Making Posters Using Word
You'll Have a 3 Foot Wide by 4 Foot Tall Space:
Use it Wisely!!
- Set your margins
(Choose Page Setup from the File Menu,then go to Margins).
- Top/Bottom = .25"
- Left = .29" (.4)
- Right = 1.75" (1.61)
(*Note: the right margins are off-center so you can trim off 1.5"
from the right side. This will give you perfect 1" margins on your poster)
Do NOT number pages
- Title - use [we
suggest, but you can pick your font (NOT courier new)] Something from the
Sans family, Bold, 96 Point
- Name - Same as
above (or font of choice), Bold, 64 Point
(*Note: you
will have to play with the font sizes [Point Size], until you can fit your
title and name on one (1) legal landscape page.)
When working on the
title and name poster, change your paper orientation to landscape (on the
Paper Size menu under Page Setup).
- Headings - some
Sans (or font of choice), Bold, 28 Point
- Text - same as
above (or font of choice), 24 Point - Do NOT use Bold
- Double space after
headings (OPTIONAL - See how it looks)
- Double space between
paragraphs and do not tab the first sentence of a new paragraph
- SAVE A TREE!!
Preview your document BEFORE printing (go to Page Layout View,
then choose "whole page" or
29% from Zoom Control).
WHEN PRINTING
ON LEGAL PAPER:
1. Before typing
anything else in your document - change to
legal paper:
- Go to Page Setup,
then select the Paper Size menu
- Chose Legal
- If you want to
print sideways on the page, chose Landscape under "Orientation."
2. When you are printing
your "legal" page(s), DO NOT PUT
THE LEGAL PAPER UNTIL THE PRINTER ASKS FOR
IT!! (Look in the message window on the top right hand
corner!)