About TimeMap menus
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TimeMap's Menu bar (now referred to as the Main Ribbon) is located at the top left corner of the TimeMap screen. Click on each ribbon (e.g., Home) to access the menus/commands, each providing functionality in TimeMap.
The commands on each menu affect the timeline currently in view. Some options will give you an arrow that opens a submenu or additional tools. Most of the commands also have corresponding keyboard shortcuts. See Using Keyboard Shortcuts.
The File menu contains menu items useful in getting started and to create, import, save, and access timeline files. From the File menu, you can also send data from TimeMap to other applications, such as Sanction, Microsoft PowerPoint and CaseMap, as well as to an Email recipient. Print options are also listed on this menu.
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The Home ribbon contains menu items that allow you edit, search, and copy timeline content, such as Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Find, and Replace. Use the Go to Date command found in the Find & Select drop-down menu to quickly locate a specific date in your timeline. This ribbon also provides access to editing of linked files, adding or changing file viewers.
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The Time Scale ribbon contains menu items that allow you to modify time scale display for the timeline, including increasing or decreasing the page count, expanding or compressing the width of the time scale, insert or edit time scale breaks, modify begin/end dates and date styles, and access time scale properties.
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The View ribbon contains menu items that allow you to switch between the timeline or spreadsheet view, access the Fact Design Gallery, turn on/off page breaks and grid lines, zoom/adjust grid size, and access Full Screen presentation mode. You can also choose from options to cascade or tile vertically or horizontally.
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The Box Tools Format ribbon allows you to access timeline alignment options as well as the Auto-Arrange or Auto-Stack tools. Additionally you have access to various formatting tools for text fonts, date fonts and styles, and changing the chart background color. Fact flag orientation, position and size formatting, as well as the Switch Windows menu command to allow you to adjust your workspace view when working on multiple timelines.
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The Spreadsheet Tools ribbon contains menu items that allow you to edit, search, and copy timeline content in the spreadsheet view, such as Cut, Copy, Paste, Find, and Replace. Use the Go to Date command found in the Find & Select command to quickly locate a specific date in your timeline. This ribbon also provides access to adjust row height and column width as well as refresh to sort facts into chronological order.
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