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Easy online Gantt chart generator for your project visuals
Engage your stakeholders with clear, simple Gantt charts and timelines. Office Timeline Online is a free, accessible Gantt chart and timeline maker that helps you communicate visually.
Build online Gantt charts that are easy to understand for everyone - clients, teams, and managers.
Share and collaborate on the web effortlessly
Our online Gantt chart maker makes team collaboration easy and secure. Create a view-only link to your Gantt chart or invite team members to collaborate so they can see your graphic and edit or share it further.
Keep your team aligned and coordinate your work more efficiently
Assign individual tasks and milestones on your Gantt chart to help team members understand what they should be working on. Get better visibility into your team's assignments and optimize performance.
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Why choose between a web and a desktop app? Combine the flexibility of a cloud-based Gantt chart maker with the familiarity of the best presentation software to better prepare for your important meetings.
Save time and build shareable Gantt charts online from existing data
- 1. Manage your team's tasks in Project as you usually do.
- 2. Quickly load your Project file into the online Gantt chart maker.
- 3. Instantly generate a stylish Gantt chart that's easy to update and share.
Just import from Excel using the easy drag & drop function and our software will instantly create a Gantt chart for you to style as you wish and share with others.
Work smarter. Make Gantt charts online and download them as PowerPoint slides
Use the web app to create timelines online wherever you are and download them as native PowerPoint slides. Open them in PowerPoint and edit, share or present them like any other slide.
Office Timeline Online has simplified our project management immensely. I manage a team of service designers who are not usually experts in project management but the highly visual interface and ease of use has made managing our projects a breeze. We cannot imagine using any other project Timeline tool that is as easy and beautiful.
Office Timeline Online provides me with a really quick way to create and maintain PowerPoint timelines from the web. I use it to make executive timelines for presentations to our VPs. The bright colors and distinctive shapes make it easy for them to quickly understand what’s at stake, and my slides always stand out.
Frequently Asked Questions about Gantt Charts
1. What is a Gantt chart?
Gantt charts are a category of visual representations that displays a project’s tasks and crucial events (milestones) on a timeband, originally made by hand and named after American engineer Henry Gantt. Check out our visual Project Management guide to learn more about common charts and visualization tools.
2. What are the benefits of a Gantt chart?
Using the Gantt chart framework, it becomes considerably easier to achieve these objectives:
- Understand complex data by viewing it as a linear time progression;
- Schedule the concurrent workload of multiple teams across the project lifecycle;
- Untangle intricate timelines and arrange events in chronological order;
- Bridge the knowledge gap between technical teams and execs.
3. How do I create a Gantt chart online?
You can try different online tools, such as the free online Gantt chart maker from Office Timeline. To create your first Gantt chart, just access the app, import or type in your data and pick a template. The software will then generate a Gantt chart as a PowerPoint slide that you can share with - and collaborate on - with your team.
4. How do I make a Gantt chart for free?
Project management professionals can make Gantt charts in Excel, PowerPoint and other generic software. However, the process is time-consuming and often with disappointing results. We recommend dedicated solutions like the free versions of Office Timeline that can help you generate awesome-looking graphics in minutes based on professionally-designed Gantt chart templates.
5. What is the best software for Gantt charts?
As a minimum, the best software should include these features:
- Access to multiple templates;
- Import from with external data sources;
- An intuitive interface and simple controls.
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