Adjust Portrait Settings
Customize how portrait names are displayed, formatted, and sorted in your project.
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⚙️ Access Portrait Settings
To open Portrait Settings:

- Open your project in the editor.
- Hover over the People button in the top-right corner.
- Select Portrait Settings.
From this menu, you can control how portrait names appear across your project.

📝 Display of Names
These settings control what parts of a student’s name are shown.
Available options include:
✅ First name only
✅ Last name only
✅ First and last name
✅ Last name first
✅ First name first
✅ First initial only
✅ Last initial only
Use these options to match your school’s preferred portrait naming style.
🔠 Name Casing
This setting controls how student names are formatted.
Available options:
Use Original
Keeps the name formatting exactly as it appears in your PSPA index file.
All Caps
Displays all student names in uppercase letters.
Proper Case
Automatically capitalizes the first letter of each first and last name.
⚠️ Important:
Name casing settings apply to all portrait sections in the project.
✏️ Edit Individual Student Names
If you need to change a single student's name without affecting the entire project:
- Open Manage People.
- Select the student.
- Click Edit.
- Choose Use Original.
- Manually adjust the student’s name as needed.
This allows individual name corrections while keeping your global portrait settings intact.
🔤 Sort Names (A to Z)
The Sort By setting controls how students are alphabetized in portrait sections.
Available options:
✅ Sort by First Name
✅ Sort by Last Name
This affects the order portraits appear when placed into portrait layouts.