See Figure 3. When the drop down menu is visible, as shown in Figure 3, the dark solid black box is clicked. This will set the border type as a dark black box. Figure 3 Step 5. The student connects the year and event with a thin line.
Instructor clicks the cell below the first year.
The instructor again clicks the mouse in the cell below the first year, holds the mouse clicker down and drags it to the cell above the event. All cells between the year and the event will be highlighted in black. The instructor inserts blank rows to give the timeline space. This allows all the typing to be contained in the visible screen, but does not give enough space for a title, or a nice thick line in the middle. This is repeated 4 times.