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Troubleshooting

Installation

• ★ Error installing: "Setup has encountered an unexpected error"
• ★ Can’t get past the “Close PowerPoint” message during installation
• How to manually install WebView2 Runtime
• Install Office Timeline with Elevated Privileges
• Error 1001 During Installation or Update
• Installation failed – Error “Unable to write to the specified folder”

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Top Issues

• ★ How to activate your new Office Timeline Add-in license
• ★ Office Timeline tab missing from PowerPoint
• ★ Common issues when updating
• MS Project Incompatibility
• Product key entered is invalid

Activation

• How to change your product key
• How to update my expiring license
• Office Timeline keeps changing to Free Edition
• The product key you entered contains unrecognized characters
• Cannot write to registry key HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID

Product

• Imported items show as "Not imported" when refreshing data
• Timeline data disappears when trying to edit my visual
• Timeline slide sent to others isn't editable
• Windows Security blocks Office Timeline when launching PowerPoint
• Office Timeline Pro features are hidden
• The Style Pane is cut off or not showing properly

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Self service

Invoice & product key

• How to retrieve your invoice & product key
• How to retrieve your Computer ID
• Office Timeline product key crack

License

• ★ How to upgrade your existing subscription to Pro+
• ★ How to activate Office Timeline Pro (New Purchase)
• How to add more licenses to an existing subscription
• How to activate Office Timeline Pro+ (New Purchase)
• How to upgrade your subscription to Pro
• How to revoke your license manager role

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Account

• How to transfer subscription ownership to someone else
• Office Timeline subscription roles and permissions
• How to cancel auto-renewal for my subscription
• How to delete your account

Security

• Is Office Timeline SOC 2® compliant?
• Support for Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable

FAQ

• Does Office Timeline support file formats other than .pptx?
• Why am I asked to reimport when trying to refresh data from Smartsheet?
• I own Plus Edition but my license says "Basic" now. What's going on?
• What's the difference between Office Timeline Add-in & Online?
• Office Timeline Add-in differences: Free vs. Pro vs. Pro+
• Office Timeline Access Blocked

How-to articles and videos

Office Timeline Add-in Quick Start

• Quick Start to Office Timeline Pro+
• Quick Start to Office Timeline Pro
• Quick Start to Office Timeline Basic
• Quick Start to Office Timeline Free

Corporate Deployment / Administration

• Enterprise / Corporate deployment How-To for IT Administrators
• How to install Office Timeline in a Citrix environment
• Detecting the license type (Free, Pro, Pro+) installed on user systems
• How to assign an Office Timeline license key to specific users via GPO

How-to posts

• Refresh timeline data imported from Jira
• Import your Jira data into Office Timeline
• How to enable, manage and style dependencies
• Dependency scheduling & date auto-shifting
• How to show and style the critical path
• How to hide and unhide Swimlanes or Sub-swimlanes

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How-to videos

• How to import from Jira
• How to use dependencies
• How to refresh a timeline imported from Microsoft Project
• How to use templates
• How to save and share custom templates
• Reduce your timeline's width to make room for extras

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Product updates

How to get your update

• Where to find updates

Announcements

• Microsoft Office 2013 and 2016 no longer supported
• Office Timeline support for Mac
• End-of-Life Bulletin for Office Timeline 2012 and 2013