1. How to make a poster in powerpoint
Advanced Academic Services
Klein ISD

2. STEP 1 Open Powerpoint Select Design Menu Select Page Set Up
Select “Custom” in Slides sized for:
Change the width to 54”
Change the Height to 36”
Click on Landscape
Click OK

3. STEP 2 Click on the title box, type in title (TPSP Sample Poster)
Delete Subtitle Box

4. STEP 3 Open existing powerpoint
Right click on title slide, located on left slide menu
Select Copy

5. Toggle back to Poster Presentation, select “Paste Special” under Paste
Click on Microsoft Office PowerPoint Object (First choice)
Click OK
Cut and paste whole slides or specific text and/or clipart into your new Poster Presentation to create your poster.
STEP 4a

6. Resize object by “grabbing” corner handles
STEP 4b

7. STEP 5
Continue with the rest of the slides to make your presentation poster
Important: Remember to think about balancing the amount of white space, aesthetic appeal of text and picture, and the big ideas you want to communicate from your research when creating your poster!

8. STEP 6
As you are pasting, you can make all your slides the same size by:
Right click slide
Choose Format Object
Choose the size tab
In this case, the first slide was:
Height 12.44” and Width: 16.59”

9. STEP 7
You can move the objects around and design your own layouts

10. Additional Samples: