Choose 'Adobe PDF' as the printer, and press the Properties button. These instructions were developed with Windows 2000, PowerPoint 2000, and Acrobat 7 Pro. (At Duke, Acrobat Standard is also sold for $99 in the campus computer store.) If you don't have Acrobat, there's a free 30-day trial of Acrobat Pro you can download from Adobe. Windows doesn't come with a 'print to PDF' function, so you'll need either Adobe Acrobat (Pro or Standard) or Adobe Distiller. Does the poster have big white margins? We can usually remove them for you prior to printing.Is your text positioned correctly with respect to other page elements, like box borders and chart axes?.Is any of your text clipped or obscured? Try making sure PowerPoint text boxes are no larger than the text they contain, and don't max out slide size (56').If you used Greek letters, did they print correctly? 'Symbol' font is usually a safe choice.If it's less than a tenth the size, check very carefully to make sure image quality wasn't degraded. Is the PDF file about the same size (number of bytes) as the original PowerPoint file?.Do your graphics look the way they're supposed to? Problems with embedded Visio drawings, Excel charts, etc can often be solved by converting them to images.

Make sure they were at least 150 dpi to start with. Zoom in on the PDF so each one fills the screen in turn you can't judge image quality from the whole-poster overview. Do any of your graphics look grainy or pixelated in the PDF?Įven if they were OK in PowerPoint, they could have been degraded during the conversion.Please proof your new PDF carefully before submitting! PowerPoint is famous for not printing things exactly as they appear on screen: You should also read our tips for proofing the final PDF.

We have instructions available for both Windows and Mac: PDF files print exactly as they appear on screen, but to ensure top quality, it's important to follow the instructions below.Īlso, please carefully check the quality of all your figures, etc. Plus, you'll save a little extra money on your order! It's free, it doesn't take long, and it means you'll receive your poster at least 24 hours sooner. The good news is that it's easy for you to convert your PowerPoint to a PDF before submitting it. This will, however, delay shipment of your order by at least one day. If you submit any PowerPoint files, we will cheerfully convert them to PDF 'digital proofs' for you to review before we print the final poster. Graphics disappear or misprint, text and labels shift position, Greek letters vanish. PhD Posters converts all PowerPoint files to PDFs before printing, because PowerPoint files don't always print the way they look on-screen.Ībout 30% of PowerPoint files encounter problems when moved from one computer to another.

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