Mariner Software StoryMill for Mac - Manual (Page 26)

Timelines
Your scenes view, and any smart view based off
your scenes view, can be viewed as a timeline.
To open a timeline of your active view, click the
Timeline toolbar button in the project window
(shown at right), or choose Tools→Timeline.
The timeline window has unique ways of
allowing you to manage its content:
Storylines: storylines group scenes
horizontally so you can see the
relationship between them.
Zoom controls: hover over the control
to change the base unit of
measurement all the way from minutes
to centuries.
Navigate: jump to the first or last
scene in the timeline, view all
scenes, or navigate by storyline.
Insert Scene: insert a scene into your timeline and
assign it dates and a storyline.
Insert Event: insert an event that spans storylines.
Scenes Palette: view the list of untimed scenes,
sorted by chapter.
Search bar: search for scene names and
automatically navigate to the first matching one
found.
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Tip:
The timeline window has an interface that works much
like your favorite online web mapping service. Simply
grab the screen or two-finger swipe your trackpad to pan
through the timeline. Similarly, pinch your trackpad to
zoom in or out of the timelineʼs scale. If you zoom out
enough, your scenes will be grouped together into a
single container much like smaller cities disappear into
larger ones on your mapping service.
Timeline
button