the Timeline Viewing area - Steve`s Timeline Program
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1. This appears under Tools in the menu bar It allows you to delete one or more timeline entries Tenetine Too Eitor Delete a person event in the timeline LCooront Timeine Creston a You ve Selected eeii Floced Hejh Arpheread Enisi Shebah Kener Eber Mi ie Rei Jared Haar Enoch E Methuselah Lamech Hint you can bypass this by using Right click Timeline Entry 1 In the list box select one or more timeline entries that you want to delete from the timeline Note you cannot delete all the timeline entries here Use New from the Files menu Hint hold the Ctrl key down as you click to select multiple entries a Notice as you select timeline events to delete that they are listed on the right side of the list box b Notice you are shown how many timeline events that you have under the list box 2 Once you have your entries selected press the OK button to delete them Copyright 2013 Steve Clark Page 12 of 22 Timeline User Manual Copy from other timeline This is a powerful tool which allows you to copy one or more timeline entries from a different timeline and place them in your current timeline It copies all of each copied timeline entry s settings as well as Desc Info to your current timeline If you have entered a lot of specific information along with images then you do not have to re enter all that info Just use this tool to copy it from an existing timeline Select File Ot2. A You will first want to select the Entry s type one of the 4 available types Person Event Spacer or Circle Notice that when you select an entry s type that other fields within the Add Edit window will become enabled disabled depending on the entry type selected Person as the type label suggests this timeline entry is used for a Person The Start amp End year field will reflect something about that person e g when they were born amp when they died or if they were a king when they Copyright 2013 Steve Clark Page 9 of 22 Timeline User Manual reigned A person timeline entry will be shown as a rectangle aligning its left right edges to match the Start End year You will be able to change the rectangle s color shown above by step E A person entry will also use the OverFlow labeling when the rectangle is too short to display the person s name Note that the Creation dates fields become enabled for this Entry type Event as the type label suggests this timeline entry is used for an Event The Start amp End year fields will be enabled If the event has a starting and ending year you should not use the nvert setting The event will be shown as a rectangle when the nvert setting is not checked When the Invert setting is checked the entry will be shown as just the text from the name field but the text will take on the selected background color selected by step E If your event does not have an ending year then en
3. step 1 click on the Add button to add them to your list in item 3 This shows you a list of items that you have selected Click here to erase all the items in your list step 3 This is a shortcut to add all your items to your list step 3 After you have entered row info in area 3 then you can right click on items in area 3 to delete or rearrange them Your Table Rows so far Delete Row Item Move Row Item Up Move Row tem Down Methuselah You will need to click to select the item s row first then you can right click on it Copyright 2013 Steve Clark Page 21 of 22 Timeline User Manual Exports Desc Info selector When you click on the Add Entry Desc button the edit window below will show up to the right of the Export Items list This editor allows you to select which timeline entries that you want their descriptions info section added to your Microsoft Word document Add Desc Info s to your Table Enosh Kenan Mahalalel Jared Enoch Methuselah Lamech Noah Shem Flood Arphaxad Shelah AddDesc info Cancel Select which timeline entries that you want their descriptions info sections added to Microsoft Word document These will show up in area 3 Hint you can select more than one item at a time hold the Ctrl key down and click or drag over them with your mouse After selecting items in step 1 click the Add button to add them to your list in area 3 This area shows it
4. the vertical size The horizontal size is fixed to accommodate the export size as well as the contents of the popup s when hovering over an entry D To hide the info window you can click on the OK button Note if you click in the viewing area of the main timeline window not on an entry the program will hide the info window for you E When Adding Editing the Description Info text you can control what is visible in the popup when the user hovers over the entry The program looks for the first line which is 5 or more hyphens minus signs in a row When it finds this it signals the program to abbreviate what is shown in the popup view it also appends a line under the popup s text with more The Menu bar Hint most operations will signal success with a short sound Tools Current File Genesis db J New Ctrl N E Open Ctrl 0 Help 3242 BC Al Save Ctrl 5 Save As Copy using Current Bg Print Copy using White Bg Exit Copy using Gray Bg Custom Bg Color Custom Bg Grid Color Copy Full height New Allows you to start a new Timeline Open Allows you to open an existing Timeline Save Allows you to save the currently visible Timeline SaveAs Allows you to save the currently visible Timeline to a new filename Export to Word Allows you to export all or part of your timeline to a Microsoft Word document Copyright 2013 Steve Clark Page 4 of 22 Timeline User M
5. Delete the timeline entry that you right clicked on It is similar to clicking on the menu bar Tools gt Delete Timeline Entry Move to Person Event This will allow you to position the timeline entry that you right clicked on to the left edge of the viewing area It is similar to using the Move to Person Event tool below the timeline It save you from having to scroll the Move to Person Event box Using the Timeline Info Window When you click on a timeline entry in the viewing area the program will open the Timeline Info window as shown below In it you can view full information for that timeline entry It is strongly suggested that you drag the window to a location away from the main timeline window so that it will not get covered up by the main timeline window Timeline Info Adam 4112 BC to 3182 BC creation date 1 to 930 God created Adam on the 6th day of His creation Gen 1 26 31 2 7 8 God places Adam in the garden of Eden Gen 2 15 17 God creates Eve the first woman as a wife for Adam Gen 2 20b 25 hey sinned and were driven out of the garden of Eden the Fall Gen 3 Afterwards they have two sons Cain amp Abel Gen 4 1 2 Cain eventually kills his brother out of envy Gen 4 3 16 Some time afterwards when Adam is 130 yrs old Gen 5 3 they have another son Seth Gen 4 25 Adam lives to be 930 yrs old Gen 5 5 Zoom In Out CTRL Rall MouseWheel e While this window is open you can cl
6. Items list 5 Add Entry Desc allows you to select which timeline entry Desc Info values to add to the Export Items list See Exports Desc Info selector below 6 Clear Export List removes all items that you have added to the Export Items list Copyright 2013 Steve Clark Page 17 of 22 Timeline User Manual 7 Export Items list this shows you what you have selected to export to the Word document You may right click on items in the list to see the popup menu see Export right click menu below 8 Export after you have added all items you want to the Export Items list you press this button to have the program send your items to a Microsoft Word document 9 Cancel this becomes enabled after you have pressed the Export button It allows you to abort the export 10 Status area after pressing the Export button you will see info telling you what is being exported as well as a progress bar Export right click menu In the Export Items list when you right click on an item you will see a popup menu as shown below Edit this item a H Delete this Item Move Item Up Move Item Down cr ET Edit this item This menu item will only be enabled for Table items It will open and populate the Export Table editor When you finished editing the table info it will not add a new item but merely updated info about the table that you originally right clicked on Delete this Item Deletes the item from the Export Items list t
7. Small increments according to the length of years e g if 2000 year are left the increment will be Large increment will be 500 years If 90 years are left then the increment will be 10 years B When you have zoomed the horizontal scroller will become visible This scroller allows you to move the Starting year that appears on the left edge of the viewing area The number of years set by the zoom will remain the same thus pushing the Ending year on the right edge of the viewing area to a value accommodating the zoom setting Note the Large increment will change to the number of years that you currently have showing in the viewing area whatever you set with the zoom scroller Hint when you hover over the viewing area and hold the Ctrl key and roll your mouse wheel this scrolls the timeline horizontally in small increments Shift Ctrl roll the wheel scrolls in large increments C If your timeline has more entries than will fit into the viewing area you will see the vertical scroller appear This allows you to position the timeline entries to be visible in the viewing area Note when you save your timeline the Vertical position Horizontal position amp Zoom setting are saved with your timeline file Thus when you open the timeline file you will see exactly what you had showing when you saved the file Hint when you hover over the viewing area and roll your mouse wheel this scrolls the timeline vertically by the size of a timelin
8. Timeline User Manual the Timeline Viewing area a Timeline Running in Debugger File Tools Help Current File Genesis db 3682 BC 3242 BC 2802 BC 2362 BC 1922 BC EED o_o Matausela ech 3490 BC to 3125 BC creation date 622 to 987 Enoch is the son of Jared He became the father of Methusela when he was 65 yr old P He lived to be 365 yr old he didn t die but pleased God and was taken up Ge 5 18 Years displayed 7700 Minor grid spacing 88 0 ys Biasa te marenm ford r ae ntin Ca A fn hlas te araar Gr Ahmat This is the timeline Viewing Area graph Your timeline Entries will be placed in this area Note that when zooming your entries may be outside this viewing area and not visible See the Positioning the viewing area section below Above the viewing area you will see dates above the major gridlines Note for minor grid spacing see just below the viewing area on the right An entry s left edge lines up with its Starting year and its right edge lines up with its Ending year with the exception when the viewing area is zoomed Then you will notice the character s lt amp gt around your entry s title these signify that the entry extends beyond the viewing area notice the Creation entry and see that it has the gt after its title When you hover your mouse over an Entry a popup will appear for a few seconds The top line s show the Starting and Ending dates The text be
9. anual Copy Screen to Clipboard Print Copy using Current Bg Allows you to copy the Timeline image to the clipboard using the current background color Copy using White Bg Allows you to copy the Timeline image to the clipboard using a white background color Copy using Gray Bg Allows you to copy the Timeline image to the clipboard using a gray background color Custom Bg Color Allows you to copy the Timeline image to the clipboard using a custom background color A popup color selection window will appear Simply select the background color that you want and click the OK button Custom Bg Grid Color Allows you to copy the Timeline image to the clipboard using a custom background color and a custom major grid color Two popup color selection window will appear in succession The first is for selecting the background color and the second is for selecting the major grid color Simply select the background color that you want and click the OK button Note the minor grid color is whatever you have set it to from the Tools menu Copy Full height Toggle how much of the vertical area of the timeline is copied to the clipboard When checked all that is showing from the visible area to the bottom of the timeline By using what is visible at the top allows you to control copying a portion of the time to the bottom When unchecked what you see in the viewing area is copied to the clipboard This is the default area copied to the clipbo
10. ard Horizontal areas not shown in the viewing area are not copied to the clipboard To copy areas not shown horizontally use the zoom scroller to reduce the zoom thus showing more of the horizontal portions of the timeline in the viewing area Not yet implemented Allows you to print your timeline the viewing area Exit Allows you to close the Timeline program Copyright 2013 Steve Clark Page 5 of 22 Timeline User Manual File Tools Current File Genesis db Add Timeline Entry Edit Timeline Entry 4247 BC Delete Timeline Entry z Copy from other timeline Mowe Timeline Entry Edit Timeline Note Change Timeline colors Change Background color Show Vert Overflow Show Minor Grids Change Major Grid color Change Miner Grid color Allow scrolling below entries Add Timeline Entry Allows you to add a new timeline Entry to your timeline See Add Edit section below for more details Edit Timeline Entry Allows you to edit a timeline Entry in your timeline See Add Edit section below for more details This will take you to a window which will allow you to select from all your timeline entries Note you could skip this step by right clicking on a timeline entry in the viewing area and clicking on Edit Timeline Entry Delete Timeline Entry Allows you to delete a timeline Entry from your timeline Note you could skip this step by right clicking on a timeline entry in the viewi
11. brother Able Adam lived to be 930 years old lt E Place where Adam is mentioned in the Bible oe When you click on an Entry in the viewing area the program will open the Timeline Info window as shown above It displays what you have entered in the Description info area for your timeline entry The info window is used when you want to view the information for your entry and the popup when hovering over an entry does not show all your info or the popup showing time is too brief It is advised to move the info window to a location outside of the main timeline window so that it will not be hidden when you move back to the main timeline window To move the info window just use your mouse to grab the top of the info window and drag it to a new location on your desktop Same as you would any other window on your desktop While the info window is visible you may click an any entry in your timeline to show that entry s info in the info window A The info window will display your Title and the dates for your Entry If no Creation dates are found then the creation date line is left blank B This area of the info window displays your Description Info that you entered for your timeline entry Use the scroll bars to reposition as you read Copyright 2013 Steve Clark Page 3 of 22 Timeline User Manual C The program allows you to change the vertical size of the info window Simply grab the bottom of the window and drag to change
12. e There is ONE level of Undo available after you have copied your entries You will notice that the Undo button becomes available after copying your entries You can open other Timeline files and copy from them after you have copied from the first other timeline You cannot copy entries which have the same name from one timeline into your current timeline list e Don t forget to save your timeline when you return to your main timeline window it would be wise to use the SaveAs method and save your combined timeline to a new Timeline file Copyright 2013 Steve Clark Page 13 of 22 Timeline User Manual Move Timeline Entry This is found under Tools in the menu bar It allows you to change the position of a timeline entry within the timeline Timetra Tool bektor Rearrange persons events on your Timeline Curent Tireine Creation _____ Adam oel Enos Kenan Pea velit dared Enach E Methuselah Lamech Noah hom ict hold Shel bey a ad wou k ar Flood Wein buloi and Awil rene 5 ate limel Aroha mad Shelah Eber Foleg Reu Serug Hah Terah Help OK Return to Timeline A Inthe Current Timeline list box click on the timeline entry that you want to move B Now click on the arrow s button to move your timeline entry s location C When you get your entry where you want it then click on the OK button Copyright 2013 Steve Clark Page 14 of 22 Timeline Us
13. e entry Shift roll the wheel scrolls in small increments Copyright 2013 Steve Clark Page 2 of 22 Timeline User Manual D At times you may have difficulty locating a specific entry in your timeline This tool Move to person event will assist you in finding your entry Click on the arrows on the right side of the box to locate your entry Then click on the Go button The program will change the Starting year of the graph to the starting year of your entry if not visible in the viewing area the program may alter the vertical position and or the zoom setting E If you know a specific year that you want for the Starting year of the viewing area you can use this tool Move to year Simply enter the year you want and then click the Go button for years BC you can enter a negative number like 700 for 700 BC or you can enter 700 bc F Under the viewing are you will see the Years displayed and Minor grid spacing These aid you in reading the timeline They are also shown when exporting the timeline this aids those whom might be viewing your timeline Using the Info Window Adam 4112 BC to 3182 BC A creation date 1 to 930 Timeline Info God created Adam on the 6th day of His creation God also create Eve the first woman as a wife for Adam They sinned and were driven out of the garden of Eden Afterwards we are told in Genesis that they had 3 sons Cain Able amp Seth Before Seth was born Cain killed his
14. ems that you have selected in steps 1 amp 2 When you click this button it will clear items that you have selected in area 3 Note After you have selected items and clicked on the Add Desc Info button the program will add each of your selections as individual items to the Export Items list So to remove any of these added items from the Export Items list you will need to right click on them one at atime and select Delete Copyright 2013 Steve Clark Page 22 of 22
15. er Manual Edit Timeline Note This is where you add edit the general note for your timeline This note is shown to the user when they press the About button under the timeline This note is very useful for the users to see e Your explanation of what your timeline is meant to show them e Where you got the information for your timeline e Whatever other information that you want to relate to the user viewing your timeline Tenebes Tool Ecitor Current Timeline Notes Enler your oles about fis meine sheers up wader Help when lhe se press Tamen Timeline oes aleli a oe oo E lejla Hoane Eont 11 m at Below is how dates were calculated You can find this chart on latip nwa Bigke Pos com Ages and References to Patriarchs Dales an from iia beginning ct Creation meot Dateot ageat Name Aperen Sea Relerence Eouch Keman 393 1290 Mahalalel x13 460 T4222 dared i Gen F18 eae BT F cock eee ue ae Return to Timeline Enter you information in the text area you can also insert images then click on the OK button Copyright 2013 Steve Clark Page 15 of 22 Timeline User Manual Entering text in Desc Info and Timeline Note areas QO ia oO 2a ie B m lu u HighLite m Font n E Ara A New button It will erase everything in the edit window Load File button It will allow you to load a RTF Rich Text File into the edit window Save File button It will al
16. hat your right clicked on Move Item Up Moves the item that your right clicked on up one position in the Export Items list Move Item Down Moves the item that your right clicked on down one position in the Export Items list Copyright 2013 Steve Clark Page 18 of 22 Timeline User Manual Exports Table editor below When you click on the Add Table button or right clicked on a table item in Export Item list and clicked on Edit this item the edit window below will show up to the right of the Export Items list This editor allows you to design a custom table to be exported to Word You can design e A Heading that you added about your custom table e Which columns you want and what timeline entry data is entered in the rows under this column e Which timeline items that you want used as rows info under the columns Design Your Table Table Title 7 Columns Column Heading Use Default Heading ae Your Table Columns so far Your Table Rows so far Mahalalel Jared Enoch Methuselah Lamech A Table Title In the box type the title that you want to appear above your table in the Word document Copyright 2013 Steve Clark Page 19 of 22 Timeline User Manual B Columns this is where you decide which timeline entry values are used as columns and their arrangement Columns Column Heading Use Default Heading horizontally 5 6 Enter the text that you want as a headi
17. her Timeline NT Events i e Pentecost Merge above Paul s Conversion Paul s vist to Jerusalem Curent Timeline Creation Adam seth satecteditem in Current Timeline Enosh James the Brother of John Martyr Kenan Merge below Apostolic Council in Jerusalem Mahalael selected tem in Currant Timeline Paul returns to Jerusalem Jared L James the brother of Jesus Marty Enoch Paul Martyred l Copy Entries Methusela f Peter Martyred in Rome Lamech 5 Death of John Noah Shem Flood Arphaxed Shelah Eber Peleg Rue Serug Nahor T Starting Count 30 Selected count Caent count 20 She i s Return to Timeline 1 Inthe Current Timeline list click on the entry where you want the new entries added 2 Now click on how you want the new entries added relative to your selected location in the Current timeline list 3 Now click on the Select File button and open the other timeline file that you want to add entries from 4 Now select which entries that you want to merge into your Current Timeline list Hints e you can select more than 1 entry in Other Timeline list e you can select sequential items by click on 1st item then hold the Shift key down and click on the last item e you can select random items by holding the Ctr key down and click on each item you want 5 Press the Copy Entries button to merge your selected items into your Current Timeline list Other things to note
18. his is where you enter specific information pertaining to your timeline entry You will be able to customize the text and add image s here See section below Editing Desc Info details This is optional you don t have to enter anything if you don t want to But this is a key feature of the Timeline program It allows you to assign detailed information to Person Events with your timeline The data entered here shows up when a user clicks on your timeline entry in the Timeline Info window It is saved with your timeline In this area you can alter various settings for your entry depending on the entry type The Color for Person Event allow you to set the background color for their rectangle exception Circle amp Event Inverted use this as text color Note If you select Not Visible the program will hide the entry s rectangle and text but leave a gap use this mostly to extend the timeline s total time e g stretch the length of time that the timeline will show this allows me to add padding to display some things Not shown in the above image is the Position Alignment Override This allows you to force a timeline entry to be placed horizontally aligned to another timeline entry Once you have finished adding or editing an entry s settings click on the OK button and the program will update its information This does not save it to the file but updates internal information for displaying So you will need to save your updated timeli
19. ick on any of the other timeline entries in the viewing area and the information in this window will be replaced e To hide this window you can Copyright 2013 Steve Clark Page 8 of 22 Timeline User Manual o Click on the background area of the Viewing Area of the main timeline window o or click the OK button in the Timeline Info window A You can resize the Timeline Info window by grabbing the bottom edge of the window with your mouse and dragging downward Add Edit The Add amp Edit windows are identical with the exception that when the Edit window appears it will be populated with that Entry s settings You get to this window via the menu bar from Tools The Add window is where you enter a New Entry for your timeline And the Edit window allows you to alter the settings for an existing Entry to your timeline Timeline Tool Editor Name Color tor Person Ew Dates on timeline Default E Not Visible Start Year End Year This Year Dates from Creation Optional Start Year Cale End Year O a led e x a B z u Homne Font 77 mm ana keyboard Shortcuts F f The suggested order of entering your timeline entry s data is A Entry type then B Entry name this is displayed in your timeline then C Entry s Start amp End dates then optionally D Entry Description Info then optionally E amp F Entry color amp positioning then you would click on the OK button G
20. igned to give you a lot of flexibility Add TL Image Timeline elements that you wantto export will be added to the adjacent panel Items you want to Export The items that appear in this panel EJ DescAdam after you have clicked one or more of the buttons descirbed below will be exported in the order that they appear top element first exported ee bottom element last exported 4 Desc Enosh Just press the Export Eventhing button found in the upper left side of this window Clear Export List SSSR Selectively decide what you want to Export Under the Export Everything button you will see a brown window with buttons in it Use the buttons to add which timeline elements that you want to _ Export lt 8 Export to Word Export Everything Return to Timeline Status 1 Export Everything adds everything usable in your timeline to the Export Items list see step 7 Sometimes this may be easier to use than manually using buttons in steps 2 5 and then use right click on Export Items to remove unwanted items see also Export right click menu below 2 Add TL Image add the timeline graph image similar to what you see in the viewing area but it s the full timeline height 3 Add Table allows you to create a table from your timeline entries and then adds it to the Export Items list See Exports Table editor below 4 Add TL About adds your Timeline Note to the Export
21. low the dates is text that you added to the Description Info area for your entry You can learn more about this in the Add Edit section below If you click on an Entry then the program will display a small window with full content of your Description Info that you have entered See Using the Timeline Info Window section below Copyright 2013 Steve Clark Page 1 of 22 Timeline User Manual Positioning the viewing area a Timeline Running in Debugger oo File Tools Help Current File Genesis db Position a 4122 BC 3682 BC 3242 BC 2002 BC 2262 BC 1922 BC tears displayed 2200 Move to person event Creation nee MGa Move to year B Position 4 Zoom A To zoom in on a time range use the Zoom scroller As you change the zoom value you will see the number of years being displayed to the right of the scroller Hint when you hover your mouse over the viewing area and hold the Alt key down and roll your mouse wheel it zooms your timeline in small increments Shift Alt roll the wheel scrolls in large increments About increments of the zoom scroller As with any windows program there are 2 basic increments Large or Small When you click to the left or right of the position marker the scroller reports to the program to change the zoom in Large increments When you click on either arrow 4 atthe ends of the scroller it reports to change using Small increments The zoom scroller dynamically changes the Large
22. low you to save the edit window to a RTF file Load Image button It allows you to load a picture file and pastes it to where your cursor is located in the edit window Standard Cut Copy Paste buttons These work with text that you have selected in the edit window Standard Bold Italic Underline buttons These work with text that you have selected in the edit window Highlight button Works with text that you have selected in the edit window It changes the background color for your selected text The box to the right shows you the color of selected text where the cursor is located Standard Font button Works with text that you have selected in the edit window You can change the font type style size and color Shows you the font size where the cursor is located and its color Copyright 2013 Steve Clark Page 16 of 22 Timeline User Manual Export to Word This is selected from the Files menu It allows you to export different parts of your timeline into Microsoft Word This can be very useful for creating e Handouts for your Sunday school class or study group e Create your own documentation for a given study or subject e For Logos 4 5 users you can create PB s Personal Books for your library from the created Word docx E Microsoft Word yon tems you want to Export Export Everything Export Quick Reference This window will allow you to export elements of your timeline into a Microsoft Word document Itis des
23. ne using File gt Save or SaveAs from the menu bar When in the Add window you can continue to add new timeline Entries this has the advantage to remembering your last entry adding settings Or if you are in the Edit window you will see an extra button along the bottom for selecting another entry to edit When you are done adding or editing press this button to return to the timeline Copyright 2013 Steve Clark Page 10 of 22 Timeline User Manual Edit Timeline Entry This appears under Tools in the menu bar It allows you to edit the settings for an already existing timeline entry i Tenckre Tool Ecitor Edit a person event in the timeline Selocted Entry i Creation Enosh Hrt you carl double cick onan Erir in ie e Kenan fe Wo ell fe quickly EJHL a pow Ga cick he Ma alaie Cray ad Ten dick on Me Cot Dunar dared Enoch E Methuselah Lamech Noah Shem Flood Arphaxad Shelah Eber Poleg Reu Serug Naho Terah r Edit Return to Timeline Hint you can bypass this by using Right click Timeline Entry A In the list box locate the timeline entry in which you want to edit and click on it Hint you can double click on it to bypass step B B Now click on the Edit button and the program will open the Add Edit window and populate it with the timeline entry s setting Copyright 2013 Steve Clark Page 11 of 22 Timeline User Manual Delete Timeline Entry
24. ng area and clicking on Delete Timeline Entry Copy from other timeline Allows you to copy entries from another timeline thus adding them to your current timeline This is very handy in that you will not need to re enter timeline data for an entry more than once Move Timeline Entry Allows you to move a timeline line Entry s location vertically in your timeline Edit Timeline Note Allows you to change the Timeline Note for your timeline The Timeline Note allows you to document general information concerning your timeline e g the purpose of the timeline details to gleaned from the timeline amp where your collected your timeline information This is unique for each of your timelines Copyright 2013 Steve Clark Page 6 of 22 Timeline User Manual Change Timeline colors Change Background color Allows you to change the Background color for your timeline This is saved with the timeline Change Major Grid color Allows you to change the Major Grid color for your timeline This is saved with the timeline Change Minor Grid color Allows you to change the Minor Grid color for your timeline This is saved with the timeline Show Vert Overflow Toggles whether to show an Entry s title when the entry width is too short to display the entry s title By default this is checked When this is enabled copied images will have this overflow labels shown in the image Show Minor Grids Allows you to hide the Minor Grids By default
25. ng for this column if you click to check Use Default Heading the program will generate default column heading text Select which timeline entry setting that you want used for this column e g Name Start Year End Year etc Click here after selecting steps 1 amp 2 then click on the Add button and the program adds your info to area 4 for your viewing Shows what you have selected for columns so far Click here to clear everything that you have added to area 4 This is a shortcut to adding just Name Start Year End Year only to item 4 After you have entered column info into item 4 you can right click on items in to delete or rearrange them as shown below Your Col Heading Timeline Entry Delete this Column Item Mowe Column Item Up Move Column Item Down You will Copyright 2013 Steve Clark need to click to select the item s row first then you can right click on it Page 20 of 22 Timeline User Manual C Rows this is where you decide which timeline entries are used as rows under the columns that you have setup You also have control over the vertical order that your timeline entries appear in your table 4 5 Adam Mahalalel Jared Enoch Methuselah Lamech Select which timeline entries that you want shown in your table Hint you can select more than one item at a time hold the Cir key down as you click Or drag over the items with your mouse After selecting item s in
26. ter the same year that you entered for the starting year e g Starting year 930 and Ending year 930 Note you can cheat a little to get the Ending year to appear by not force the Inverted length to represent it by not checking the Invert setting and entering an Ending year then click to set the Invert setting The Ending year will still be shown in the Ending year field even though it is disabled Spacer this entry type is used to provide a gap between 2 timeline entries All other fields are disabled for this entry type Often after entering this entry type you will want to use the Move Timeline Entry tool to reposition it the gap between your timeline entries that you want your gap in between Circle this entry type will appear as a circle instead of a rectangle If you use the Align setting mention more in detail below for Circle Entry Settings then your timeline entry s Name will be shown where you have specified around the circle You can also imbed 1 or 2 characters within a circle entry which show up inside the circle Name your Entry s name is what is shown in the timeline It may appear within a rectangle Person Event entry or beside a Circle entry It will also be shown when viewing the Timeline Info window Start Year enter the starting year here Important for years BC please enter them as negative numbers End Year enter the ending year here Important for years BC please enter them as negative numbers T
27. the Minor Grids are shown Allow scrolling below entries Allows you to scroll verticall above below the First Last timeline entry File Tools Current File Genesis Manual pdf Introduction to the program Add Edit Tools 4112 BC Current Timeline Motes About Manual pdf Not ready at this time Instruction Videos Introduction to the program Opens your browser to this video which tells you the basics about this program and how to use it Add Edit Tools Opens your browser to this video which tells you how to use the Add amp Edit tool Current Timeline Notes Shows the Timeline Notes This does the save action as when you click on the About button below the viewing area About Standard about feature found in most windows programs It displays the Author Copyright Version number amp other relevant information about the Timeline program Copyright 2013 Steve Clark Page 7 of 22 Timeline User Manual Right click on Timeline Entry When you right click on a timeline entry in the viewing area you will see a popup menu Edit Timeline Entry Delete Timeline Entry Move to Person Event Edit Timeline Entry This will open the Edit window directly for the entry that you clicked on It is similar to clicking on the menu bar Tools gt Edit Timeline Entry but tt bypasses the window where you would select a timeline entry Delete Timeline Entry This will allow you to directly
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