Customizing TimeMap options

General

Select/clear whether to always create backups of timelines.

See Backing up timelines.

Adjust how many recent visuals/timelines or timeline templates you want to display on the Getting Started pane. Press the Clear Lists button to remove timelines and templates from displaying.

See About the Getting Started pane.

Select/clear whether to provide accessibility support for custom menus.

See Changing accessibility options.

Select/clear whether to use the standard Windows menu for the main menu bar.

See Changing accessibility options.

Select/clear whether to activate arrow keys to always move between spreadsheet fields.

Print & PDF

Select/clear printer options for normal page break mode.

Select/clear Print to PDF options.

See Printing and saving timelines to PDF.

User Information

Enter your user name and organization.

File Locations

Reference the directory location of timeline visuals, templates, import files, linked files, clip art pictures, graphics, and PDFs.

Linked Files

Select/clear whether to shows the Linked File indicator (paperclip icon) in Full Screen mode, and adjust the display delay in milliseconds.

See Working in full-screen presentation mode.

Select/clear whether to shows the Linked File indicator (paperclip icon) in Non-Full Screen mode, and adjust the display delay in milliseconds.

See Adding linked files.

Defaults

Edit TimeMap defaults settings for date formats, fact boxes, file viewers, fonts, orientation, page setup, picture, scale break, text boxes, and views.

Auto-Arrange

Select/clear Auto-Arrange and Auto-Stack settings and parameters.

See Using the Auto-Arrange feature and Using the Auto-Stack feature.

Send to PowerPoint

Select/clear whether to automatically create hyperlinks in slides to Windows Files linked files.

See Send to PowerPoint.

Select the One Slide per Fact options for past and future facts, and adjust transparency settings.

Select the One Slide per Page Facts Overlapping Page Breaks setting.

See Managing overlapping fact boxes.

Send to Plug-ins

Review, edit, and delete Send to plug-in files and versions.

See Send to PowerPoint, Send to Sanction, and Send to CaseMap.