In this Three Minutes Max video, Nigel French shows how to create a clever, vertical timeline in InDesign. By carefully setting up indents, paragraph rules and borders, and paragraph and object styles, he is able to automate creating the timeline with just one click.
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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025
This article was first published on July 15, 2022
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