How to Make a Timeline on Google Slides
This guide provides a straightforward approach to creating a visually appealing timeline using Google Slides, making it an excellent resource for anyone looking to enhance their presentations. It outlines essential techniques for drawing lines, adding shapes, and inserting text, allowing you to customize the timeline to your preferences. By following these steps, you can effectively communicate important milestones or events in a clear, organized manner. Whether for educational or professional purposes, this guide will help you create a timeline that stands out.
Alejandra Arciniegas
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24 steps
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2 minutes
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Navigate to Google Slides
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The first step on how to make a timeline in Google Slides is to go to the upper panel and click con "Line".
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Then you should click on the slide and drag the mouse to add the line and make it as long as you need.
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You can change the line's color.
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And you can also change the size to make it thicker or thinner.
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Now, to add the times for you timeline, you can go to "Shapes".
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And select the one you prefer.
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In this case, I'm selecting the circle.
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Click on the screen and drag the mouse to add the circle in the size you prefer.
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You can also change the color if you want to!
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You can copy and paste the circle as many times as you need, and then distribute them across the timeline.
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Now, you can go again to "shapes".
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And select the call out you prefer.
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Click and drag the mouse to add the call out in the size you want.
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You can change the color as well if you want to.
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And you can move it aroud the timeline until you find a spot you like.
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You can copy and paste it the times you need. If you need to flip some of them, you can select the one you want to flip.
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And then right-click it.
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Then go to "rotate".
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And "Flip vertically"