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

Create and share timelines for free—right from your browser

Easily create, collaborate, and update timelines online. Simplify project planning and stay aligned with the web's most intuitive timeline maker.

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What customers tell us

Easy. Visual. Beautiful.

  • 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.
    Yvonne Tran
    Yvonne TranSenior Design Strategist, Booz Allen Hamilton
  • 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.
    Éric Hervé, PMP
    Éric Hervé, PMPProject Manager, Major Canadian Media Company
Easy-to-use online timeline creator
Make timelines anywhere

Simple, accessible online timeline creator.

Build stunning online timelines that people actually understand. Office Timeline Online is a free, easy-to-use web-based tool that creates unforgettable PowerPoint slides.

Use the timeline creator to build and update Gantt charts online that you can share, present, and keep in sync with your team, no software install required.

Make timelines for freeSee premium version
Make timelines for freeSee premium version
Collaborative project management software
Collaborative project tool

Share and collaborate online effortlessly.

Teamwork is simple and secure with Office Timeline Online. Create a view-only link to your timeline or invite colleagues to collaborate so they can see your plan and update or share it further.

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Make timelines for freeSee premium version
Online timeline maker and task assignment app
Assign tasks

Align teams and coordinate your work more effectively.

Assign individual tasks on the timeline, so that everyone’s clear about their priorities and nothing falls through the cracks. Easily keep track of who’s doing what and optimize performance.

Make timelines for freeSee premium version
Make timelines for freeSee premium version
Software for creating and managing project roadmaps online
Online timeline maker with PowerPoint integration
Best of both worlds

Why is this the best program to create a timeline?

Office Timeline Online is the only cloud-based timeline creator that creates real PowerPoint slides, right from your browser.

Get the best of both worlds with our online timeline and Gantt chart maker. Now you can have the ease of the web when building timelines and Gantt charts for the world’s most popular presentation software.

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Create integrated project workflows with Office Timeline Online.
Integrated project workflow

Effortless project management integrations

Import project data from Microsoft Project®, Excel®, Jira, and Smartsheet to keep your timelines accurate and up to date. Export native PowerPoint slides or insert timeline images into Google Slides to share the latest project visuals with your team. Save time and improve project tracking with always-current, shareable visuals—all from your browser.

Make timelines for freeSee premium version
Make timelines for freeSee premium version
Online timeline and Gantt chart templates
Timeline and swimlane templates

Kickstart your project planning with ready-made templates.

Choose from a variety of ready-made templates for any project type - from swimlanes and roadmaps to IT and pharmaceutical timelines. Each template helps you create professional visuals in just minutes.

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Make timelines for freeSee premium version
Compare and choose

Compare Office Timeline Online plans

FreePremium
Formatting
Create Swimlanes
Add milestones inside Swimlanes
Show multiple timescales
Editing
Drag & drop tasks and milestones
Add notes
Branding
Access to templates
Upload logo
Add slide title and footnote
Watermark-free timelines-
Collaboration
Unlimited collaboration-
Assign tasks to team members
Save timelines in the cloud
Create folders
Export options
Download timelines as PowerPoint slides-
Download as image (PNG)-
Download as Excel file-
Integrations
Import & refresh Jira data
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Import & refresh Excel data
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Import & refresh Project data
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Import Smartsheet data
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Insert & refresh timelines in Google Slides
Support & updates
Unlimited free updates
Technical support-
Price (1-year subscription, billed annually)FreeLoading...
(*) Free timelines show a watermark after 10 items.
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FAQ

Frequently asked questions about making timelines

Displaying a series of events in chronological order, a timeline is one of best ways to highlight critical milestones and show the progress of a project plan. Given their visual power, timelines play a major role in project management. Learn from our blog post how to make a timeline quickly and effectively.

Jira can automatically generate a timeline based on your issues’ start and end dates. Once you’ve filled those out, simply move to your project’s Timeline view to see your visual. While Jira’s timelines can certainly help you visualize your projects, stakeholders who are not Jira uses might find them difficult to follow. If you need a high-level visual for executive meetings, try Office Timeline Online, a free tool that can import one or more Jira projects and align them on a neatly-structured timeline that’s easy to share and present.

To create a timeline in Project, all you need to do is tick the “Timeline” checkbox from the View tab to activate it, and then right-click your tasks to add them to your visual. However, the resulting graphic may become a little too complex when managing large projects, so you will need to use a few tricks to make it more palatable. Learn all about it in our tutorial on how to make a timeline in Microsoft Project.

The premium version of Office Timeline Online allows users to import and refresh Excel data, ensuring timelines stay accurate and up to date. The free version only supports data import and does not include the ability to refresh. Follow our step-by-step tutorial on how to make a timeline with Excel data.

As long as you have at least two date columns in your sheet, Smartsheet will automatically generate your project’s timeline, which you can see just by switching to Gantt View. If you need to present your plan to audiences that don’t have access to Smartsheet, you can also try the free web app Office Timeline Online. It pulls your Smartsheet data and turns it into a stylish timeline that you can safely share with anyone or download as a slide to include in presentations.

To present a project plan in Google Docs™, you can use the online word processor’s Bubble chart feature and a bit of formatting to create a basic timeline. Read our step-by-step tutorial to learn how to make a timeline from a Google document or use the dedicated timeline maker Office Timeline Online.

Download the Office Timeline app from Google Workspace Marketplace and log into your account. Then, easily insert and refresh your timeline directly in Google Slides to keep it up to date.

Making a timeline in PowerPoint is one of the easiest ways to showcase project plans because the result is presentation-ready. You can build a PowerPoint timeline either manually, using the Basic Timeline option from SmartArt, or automatically, with a timeline generator like the Office Timeline add-in. Find out more in our tutorial on how to make a timeline in PowerPoint.

There is a variety of tools that you can use to create timelines, including both multi-functional project management applications and dedicated ones. Opting for a purpose-built timeline maker, however, yields the best results. To make an informed decision on which solution is the right fit for you, read our timeline maker software review.
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