Setting up an 11x17 Poster Using Microsoft Powerpoint
Large Format Printing (LFP)
Using Microsoft PowerPoint
(images from Microsoft Office 2004 running on Mac OS X)
1. Launch Microsoft PowerPoint and choose New Presentation from the File menu.
2. Decide if your poster will use Landscape orientation (wider than tall) or Portrait orientation (taller than wide) and then choose Page Setup… from the File menu.
Landscape Orientation: In the Size section enter 16 for the width and 10 for the height. This will format your poster for 17” wide x 11” high paper size.
Portrait Orientation: In the Size section enter 10 for the width and 16 for the height. This will format your poster for 11” wide x 17” high paper size.
Portrait Orientation
Landscape Orientaion
3. IMPORTANT! Press OK in the Page Setup dialog box. A dialog box will appear alerting you that the current page size exceeds the printable area of the paper. Make sure and choose OK, and NOT the default choice of Fix. Choosing Fix will cause your poster to be sized for 8.5 x 11 paper and not for the large format paper.
4. You may now begin authoring your poster.
Embedding Video in Microsoft PowerPoint on Mac OS X
Microsoft Office 2007
Embedding Video in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 on a Macintosh Computer
Using a compressed video
1. First create a folder and place the movie you want to add to the PowerPoint inside the folder.
NOTE: If you want to be able to play this video in PowerPoint on a Windows computer, use a compression type such as wmv.
2. Save your PowerPoint to the same location of the movie.
3. To embed a compressed video clip in Microsoft PowerPoint, go to Insert -> Movie, and then navigate to the folder that contains the movie. Once you highlighted the movie you want, click the Choose button.
4. PowerPoint will ask you if you want the video clip to play When Clicked or Automatically. Chose your desired setting by clicking on either button.
5. To change the size of the video hover over one of the corners until a diagonal double-sided arrow appears, then click and drag the video to a desired size.
6. To change the location hover over one of the sides of the video until a four arrow cross appears, now click and hold down the mouse while dragging to a desired location.
7. To view your PowerPoint video click the Slide Show button.
8. Save the PowerPoint and Copy the folder with the video and PowerPoint to the location you want to store it (i.e. SSS, USB Drive, etc.)
NOTE: Not all computers have the same specifications; so make sure you are using a compressed file type that will work on the computer you will be presenting.
Embedding Video in Microsoft PowerPoint on Windows XP
Microsoft Office 2007
Embedding Video in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 on a Windows XP Computer
Using a compressed video
1. First create a folder and place the movie you want to add to the PowerPoint inside the folder.
NOTE: If you want to be able to play this video on another computer, make sure the file type you are using is supported.
2. Save your PowerPoint to the same location of the movie.
3. To embed a compressed video clip in Microsoft PowerPoint, go to the Insert tab, click Movie-> Movie from File, and then navigate to the folder that contains the movie. Once you highlighted the movie you want, click the OK button.
4. PowerPoint will ask you if you want the video clip to play When Clicked or Automatically. Chose you desired setting by clicking on either button.
5. To change the size of the video hover over one of the corners until a diagonal double-sided arrow appears, now click and drag the video to a desired size.
6. To change the location hover over one of the sides of the video until a four arrow cross appears, now click and hold down the mouse while dragging to a desired location.
7. To view your PowerPoint video click the View Tab and click the Slide Show button.
8. Save the PowerPoint and Copy the folder with the video and PowerPoint to the location you want
to store it (i.e. SSS, USB Drive, etc.)
NOTE: Not all computers have the same specifications; so make sure you are using a compressed file type that will work on the computer you will be presenting.
Embedding Video in Microsoft PowerPoint on Mac OS X
Microsoft Powerpoint
Embedding Video in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 on a Macintosh Computer
Using a compressed video
1. First create a folder and place the movie you want to add to the PowerPoint inside the folder.
NOTE: If you want to be able to play this video in PowerPoint on a Windows computer, use a compression type such as wmv.
2. Save your PowerPoint to the same location of the movie.
3. To embed a compressed video clip in Microsoft PowerPoint, go to Insert -> Movie, and then navigate to the folder that contains the movie. Once you highlighted the movie you want, click the Choose button.
4. PowerPoint will ask you if you want the video clip to play When Clicked or Automatically. Chose your desired setting by clicking on either button.
5. To change the size of the video hover over one of the corners until a diagonal double-sided arrow appears, then click and drag the video to a desired size.
6. To change the location hover over one of the sides of the video until a four arrow cross appears, now click and hold down the mouse while dragging to a desired location.
7. To view your PowerPoint video click the Slide Show button.
8. Save the PowerPoint and Copy the folder with the video and PowerPoint to the location you want to store it (i.e. SSS, USB Drive, etc.)
NOTE: Not all computers have the same specifications; so make sure you are using a compressed file type that will work on the computer you will be presenting.
Embedding Video in Microsoft PowerPoint on Windows XP
Microsoft Powerpoint
Embedding Video in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 on a Windows XP Computer
Using a compressed video
1. First create a folder and place the movie you want to add to the PowerPoint inside the folder.
NOTE: If you want to be able to play this video on another computer, make sure the file type you are using is supported.
2. Save your PowerPoint to the same location of the movie.
3. To embed a compressed video clip in Microsoft PowerPoint, go to the Insert tab, click Movie-> Movie from File, and then navigate to the folder that contains the movie. Once you highlighted the movie you want, click the OK button.
4. PowerPoint will ask you if you want the video clip to play When Clicked or Automatically. Chose you desired setting by clicking on either button.
5. To change the size of the video hover over one of the corners until a diagonal double-sided arrow appears, now click and drag the video to a desired size.
6. To change the location hover over one of the sides of the video until a four arrow cross appears, now click and hold down the mouse while dragging to a desired location.
7. To view your PowerPoint video click the View Tab and click the Slide Show button.
8. Save the PowerPoint and Copy the folder with the video and PowerPoint to the location you want
to store it (i.e. SSS, USB Drive, etc.)
NOTE: Not all computers have the same specifications; so make sure you are using a compressed file type that will work on the computer you will be presenting.
Setting up an 11x17 Poster Using Microsoft Powerpoint
Microsoft Powerpoint
Using Microsoft PowerPoint
(images from Microsoft Office 2004 running on Mac OS X)
1. Launch Microsoft PowerPoint and choose New Presentation from the File menu.
2. Decide if your poster will use Landscape orientation (wider than tall) or Portrait orientation (taller than wide) and then choose Page Setup… from the File menu.
Landscape Orientation: In the Size section enter 16 for the width and 10 for the height. This will format your poster for 17” wide x 11” high paper size.
Portrait Orientation: In the Size section enter 10 for the width and 16 for the height. This will format your poster for 11” wide x 17” high paper size.
Portrait Orientation
Landscape Orientaion
3. IMPORTANT! Press OK in the Page Setup dialog box. A dialog box will appear alerting you that the current page size exceeds the printable area of the paper. Make sure and choose OK, and NOT the default choice of Fix. Choosing Fix will cause your poster to be sized for 8.5 x 11 paper and not for the large format paper.
4. You may now begin authoring your poster.
Embedding Video in Microsoft PowerPoint on Windows XP
Windows XP
Embedding Video in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 on a Windows XP Computer
Using a compressed video
1. First create a folder and place the movie you want to add to the PowerPoint inside the folder.
NOTE: If you want to be able to play this video on another computer, make sure the file type you are using is supported.
2. Save your PowerPoint to the same location of the movie.
3. To embed a compressed video clip in Microsoft PowerPoint, go to the Insert tab, click Movie-> Movie from File, and then navigate to the folder that contains the movie. Once you highlighted the movie you want, click the OK button.
4. PowerPoint will ask you if you want the video clip to play When Clicked or Automatically. Chose you desired setting by clicking on either button.
5. To change the size of the video hover over one of the corners until a diagonal double-sided arrow appears, now click and drag the video to a desired size.
6. To change the location hover over one of the sides of the video until a four arrow cross appears, now click and hold down the mouse while dragging to a desired location.
7. To view your PowerPoint video click the View Tab and click the Slide Show button.
8. Save the PowerPoint and Copy the folder with the video and PowerPoint to the location you want
to store it (i.e. SSS, USB Drive, etc.)
NOTE: Not all computers have the same specifications; so make sure you are using a compressed file type that will work on the computer you will be presenting.
