
create in PowerPoint. They just take a knowledge
of the softwares features and limitations and an
awareness of design and content organization. We
hope you find this template useful when designing
your own posters. For more information please
visit our web page at this link PowerPoint
templates.
Layout The overall layout for each section of
this template will probably need to be modified,
depending on the amount of content in each
section and the size and number of charts,
figures, and photographs. You might prefer a
single, large column in the middle to accommodate
a large amount of content. Logos The logos in
the banner of this file are low-resolution and
are only meant to give an idea of how they could
be used. We have high-resolution files in our
department that we can swap out when you bring
your poster to us for printing. We have a limited
collection of logos of other Georgetown
departments as well. Just let us know if you want
us to replace logos with our high-resolution
ones.
Conclusions
The Conclusion(s) should be prominent. The text
in conclusions could be larger than the bulk of
the content in your poster to draw attention to
it. It may also be set off in with a colored
background.
A Word about Using Text Boxes in PowerPoint A
text box is a paragraph or a series of
'connected' paragraphs in PowerPoint. When you
select a text box by clicking on it, a hatched
bounding box appears around it. Text boxes can be
filled with a color and stroked with an outline,
if you wish. If you double-click directly on the
bounding box of a text box once after its been
selected, a pop-up with six tabs will appear.
References
This pop-up will allow you to tweak a number of
formatting features in the text box. Some of
these include line and fill colors, size and
position. A particularly helpful option is within
the 'Text Box' tab. In this tab you can adjust
the margins of the box (the space between the
bounding box and the paragraph). This is helpful
when you are outlining and filling the box.
Using Guidelines Using guidelines is a helpful
way to assure that text boxes, figures, etc. are
lined up properly. To make sure your guidelines
are viewable, in the Menu Bar at the top, select
View gt Grid and Guides gt then make sure Display
Drawing Guides on Screen has a check next to it.
Once guidelines appear, you can add more by
placing your mouse on an existing guideline,
holding down the Control key (PC) and dragging. A
new guideline will appear. Unfortunately
PowerPoint limits the number of guidelines you
can make.

1. References can usually be printed in a smaller
   typesize. These references are in 10 point.
   Usually they are numbered and keyed to references
   in the content of the poster.
2. References can usually be printed in a smaller
   typesize. These references are in 10 point.
3. References can usually be printed in a smaller
   typesize. These references are in 10 point.
4. References can usually be printed in a smaller
   typesize. These references are in 10 point.

Acknowledgments