The ability to create a PDF file of your timeline is built into TimeMap. You do not need to own a full Adobe Acrobat license. When TimeMap creates a PDF file, it can add a bookmark for each fact, thereby making it easy to navigate to different places in the timeline. Finally, if the fact flags in the timeline are linked to Windows files (e.g., to a PDF containing the document that was the source of the fact) these links are also available in the timeline PDF file.
TimeMap Print to PDF menu includes three options:
| • | Print to PDF: saves the PDF in a folder you select |
| • | Print to PDF (Email): creates a PDF and includes it in a Microsoft Outlook email you can send to others |
| • | Print & PDF (Options): allows you to customize print settings |
The default print options are to print overlapping margins between multiple pages and to print page align guides. The default Print & PDF (Options) are to create hyperlinks in the PDF file to Windows linked files, and create bookmarks in the PDF for each fact box. You can modify these settings.
| 1. | On the File menu, click Print and then click Print to PDF. |
You can also click the Print to PDF button on the Quick Access toolbar.
| 2. | In the Save as PDF dialog box, navigate to the folder where you want to save the file, then click Open. |
| 3. | Type the File name, and then click Save. |
| 4. | In the message to view the file, click Yes or No. |
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| • | On the File menu, click Print, and then click Print Options. |
| 1. | In the Options dialog box, click the Print & PDF tab. |
| 2. | In the Printer Options (normal page break mode) area, select or clear the options you want. |
| 3. | In the Print to PDF Options area, select or clear the options you want. |
The Facts Overlapping Page Breaks area includes settings that control whether fact boxes overlap page breaks. If a flag is overlapping a page break, it will not print entirely on one page. TimeMap's default setting is to use the visual's page break mode. This setting is on by default when printing and saving a timeline to a PDF file. To change this setting, select the print option you prefer. The Repeat page break mode repeats the fact box from its start point on the subsequent page.
| 4. | Click OK to save the settings. |
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