InDesign is another tool in Adobe Creative Suite which may be used to design an academic poster. This guide, from Indiana University's IT Training, has step-by-step instructions for setting up a research poster with InDesign.

A collection of tutorials on creating research posters using InDesign from Penn State's libraries.

The University of Michigan Libraries has an entire guide dedicated to the creation of posters using Adobe Illustrator, one of the most used design tools in Adobe Creative Suite. Their instructions for the initial poster setup can be found on the front page of the guide, and the rest of the guide gives detailed instructions on populating the poster's content.