Can Boromlia make PowerPoint slides?

No. Boromlia is a web timeline, not a slide generator. You can export an A4 PDF or share a link, but if the deliverable is a native PowerPoint slide, Office Timeline is built for that and Boromlia is not.

Can I keep a public roadmap current without re-exporting?

Yes, on Advanced. Embed the timeline on your roadmap page as one iframe tag. When a date changes, you change it once in Boromlia and the page shows the new date straight away.

Does Boromlia handle dependencies between tasks?

No. There are no dependency links, no critical path and no resource model. Boromlia records what happened and what is planned; keep a scheduling tool if you need those.

Office Timeline alternative: Boromlia vs Office Timeline

Choose Boromlia if

Your timeline is read on a web page more often than in a slide deck.
You want one live version: an embed that updates when you change a date, on Advanced.
Events need photos, places on a map, sources and rich text, not only a label on a bar.
Not everyone who edits the timeline has PowerPoint.

Stay with Office Timeline if

Your audience expects executive slides, and the timeline has to live in PowerPoint.
You need swimlanes, dependency links, a critical path or planned-versus-actual tracking.
You want data pulled and refreshed from Microsoft Project, Excel, Jira, Smartsheet or Wrike.

The main difference: slides for a meeting versus a record on the web

Office Timeline is a planning and presentation tool: tasks, milestones and swimlanes laid out for a slide. Boromlia records what happened and what is planned as events with dates, places, sources and photos, and draws them as spans, cards, a river or a map. On Advanced, the embed puts the live timeline on a roadmap page or a wiki, so nobody pastes in a new screenshot after each change.

Boromlia vs Office Timeline, feature by feature

Office Timeline details checked 2026-09-25.

Views of one record. Boromlia: River, Cards, Map and Spans on every plan; Ribbon, Log and Doc on Advanced. Switched without re-entering anything. Office Timeline: Timelines, Gantt charts and roadmaps as PowerPoint slides

Map of located events. Boromlia: Yes. Every event carries real coordinates and draws as a waypoint on one route. Office Timeline: to be verified

Sortable table view. Boromlia: Yes, the Log style on Advanced. One dense row per event, in the shape the CSV writes. Office Timeline: to be verified

Ranges and single dates. Boromlia: Both, on one shared axis, so a two-week phase and a single decision sit together. Office Timeline: Tasks as bars and milestones, in swimlanes, with dependency links

Time scale. Boromlia: Seconds through minutes, hours, days and months to years, set per timeline. Office Timeline: to be verified

Source on every event. Boromlia: Yes, a field of its own, and "has a source" is one of the filters. Office Timeline: to be verified

Photographs per event. Boromlia: As many as the moment needs. Bulk upload reads the date and GPS out of the files. Office Timeline: to be verified

Event description. Boromlia: Rich text, plus people, place and tags on the same event. Office Timeline: to be verified

Chapters and tags. Boromlia: Chapters group events into periods; tags cut across them. Office Timeline: to be verified

Filters. Boromlia: Search, tag, category, period and provenance, remembered per timeline. Office Timeline: to be verified

Bulk import. Boromlia: CSV or TSV on Advanced, with column mapping and every row previewed before saving. Office Timeline: Excel, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira and Wrike, with refresh

Export. Boromlia: A4 print PDF, CSV of every field, and a zip of images with a manifest. Office Timeline: Native PowerPoint slides

Embed in another page. Boromlia: One iframe tag on Advanced. No script, no key, and it reads the live timeline. Office Timeline: to be verified

Default visibility. Boromlia: Private to your account until you publish. Shared links are read-only and noindex. Office Timeline: to be verified

Working with other people. Boromlia: On Advanced, collaborators are added per timeline and contribute events. No seat to buy each. Office Timeline: Sharing from the online edition, licensed per user

Runs in. Boromlia: Any browser. Windows, macOS, Linux, tablets and phones, with nothing installed. Office Timeline: A PowerPoint add-in, plus an online edition in the browser

Price. Boromlia: Free tier, $2.99 a timeline slot, $12 a month, or $49.99 once with nothing to renew. Office Timeline: to be verified

Moving from Office Timeline to Boromlia

Export the tasks and milestones you want from Excel or your project tool as CSV.
In Boromlia, choose Add multiple from a file (Advanced): start to When, finish to Ends, task name to Name, swimlane to Chapter.
Preview and import, then pick the Spans style for bars and milestones on one axis.

Questions

Can Boromlia make PowerPoint slides?: No. Boromlia is a web timeline, not a slide generator. You can export an A4 PDF or share a link, but if the deliverable is a native PowerPoint slide, Office Timeline is built for that and Boromlia is not.
Can I keep a public roadmap current without re-exporting?: Yes, on Advanced. Embed the timeline on your roadmap page as one iframe tag. When a date changes, you change it once in Boromlia and the page shows the new date straight away.
Does Boromlia handle dependencies between tasks?: No. There are no dependency links, no critical path and no resource model. Boromlia records what happened and what is planned; keep a scheduling tool if you need those.