Timeline in powerpoint template free

1

Open up a fresh slide in PowerPoint and in the Insert tab, navigate to Shapes, then insert a new Line. Hold Shift to lock the line horizontally and drag your line across the slide and up against your left and rightmost guides.

You can give the line a bit of life by thickening it up, changing the color, and adding an end arrow to show the progression of time. You can do all this in the Format Shape window (Right Click > Format Shape).

2

Add the events. As you have already prepared your data, you know how many intervals you need.

First, measure your timeline.

Select the line and navigate to the Shape Format tab. Under Size, it will tell you the width. If your line is 31.28cm across and you have 6 events you'll need to divide the width by 6. Before you do this, subtract a small amount off the width so that there is some breathing room between each event – let’s say 0.5cm between each.

So, subtract 2.5cm from 31.28cm (28.78cm), then divide that by 6, leaving you with 4.8cm. Go back to your Insert tab,

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