Among the templates offered free of charge by Microsoft is one for creating a timeline in Excel. The template works in all versions of Excel from Excel 97 on.

A timeline is a graphical representation of important events arranged chronologically along a straight line.

Since most people understand pictures better than long written explanations, creating a timeline is a quick and effective way of displaying information.

To find out more details, the article the Excel Timeline Template provides step by step instructions for downloading and using this template.

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