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Winona State University provides media color printing services in Library 105 at the Digital Learning Commons. Any print job '''under $20.00''' will require use of the purple pass. If you do not have money on your purple pass, you will need to go the Warrior Hub to add money.
 
Winona State University provides media color printing services in Library 105 at the Digital Learning Commons. Any print job '''under $20.00''' will require use of the purple pass. If you do not have money on your purple pass, you will need to go the Warrior Hub to add money.
  
===To submit your posters to print===
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===Submit Posters for Printing===
  
 
'''''Option 1: Email'''''
 
'''''Option 1: Email'''''

Revision as of 20:19, 28 December 2017

Project Details

This resource is designed for Dr. Wood's FILM 240 course for the [NAME OF PROJECT HERE] project that will be submitted to the 2018 Ramaley Research Celebration. For more details about the submission process see the Ramaley Research Celebration Web Site and Important Dates and Abstract Submission Form. In the following article you will learn each step necessary to designing, organizing, building, sizing, submit posters for printing, costs, and additional resources for successfully completing this project.

Hardware/Software

Building Research Posters

The following video, Creating Academic Posters in PowerPoint, covers the process of laying out your poster, design considerations, organizing and preparing documents for posters, sizing, setup in PowerPoint for PC and Mac, and basic printing directions for your academic posters.


Creating Academic Posters in PowerPoint

Converting PowerPoint Poster to PDF

  • On PC

Step 1: Go to the top left corner of PowerPoint. Click on files, and then on Save As.

Step 2: Under Save As, choose a destination for your file (For example: This PC). Below the place where you put your file name, there is a drop down menu, choose PDF(*.pdf) from it and then click on save.

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  • On MAC

Step 1: Go to the top left corner. Click on files, and then on Save As. Or you can just press CMD + S.

Step 2: Under Save As, choose a destination for your file. Click on file format and choose PDF from it and then click on save.

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Submitting Posters to Print

Winona State University provides media color printing services in Library 105 at the Digital Learning Commons. Any print job under $20.00 will require use of the purple pass. If you do not have money on your purple pass, you will need to go the Warrior Hub to add money.

Submit Posters for Printing

Option 1: Email

If you need a poster printed, send it to mediaprojects@winona.edu. Please include your Winona ID number or the department cost center number, number of copies that you need and the size needed, document attached as PDF correctly sized, include any special cutting instructions you may want done. Note: Please only send from your student/staff email. Group or desk account emails will not reach the Digital Learning Commons.

Option 2: USB Key

Please save your document to a USB key or a CD/DVD in .PDF format already sized correctly. If you do not have access to one of these devices, you can ask for one at Digital Learning Commons to use temporarily.

Guidelines for poster printing

Paper sizes available are 24", 36" or 40". Forty inches is the maximum size. Please remember to allow for margins when you select "page setup" in your document. Any sizes in between are welcome as long as the file you are sending is set up in the size you need, and let the size you want be notified in the email. Note: Any poster longer than 48" cannot be trimmed.

Pricing

Basic poster printing: $5.00 per square foot. Photo quality poster printing: $6.00 per square foot.

Poster Board or Foam Core Display Options

Poster Board or Foam Core display board options are available. Please specify this with your order.

Poster Board 22x28: $5.75 added to cost of printing Foam Core Board 22x28: $7.75 added to cost of printing Foam Core Board 30x40: $13.50 added to cost of printing For further information on printing, please refer to Campus Printing

Resources/Helpful Links

The following two courses are [Lynda] courses you might want to view to learn more about PowerPoint. Perfect Alignment in PowerPoint

PowerPoint: Designing Better Slides

Other Resources

DLC Support

  • Phone: 507-457-2206
  • Email: dlc@winona.edu
  • 1:1 Support: Krueger Library #105