Hi there

I am making an academic poster using Powerpoint, and the conference stipulates that it should be a certain size. But when I go to layout in Powerpoint, select custom, and enter the dimensions (xxcm by xxcm), it keeps automatically changing to a different set of dimensions when I press OK. My question is - does this even matter? I guess as long as it is portrait/landscape as desired, I guess I will be able to print it to the right size at the printing shop?

Thanks for your help.

It does matter, because the resolution changes if you try to print to a larger size than you have sized it to on powerpoint. It won't matter if the parameters are only slightly out. What are you trying to change it to and what does it reset to?

Thanks for your help. I am trying to change it to "custom", width 100cm, height 160cm. It allows me to change the width, but the height automatically changes to "142.22cm" and will not seem to go larger.

The conference guidelines states that the poster "should not exceed 100cmx160cm", so 100cmx142.22cm will be OK. I just don't know why it won't allow me to customise it to the size I want.

If I were you, I would stick to a standard size of poster, otherwise you may find yours looks odd in comparison to everyone else's!

Most academic posters are A0, which is 84 x 118 cm.

The dimensions they are probably giving is for the poster boards.

Well I did want mine to stand out, but not in that way! Thanks for the tip!