Excel Timeline Template

2005 Vertex42 LLC

Height Axis Label Born in Boston(1/17/1706) 10 1706 Born in Boston(1/17/1706) Apprentices at Printing Shop -20 1718 Apprentices at Printing Shop Moves to London -10 1724 Moves to London Opens Printing office in PA 25 1728 Opens Printing office in PA Poor Richard: An Almanack 15 1732 Poor Richard: An Almanack Appointed Postmaster of Phil. PA 8 1737 Appointed Postmaster of Phil. PA Book on Electricity Published in London -20 1751 Book on Electricity Published in London Famous Kite Experiment -10 1752 Famous Kite Experiment Elected Pres. of Amer. Phil. Society 25 1769 Elected Pres. of Amer. Phil. Society Declaration of Independence -30 1776 Declaration of Independence Treaty of Alliance with France -22 1778 Treaty of Alliance with France Treaty of Peace with Great Britain -15 1782 Treaty of Peace with Great Britain Sees Montgolfier Brothers 1st to Fly in Balloon 18 1783 Sees Montgolfier Brothers 1st to Fly in B Delegate to Constitutional Convention 10 1787 Delegate to Constitutional Convention Dies in Phil. PA (4/17/1790) 5 1790 Dies in Phil. PA (4/17/1790) 10 0 0 -20 0 0 Events in the Life of Benjamin Franklin -10 0 0 Elected Pres. of Amer. Phil. Opens Printing office in PA 25 0 0 Society Sees Montgolfier Brothers 15 0 0 1st to Fly in Balloon Poor Richard: An Almanack 8 0 0 Born in Boston Delegate to Constitutional -20 0 0 Appointed Postmaster of (1/17/1706) Convention Phil. PA -10 0 0 Dies in Phil. PA (4/17/1790) 25 0 0 -30 0 0 1700 1710 1720 1730 1740 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 -22 0 0 Moves to London Famous Kite Experiment -15 Treaty of0Peace with Great 0 Britain 18 0 0 Book on Electricity Apprentices at Printing Shop 10Treaty of Alliance 0 with 0 Published in London France 5 0 0 Event [42]
Declaration of Independence

Title: Year 1706 1718 1724 1728 1732 1737 1751 1752 1769 1776 1778 1782 1783 1787 1790

Events in the Life of Benjamin Franklin

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Instructions 1. Do not insert or remove entire rows (This will mess up the labeling order in the chart). 2. Edit the yellow cells. You can copy and paste, delete, insert, and sort, as long as you do not insert or delete entire rows. To change the x-axis scale 1. Right-click on the x-axis and select "Format Axis..." or use the Chart toolbar to edit the axis properties. 2. In the Scale tab, choose specific minimum and maximum values. To delete an event 1. Delete the Year and Event in columns B and C, respectively. 2. If the timeline includes 0, make the Year be a value off the X-Axis scale. - Or 1. Delete the year and event. 2. Move all the other events up. 3. Modify the data series so that the last events in the column are not included in the graph.
Phil. PA (4/17/1790)

to Constitutional

To add an event 1. Do not insert a row. Just copy the last row of the table down as many rows as you need. 2. Modify the data series to include the additional rows. 3. Edit each new data point label, referencing the correct cell in column G. This is done by clicking on the data points in the chart. Then click on the specific data label that you want to edit (this should highlight just the single data point). Then, with the data point selected, type "=" then select the cell containing the Label (in column G). http://www.vertex42.com/ExcelArticles/create-atimeline.html

Project Timeline Template

2005-2009 Vertex42 LLC

Title: Project Timeline Date Axis Label Task Days Height 1/3/2009 Project Proposal Due 45 39816 Project Proposal Due 1/10/2009 Project Funding Granted 37 39823 Project Funding Granted 1/10/2009 1. Main Task 75 27 39823 1. Main Task 1/10/2009 1.1 Subtask 23 39823 1.1 Subtask 2/9/2009 1.2 Subtask 17 39853 1.2 Subtask 3/1/2009 1.3 Subtask 10 39873 1.3 Subtask 1/30/2009 2. Main Task 68 -20 39843 2. Main Task 1/30/2009 2.1 Subtask -30 39843 2.1 Subtask 3/1/2009 2.2 Subtask -35 39873 2.2 Subtask Project 3/31/2009 Timeline 2.3 Subtask -40 39903 2.3 Subtask 3/31/2009 3. Main Task 100 35 39903 3. Main Task Project Proposal Due 3/31/2009 3.1 Subtask 30 39903 3.1 Subtask 4/30/2009 23 39933 3.2 Subtask Project Funding3.2 Subtask 3. Main Task Granted 5/30/2009 3.3 Subtask 10 39963 3.3 Subtask 4/20/2009 4. Main Task 100 -25 39923 4. Main Task 3.1 Subtask 1. Main Task 5. Main Task 4/20/2009 4.1 Subtask -30 39923 4.1 Subtask 1.1 Subtask 3.2 Subtask 5/20/2009 4.2 Subtask -35 39953 4.2 Subtask 5.1 Subtask 6/19/2009 1.24.3 Subtask -40 39983 4.3 Subtask Subtask 5.2 Subtask 6/19/2009 5. Main Task 80 25 39983 5. Main Task 1.3 Subtask 3.3 Subtask 20 Subtask 6/19/2009 5.1 Subtask 39983 5.3 5.1 Subtask 7/19/2009 5.2 Subtask 15 40013 5.2 Subtask 8/18/2009 5.3 Subtask 10 40043 5.3 Subtask 1-Jan-09 7/9/2009 31-Jan-09 3-Mar-09 2-Apr-09 3-May-09 2-Jun-09 3-Jul-09 2-Aug-09 2-Sep-09 6. Main Task -10 40003 6. Main Task 7/9/2009 6.1 Subtask -15 40003 6.1 Subtask 8/8/2009 6.2 Subtask -20 6. Main Task 40033 6.2 Subtask 6.1 Subtask 9/7/2009 6.3 Subtask -25 40063 6.3 Subtask 2. Main Task 20 0 6.2 Subtask 0 4. Main Task 10 0 0 6.3 Subtask -20 0 0 2.1 Subtask 4.1 Subtask -10 0 0
2.2 Subtask 4.2 Subtask 2.3 Subtask 4.3 Subtask

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Instructions 1. Do not insert or remove entire rows (This will mess up the labeling order in the chart). 2. Edit the yellow cells. You can copy and paste, delete, insert, and sort, as long as you do not insert or delete entire rows. To change the x-axis scale 1. Right-click on the x-axis and select "Format Axis..." or use the Chart toolbar to edit the axis properties. 2. In the Scale tab, choose specific minimum and maximum values. You can enter a date as "1/1/2009" and it will automatically convert to the date serial number. To delete a Task Delete the Date and Task in columns B and C, respectively. To add a Task 1. Do not insert a row. Just copy the last row of the table down as many rows as you need. 2. Modify the data series to include the additional rows. 3. Edit each new data point label, referencing the correct cell in column G. This is done by clicking on the data points in the chart. Then click on the specific data label that you want to edit (this should highlight just the single data point). Then, with the data point selected, type "=" then select the cell containing the Label (in column G). Moving Labels You may need to move the labels around to get everything positioned just right, especially if you include duration lines. http://www.vertex42.com/ExcelArticles/create-atimeline.html

6.3 Subtask

Date-Based Timeline Template

2005-2012 Vertex42 LLC

Title: Date 1/5/2009 2/10/2009 5/3/2009 7/1/2009 9/4/2009 5/3/2010 6/5/2010 8/1/2010 12/5/2010 2/15/2011 5/6/2011 8/1/2011 9/1/2011

Timeline Using a Date-Based Axis

Event
Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4 Event 5 Event 6 Event 7 Event 8 Event 9 Event 10 Event 11 Event 12 Event 13

Height 50 30 -30 -15 10 -15 40 30 20 10 -25 -15 23

Label
Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4 Event 5 Event 6 Event 7 Event 8 Event 9 Event 10 Event 11 Event 12 Event 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Timeline Using a Date-Based Axis

Event 1 Event 7 Event 2 Event 8 Event 9 Event 5

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Event 13

Event 0 10 0 0
Apr-10 Jul-10 Oct-10 Jan-11 Apr-11 Jul-11 Oct-11 Jan-12

Jan-09

Apr-09

Jul-09

Oct-09

Jan-10

Event 4

Event 6 Event 11

Event 12

Event 3

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Instructions This timeline makes it easier to work with the x-axis for defining the range of dates and the intervals of the x-axis labels. The chart is a Line Chart that only shows the markers. The x-axis is date-based. Important: The events must be listed in order by date. You can sort the events by selecting all the yellow cells and using Excel's "A-Z" button to sort by the date. To use this timeline ... (a) Dates must be no earlier than the year 1900 (b) The events cannot show duration via x-error bars as in the Project timeline (because of the chart type) Changing the x-axis scale 1. Right-click on the x-axis and select "Format Axis..." 2. In the Scale tab, choose specific minimum and maximum dates. Other x-axis settings - Use a Base Unit of "Days" for more accuracy. - Set the Major Unit to 3 "Months" if you want the x-axis labels to show quarters of the year. To delete a Task Clear the Date, Task, and Height values in columns B, C, and D, respectively. Do not delete an entire row. To add a Task 1. Do not insert a row. Just copy the last row of the table down as many rows as you need. 2. Modify the data series to include the additional rows. 3. Edit each new data point label, referencing the correct cell in column F. This is done by clicking on the data points in the chart. Then click on the specific data label that you want to edit (this should highlight just the single data point). Then, with the data point selected, type "=" then select the cell containing the Label (in column F). Moving Labels You may need to move the labels around to get everything positioned just right, especially if you include duration lines. http://www.vertex42.com/ExcelArticles/create-a-timeline.html

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