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Export to PowerPoint

Preceden's PowerPoint download puts your timeline directly onto a PowerPoint slide:

A PowerPoint slide titled Project Timeline holding an exported Preceden timeline, with Product, Quality Assurance and Marketing layers running from Jul 2022 to Jul 2023

If you would rather build the timeline in PowerPoint itself, we have a step-by-step guide to creating a timeline in PowerPoint.

FAQs

How do I export to PowerPoint?

Click the Share button above your timeline, then click the PowerPoint option:

The export dropdown above a timeline, opened to show PDF, PowerPoint and Presentation Mode, with an arrow pointing at the PowerPoint option

Select your presentation's slide size, then click Download Now:

The PowerPoint download dialog, with a Slide Size menu set to Standard (4:3), a link to the PowerPoint guide, and a Download Now button

How do I determine my presentation's slide size?

Your presentation's slide size tells Preceden how wide a slide to generate.

In PowerPoint, click the Design tab, then click the Slide Size button:

PowerPoint's Design tab with the Slide Size menu open, offering Standard (4:3), Widescreen (16:9) and Page Setup

How do I move the slide into my own presentation?

Right-click the slide thumbnail and click Copy:

A right-click menu on a slide thumbnail in the PowerPoint sidebar, with Copy highlighted above Paste and Select All

Then, in your presentation, right-click the sidebar and click Paste:

A right-click menu in another presentation's slide sidebar, with Paste highlighted above Select All, New Slide and Add Section

What if my timeline is too tall for a single slide?

Preceden only exports to a single slide, so a very tall timeline may not fit on it in full.

If yours doesn't fit, there are two approaches you can try:

Approach #1: Reduce the height of your timeline

  • If your timeline includes images, hide them under Appearance > Content Visibility by unchecking Images.
  • Compress the layers automatically under Appearance > Layers by checking Automatically compress layers.
  • Reduce the Font Size under Appearance > Font.
  • Hide dates and durations under Appearance > Content Visibility by unchecking Dates and Durations.
  • Consider splitting your timeline into several smaller ones.

Approach #2: Split the timeline image onto multiple slides in PowerPoint

Alternatively, PowerPoint's built-in image cropping can split the timeline across two or more slides.

For example, say you export your timeline and it overflows off the bottom of the slide:

A tall four-layer due diligence timeline on a single PowerPoint slide, with the lower layers running off the bottom edge of the slide

Here's how to split it across two slides instead:

First, duplicate the slide:

A right-click menu on the slide thumbnail, with Duplicate Slide highlighted below New Slide

On the first slide, right-click the image and click Crop:

A right-click menu on the timeline image, with Crop highlighted near the bottom of the list

Then scroll to the bottom of the image and drag the crop container's bottom edge up so it cuts off the bottom two layers:

The timeline image in crop mode, with the bottom of the crop container dragged up so the lower two layers are greyed out and left off the slide

With the image cropped, the slide shows just the first two layers:

The cropped first slide, now showing only the Organizational Items and Financial Items layers of the timeline

Repeat the process on the second slide, this time leaving just the bottom two layers.

Your timeline is now split across two slides:

The finished deck with two slides, the first holding the top two layers of the timeline and the second holding the bottom two

Where can I get help?

If you run into any issues, drop us a note anytime: [email protected]