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title: 🎥 How to change between different views in a Timeline
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# 🎥 How to change between different views in a Timeline

## Juristic offers multiple ways to view your timeline. Each view represents the same underlying data but presents it differently, making it easier to work with depending on your task. This guide introduces the main views and when to use them.

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The data in your timeline stays the same regardless of the view. Views simply provide different perspectives, helping you either read, edit, or present your timeline in other ways.

 

### **Available Views**

You can switch views using the menu in the bottom-left corner of Juristic Timeline. The main options are:

- **Standard view** – Best for reading through the timeline sequentially and understanding events one by one
- **Relative timeline** – Adds controls for adjusting time granularity, making it useful for analysing the timing and spacing of events
- **Table view** – Ideal for bulk editing, as it lays events out in rows and columns for quick adjustments
- **Slideshow view** – Presents events one at a time, useful for sharing or presenting a narrative
- **Compact view** – Provides a condensed version of the timeline, making it easier to scan large amounts of information quickly

 

### **The relative timeline has additional features**

The relative timeline comes with extra tools not available in the standard view.

- **Granularity control**: You can zoom in or out to adjust the scale from hours up to years. The spacing of events adapts accordingly.
- **Swim lanes**: These allow you to divide your timeline into distinct lanes of content, giving you more structure than simply using tags. This is particularly helpful when separating events by category, person, or document type.

 

#### **Key Takeaways**

- Views don’t affect the data – they only change how you interact with it
- Standard view is best for reading, while table view is best for editing
- Relative timeline gives you fine-grained control with zoom levels and swim lanes
- Use slideshow and compact views for presenting and scanning large timelines

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