How to format the date on a Visio Timeline

[Jenn Civello]

The help line says:

"Select the timeline, and then, on the Timeline menu, click Change Date/Time
Formats." ( I can't find this menu)

I can't seem to find what I am looking for because the dates keep changing
between 2 systems's. DD MM YY and MM DD YY.

 

[Al Edlund]

select the object => right click (should open a menu) => => select time
format tab
al

 

[Jenn Civello]

We are using Visio Standard, and cannot find this option. Is there
somewhere else we should look?

 

[Paul Herber]

Select the timeline you wish to modify and then
menu TimeLine -> Change Date/Time Formats

 

[Jenn Civello]

Where is the menu to alter your start and end date. EG. I want the date to
be MM DD YY, but it is showing up as DD MM YY. It also flip flops between
the 2.

 

[Paul Herber]

On the menu bar there is (or should be) a Timeline menu. If there
isn't a Timeline menu then report back and we can try to fix that.
Alternatively, there should be several righ-click menu entries.

Select "Configure Timeline" and select the Time language to be English
(US) to get the MM DD YY format.

P.S. If you actually want the format "MM DD YY" with the spaces you
might need to create a custom date format. You could edit the date
format for a country that you will never otherwise use and then select
that date format for your timeline.

Where is the menu to alter your start and end date. EG. I want the date to
be MM DD YY, but it is showing up as DD MM YY. It also flip flops between
the 2.

 

[Jenn Civello]

There is no Timeline Menu, how can we fix this?

On the menu bar there is (or should be) a Timeline menu. If there
isn't a Timeline menu then report back and we can try to fix that.
Alternatively, there should be several righ-click menu entries.

Select "Configure Timeline" and select the Time language to be English
(US) to get the MM DD YY format.

P.S. If you actually want the format "MM DD YY" with the spaces you
might need to create a custom date format. You could edit the date
format for a country that you will never otherwise use and then select
that date format for your timeline.

 

[Paul Herber]

There is no Timeline Menu, how can we fix this?

First of all can you create a new,l blank timeline diagram, does this
have the Timeline menu?

 

[Jenn Civello]

This is for a Time line chart we are doing a Gantt Chart.

 

[Paul Herber]

Ok, so you have a Gantt chart with a timeline added to it?
So, can you create a new blank Gantt chart? Then open the time line
stencil (menu File -> Shapes) and add a timeline symbol. Does the
diagram now have the Gantt and Timeline manus added?

This is for a Time line chart we are doing a Gantt Chart.

 

[Jenn Civello]

We can't find the timeline symbol under the Shapes menu.

Ok, so you have a Gantt chart with a timeline added to it?
So, can you create a new blank Gantt chart? Then open the time line
stencil (menu File -> Shapes) and add a timeline symbol. Does the
diagram now have the Gantt and Timeline manus added?

 

[Paul Herber]

We can't find the timeline symbol under the Shapes menu.

menu File -> Shapes -> Project Schedule -> Timeline Shapes