Inserting Timeline Charts into PowerPoint

You can insert the timeline charts you create in Timeline Maker Pro into PowerPoint® presentations, either as images or as interactive timeline charts, with the same functionality available as when displayed in Timeline Maker Pro presentations.

Tip: The PowerPoint add-in must be installed to access these features. If you did not install the PowerPoint add-in during your initial installation of Timeline Maker Pro, you can do so now by clicking Help > Support > Install PPT Add-in in Timeline Maker Pro.

In this article

• Inserting Interactive Timeline Charts
• Inserting Timeline Charts as Images
  

Inserting Interactive Timeline Charts

To insert an interactive timeline chart in PowerPoint from the Timeline Maker Pro menu

1. While viewing the timeline chart you wish to insert into PowerPoint, select the Share tab.
2. In the Send To group, click the PowerPoint button and select As Interactive Timeline
   

To insert an interactive timeline chart in PowerPoint from the PowerPoint menu

1. Open PowerPoint. Create a blank slide.
2. From the PowerPoint menu, select the Timeline Maker tab.
3. Click the Insert Interactive Timeline button. Select the Timeline Maker Pro file you wish to use.
4. In the Insert Interactive Timeline dialog, click the down arrow to show a list of available timeline charts from your timeline file.
5. Select the desired timeline chart and click the Insert button.
   

Note: Menu options may vary, depending on your version of PowerPoint, however functionality will remain the same through all versions.

A static image will appear in the slide, however when you run the presentation, the timeline chart will become interactive, with the same options and toolbar as in Timeline Maker Pro presentation mode, except Go to Chart, Restart Show and End Show options. For more information on presentation options or the presentation toolbar, see also: Creating a Presentation, Presentation Options and Viewing Presentations.

Tip: When a timeline chart is updated in Timeline Maker Pro, PowerPoint will automatically update it in your PowerPoint slideshow. If you delete an entire chart from the timeline file, you will get an error message in PowerPoint and an empty slide will be created for the missing chart.

Note: In order for the timeline chart to be interactive in PowerPoint, Timeline Maker Pro must be installed on the computer that is showing the presentation. The timeline file, with all its attachments and any necessary compatible viewers for the files, must also be present. For information on packaging a timeline file to share with another computer, see also Sharing Your Files.

Inserting Timeline Charts as Images

To insert an image of your timeline chart in PowerPoint from the Timeline Maker Pro menu

1. While viewing the timeline chart you wish to insert into PowerPoint, select the Share tab.
2. In the Send To group, click the PowerPoint button and select As Image
   

To insert an image of your timeline chart in PowerPoint from the PowerPoint menu:

1. Open PowerPoint. Create a blank slide.
2. From the PowerPoint menu, select the Timeline Maker tab.
3. Click the Insert Chart as Image button. Select the Timeline Maker Pro file you wish to use.
4. In the Insert Chart dialog, click the down arrow to show a list of available timeline charts from your timeline file.
5. Select the desired timeline chart and click the Insert button.
   

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