OpenOffice: Create posters - so it'll work

With OpenOffice you can create posters in all common formats. We will show you the individual steps from creating the document to completion as a PDF.

Create posters with OpenOffice

First you need to choose the right format for your poster:

1. Open OpenOffice and click the "Format" menu.
2. Because select "Page ..." and click here on the tab "Page".
3. Now you can choose how large your poster should be in the "Format" area.

Design posters in OpenOffice

• Next, you should set a background for your poster if you don't want it to stay white. To do this, activate the "Draw" menu via "View"> "Toolbars".
• Now you can use the colorful shapes on the far right to load an image as a background in the document or insert a shape.
• For example, if you want a plain background, select the box and drag it across the entire sheet.
• Then you have to set the desired colors with a right click and "area" and a right click and "line".
• You can now add texts, shapes and pictures as you like and distribute them on the poster.

OpenOffice: Save poster as PDF

1. If everything is correct on the poster, all you have to do is save it as a PDF.
2. To do this, click on "File"> "Export as PDF".
3. Select a quality of 100 percent under "Graphics", activate "Reduce graphics resolution" and then "300 DPI".
4. At the very bottom, tick "Embed standard fonts" and then click "Export".

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