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It's About Time...

Bob Thomas, President

As the seasons change, it seemed appropriate to dedicate a newsletter to time-related issues. Whether it is the crucial hours following the tragic kidnapping of a child or the simple matter of adjusting the time scale of your chart to alter the perception of events, time is what timelines are all about.

In this issue you will find useful tips on how to make the most of your time scale, plus a very compelling article about how The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children uses timelines to help with their investigations.

Finally, don’t forget to take this month’s reader poll and tell us your favourite chart themes. We are working on an all new theme library for Timeline Maker Professional and your feedback will be very helpful. The new themes will be featured in our upcoming release (free update), so borrowing from an old cliché, time is of the essence.

As always we welcome your comments and suggestions about anything you see in this newsletter.

As a Timeline Maker customer, you have been automatically subscribed and we invite you to contact us at editor@timelinemaker.com with any thoughts or suggestions for future issues or to be featured in our "Timeline Maker in Action" section.

Tips and Techniques:

Is Your Chart Too Narrow or Wide?

Use the Expand/Compress feature to dramatically change the look as well as the usefulness of your chart.
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When to Use Insert Break Feature

Depending upon how close your data occurs in time, your chart can sometimes show long gaps along the time scale where there is no information shown.
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How to Set a Manual Date Range

Specifying a manual date range for your time scale can be a very effective way to highlight a specific year, month or day in your timeline. It can also be used to add valuable space to your chart in ways you might not have considered.
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Timeline Maker in Action:

Timelines Help Find Missing Children

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children currently use Timeline Maker to assist in the investigation and recovery of kidnapped children.
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Saving Time by Being Organized

I am a forensic psychiatrist. I use Timeline Maker to display, on a website, the progress of meetings and reports to those who purchase my services. I also display my current availability and workload. This gives clients a degree of control and saves both of us time with telephone enquiries. My web-based timeline produced with Timeline Maker provides excellent communication, planning and customer satisfaction. The volume of my work has increased but so too has my efficiency. So, I'm enjoying even greater success. Thanks a bunch to Timeline Maker.

Russel L.
Director, PsiKey Services Ltd.

Theme of the Month:

Clarity

"Clarity" is the newest of our free downloadable themes. Download via the link below.
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Next Month's Issue:

In next month's issue we'll be looking at presentation tips to get the results you're looking for. Also, we'll be taking suggestions from readers, so submit any topics you would like to see covered to editor@timelinemaker.com.

In This Issue:


		Tips and Techniques

		Timeline Maker in Action

		Theme of the Month

		Submit Comments or Suggestions

Reader Poll:
Which of our graphic themes do you use?