To create a New Event on your timeline clicks the New Event button from the top menu.

From the Edit Event dialogue box you will be able to create an Event which will appear on the timeline. You can either create a basic Event, just name and time, or add content and link the Event into a Group, at this point it’s up to you. You can always edit your Event later by right clicking the Event, this will show the Event edit box again and you can add more content.

New Event Button - Click to create a New Event

The Edit Event box is the portal to your Events, use this to Edit all the content for your Events.
To create New Events use the New Event button
To Edit existing Events, right mouse click on the Event to show the Edit Event button.

The Edit Event box has five section:
Title, Description, Pictures, Notes, Links.
The Title tabs is normally displayed, click on the tabs to display the other sectors.

Dependent upon your chosen time units for your timeline the Start & End labels will change, however the principle remains constant – the values that are added in these fields dictate the point on the timeline.

What data to add.

Mandatory data – Each Event must have a Name and at least a Start value.

Name – Whatever is entered into here is shown on the timeline display.

Start & End – The Start and End fields set the position on the timeline axis.
If you entered 1973 into the Start box your Event will be position at 1973 on the timeline axis.
If 1987 is entered into the End box the Event will be shown starting a 1973 and continuing onto 1987.
To create a point in time use just the Start field; for a period of time use both Start and End fields.
The values of the Start and End will change dependant upon the timeline units you are working in.
See more on Start and End dates

Groups (optional use)
Using the drop down list you can add the Event currently being edited into a Group.
The Group will determine characteristics of how the Event is shown e.g. Font and Bar colour etc.
Groups will need to be created before they will show in the drop down list.
See Groups

Has Parent (optional use)
Using the ‘Has parent’ check box and drop down list you will be able to add the Event currently being edited into another timeline Event.
The Parent / Child relationship allow you to ‘clean up’ the timeline display by not showing all the Events all the time.
Child Events are embedded into Parent Events and are shown upon request.
For example, if you were making a timeline of all of the days and months of 1 year this would give over 360 Events, too many to usefully show at one time.
Embedding all of the days into the appropriate month would allow you to show the 12 months and then upon request show the days of each month.
See more detail on Parent / Child relationships.

Description (optional use)
Area for free text that is not displayed on the timeline, but is shown when an Event has been 'clicked-on' to show the 'Event content page'.
See more on Event content page


Pictures (optional use)
3 images can be added to each Event; these images are shown in the Event content page.
Event Images are entered via ‘Pictures’ tab.
Click on the yellow file button to navigate to the images you require for each Event.
Images need to be jpeg or Bitmap format.
If the image size (pixel or file weight) is large the Timeline application will give the option to reduce the image size.
Big images will slow down the software’s performance.
More images can be added using Links.

Notes (optional use)
Area for free text not displayed anywhere on the timeline.
This area can be used for reference notes and appendices.

Links (optional use)
Links allow additional content to be linked to the timeline event.
Links can be into your PC and server or they can be web links connecting your timeline Events to internet webpages.
Links only connect files and other folders to your timeline, your PC will 'open' the Linked content.
See more on Links