Presentation Options

With Timeline Maker Pro, you can choose how your timeline charts are displayed in your presentation. Several customization features are available, including various Step Through and Highlighting options, as well as a Fit to height of screen option.

In this article

• Fit to height of screen
• Step Through
• Highlight
  

Fit to height of screen

This scales the timeline chart so that its height fills the screen.

1. While viewing the timeline chart you wish to customize, select the Chart tab.
2. In the Presentation group, click Fit to height of screen. A checkmark in the checkbox indicates that the option has been activated for the timeline chart in view.
   

Step Through

Step Through displays an empty timeline chart so that you can display the events one at a time. You can choose to step through events in the order they occurred chronologically, or you can step through in the order they occurred in each category. Alternatively, you can turn the option off and display all of the events at once, as though the timeline chart were a static image.

1. While viewing the timeline chart you wish to customize, select the Chart tab.
2. In the Presentation group, click Step Through Options.
3. Select the desired option: by Time, by Category or Off. A checkmark in the checkbox indicates that the option has been activated for the timeline chart in view.
   

Tip: If a step through option is selected, you will also need to choose a highlight option. See below for more information.

Highlight

If Step Through is selected, you can choose to highlight the active event. This adds prominence and immediately draws the eye to the active event. Options for highlighting include Glow, which surrounds the active event with a yellow outline, and Fade, which lightens events not in focus so that the active event is prominent. No Highlight displays the active event without any added effects.

1. While viewing the timeline chart you wish to customize, select the Chart tab.
2. In the Presentation group, click *Step Through Options**.
3. Select the step through option (by Time or by Category) and the desired highlight option: Glow, Fade or No Highlight. A checkmark in the checkbox indicates that the option has been activated for the timeline chart in view.