Welcome! The purpose of Designing Effective Posters is to help you communicate through a poster. This tutorial includes the following sections:

Design Elements presents criteria for determining the effectiveness of a poster. Use these criteria as guidelines for designing your poster.

Design Process describes the tasks for creating a poster. Refer to this section for help with planning and executing your poster project.

Using PowerPoint describes the techniques for creating a poster with Microsoft PowerPoint software.

Using InDesign describes the techniques for creating a poster with Adobe InDesign software.

This tutorial is intended for anyone who needs to present a poster. It does not assume any knowledge of poster design or software.

Note: In the Using PowerPoint and Using InDesign sections, software menu commands are highlighted in light blue.

Note: Some background in either InDesign or PowerPoint is helpful but not required. The sections about PowerPoint and InDesign focus specifically on using these programs for creating posters. They do not discuss many features of the programs not specific to creating posters.