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Hello Reader, Last week I co-hosted a webinar with Office Timeline, sharing tips about how to speed up making Gantt charts, roadmaps, schedules and timelines in PowerPoint. You can watch the replay here: At the beginning, I talk about the challenges of having to create slides with timelines on, which I'm sure you are well aware of, so feel free to skip my part and go straight to the PowerPoint demo for the tips on importing data, consistent formatting, using brand colours, changing timescales, adding dependencies and more. If you've got any questions, ping them over - I can't guarantee to know the answer but I've been using Office Timeline for a long while so I'll do my best. Have a lovely week! Elizabeth |
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I help project professionals get more done with less stress. Having been a project manager for over 20 years, I share tried-and-tested tips that work in the real world, every Tuesday. Join our community of over 15,000 project professionals (and accidental project managers too!).
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