Getting Started
Choose a Year
Click on the link below to open the year info page for the year you’d like to do…
If you want to look up years by artists, go here.
Open the Starting File
Go to your folders, go to your COMP 7 folder and then go into the PPT folder. Open the starting file “Year in Review”.
You should see slides like this when opened…
Slide #1
On the first slide:
- Type the year you are focusing on in the title box.
- Add your name in the subtitle box.
Rename the File
Click on the file name “Year in Review” at the top and change the name to the year and your name after.
When you [Enter], the new name will show up at the top…
Slides #2-6: Songs
OPTIONAL: listen to songs first in order to choose ones you like, borrow headphones and open the MUSIC folder…
- Go to your OneDrive folder.
- Go into the Teams sync drive “General – COMPUTERS 7”
- Go into the MUSIC folder.
- Go into the folder for your year.
Text
Go to your year info page, scroll down to the “Top Songs” list…
- Select the singer name and copy it (CTRL+C).
- Paste it into the title box on your first empty slide.
CTRL+V or use the Paste button.
- Select and copy the song including the quotation marks.
- Paste it in the subtitle box on the same slide.
- Reset the slide to get rid of any formatting from the website (you should notice the yellow song text being thicker).
Repeat for 4 more songs/slides:
- Copy and paste the singer text
- Copy and paste the song text
- Reset the slide
MP3s
Music Folder
Go back to your folder and click on OneDrive folder on the left…
- Go into the Teams sync drive “General – COMPUTERS 7”
- Go into the MUSIC folder.
- Go into the folder for your year.
Drag MP3 Files onto Song Slides
In your music folder, select the song file, then click and copy or drag it over to the top/right corner of the slide.
Repeat for the other 4 song slides: drag the MP3 over.
Slides #7-9
For each list slide, copy the text/info from the year info page:
- Copy the title for each # slide into the heading box, whatever it is for your year.
- Copy the info for 3 bullets into the list box.
- Reset the slide.
Slide #10 & 11
- Copy the title for #10 (Births/Deaths) and the full info for 3 people.
- Copy the title for #11, whatever it is, and copy all the bullet text
- Do not reset these slides!
Text Box Wider
- Make the text box wider so each person fits on one line
- Hover over the right/middle circle and drag it out.
- Reduce the height so it’s the same height as the text.
This will give room for the pictures below.
Also stretch & squish the text box for the last list slide…
Go to Slide Sorter View…
Zoom out to about 70-80% so you can see all the slide thumbnails…
Get your slides checked so far.
Keep the year info page open in Chrome.
Reference Slide #8
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
