Glassy–WingedSharpshooter:Author’sName/sGoesHere,Author’sName/sGoesHereAddress/esGoesHere,Address/esGoesHereIntroductionFirst…Checkwithconferenceorganisersontheirspecificationsofsizeandorientation,beforeyoustartyourpostereg.maximumpostersize;landscape,portraitorsquare.ThepagesizeofthispostertemplateisA0(84x119cm),portrait(vertical)format.Donotchangethispagesize,MIUcanscale-to-fitasmallerorlargersize,whenprinting.Ifyouneedadifferentshapestartwitheitheralandscape(horizontal)orasquarepostertemplate.Bearinmindyoudonotneedtofillupthewholespaceallocatedbysomeconferenceorganisers(eg.8ftx4ftintheUSA).Donotmakeyourposterbiggerthannecessaryjusttofillthatgivensize.ResultsImporting/insertingfiles…Imagessuchasphotographs,graphs,diagrams,logos,etc,canbeaddedtotheposter.Toinsertscannedimagesintoyourposter,gothroughthemenusasfollows:Insert/Picture/FromFile…thenfindthefileonyourcomputer,selectit,andpressOK.ThebesttypeofimagefilestoinsertareJPEGorTIFF,JPEGisthepreferredformat.Beawareoftheimagesizeyouareimporting.Theaveragecolourphoto(13x18cmat180dpi)wouldbeabout3Mb(1MbforB/Wgreyscale).CallMIUifunsure.Donotuseimagesfromtheweb.Notesaboutgraphs…ForsimplegraphsuseMSExcel,ordothegraphdirectlyinPowerPoint.Graphsdoneinascientificgraphingprograms(eg.SigmaPlot,Prism,SPSS,Statistica)shouldbesavedasJPEGorTIFFifpossible.FormoreinformationseeMIU.PrintingandLaminating…Onceyouhavecompletedyourposter,bringitdowntoMIUforprinting.WewillproduceaA3sizedraftprintforyoutocheckandproofread.Thefinalposterwillthenbeprintedandlaminated.Note:Donotleaveyourposteruntilthelastminute.Allowatleast5workingdaysbeforeyouneedtouseit.Simplyhighlightthistextandreplace.Cost…Forposter-printingandlaminatingchargescontacttoMIUAimHowtousethispostertemplate…Simplyhighlightthistextandreplaceitbytypinginyourowntext,orcopyandpasteyourtextfromaMSWorddocumentoraPowerPointslidepresentation.Thebodytext/fontsizeshouldbebetween24and32points.Arial,Helveticaorequivalent.Keepbodytextleft-aligned,donotjustifytext.Thecolourofthetext,titleandposterbackgroundcanbechangedtothecolourofyourchoice.MethodTipsformakingasuccessfulposter…Re-writeyourpaperintoposterformatie.Simplifyeverything,avoiddataoverkill.Headingsofmorethan6wordsshouldbeinupperandlowercase,notallcapitals.Neverdowholesentencesincapitalsorunderlinetostressyourpoint,useboldcharactersinstead.Whenlayingoutyourposterleavebreathingspacearoundyoutext.Don’tovercrowdyourposter.Tryusingphotographsorcolouredgraphs.Avoidlongnumericaltables.Spellcheckandgetsomeoneelsetoproof-read.ConclusionFormoreinformationon:PosterDesign,ScanningandDigitalPhotography,andImage/filesize.Contact:MedicalIllustrationUnitPrinceofWalesHospitalPh:93822800Email:miunsw@unsw.edu.auWeb:(graphorphoto).CaptionstobesetinTimesorTimesNewRomanorequivalent,italic,18to24points,tothelengthofthecolumnincaseafiguretakesmorethan2/3ofcolumnwidth.CaptionstobesetinTimesorTimesNewRomanorequivalent,italic,between18and24points.Leftalignedifitreferstoafigureonitsleft.Captionstartsrightatthetopedgeofthepicture(graphorphoto).CaptionstobesetinTimesorTimesNewRomanorequivalent,italic,18to24points,tothelengthofthecolumnincaseafiguretakesmorethan2/3ofcolumnwidth.CaptionstobesetinTimesorTimesNewRomanorequivalent,italic,between18and24points.Leftalignedifitreferstoafigureonitsleft.Captionstartsrightatthetopedgeofthepicture(graphorphoto).CaptionstobesetinTimesorTimesNewRomanorequivalent,italic,between18and24points.Rightalignedifitreferstoafigureonitsright.Captionstartsrightatthetopedgeofthepicture(graphorphoto).scourgeofthefarmer