Poster Printing

If you’re a beginner designer, we recommend using PowerPoint to create your own poster. For simple poster artwork, follow these steps:

Creating Your Page Layout
To prepare your page for printing, do the following:

1. Open PowerPoint and select the Blank Presentation option.
2. Navigate to Design > Slide Size > Custom Slide Dimensions
3. Enter the width and height of the poster size you want to use.
4. To account for bleed, add 6mm (0.6cm) to both the width and height.

Adding Borders

1. Navigate to Insert > Shapes.
2. Choose a rectangle from the drop-down menu.
3. Draw a shape in the area where you want your border to be.
4. Navigate to Format > Shape Fill and select No Fill.
5. Navigate to Format > To personalise your border, use the Shape Outline tool.
6. Select Send to Back from the menu that appears when you right-click your border.

Image Insertion and Placement

1. Go to Insert > Pictures.
2. Select the images from your computer that you want to include in your design.
3. To insert an image into a document, double-click it or click Insert.
4. Drag the image’s edges to resize and rotate it.
5. Drag your image into position.

Textbox Insertion and Placement

Text boxes are frequently present on blank slides. To make your own:

1. Select Insert > Text Box from the menu.
2. Create a textbox by dragging your mouse across the screen.
3. Enter your text into the box
4. Drag the corners to resize and rotate the image.
5. Drag the text box to the desired location.

Because it is familiar and simple to use, Word is a popular tool for beginners. Here’s how to make a poster in Word:

Creating Your Page Layout
Here’s how to change the size of your document:

1. Navigate to Layout > Page Setup.
2. To account for the safety zone, increase all margins by 3mm.
3. Navigate to Size and select your poster size.
4. To account for bleed, increase the height and width by 6mm.

Including Borders
To add a border to your artwork, do the following:

1. Page Borders can be found under Design > Page Borders.
2. Customize your border by selecting the desired options from the Setting, Style, Color, Width, and Art menus.
3. You can also change the background of your page by going to Design > Page Color.

Image Insertion and Placement
To incorporate images into your poster design, follow these steps:

Select Insert > Pictures.
Select an image from your computer and press the Insert button.
If your image is hidden behind text or other images, right-click it and choose Bring to Front > Bring Forward to fix it.
To resize the image, drag its edges.
To make text wrap around an image, right-click and select Wrap Text, then select the desired option.

Textbox Insertion and Placement
Using Word to create a textbox gives you more control over where you place text. Here’s how to put them in and where to put them:

1. Select Insert > Text Box from the menu.
2. Click and drag your mouse to create your textbox.
3. Enter text into the text box
4. To resize, drag the corners.
5. Drag the text box to the desired location.

Photoshop, the photo editing software from Adobe, is a little more difficult to use if you are not a designer. It can, however, assist you in creating a more professional-looking design. Here’s how it’s done:

Making Your Page Layout is a Simple Process

1. Produce a new document with the exact dimensions of your poster size in mind.
2. Change the colour mode to CMYK and the resolution to 300 pixels per inch.
3. Click on the Okay button.
4. The bleed area can be found by pressing Ctrl + U on your keyboard and dragging the lines that appear 3mm from the edge of your document on all sides

Changing the Color of the Background

1. In the Layers panel, select the Background layer to work with.
2. Select Edit > Fill from the drop-down menu.
3. Fill the background with a colour you choose from the Color Picker by selecting it from the Color Picker.

The process of inserting and positioning images

1. Select File > Open from the menu bar.
2. Select an image by clicking Open > Enter, and then position it using the Move tool to complete the process.
3. To resize an image, go to Layers and select the layer that contains the image.
4. Select Edit > Free Transform from the menu bar and adjust the size by dragging the corner handle handles.
5. If you want high-quality printing, make sure all of your images have a resolution of at least 300dpi.

Textboxes are added and placed in the document.

1. To use the Text tool (which looks like a T), go to the toolbar and select it.
2. Create a textbox by clicking and dragging it onto the screen, then begin typing.
3. Text size and font can be selected from the drop-down menu at the top of the page.
4. Keep your finger on the Text tool to access additional options.

A large number of people are familiar with Microsoft Office, which makes Publisher an excellent tool for beginning designers. In order to create a poster in Publisher, follow the steps below:

Making Your Page Layout is a Simple Process
To create your poster layout, follow these steps:

1. Publisher should be launched.
2. More information can be found by clicking here. Sizes of Blank Pages > Create a new page size for your website.
3. Add 6mm to the width and height of the poster size you want to create, as well as the width and height of the poster itself.
4. To account for the safety zone, set each margin at 6mm on each side.
5. To proceed, click OK.

Borders can be added.
You can use borders to draw attention to your images and textboxes by doing the following:

1. Formatting the textbox by selecting Format Text Box from the context menu of the right-clicked image
2. Select the type of border that you want.
3. To change the colour of the box, select Fill from the drop-down menu.

Adding a border to your poster is also an option.

1. Select Shapes from the drop-down menu, and then select a rectangle.
2. Create a border around your image by clicking and dragging your mouse along the screen (make sure it stays in your safety zone)
3. Select Send Backward from the drop-down menu after clicking on the rectangle. In the Format tab, select Send to Back.
4. Shape Fill is selected from the drop-down menu. There will be no fill.

Inserting Photographs
To include an image in your poster design on Publisher, follow these steps:

1. Select Insert > Pictures from the drop-down menu.
2. Select the image from your computer and press the Insert button.
3. Drag your image to the desired location by clicking on it and dragging it.
4. Drag the corners of the image to resize it.
5. When you right click and select Wrap Text, the text will be wrapped around the image.