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• When you are ready for printing
• Place this document onto a floppy diskette or
  Zip disk and bring it to CIAT.
• With guidance from the CIAT staff, faculty may
  use the Faculty Lab computers to print the poster
  while they wait. If there are print errors the
  job can be left with our multimedia production
  staff. We will work on the problem and call you
  when the poster is ready (this process may take
  up to one week, please build this time into your
  schedule).
• You may also drop off the completed template
  with Multimedia Services for printing. Turn
  around time is one week on drop off printing.
• When you come to pick up your print we suggest
  that you bring a cardboard tube at least 3 in
  diameter and 26 long to protect the prints.
• For assistance, please call Multimedia Services
  at 410-704-3546.

• Guide for use of this template
• The template is created at 50 of the final
  size. When you are making layout choices multiply
  by two to estimate a final size (32 point text
  64 point text, 6 by 6 graphic will be 1 by
  1).
• Use less then three fonts and less then three
  colors in your poster. Use of more can make the
  poster difficult to read.
• Please do not add a color to the background. Use
  of a color in the background dramatically
  increases how much ink is required to produce the
  poster on our printer. It also increases the
  chance of tonal changes in the background over
  the two eight foot lengths of paper.
• To preview how the poster will look when printed
  Switch to slide sorter view under the view menu.
  Page one and two will appear stacked.

Towson, MD
Type the Title for Your Presentation Here
Dr. Hypothetical PersonCollege of (your
college)Department of (your department)
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• Supporting graphics can be added to the poster
  by selecting Insert\Picture\From File. And
  choosing the image file you would like to add.
• If you are adding a photographs or other type of
  raster image scan the image resolution between
  150 and 200 DPI at 100 percents of the final
  print size. Resolutions below may appear blurry
  or pixelized. Images higher in resolution may
  corrupt the document during printing.
• Iconographic images may be helpful in orienting
  your audience to your posters message. If clip
  art is available on your PC you can add images
  from the clip art gallery by selecting
  Insert\Picture\Clip Art.
• The most common suggestion made by poster
  session organizers is to distill the information
  on the poster session to the most concentrated
  amount. Provide details in handouts. Some of the
  most visually successful posters have had less
  then 20 phrase based bullets with two or three
  supporting images or graphs.

• Suggested Font Sizes
• Main title 60 point in template, 120 point in
  print
• Credit line 32 point in template, 64 point in
  print
• Section Headers 48 point in template, 96 point
  in print
• Body Text 30 point in template, 60 point in
  print

This presentation was produced in cooperation
with the Center for Instructional Advancement and
Technologys Multimedia Services at Towson
University. www.towson.edu/ciat