Music Bingo

How to Create Your Own Music Bingo Cards

1. Before you can start, you need to install a music symbol font on your computer. This step can be a little bit involved, so if you are a relative computer novice, you might want to get some help from somebody with a bit more experience.
   
   Instructions below are for Windows XP using Internet Explorer as your web browser, if you are using a different combination, the procedure may differ slightly:
   • Open your web browser at http://www.icogitate.com/~ergosum/fonts/music-fonts2.htm
   • Scroll down to where it says MusiSync (v. 4.xx - final)
   • Click the link beneath that which says DOWNLOAD
   • Internet Explorer will prompt you if you wish to Open, Save or Cancel - click Open
   • After a moment, a window will pop-up with a title like "musisync410s[1]" (or similar). Inside the window are three icons: MusicSync, musisync-charmap and musisync-guide (the names may be slightly truncated - if you can't see enough click Details on the View menu
   • Click once on MusicSync
   • Click Copy on the Edit menu
   • Click the Folders button in the toolbar. The window should split, so that the three icons remain on the right, and the left shows a tree of all your folders.
   • Use the tree on the left to move to a folder that you normally work in, for example, C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name\My Documents
   • Make a note of which folder you choose, and then do Paste on the Edit menu.
   • You can now close this window.
   • Click the Windows Start button, then Control Panel:
     • Inside Control Panel: If you see an icon labelled Fonts, then double click it to open the Fonts window.
     • Inside Control Panel: If you do not see an icon labelled Fonts, then click Appearance and Themes, and then click Fonts which is on the left-hand side under See Also
   • The Fonts window should now be displayed. Click Install New Font... on its File menu.
   • A dialog box appears. Use the Folders and Drives options to move to the same folder that you choose earlier, in this example: C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name\My Documents
   • MusiSync (True Type) show appear in the List of fonts. Then click OK to close the dialog and install the font.
   • The font should now be installed. You may close the Fonts window, and any other windows still open.
   
   
2. Download Bingo Card Printer software, and follow the instructions for installing the program on your computer.
   
   
3. You will need to Register your copy of Bingo Card Printer, so click Register... in the Options menu and follow the instructions.
   
   
4. Click the big button: New Bingo Card Project...
   
   
5. A dialog will be displayed:
   • Go to the Simple tab
   • Click to select Blank from the list
   • Click OK
   
   
6. Click Fonts... on the Format menu. A dialog box appears: select MusiSync as the Squares Font, then click OK.
   
   
7. You now need to type-in your music notes into the field on the screen labelled Type your new item here and press Return/Enter on the keyboard after each one.
   • A somewhat clumsy way to do it is to type in any one upper or lower case letter, and see what comes up in the preview. If you don't like an item, you can always delete it from the left-hand list, by selecting it with the mouse and choosing Delete Item on the Edit menu.
   • Another way to do it is to use the Character Map application that comes with Windows. You find this under Start then Accessories then System Tools. Set the Font drop down to MusiSync. You can move characters into the Characters to copy field by double clicking them, you can copy from there to the clipboard using Copy, and you can paste them into the Type your new item here field in Bingo Card Printer by clicking on it then pressing Ctrl+V on the keyboard.
   
   Note: You will need to add at least 24 items, but you can add more if you want.
   
   
8. If you want to change the colors, click Colors... on the Format menu, change the colors in the dialog box, then click OK.
   
   
9. If you want to change the fonts, click Fonts... on the Format menu, change the font selections in the dialog box, then click OK.
   
   
10. You should uncheck Print Call List on the main screen, as your boss is going to be doing the calling for you!
    
    
11. Click Print... on the File menu to print.