Timeline Maker Professional automatically builds and adjusts timelines to meet your changing demands

Traditional methods of creating a timeline involve manual processes. This means a high investment in time and cost to build one static timeline.

If a need arises to make adjustments to the timeline, whether to add events, adjust times/dates or to correct mistakes, then the process must be redone-incurring more time and cost.

Timeline Maker Professional automatically builds and adjusts timelines to meet your changing demands. No one else can offer the comprehensive functionality, the unique tools or the visual appeal of Timeline Maker Professional - all in one package.

Here are some key features of "Timeline Maker Professional":

· Start creating your first timeline as soon as you launch the software-it's so easy there is no learning curve
· Create great looking charts quickly-just click on the chart tab and the chart instantly appears
· Easily change the appearance of your chart using the built-in library of themes/styles-another time saving feature!
· Customize the chart by creating your own styles, using corporate colors, or by adding a company logo
· Include photos or clip-art to visually tell the story
· Include links to external documents, websites, audio clips and video clips to supplement the data in the chart
· Color code events and categories for easy visual interpretation
· Add notes to the chart to annotate the timeline or provide comments to the author
· Specify the begin and end dates/times for your timescale, or let the program automatically determine this for you
· Create multiple charts from the same timeline file so you don't need to create separate data files
· Label several data fields to meet your requirements so the information is meaningful to you
· Check for spelling errors using the built-in general, legal and medical dictionaries
· Save time by importing events from other software applications
· Export your timeline data to a text file for backup or import into other applications
· Print on any paper size, even large format printers-enabling you to meet your needs best
· Publish timeline charts to a common graphic file type (.jpg, .gif, .bmp, .png) to easily share the presentation with others
· Output the timeline charts to PDF or HTML for publication or sharing
· Use the built-in presentation mode to present the timeline chart(s) to a group
· Insert the chart(s) into Microsoft® PowerPoint slides using the new Timeline Maker PowerPoint menu option
· Use the exclusive "Package for Sharing" feature that automatically collects all linked files, attached images, documents, etc. and creates a zipped file to transport or send the complete timeline file with confidence


Requirements:

· 833 MHz processor
· 256 MB RAM
· 15 Mb free disk space
· VGA monitor
· High-speed Internet connection or CD ROM reader
· Adobe Acrobat 5.0 or later


Limitations:

· 30-Day Trial
· Watermark on the output file

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Package for Sharing – this powerful new feature automatically collects all linked files, attached images, documents, etc. used in a timeline and creates a zipped file (*.tlmz file) that enables you to transport or send the complete timeline and files with confidence knowing all the files are intact. This is perfect for moving your timeline to a presentation computer or sending to a team member for review and editing.
· Timeline Maker Viewer – this independent program allows anyone to open, view and print your timeline charts and chronologies. This is a read only program, meaning you can share your files without concern that they can be changed or manipulated. Click here to find out more about the FREE Timeline Maker Viewer.
· Shared PowerPoint Presentations – until now, a copy of Timeline Maker Professional was required on any machine used to run a PowerPoint presentation that includes Timeline Maker charts. This is no longer the case. The presentation machine simply needs a copy of the FREE Timeline Maker Viewer. The Viewer automatically provides the proper rendering and controls for the timeline charts in your PowerPoint presentation. Timeline Maker Viewer doesn’t even need to be run, just installed on the presentation machine. To share your PowerPoint presentation with someone else, simply send them your “packaged” timeline file (*.tlmz) and the download link for the free Viewer.
· File Export – this handy feature lets you export your timeline data to a CSV or TAB delimited text file for backup or import into other applications.
· new manual timescale option (choose start and end dates/times)
· new lock icon shows when using a "manual" date range for the Time Scale
· event text position in bar chart (choose left, right, inside or outside box)
· category field is now included in File Import
· 15 new chart themes have been added
· choose what data to display in event box (select any combination from all available data fields, including notes)
· optional hover display shows additional information for an event on the chart
· enhanced copy/paste in Event Entry (i.e. copy some or all event data to MS Excel or Word)
· new presentation step-though order option - by category or time
· link to a different timeline chart (via linked files) so it can be displayed in your presentation like any other attached document
· BC dates can now be displayed and/or entered as BCE
· improved Install process for Vista users
· fixed print preview bug
· fixed “&” in activation screen bug
· fixed 1600/1601 BC date bug