Creating a Poster in PowerPoint

What is this page about?

Below are videos and written instructions to help you create a poster (using PowerPoint) for the Celebration of Student Writing. We’ve organized them into three stages:

  1. deciding what to make,
  2. how to make it, and
  3. layout and troubleshooting.

What to do now:

  1. Figure out what action you want to do: for example, “Choosing a Poster Style” or “Insert and Format a Photo”
  2. Decide whether you want written instructions or a video (we have links for both, in most cases)
  3. Choose your operating system (as you can see below, we have both Mac and PC links, in most cases)
  4. Click on the desired link

Stage 1: Deciding What to Make (all of these are links to PDFs unless otherwise specified)

Stage 2: How to Make It Video Tutorials Written Instructions (PDF format)
Step 1: Create a New PowerPoint MAC PC MAC PC
Step 2: Customize Your Poster’s Size MAC PC MAC PC
Step 3: Format Your Poster’s Background MAC PC MAC PC
Step 4: Insert and Format a Text Box MAC PC MAC PC
Step 5:  Insert and Format a Photo (NOTE: we highly recommend “working with photos,” too) MAC PC MAC PC
Step 6: Insert and Format a Chart MAC PC MAC PC
Step 7: Save Your Poster as PDF and Print It at EMU MAC PC MAC PC

 

Stage 3: Layout and Troubleshooting Video Tutorials Written Instructions (PDF format)
Arranging Poster Elements MAC PC MAC PC
Aligning Poster Elements MAC PC MAC PC
Distributing Poster Elements MAC PC MAC PC
Grouping Poster Elements MAC PC MAC PC