Poster Presentations

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	THE NON-DESIGNER’S GUIDE TO RESEARCH POSTERS


	These tutorials are for those who need to create a scientific research poster presentation, have limited design and/or PowerPoint skills and want to to create a professional-looking poster presentation as fast as possible. In these tutorials you will find a compilation of videos showing step-by-step answers to the most common questions regarding the research poster making process. In addition, if you cannot find an answer to your question here, you can post your question to our online support group and we will respond promptly. The link to our support group is: http://groups.google.com/group/posterpresentations

		Before you begin
		Fast Forward-The research poster creation process A quick overview of the whole poster design process from beginning to end, so you can get a sense of what lies ahead.
		Poster Sizes - What size should the poster be? Help deciding what size to make your poster presentation.
		Poster Templates - How to download your template A simple demonstration of how to download your research poster template from this website.
		Creating a rough draft document How to prepare and organize your research before you import it in your poster presentation, if your poster content exists in another document.

		Working on your poster presentation - The basics
		The title bar A demonstration of how to add your own title and institutional logo to your poster.
		Section headers and text blocks How to organize your poster’s section headers and how to create text blocks for your content.
		Pictures and captions How to add pictures and captions to your presentation.
		Adding a chart to your poster How to transfer a chart from another document to your poster presentation.
		How to import a table How to copy and paste a table from another document to your poster.
		Organization charts How to add and change an organization chart in your poster.
		Pie charts How to add and change a pie chart to your poster.
		Bar charts How to add and modify a bar chart to your poster.
		Text and bullets How to copy, paste and add bullets to your text.

		Working on your poster presentation - Beyond the basics
		The template column configuration How to modify the template columns.
		The color scheme of the poster How to change the poster background color, the title bar and header colors.