Selecting Events

There are various ways to select an event or group of events in both the Timeline Data tab and your timeline charts. You can manually select an event, or a group of events, using a variety of methods, or you can use Timeline Maker Pro’s Find and Select features.

In this article

• Selecting events manually
• Using Find and Select

Selecting events manually

To select one event:

• Click on the event you’d like to select, highlighting it.
  

Tip: When selecting an event in the Timeline Data tab, to highlight the entire event, click beside the checkbox or drag your cursor through all columns.

To select a group of events:

• While holding the Ctrl key, click on each of the events you’d like to select.
  OR
• If viewing the timeline chart, right click on an event and choose the Select all events option from the menu.
  

Using Find and Select

Note: Find and Select works for the currently displayed tab only (e.g. Timeline Data, Bar Chart, etc.) and does not select this across all tabs. If you switch to another tab, you will need to repeat the Find and Select search.

To select all events:

1. In the Home tab, Editing group, click the Select button.
2. Choose the Select All option.
   

To select all events within a category:

1. In the Home tab, Editing group, click the Select button.
2. Choose the Select Category option and click on the desired category.
   

To find and select events using keywords:

1. In the Home tab, Editing group, click the Find button, or press Ctrl + F on your keyboard. This will open the Find dialog box.
2. In the Any Word tab, enter your keywords to search in the Find box.
3. Click the Select button.
   

All events matching your keyword search will now be selected.

To find and select events by date:

1. In the Home tab, Editing group, click the Find button, or press Ctrl + F on your keyboard. This will open the Find dialog box.
2. Click the Date & Time tab.
3. From the drop down menu, choose from the following search criteria: Happened on, Started on, or Ended on.
4. Enter the desired date or date and time, then click the Select button.
   

All events matching your date & time search criteria will now be selected.

Note regarding search options:
Happened on: Selects all events that happened anytime within the specified date and time range.
Started on: Selects all events with the specified start date and time.
Ended on: Selects all events with the specified end date and time.