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As you can see in the image below, my final timeline includes milestones and texts of different colors and sizes, which helps me draw attention to key details of my plan.

Make A Powerpoint On Pages Update Them Regularly

However, the resulting visuals require manual formatting, which can prove time-consuming if you need to build more detailed plans or update them regularly.

This tutorial shows how to create a timeline both manually in Pages and automatically with Office Timeline Online.

Pages will automatically generate a bubble chart that looks like the one in the image below.

Keep the milestone descriptions as short as possible as these will be later displayed on the graphic and you want them to be fully visible.

These numbers will act as plotting elements that set the milestone bubbles vertical positioning on the chart.

Bubbles that have smaller plotting numbers will be shown closer to the X axis, while those with bigger digits will be placed higher up on the chart.

Here, choose None from the Time dropdown menu under Value Labels.

A more efficient way to communicate your milestones details is to have them displayed directly on their corresponding bubbles.

In my example, I kept the centered placement of the label, but selected None from the Time dropdown menu.

Select all the milestone labels (Shift Click) and use the Font options within the Bubble Labels tab on the right.

I chose to change the font from Regular Helvetica Neue to Bold Helvetica and decrease it from 12 to 10 points.

To do the same, go to Axis Value (Y) and select None from the dropdown menu under Value Labels.

To do this, from the Value (Y) tab, go to Major Gridlines and select None from the dropdown menu.

I opted for straight gray lines of 0.5 points for both of them.

Make sure to select all the chart bubbles (Shift Click) before making the styling change.

Since I didnt want to burden my graphic too much, I only added a simple black outline using the Stroke feature.

If you want to change the font, size, alignment and color of the title text, double-click on it and use the options from the small pane on the right.

You also have the option to choose one of the pre-designed templates provided or to import a schedule from an existing Excel file.

Using the Data tab, you can also make a few preliminary styling choices, such as selecting the shape and color for each milestone.

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Once done, you can access your graphic in full size and personalize it further by clicking either on the preview image to the right or on the Timeline tab on the ribbon.

Use the Timeline View to quickly set different colors, shapes, and sizes for your milestones, move them above or below the timeband, or add extras such as Time Elapsed and Today Marker.

How To Make A Powerpoint On Pages For Mac