Guidance for Completing your Electronic Portfolio
Loading the Electronic Portfolio Template
Load PowerPoint, depending on the version of Office you are using the way you do this may vary.
Open the template document from the network drive
The template is stored in the CD Electronic Portfolio Folder.
Select the template you wish to use and click the OPEN Button
The blank template will load.
You must now save the template to your area on the network or to a floppy disk.
The template is now active and ready for use.
Editing the Template
The template will load ready for use.
Select the first slide, this will appear in the left hand taskpane.
When you have selected the slide you wish to edit it will appear in the main window.
To edit the text, simply click with your left mouse button on the text box where the prompt text is.
The text box outline will appear as a dotted grey outline.
Delete the prompt text and replace with your information.
Move through the portfolio slides deleting text and replacing with your information.
Inserting Pictures into the Template
To insert a picture:
Click the dotted Clipart box with your left mouse button
Once selected the box will appear as a grey dotted outline.
From the INSERT menu, choose PICTURE and then move towards the right and select FROM FILE.
The INSERT PICTURE window will appear .
Now browse the computer to find the picture you wish to insert.
Select the picture and click the insert button.
Animating the Slide Show
To animate the movement between the slides you must set the slide transition.
From the SLIDE SHOW menu, select the SLIDE TRANSITION option
The slide transition window will appear somewhere on your screen.
- Choose the effect from the menu
- Set the speed
- Apply to all slides.
Now test the effect by running the slide show.
Animating the Slide Show Text and Graphics
Select the text or graphics you wish to animate, by selecting
SLIDE SHOW menu and select CUSTOM ANIMATION.
Select the effect from the options. Repeat as necessary.
Viewing Linked Files
The Goals and Links page provides hyperlinks to useful word documents. Simply click on the link to view a document.
Before you can edit the link documents you must save a copy of them in your area
Use the Hyperlink arrow in the far left corner to return to your slide show
System Design K.Lindop 2004