Guides

Welcome to Aeon Timeline’s Guides! Browse the articles below to learn how to build, organize, and customize your timelines.

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Learn the Basics

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Getting Started

A quick tour of Aeon Timeline’s basics. Where to find key tools and how to start adding your first events and items.

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By Project Type

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‍Story Timelines Guide

Whether you’re outlining a new idea, untangling a complex draft, or managing a multi-book series, this guide will help you learn how Aeon Timeline can support and strengthen the way you plan your stories.

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Using Aeon Timeline

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Customize Item Types

Set up Aeon Timeline to match your project. Item types let you define what kinds of things your timeline contains, such as events, characters, places, tasks, and more.

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Add and Customize Dates

Learn the different options for setting up your calendar, the different ways to enter dates in Aeon Timeline, and the settings you can use to customize how dates behave.

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Connect Events, People, and More

Learn how relationships work, and how to connect events to people, locations, organizations, and more.

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Categorize and Group Events and Items

Keep complex timelines organized. Learn how to view your timeline categorized into groups so it’s easier to sort, browse, and manage your work.

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Nest Items and Manage Hierarchy

Create hierarchy inside your timeline using nesting. Learn how to break down large events and tasks into smaller parts using nested items.

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Compare Timelines

See the different ways Aeon Timeline helps you compare what’s happening across different people, story arcs, teams, or projects.

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Measure Time Between Events

Learn how Aeon Timeline can help you quickly see how much time has passed between events and items.

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Manage Dependencies and Event Order

Use dependencies and constraints to control event order, keep sequences intact, and automatically adjust timing when one event shifts.

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Add Links, Files, and Images

Attach links, files, and images directly to your events and items, so everything stays connected and easy to find.

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Add Notes, Tags, and Extra Details

Aeon Timeline lets you add notes, tags, and extra information to your events and items. These details help you track details, progress, and anything else that matters to your work.

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Organize a Separate Story Structure

The narrative lets you create a story-focused order for your project. Instead of organizing events by when they happen, you organize them by how they appear in your story.

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The Different Views

Learn how Aeon Timeline’s views help you reuse the same data to see your timeline in different ways.

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