Poster Instructions |Developing Scholars Program | Kansas State University | Farrell J. Webb, PhD 3
have in your poster. Once you are certain that this is what you want, you can began to build your
presentation poster. There are three simple steps to inserting the slides, they are:
While in the PowerPoint presentation that you have created select the slide that you
would like to place into the Poster Presentation. (Hint—do not insert the Title Slide—
that is something to be constructed later).
Select the SAVE AS feature from the FILE menu.
Select the place where you would like to place the image (the slide you are now using),
and enter a file name. I think it is a good idea to Name the slides with a short name and
number, e.g., Dairy#1 or Bloodraw#5 or Movies#14. In this way you know exact what
place the slide holds and you know the slides are all related to your presentation about
Dairy, Blood, or Movies.
When saving the files you must save the slides as a JPEG (JPEG File Interchange
Format) in the SAVE AS TYPE dropdown box.
PowerPoint will ask you if you want to export every slide in your presentation or just the
current slide. You must select CURRENT SLIDE ONLY.
You may now insert that slide into the presentation by selecting the INSERT Tab and then using
the PICTURE Item. Find the slide e.g., Movies #14 and place it on your current large slide.
You are able to insert any object from another Microsoft product into your presentation, for
example an Excel Chart. For that matter, anything that you can turn into an object can be
inserted use the PASTE command or PASTE SPECIAL command. I recommend that you turn
the pasted objects into the jpeg or gif format.
Objects that have been pasted into a slide can be arranged in any way you would like just as you
would in any slide. To layer objects right click on the object and select ORDER and then
BRING FORWARD or SEND BACKWARD as you see fit to do.
Changing the Background Color
You can select any background that you would like from the FORMAT BACKGROUND
found in the BACKGROUND STYLES menu on the DESIGN tab.
Final Note
You can always change things in your presentation poster before printing. If there is an error in
a printed poster you must correct it and reprint the poster at great expense. You can see that is
important to make sure that the poster is in a final form before printing. My advice is to Check
it, check it again, wait a day and then check it again. I find that usually works. Good luck and
have fun.