A timeline is essential for managing a complex project and juggling dozens of due dates. It allows you to quickly visualize the sequence of events in a project or event, and clearly convey the timing to team members. In this article, you’ll learn how to make a timeline in Microsoft Word. You can also download a free Microsoft Word timeline template and we’ll show you how to customize it to meet your needs. And lastly, you’ll see how to create a timeline using Smartsheet, a collaboration and project management tool in a simple spreadsheet layout. You can organize and collaborate on project information in Smartsheet, then integrate with Office Timeline to create beautiful, visual timelines. Smartsheet How to Make a Timeline in Word Although Microsoft Word is traditionally used to develop and edit copy, you can still create a visual timeline using SmartArt graphics. You can choose from dozens of timeline layouts and customize the colors to fit your project. Before you start, we recommend changing the orientation of your Word document from portrait to landscape (go to the Page Layout tab and click Orientation). Note: We are using Windows running Word 2013 in this example. Select a Timeline Style • Open a blank document in Microsoft Word. • In the Insert tab, click SmartArt. • You’ll see a pop-up box with different kinds of SmartArt graphics, ranging from lists to processes to pictures. You can choose any layout you like, but for this example, we’ll choose the basic timeline layout (the arrow with the dots in the middle). Add Project Information to the Timeline in Word • To add an entry to the timeline, you can either double-click on the [Text] blurbs in the Word document or type directly in the floating box. • The basic timeline starts off with three timeline entries, but you can add additional events on the timeline by hitting the Enter key after a bullet point in the floating box. • If you want to add two events on the same date, first type in the date in the floating box.
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