There are many different layouts for making Visual Timetables. Here is a worksheet for making a week timetable in Communicate: In Print 2.

Making a Time table in Communicate: In Print 2

Open a new Document

1. Change the paper size to Landscape:

• Click on the file menu
• Click on Document set up
• Click on Landscape, ok

2. Make your first content cell:

• Click on the constrained frame button . -->
• Make a small cell by clicking and dragging in your document.
• Right click on the cell to highlight - blue frame
• Click on Frames and Pictures menu
• Click on Appearance
• Set as follows
• Choose Border Colour Transparent
• Click ok

3. Making the cell into a table:

• Select your cell
• Click on Frames and Pictures menu
• Click Make a table and set as follows then click ok.
  
  
  
• Drag and move the yellow framed table to size as required.

4. Removing the top left cell and creating the times of day row:

Adjust button | ungroup button | group button

• Click on the adjust botton
• Click on the ungroup button
• Click on the top left hand cell and click on scissors to delete
• Click the group button , then click on all the cells in the top row.
• Click the group button again until the yellow frame appears around the top row.
• Click on yellow frame and make these cells smaller in depth.

5. Filling the top row:

• Click on the top row
• Click on the Create button, then expand , then align centre, then align middle.
  
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• Click off the yellow frame.
• Fill in the top row with times of the day, e.g. 9-00

6. Filling in the days of the week:

• Click on the adjust botton
• Click the group button , then click on all the cells in the first column.
• Click the group button again until the yellow frame appears around the column.
• Click on yellow frame and make these cells wider.
• Like before, click on the Create button, then expand , then align centre, then align middle.
  
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• Click off the yellow frame.
• Fill in the column with the days of the week, Monday, Tuesday etc..

7. Filling in the remaining cells:

• Drag a frame across remaining cells making sure all the cells are contained within the frame, then hold Ctrl G . This will put a yellow frame around these remaining cells.
  
• Set the fint and graphic size e.g. 14 and 16
  
• Click on align centre and middle.
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• Fill in the rest of the cells with activities for the week, etc literacy, numeracy etc.
  
• To save on typing highlight text then copy and paste from toolbar for activities which are repeated throughout week.

8. Colour the cells:

• Click on the days colum
• Click on the Frames and Pictures menu
• Click on Appearance
• Click on Background colour
• Choose a colour
• Click ok

• Repeat for the times row.
  
  
• Then ungroup the main set of cells and colour code each subject

 

 

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