Present the case chronology
Turn the timeline into a PDF that a client, counsel or the court can follow, on paper or on screen.
Screenshots are taken from the app on every release. Updated 13 October 2026.
You have built the chronology of the dispute. Now it has to work for someone who was not in the documents with you: the client at a strategy meeting, counsel preparing for a hearing, or the court bundle.
Two questions decide every setting below. Will it be printed or shown on a screen? And does the reader need the documents with it?
Export the chronology
Open the timeline and click Export in the toolbar.
Choose PDF. If the chronology is going into the client's slide deck, choose PowerPoint instead; Word and Excel give you a version to keep working on.
Choose how the events are laid out. A linear timeline tells the story in order, evenly spaced, and prints across as many pages as it needs. A relative timeline places each event by its date, so the reader sees how close together things happened and where nothing did.
Tick the events that belong in this version. A client meeting needs the events that tell the story; the bundle may need all of them. Tick the box at the top of the list to include everything.
Set the output, check the preview, and click Download. Print (paper) splits the chronology across the paper size you choose, and the line under the preview tells you how many pages it comes to. One page (digital) puts it on a single page for a screen or a projector.
Settings for each audience
| Who it is for | Layout | Output | Worth turning on or off |
|---|---|---|---|
| The client, in a meeting | Relative | One page (digital) | The tags legend, so issues and parties read at a glance |
| The court bundle | Linear | Print (paper), A4 | Include files: the download gets a folder with every document behind the events |
| Counsel or the other side | Linear | Print (paper) | Leave Include notes off: notes are the team's own |
Tips from practice
- One timeline, several versions. Ticking events only decides what goes into this export. Export again with a different selection for each audience; the timeline itself stays as it is.
- Long quiet periods. Turn off Include passivity to show only the active phases, so a two-year gap does not take up half the page.
- Dates without times. If the time of day is not in issue, turn on Hide timestamp.
Still building the chronology? Start with create your first timeline events or import documents to build it with AI.