QUOTE (rebaj @ Nov 17 2008, 07:44 AM)

QUOTE (ABQ @ Oct 12 2008, 01:07 PM)

Maybe I'm dense, but how do you "open" it to insert your drawings, since three sides are taped shut?????

I didn't understand this, either. Can anybody clarify this part of the instructions for me? How does the portfolio open?
Think of an envelope with a letter in it. If you slit along the top of the envelope with a sharp knife or a letter opener, you can just open up the envelope at the top and take out the letter.
In the case of your portfolio, the two short sides are taped together, the folded bottom is taped just to reinforce it and make it stronger against wear, and the top two edges, the ones that on an envelope would be where you take your letter out of, are each individually taped so as to prevent them from ripping from wear and tear.
In short, just think of a big cardboard envelope with a couple of handles and one open edge at the top.
I haven't made a portfolio yet, but that seems to me to be what they're talking about.