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Tips and tricks on getting the most out of your poster productions for output
on the GCG Encad Professional Display Printer.
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Enter
Page Setup information to view your format correctly:
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Add the following to your PowerPoint Expertise:
- Backgrounds: For
best readability use a white, or other light color background,
and contrast black or other dark text against it.
- Fonts: For
best readability use Arial, Helvetica or Times
Roman.
- Photographic
Images: Exporting (or "save as") from programs such as PhotoShop,
CorelDraw, etc. as JPEG (.jpg) at 200 TO 300 DPI will preserve
resolution as your image file "expands" to its final size. Watch
for this: It will come into PowerPoint BIG but just size it to
fit your layout after you're in there.
- Cut
and Paste: Works for importing text boxes from Word. However,
it does NOT work reliably for importing images.
- Windows
Metafile (.wmf) is the file format of choice when saving
charts and graphs created in other software. It is a good idea
to check that the software in which you are planning to create
charts or graphs has the ability to save or export your finished
work in the .wmf format. BEST: Build them in PowerPoint.
Save
your completed PowerPoint image (file) in the same manner that
you would save any individual slide - as a .ppt. This is virtually
automatic in PowerPoint. PowerPoint has limitations. A proof
is REQUIRED.
Always
Remember, Communications can quickly and inexpensively Design
and Produce Displays and Posters for you in high-end software
that allows Photographic and Design treatments not feasible in
PowerPoint.
Office of Communications Job Request Form
Contact us:
Office of Communications
6431 Fannin, MSB B.340
Houston, Texas 77030
713-500-5530
FAX 713-500-5533 |
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