Excel Timeline Template

2005 Vertex42 LLC

Title: Events in the Life of Benjamin Franklin Year [42] Born in BostonEvent 1706 (1/17/1706) 1718 Apprentices at Printing Shop 1724 Moves to London 1728 Opens Printing office in PA 1732 Poor Richard: An Almanack 1737 Appointed Postmaster of Phil. PA 1751 Book on Electricity Published in London 1752 Famous Kite Experiment 1769 Elected Pres. of Amer. Phil. Society 1776 Declaration of Independence 1778 Treaty of Alliance with France 1782 Treaty of Peace with Great Britain 1783 Sees Montgolfier Brothers 1st to Fly in Balloon 1787 Delegate to Constitutional Convention 1790 Dies in Phil. PA (4/17/1790)

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Apprentices at Printing Shop Moves to London Opens Printing office in PA Poor Richard: An Almanack Appointed Postmaster of Phil. PA Famous Kite Experiment Elected Pres. of Amer. Phil. Society Declaration of Independence Treaty of Alliance with France Treaty of Peace with Great Britain

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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. 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
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Project Timeline Template

2005-2009 Vertex42 LLC

Title: Project Timeline Date Task 1/3/2009 Project Proposal Due 1/10/2009 Project Funding Granted 1/10/2009 1. Main Task 1/10/2009 1.1 Subtask 2/9/2009 1.2 Subtask 3/1/2009 1.3 Subtask 1/30/2009 2. Main Task 1/30/2009 2.1 Subtask 3/1/2009 2.2 Subtask 3/31/2009 2.3 Subtask Project 3/31/2009 3. Main Task 45 3/31/2009 3.1 Subtask 4/30/2009 3.2 Subtask 37 5/30/2009 3.3 Subtask 35 4/20/2009 4. Main Task 30 4/20/2009 4.1 Subtask 27 23 23 5/20/2009 4.2 Subtask 6/19/2009 4.3 Subtask 17 6/19/2009 5. Main Task 10 6/19/2009 5.1 Subtask 7/19/2009 5.2 Subtask 8/18/2009 5.3 Subtask 7/9/2009 6. Main Task 7/9/2009 6.1 Subtask 8/8/2009 6.2 Subtask 9/7/2009 6.3 Subtask -20
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Height Axis Label 45 01/03/09 Project Proposal Due 37 01/10/09 Project Funding Granted 27 01/10/09 1. Main Task 23 01/10/09 1.1 Subtask 17 02/09/09 1.2 Subtask 10 03/01/09 1.3 Subtask -20 01/30/09 2. Main Task -30 01/30/09 2.1 Subtask -35 03/01/09 2.2 Subtask -40 03/31/09 2.3 Subtask 35 03/31/09 3. Main Task 30 03/31/09 3.1 Subtask 23 04/30/09 3.2 Subtask 10 05/30/09 3.3 Subtask -25 04/20/09 4. Main Task -30 04/20/09 4.1 Subtask 25 -35 05/20/09 4.2 Subtask 20 -40 06/19/09 4.3 Subtask 15 25 06/19/09 5. Main Task 10 20 06/19/09 5.1 Subtask 15 07/19/09 5.2 Subtask 10 08/18/09 5.3 Subtask -10 07/09/09 6. Main Task -15 -10 07/09/09 6.1 Subtask -20 -15 08/08/09 6.2 Subtask -25 09/07/09 6.3 Subtask -20 20 12/30/99 0 -25 10 12/30/99 0 -20 12/30/99 0 -10 12/30/99 0
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Instructions Project Proposal Due 1. Do not insert or remove entire rows (This will mess up Project Funding Granted the labeling order in the chart). 2. Edit the yellow cells. You can copy and paste, delete, 1. Main Task insert, and sort, as long as you do not insert or delete entire rows.
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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

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