Easy Timeline Definition

Enter the start and end date of the period of history for your timeline. Choose a scale of days, weeks, months, years, decades, or centuries. Select how far apart the tick marks should be. This of course can be changed later if you want your timeline longer or shorter. (More>>)

Event Entry

Events can be entered as a single date or with a start and end date. Simply enter the event name, date(s) and the program will automatically place the event on the timeline.

The event can be easily edited again at any time during the timeline creation. The auto placement also be overridden and the event can be moved up or down on the timeline for a customized view. (More>>)

Categories

If desired, group events into categories. All events in the same category are visually grouped by font and category image. This quickly allows a student to see the relationship of grouped events. (More>>)

Clip Art

Select from a hundred clip art images to enhance your timeline. Add, move, delete or resize as desired on the timeline. These images include major historical periods such as ancient Greece and Rome as well as early American history, presidents, Middle Ages and World War II.

You can also import clipart from your favorite clipart web site.

Printing

Print your timeline in Portrait (vertical) or Landscape (horizontal) mode. Preview the timeline before printing it. Change margins if the defaults are not what you want.

Print to Fit Page allows you to print the entire timeline on one page no matter how large it is.

If you have a color printer, your timeline will be printed in the colors you selected in building your timeline.

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