The document provides step-by-step instructions on how to create a poster using Microsoft PowerPoint, covering aspects like setting up the slide, adding background images, inserting text, and saving the poster in image format. Users are encouraged to choose readable fonts and can find images on websites like Pixabay, Freepik, or Flickr. Finally, it details the process of saving the poster as a PNG file.

1. How to
Create a
Poster in
MS PowerPoint
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2. Open MS PowerPoint
in your computer
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Note: You can use any version of MS PowerPoint that you have.

3. This will appear
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4. To set up the slide,
click on Design
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5. Click on Page Setup
button
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6. This will pop up, click
on drop down arrow
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7. Choose slide size
Letter Paper (8.5x11 in)
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8. Click on OK button
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9. This will appear
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Now look for a
background
image for your
poster

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For free
photos/ images
you can go to
these websites

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pixabay.com
or
www.freepik.com
or
www.flickr.com

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Download the
image from the
website to your
computer

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Let’s add
an image
to your
slide

15. Click on Insert button
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16. Click on Picture
button
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17. Choose the Image
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18. Click on Insert button
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19. This will appear
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20. Drag the image to
cover the entire slide
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21. This is how it looks
like
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Now let’s
add text
on the
slide

23. Click on Text Box
button
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24. Start writing your
text here
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25. To change the font,
highlight the text
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26. Click any buttons on
the toolbar to choose
your font design
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Always choose
a readable
font for your
poster

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How to save
your poster
in image
format?

29. Click on this portion
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30. Hover your mouse on
Save As
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31. Click on Other
Formats
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32. This appears
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33. Choose where to save
your image here
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34. Enter your File
Name
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35. Click the drop down
arrow to choose the
File Type
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36. Select the PNG
format
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37. Click on Save
button
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Good job!
You have
now created

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your poster
in MS
PowerPoint
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40. Everything you
want is just
outside your
comfort zone.
– Robert Allen