Eras question

Q & A
#1

Is there a way to set the start date of an Era manually?

Right now, Aeon Timeline automatically inserts the default BC and AD eras, which I can’t seem to remove. When I add my own Era (e.g., Era 1), the program seems to assign a start date at random instead of letting me choose one.

  1. How can I specify the exact start date for my custom Era?
  2. Is it possible to display the Era name (e.g., Era 1, Founding Era) along the timeline instead of just a date label?
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Is there a way that I can display the era name on top vs just having a random date?

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#2

Look at this from their knowledge base

#3

Hi Goeliedad - I have already looked at it. I have the following two issues:

  1. When I create the Eras (e.g Era 1) I can’t specify a starting year, so it’s starting the era on a random year e.g. 1825 when I would like it on year 0 or year 1)
  2. I can’t see the Era label at the top, I would like to have a label with the name of the Era on top

This is a screenshot of what I can see…

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The program set the eras starting years automatically, I cant seem to find a way to change those.

#4

Agree, the only thing I can think of is to set the era and call it what you want and do relative dating where the era still uses years months days (can modify month and day headers) but write a unigue fantasy date either in the Scivener Synopsis and will appear in the Event under the Event Number (#1) and use the current calendar to relatively space events, or do the same but use a tag in Aeon , or a Keyword in Scrivener (#2) (did not do a tag similar to #1 but could have) to delineate the event. Not ideal but can sequence a fantasy calendar but have the detail you want in spot 1 or 2
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#5

Thank you! I’ll try that

#6

Hi @Diana1 based on your screenshots, I have a couple of ideas that might help.

From the image below, it looks like the scrollable date range might be preventing you from navigating to the right spot. It might be best to clear that for now, and then use “Scroll to Date” to center the view over one of your custom eras.

You can find “Scroll to date” in the popout menu where you set the scrollable date range (just out of view in your image), or via the Navigation menu (system menu bar on Mac, top of window on Windows).

Depending on where you are on your timeline, it might be easiest to type in the date you’re looking for, to save you from having to click through all the years in the date picker.

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You should then be able to see the era dates labeled properly on the timeline. Moving the timescale slider more towards Decades will let you see the range of your eras more easily.

Hope that helps :slightly_smiling_face:

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#7

The other trick besides making sure the date range includes the Eras timeline is use Calendar Markers. Set one inside or at the beginning of the Era and name it Era X (your era name) and use the focus to the right to scroll to the era when you need to add events.

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