Poster Design

[Barmaid]

I need to mock up a poster - 120cm x 88.5 cm.

I shall print a practice using A3 which I can tape together, but for the real thing it is going to be printed properly (I have to supply it on a memory stick thing).

I was going to do this in Word, but Word will not let me use a size over 55cm.

Any ideas, please?

[sherrardk]

Can’t you just do it A4 size and get the printing people to enlarge it?

[Buenchico]

I've just taken a look at Microsoft Word Starter Edition 2010, which allows users to set their own paper size by going to Size > More Paper Sizes and then using the drop-down menu to choose 'Custom Size'. To the best of my knowledge, there's such a facility in all versions of Microsoft Word.

However using a proper DTP program would be far better solution:
https://www.scribus.net/

[Zacs-Master]

120 x 88.5 isn’t a size I recognise as standard. Have the printers supplied this specific size?

[Barmaid]

I've tried it in word, Chris and it won't let me select that size.

Its not a standard size zacs - it's the space I have to cover.

Not sure blowing it up will work Sherrard. Since its not to scale.

Currently tinkering with publisher.......

[Zacs-Master]

Printers will only be able to work to recognised sizes.

[TonyV]

Dont think you will get any word processing software that will cope with that paper size. There is free poster design software out there, but sorry I cannot recommend one.

[THECORBYLOON]

There are sites online that will do custom size posters.

Can you not do your design in word using the same ratio of height to width and then when it comes to printing it, scale it up so that it is printable on A3 paper?

Your final size is larger than A0 so you'll need a fair few A3 sheets for the mock-up.

[jno]

it's quite close to A0; it might be simpler if it could be shrunk just that little bit.

[THECORBYLOON]

A0 is 841 x 1189 mm and A0 is the same size as eight sheets of A3. The actual dimensions required are larger than A0 but it would give an idea of the final size and proportions.

[rockyracoon]

It might work if you make Microsoft oneprint (I think that’s what it’s called) your default printer. It lets you do more paper sizes than Word. I had to do it to get A3 as Word refused because of my A4 printer.