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Timeline Add-in

Getting Started

How to activate your new Lucen Timeline Add-in license (Timeline Add-in)

How to check if Lucen Timeline is installed and activated (Timeline Add-in)

How to install Lucen Timeline (Timeline Add-in)

How to activate your license on machines with no Internet connectivity (Legacy)

How to activate Office Timeline Expert (New Purchase) (Legacy) (Timeline Add-in)

Activate your subscription

Account & Subscription

Is Lucen Timeline SOC 2® compliant? (Timeline Add-in)

How to retrieve your Computer ID (Timeline Add-in)

Account settings

Log in Options: In-App vs Browser (Timeline Add-in)

Timeline Login/Account Management (Timeline Add-in)

Login & activation

How to assign a Lucen Timeline license key to specific users via GPO (Timeline Add-in)

Seats & users

Features & How-to

Add a task duration count in days, weeks or months (Timeline Add-in)

Add or change the connectors on your timeline (Timeline Add-in)

Adjusting your timeline's vertical position (Timeline Add-in)

Arrange milestones to fit more on the timescale (Timeline Add-in)

Change the language of your timeline (Timeline Add-in)

Change the timescale units (months, weeks, days) (Timeline Add-in)

Create planning timelines that are not date-specific (Timeline Add-in)

Customize multiple timeline elements simultaneously (Timeline Add-in)

Dependency scheduling & date auto-shifting (Timeline Add-in)

Display multiple timescales on your timeline (Timeline Add-in)

Hide milestones and tasks without deleting them (Timeline Add-in)

How to adjust the width of your Swimlane headers (Timeline Add-in)

How to create a new timeline using the Timeline Wizard (Timeline Add-in)

How to hide and unhide Swimlanes or Sub-swimlanes (Timeline Add-in)

How to make timelines and Gantt charts in hours and minutes (Timeline Add-in)

How to resize your slide for optimal printing (Timeline Add-in)

How to show multiple tasks on one row (Timeline Add-in)

How to use dependencies (Timeline Add-in)

How to use Planned vs. Actual (Timeline Add-in)

How to use timeline themes (Timeline Add-in)

Make manual changes in PowerPoint and save them (Timeline Add-in)

Position milestone titles exactly where you want them (Timeline Add-in)

Quick Start to Timeline Expert (Timeline Add-in)

Quick Start to Timeline Free (Timeline Add-in)

Quick Start to Timeline Lite (Timeline Add-in)

Quick Start to Timeline Plus (Timeline Add-in)

Reduce your timeline's width to make room for extras (Timeline Add-in)

Set the interval between units on the scale (Timeline Add-in)

Show fiscal years on the timescale (Timeline Add-in)

Storing your notes in Lucen Timeline (Timeline Add-in)

Themes fundamentals (Timeline Add-in)

Tip for quickly sharing your timeline with colleagues (Timeline Add-in)

How to show and style the Today Marker line

Building timelines

Copy and paste from Excel into the add-in (Timeline Add-in)

Exporting Lucen Timeline data to Excel (Timeline Add-in)

Fit more data on the timeline slide (Timeline Add-in)

How to change all dates on the timeline when the project is rescheduled (Timeline Add-in)

How to disable Lucen Timeline’s usage data transmission (Timeline Add-in)

How to import from Wrike (Timeline Add-in)

Ignore Title changes when refreshing data (Timeline Add-in)

Import dependencies into Lucen Timeline (Timeline Add-in)

Import Excel or Project files stored in SharePoint (Timeline Add-in)

Import Planned vs. Actual from Excel (Timeline Add-in)

Import Swimlanes or Sub-Swimlanes from Excel (Timeline Add-in)

Import Swimlanes or Sub-Swimlanes from Project (Timeline Add-in)

Import Swimlanes or Sub-Swimlanes from Smartsheet (Timeline Add-in)

Import Swimlanes or Sub-Swimlanes from Wrike (Timeline Add-in)

Import your Excel data into Lucen Timeline (Timeline Add-in)

Import your Jira data into Lucen Timeline (Timeline Add-in)

Import your Microsoft Project plan into Lucen Timeline (Timeline Add-in)

Import your Smartsheet data into Lucen Timeline (Timeline Add-in)

Refresh timeline data imported from Excel (Timeline Add-in)

Refresh timeline data imported from Jira (Timeline Add-in)

Refresh timeline data imported from Project (Timeline Add-in)

Refresh timeline data imported from Smartsheet (Timeline Add-in)

Split your Excel data across multiple timeline slides (Timeline Add-in)

Split your MS Project data across multiple timeline slides (Timeline Add-in)

Using row IDs in Excel when importing and refreshing data (Timeline Add-in)

Why am I asked to reimport when trying to refresh data from Smartsheet? (Timeline Add-in)

How to import from Excel (Timeline Add-in)

Importing data

Change the style of your timeline instantly (Timeline Add-in)

Changing date formats for milestones and tasks (Timeline Add-in)

How to create, edit and share custom themes (Timeline Add-in)

How to create, use and share custom templates (Timeline Add-in)

How to enable, manage and style dependencies (Timeline Add-in)

How to show and style the critical path (Timeline Add-in)

Styling & sharing

How to disable the Lucen Timeline add-in (Timeline Add-in)

Enterprise / Corporate Deployment How-To for IT Administrators (Legacy)

Installation & Deployment

Enterprise / Corporate Deployment How-To for IT Administrators (Timeline Add-in)

Detecting the license type installed on user systems (Timeline Add-in)

Enterprise deployment

Orders & Billing

Comparison of Lucen Timeline plans (Timeline Add-in)

What's the difference between Lucen Timeline Add-in & Online? (Timeline Add-in)

How to purchase a subscription (Timeline Add-in)

How to Upgrade Your Existing Subscription to Expert (Timeline Add-in)

How to Upgrade Your Existing Subscription to Plus (Timeline Add-in)

I purchased Basic Plan but my license says “Lite” now. What’s going on? (Timeline Add-in)

I purchased Pro+ Plan but my license says “Plus” now. What’s going on? (Timeline Add-in)

What's the difference between Timeline Add-in & Online? (Timeline Online)

Buy & upgrade

How to manage your saved payment methods in Account Center (Timeline Add-in)

100% Money back guarantee, product returns (Timeline Add-in)

Invoices & payment methods

Where to find updates (Timeline Add-in)

Lucen Software Beta Program (Timeline Add-in)

Lucen Timeline support for Mac (Timeline Add-in)

After upgrading, I no longer see some integrations I used before (Timeline Add-in)

Microsoft Office 2013 and 2016 no longer supported (Timeline Add-in)

Product Updates

Troubleshooting

Can I configure Lucen Timeline to go through my web proxy? (Timeline Add-in)

Lucen Timeline Access Blocked (Timeline Add-in)

Account Activation troubleshooting & FAQ (Timeline Add-in)

Access & login

Lucen Timeline compatibility with older builds (Timeline Add-in)

Common issues when updating (Timeline Add-in)

Import error: “To import this Project file, save it in the Gantt Chart view first” (Timeline Add-in)

Imported items show as "Not imported" when refreshing data (Timeline Add-in)

Lucen Timeline Add-in security information (Timeline Add-in)

Lucen Timeline buttons disabled except for New, Import, Templates, and Themes (Timeline Add-in)

Lucen Timeline features are hidden (Timeline Add-in)

System requirements for Lucen Timeline Add-in (Timeline Add-in)

Lucen Timeline tab missing from PowerPoint (Timeline Add-in)

Lucen Timeline Tab Missing When PowerPoint Runs as Administrator (Timeline Add-in)

Milestone and task dates set on the same day don’t align properly (Timeline Add-in)

MS Project import doesn't work ("file corrupt" error) (Timeline Add-in)

MS Project incompatibility (Timeline Add-in)

Rearrange tasks by dragging and dropping (Timeline Add-in)

Smartsheet import not working (Timeline Add-in)

The add-in doesn’t load at all or crashes when creating a timeline (Timeline Add-in)

The Lucen Timeline add-in does not load automatically (Timeline Add-in)

The Style Pane is cut off or not showing properly (Timeline Add-in)

Timeline data disappears when trying to edit my visual (Timeline Add-in)

Timeline slide sent to others isn't editable (Timeline Add-in)

Windows Security blocks Lucen Timeline when launching PowerPoint (Timeline Add-in)

Data & display

"Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime is not installed" error prevents installation (Timeline Add-in)

Can’t get past the “Close PowerPoint” message during installation (Timeline Add-in)

Cannot write to registry key HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID (Timeline Add-in)

Error 1001 During Installation or Update (Timeline Add-in)

Error installing: "Setup has encountered an unexpected error" (Timeline Add-in)

Generic trust failure when installing Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime 2010 (VSTO) (Timeline Add-in)

How to manually install WebView2 Runtime (Timeline Add-in)

How to Uninstall Lucen Timeline (Timeline Add-in)

Install Lucen Timeline with Elevated Privileges (Timeline Add-in)

Installation failed – Error “Unable to write to the specified folder” (Timeline Add-in)

Installing the Lucen Timeline add-in on Windows XP (Timeline Add-in)

Installation

PowerPoint freezes or crashes when using Lucen Timeline (Timeline Add-in)

The product key you entered contains unrecognized characters (Timeline Add-in)

Licensing & activation

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