Setting Up a Poster in PowerPoint
Because PowerPoint is available to WSU students, faculty, and staff, it's one of the easiest options for creating research posters. Unless you are working with a template, though, using PowerPoint in this way requires some setup. The video below, from the Graduate School and Libraries at Illinois State University, provides a succinct guide to your initial setup.
Many of the options mentioned in the video cannot be set in online version. After setting up your poster using the desktop version of PowerPoint, you can then use the online version to collaborate with any co-authors, group members, or faculty mentors you may have.
If you are looking for additional guidance in creating your poster, there are more videos from ISU that cover populating your poster with content:
Generic WSU PowerPoint Poster Templates
These use the WSU "primary" logo by default, but school or department logos can be found at https://mac.wayne.edu/downloads under the "School, College and Division" or "Department, program and unit" headings.
4:3/Standard Poster Templates
16:9/Widescreen Poster Templates
Adapted from UNC Chapel Hill's Health Sciences Library.
School/Department-Specific PowerPoint Poster Templates
- School of Medicine Poster TemplatesPowerPoint templates in a wide range of sizes and styles, some with School of Medicine branding and some with Wayne State University.
- CLAS Poster PrintingGeneral information on poster printing services for students and faculty of CLAS.
- CLAS Poster/Flyer Request form (CLAS students and faculty onlyl)Audio Visual and Technology Center Color Poster/Flyer Request Form
- College of Engineering Design Day Poster TemplateA PowerPoint template used by the College of Engineering for their Design Day.
betterposter in PowerPoint
If you are interested in creating a poster using Mike Morrison's #betterposter model, a landscape and portrait template for use with PowerPoint is available via the Open Science Framework:
