You don’t need to reproduce your abstract here. If you are using this template..... Images such as photographs, graphs, diagrams, Make your conclusions succinct and clear Simply highlight this text and replace it by typing logos, etc, can be added to the poster and will in your own text, or copy and paste your text enhance its appearance and help to break up The WPT2011 poster size is A0 (84.1 x 118.9 cm blocks of text. Several drafts are usually required and ask or 33.1 x 46.8 inches) landscape. You should not from a MS Word document or a PowerPoint colleagues for feedback. It’s worth looking at a full use a collection of smaller sheets. You could slide presentation. scale version so you can check it is readable and make a smaller poster if it fulfils your attractive. requirements and fits the space. You can change the colour of the text, title and poster background. Coated and laminated posters are more durable. Check if your institution has a house style for Poster tubes help to protect posters in transit. posters, which may limit what colours and layout You may find you don’t need a full column for you can use. methods and could start results in this column, but if you do, ensure you have a clear break in Full width images, or images more than 2/3 column width should the layout. have captions the width of the column and can appear above or below the image. Purpose If there are points you want to emphasis use The page size of this poster template is A0 bold rather than italics. The best type of image files to insert are JPEG or (84x119cm), landscape (horizontal) format. Do not change this page size, the printer can scale- TIFF. Recommendations Remember to add to-fit a smaller or larger size, when printing. captions to explain images, tables and Highlight the key recommendations and graphs. Align the text implications for practice, education, research, next to the image i.e. Images on the left management and/or policy. right aligned if the should have the image is on the right. Participants caption on the right and be set to left align text. Use font faces that are easy to read such as Arial or Verdana. References The section headings in this template are in 48pt. Try and keep these to a minimum. Be consistent with your reference style i.e. Vancouver or Harvard. Most of the body text is 32pt. The recommended Results range is 24pt-36pt. Remember it needs to be Think about how you can expand on what you read from a normal distance. included in your abstract. Acknowledgements Note ethics approval and thank funders and others. Black text on a white background is easiest to We encourage poster presenters to include the words When laying out your poster leave breathing read. ‘Presented at World Physical Therapy 2011, Amsterdam space around you text. Don’t overcrowd your June 2011’ poster. Text tends to look better when left-aligned rather than fully justified. Contact details Caption It’s worth adding your e-mail address and also having copies of you poster as an A4 handout in a plastic sleeve attached to the poster board.