When you click on the Update tab, it hides the Banner and expands to include buttons that allow you to:

• Format dates and times
• Sort the events into chronological order
• Check the chronology for errors
• Update or Clear the numbers in the Sequence Column if there is one

The  Presentation Area displays the chronology, together with further buttons to add, change, and delete events, and to copy, print and search the entire chronology.

Formatting Dates and Times

If you are copying events from other records, it is likely that dates and times are in different formats. Instead of having to translate them into a consistent format yourself, you can use the Format button to do so.

You can choose from a variety of formats to use on the Settings and Tools tab.

Sorting the chronology

When you add a new event to the chronology, it is usually placed at the end of the table. You can then use the Sort button to put events in chronological order.

If you want the table to be sorted as soon as you enter a new event, or to switch between Ascending and Descending order, set the appropriate option on the Settings and Tools tab.

Checking for problems

When you create or update an event, Chronolator checks it for errors such as missing information. It will not allow you to add an invalid event to the chronology.

The Check button checks that events are in sequence. It also checks for other errors in a chronology that are normally trapped at data entry time, in case the chronology came from Chronolator for Word, which does not check events as they are entered.

Adding, changing, and deleting events

The buttons between the toolbar and the chronology allow you to add, change, and delete events.

• Press New to add a new event.
• To change or delete an event, first of all select it by clicking on it. When it is selected, press Edit or Delete.

• You can also do these things by right-clicking on an event and choosing the action on this Context Menu:

Copying the chronology to the clipboard

The Copy button copies the chronology table to the clipboard. See Using the clipboard for details of what you can do after you have copied it.

Printing the chronology

The Print button creates a printable version of the table (without any error highlighting) in a new browser tab. Use the browser's print facility to send the document to an actual printer.