Office Timeline – free timeline maker
Office Timeline – free timeline maker
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Office Timeline Free

The #1 PowerPoint Timeline Generator for Windows and Office.

Create PowerPoint timelines or roadmaps quickly and efficiently with Office Timeline Free. This user-friendly PowerPoint® add-in for Windows® helps you impress clients and executives with professional timelines.

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Rated 4.2 of 5 | Office Timeline 5519 reviews

  • Select a theme

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    Cross-Project Roadmap – Theme 1

    Made withExpert

  • Product roadmap with dependencies

    Made withPlus

  • Gantt chart made in PowerPoint with timeline maker

    Made withLite

  • Clinical research timeline

    Made withPlus

  • Strategic roadmap with key milestones and swimlanes

    Made withPlus

  • Product Development Timeline

    Made withLite

What customers tell us

Invaluable. Creates remarkable PowerPoint timelines quickly.

  • Office Timeline makes it simple to quickly create remarkable PowerPoint Timelines. It has a wide variety of stylish templates to choose from and my timelines are constantly getting compliments from management and customers. The ability for me to quickly and easily update a timeline for a project or presentation sets this software apart from any other product on the market. Well worth the money. In a word... #OfficeTimelineRocks!
    John Panico
    John PanicoSenior Manager, Hitachi Solutions
  • Office Timeline is a great tool for creating visually appealing and easy to understand PowerPoint schedules. The ability to import existing data into Office Timeline (e.g. MS Project) and then edit is invaluable. I use this on a weekly basis and would not want to be without it!
    Christer Hiort, PMP
    Christer Hiort, PMPDirector of Project Operations, Ericsson
Visual PowerPoint timeline generator
Make timelines almost instantly

Free yourself from manually building and tediously updating project visuals.

Office Timeline helps you make PowerPoint timelines, Gantt charts, Swimlanes and program roadmaps almost instantly. Customize them with just a few clicks to create clear, elegant high-level presentations that everyone will understand.

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Make consistent timelines using themes
Consistently beautiful

Your shortcut to impactful timelines... every time.

Give your project visuals a sophisticated look and feel right out of the box. Use our collection of designer-grade themes to effortlessly make consistent, stylish timelines that captivate stakeholders across all levels of your organization.

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Download freeDiscover Lite
Build and update project timelines in PowerPoint
Project timeline in PowerPoint
Agile timeline management

Manage and change data with ease.

The plugin’s powerful Data wizard and drag & drop Visual Editor make timeline & dependency management agile and intuitive. Updating timelines when projects and plans change is quick and easy.

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Make a timeline in all versions of PowerPoint and Office 365
Familiar and intuitive

User-friendly PowerPoint timeline generator. Works the way clients and colleagues do.

Office Timeline works with all versions of PowerPoint. Give them stunning PowerPoint slides that can be viewed, edited and shared by anyone who has Microsoft Office®.

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PowerPoint timelines made easy

No complex steps. No learning curve. No time wasted.

PowerPoint timeline and Gantt chart templates

1. Pick a theme or template

The timeline wizard was designed to make it simple. It all starts by selecting the type of timeline you want to make.

PowerPoint timeline milestones and tasks

2. Enter your data and click Create

Once you’ve selected a theme, enter or import your key milestones and tasks. Set their dates, click the Create button, and voilà! Timeline created.

Customize timelines and Gantt charts in PowerPoint

3. Arrange and style to impress

Use Drag & Drop to instantly rearrange or update your visual. Then customize it your way – colors, shapes, date formats, task duration, percent complete… change any detail, anyway you want.

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Compare Office Timeline add-in plans.

FreeLitePlusExpert
Timeline Capacity
Add more than 10 items per timeline-
Timeline Formatting
Create SwimlanesLimited*2UnlimitedUnlimited
Add Sub-swimlanes inside SwimlanesLimited*-
Show dependencies & critical pathLimited*-
Import dependencies---
Timeline scales1133
Templates & Theme Customization
Pre-designed themes
Timeline and Gantt templates-
Swimlane templates-
Sub-swimlane templates--
Create custom themes---
Share custom themes---
Create custom templates---
Import into custom themes & templates---
Project Performance Tracking
Planned vs. Actual---
Timeline progress bars---
Show or hide individual baselines---
Data Import & Integrations
Copy & paste from ExcelLimited*
Import data from Excel--
Excel refresh---
MS Project import and refresh---
Smartsheet import and refresh---
Jira import and refresh---
Jira import multiple projects or boards---
Wrike import---
Unlimited free updates
Technical support-StandardStandardPremium
Price (1-year subscription, billed annually)FreeLoading...Loading...Loading...
(*) Limited to 10 milestones and/or tasks per slide.
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FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Office Timeline

Office Timeline is a powerful and user-friendly tool designed to create professional-looking timelines, Gantt charts and roadmaps. It offers both an add-in that works directly within Microsoft PowerPoint, and an online timeline creator. Office Timeline helps users quickly generate elegant project visuals with just a few clicks, enhancing project planning and communication.

This timeline maker is ideal for professionals across various fields, including project management, pharma, IT, retail, consulting, and anyone who requires a streamlined solution for creating timelines and Gantt charts for presentations and reports.

To install Office Timeline, download the add-in from the Version History page, run the installation file, and follow the on-screen instructions. After becoming a paying customer, you need to activate the add-in’s powerful features via a product key, which is provided after purchase.

Yes, Office Timeline offers a wide range of customization options for its templates with the Expert plan. Users can modify color schemes, adjust text formatting, and add or edit milestones and tasks to suit their specific project needs.

Office Timeline seamlessly integrates with Microsoft PowerPoint, helping users who want to create and edit timelines within PowerPoint. Its system requirements accommodate the most popular versions of PowerPoint and it works with Office 365.

Yes, Office Timeline allows paid users to import data from tools like Jira, Microsoft Project, Excel, and Smartsheet, making it easy to convert existing project data into visual timelines.

The Free plan offers basic timeline creation features to help you get started quickly. The Lite plan allows you to add more items per timeline and provides essential customization tools. The Plus plan enhances project management with features like Swimlanes, dependencies, and seamless data import from Excel, enabling you to create detailed, professional timelines. The Expert plan delivers our most advanced capabilities, including integrations with Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, and Jira. It also offers Planned vs. Actual tracking to visualize progress and stay on schedule, plus custom templates and themes to build polished, professional visuals faster.

Office Timeline goes above and beyond to support its users by providing detailed tutorials, a comprehensive knowledge base, and responsive customer service. For those on the Office Timeline Expert plan, we offer premium support that includes priority response times, access to senior engineers, and personalized assistance such as private demos and tailored training sessions.