If you have used transparencies, drop shadows or gradients in your PowerPoint po

ster it is advisable to write a high resolution PDF file for print. This is beca
use as the PDF file is created (version 7) these effects are flattened, as they
would be going to print, and a lot of visual problems, that may cause the poster
not to print correctly, show up. If when checking your PDF you see that the tra
nsparencies have gone solid or the drop shadows are banding you can go back thro
ugh the file and fix the errors before sending it to us to print.
The following shows how to produce the best PDF
for print:
Either create a PDF using the in built PDF Maker plug-in:
a. In PowerPoint 2000 go to the Acrobat PDF tab and select Change Conversion Set
tings (Fig. 6a). In PowerPoint 2007 go to the Acrobat tab and select Preferences
(Fig. 6b).
b. In the PDF Maker Settings window (Fig. 7) that will appear select PDFX3 2002 in
the Conversions Settings drop-down menu. Also tick the box View Adobe PDF Result
as you will need to check that nothing in your design has moved and that all ima
ges and text are of a good enough quality to print.
c. Go into the Advanced Settings menu (Fig. 8) from here:
Set compatibility as Acrobat 7.0.
Make sure resolution is at 2400dpi.
Adjust the default page size to match your PowerPoint document size and therefor
e the finished size of your poster.