Excel Timeline Template

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Title: Events in the Life of Benjamin Franklin
Year Born in BostonEvent Height
[42] Axis Label
Born in Boston
1706 (1/17/1706) 10 1706 (1/17/1706)
1718 Apprentices at Printing Shop -20 1718 Apprentices at Printing Shop
1724 Moves to London -10 1724 Moves to London
1728 Opens Printing office in PA 25 1728 Opens Printing office in PA
1732 Poor Richard: An Almanack 15 1732 Poor Richard: An Almanack
1737 Appointed Postmaster of Phil. PA 8 1737 Appointed Postmaster of Phil. PA
1751 Book on Electricity Published in London -20 1751 Book on Electricity Published in Lon
1752 Famous Kite Experiment -10 1752 Famous Kite Experiment
1769 Elected Pres. of Amer. Phil. Society 25 1769 Elected Pres. of Amer. Phil. Society
1776 Declaration of Independence -30 1776 Declaration of Independence
1778 Treaty of Alliance with France -22 1778 Treaty of Alliance with France
1782 Treaty of Peace with Great Britain -15 1782 Treaty of Peace with Great Britain
1783 18
Sees Montgolfier Brothers 1st to Fly in Balloon 1783 Sees Montgolfier Brothers 1st to Fly
1787 Delegate to Constitutional Convention 10 1787 Delegate to Constitutional Conventi
1790 Dies in Phil. PA (4/17/1790) 5 1790 Dies in Phil. PA (4/17/1790)
10 0 0
-20
Events in the Life of Benjamin Franklin 0 0
-10 0 0
4 925 0 0
15 0 0
13
5 8 0 0
1 -20 0 14 0
6
-10 0 15 0
25 0 0
-30 0 0
3 8 -22 0 0
-15 12
0 0
2 7 18 11 0 0
10 0 0
5 10 0 0

1700 1710 1720 1730 1740 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800
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Instructions
1. Do not insert or remove entire rows (This will mess up
the labeling order in the chart).
2. Edit the yellow cells. You can copy and paste, delete,
insert, and sort, as long as you do not insert or delete
entire rows.

To change the x-axis scale

1. Right-click on the x-axis and select "Format Axis..." or
use the Chart toolbar to edit the axis properties.
2. In the Scale tab, choose specific minimum and
maximum values.

To delete an event
1. Delete the Year and Event in columns B and C,
respectively.
2. If the timeline includes 0, make the Year be a value off
the X-Axis scale.
- Or -
1. Delete the year and event.
2. Move all the other events up.
3. Modify the data series so that the last events in the
column are not included in the graph.

To add an event
14 1. Do not insert a row. Just copy the last row of the table
15 down as many rows as you need.
2. Modify the data series to include the additional rows.
3. Edit each new data point label, referencing the correct
cell in column G. This is done by clicking on the data
points in the chart. Then click on the specific data label
that you want to edit (this should highlight just the single
data point). Then, with the data point selected, type "="
then select the cell containing the Label (in column G).

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1790 1800
Project Timeline Template
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Title: Project Timeline
Date Task Days Height Axis Label
1/3/2009 Project Proposal Due 45 01/03/09 Project Proposal Due
1/10/2009 Project Funding Granted 37 01/10/09 Project Funding Granted
1/10/2009 1. Main Task 75 27 01/10/09 1. Main Task
1/10/2009 1.1 Subtask 23 01/10/09 1.1 Subtask
2/9/2009 1.2 Subtask 17 02/09/09 1.2 Subtask
3/1/2009 1.3 Subtask 10 03/01/09 1.3 Subtask
1/30/2009 2. Main Task 68 -20 01/30/09 2. Main Task
1/30/2009 2.1 Subtask -30 01/30/09 2.1 Subtask
3/1/2009 2.2 Subtask -35 03/01/09 2.2 Subtask
3/31/2009 2.3 Subtask Project Timeline -40 03/31/09 2.3 Subtask
3/31/2009 3. Main Task 100 35 03/31/09 3. Main Task
1 3/31/2009 3.1 Subtask 30 03/31/09 3.1 Subtask
4/30/2009 3.2 Subtask 23 04/30/09 3.2 Subtask
25/30/2009 3.3 Subtask 10 05/30/09 3.3 Subtask
11
4/20/2009 4. Main Task 12
100 -25 04/20/09 4. Main Task
34/20/2009 4.1 Subtask -30 04/20/09 4.1 Subtask
19
45/20/2009 4.2 Subtask 13 -35 05/20/09 4.2 Subtask
20
6/19/2009 5 4.3 Subtask -40 06/19/09 4.3 Subtask
21
6/19/2009 5. Main Task 80 25 06/19/09 5. Main Task
6
6/19/2009 5.1 Subtask 14 20 22
06/19/09 5.1 Subtask
7/19/2009 5.2 Subtask 15 07/19/09 5.2 Subtask
8/18/2009 5.3 Subtask 10 08/18/09 5.3 Subtask
7/9/2009 6. Main Task -10 07/09/09 6. Main Task
7/9/2009 6.1 Subtask -15 23 07/09/09 6.1 Subtask
8/8/2009 6.2 Subtask -20 24 08/08/09 6.2 Subtask
9/7/2009
7 6.3 Subtask -25 09/07/09
25 6.3 Subtask
15 20 12/30/99 260
8 16
10 12/30/99 0
-20 12/30/99 0
9 17
-10 12/30/99 0
10 18

1-Jan-09 31-Jan-09 3-Mar-09 2-Apr-09 3-May-09 2-Jun-09 3-Jul-09 2-Aug-09 2-Sep-09

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Instructions
Project Proposal Due 1. Do not insert or remove entire rows (This will mess up
Project Funding Granted the labeling order in the chart).
1. Main Task 2. Edit the yellow cells. You can copy and paste, delete,
insert, and sort, as long as you do not insert or delete
entire rows.

To change the x-axis scale

2. Main Task 1. Right-click on the x-axis and select "Format Axis..." or
use the Chart toolbar to edit the axis properties.
2. In the Scale tab, choose specific minimum and
maximum values. You can enter a date as "1/1/2009" and
3. Main Task it will automatically convert to the date serial number.

To delete a Task
Delete the Date and Task in columns B and C,
respectively.
4. Main Task
To add a Task
1. Do not insert a row. Just copy the last row of the table
down as many rows as you need.
5. Main Task 2. Modify the data series to include the additional rows.
22 3. Edit each new data point label, referencing the correct
cell in column G. This is done by clicking on the data
points in the chart. Then click on the specific data label
that you want to edit (this should highlight just the single
6. Main Task data point). Then, with the data point selected, type "="
then select the cell containing the Label (in column G).

5
Moving Labels
You may need to move the labels around to get
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everything positioned just right, especially if you include
duration lines.

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