Lucen Software (formerly Office Timeline) is a Microsoft-native clarity platform that helps organizations transform complex work into clear, actionable insight. Built for teams working in Microsoft 365, Lucen enables users to plan, visualize, track, and communicate projects directly within familiar tools like PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, and Planner, making it easier than ever to stay aligned without leaving the applications your teams already rely on every day.The Lucen platform includes Lucen Timeline for timelines and Gantt charts, Lucen Track for time tracking and operational visibility, and emerging planning and diagramming solutions designed to improve alignment and decision-making across organizations. Each product is purpose-built to simplify how teams plan, collaborate, and report, so nothing gets lost in translation between strategy and execution.By integrating with tools such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira and Azure DevOps, Lucen helps teams convert complex project data into executive-ready visuals, reports, and plans. Whether managing a single project or coordinating work across an entire organization, Lucen ensures the right information reaches the right people at the right time.Trusted by 80% of Fortune 500 companies, Lucen has established itself as the go-to solution for teams that need to communicate progress with clarity and confidence.See the Platform in Action: Watch on YouTubeFollow us on LinkedIn : Lucen Softwaree-mail: [email protected]
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Lucen Software (lucensoftware.com) has a 4.1 out of 5 rating on OK.one, based on 199 user reviews collected here. It is listed under Electronics & Technology and its reputation is good. 76% of reviews are 4 stars or higher and 7% are 1 star; The business has replied to 100% of negative reviews; Reviews mostly discuss User experience, App, Product. Last updated 2026-09-01.
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Reviewers had a great experience with this company. Customers truly appreciate how remarkably easy it is to build polished timelines that integrate smoothly with daily presentation tools. Many people note that the pre-built templates and intuitive design save countless hours of manual work, significantly simplifying project planning tasks.
However, some people mentioned that the platform can occasionally feel quite slow and requires extra manual effort for updating data correctly. Reviewers also noted occasional difficulties when trying to format layouts properly or fit complex timelines inside standard presentation slides. Some users expressed that certain advanced features feel restricted or less accessible than expected.
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The tool creates very nice visuals to show in meetings and present to management. It helps to provide a clear picture of where projects are and highlight changes
Reply from Lucen Software2024-03-04
Thank you, Sue, for using the Office Timeline add-in and for your kind feedback on its productivity and output as a project plan presentation tool. We are happy that our product helps you create and showcase visually appealing project status reviews to your management.
Best wishes,
Sebastian Stingu – Head of Marketing
The best thing is the GUI of the outcome which is easy for receivers to understand. I miss one thing. In the end of a project I'd like to show planned vs actual outcome. It would be nice if I in the data window could create outcome-lines which in GUI would be 0 line spacing between it's parent and have a thinner bar.
Reply from Lucen Software2024-02-23
Thank you for purchasing and reviewing the Office Timeline add-in, David! It’s great that the tool is helping you create quality project plans that are easy-to-understand for your audiences.
In terms of having the option to display a planned vs. actual baseline on your graphic, it is one of the main priorities on our product development roadmap. As we strive to continuously improve the product, we regularly release new features and enhancements. Whenever such additions become available, you will be notified in-app and prompted to update your add-in build to the latest version so you can access these new functionalities.
Meanwhile, as a workaround, here’s what you can do to show task progress in a manner similar to that of a baseline:
• In the Edit Data window, add your tasks and then duplicate them (use task titles that will allow you to pair them easily as Actual – Planned);
• Use the Timeline View’s drag&drop functionality to move the paired tasks one above the other;
• Adjust the dates of the paired tasks so that they reflect their planned vs actual progress;
• Use the associated option under Task Shape from the Style Pane to set the spacing to Narrow and then click the up-down incremental arrows below to decrease the spacing to the lowest value possible.
I hope this will help. For further assistance with any of the tool’s features, please don’t hesitate to contact us at support[at]officetimeline.com – one of our representatives will gladly be of service.
Best wishes,
Sebastian Stingu – Head of Marketing
I really love the interface, the ease of use and customizable templates.
The thing I would like to see improved is the constant "jump-backs" of Title locations and font sizes, after I've made the slightest change
Reply from Lucen Software2024-02-21
Hi there! Thank you for taking the time to review the Office Timeline add-in and provide feedback on its functionalities. We are glad to know that you are pleased with our product’s usability, interface, and customizable templates.
With regards to having the layout of various timeline elements changed after applying an edit, please note that the add-in can handle a variety of custom changes, but there are some that it doesn't support. This is why I recommend that you click the “Accept” button on the Office Timeline ribbon whenever making such amendments on the visual.
By doing so, the manual edits that are supported will be saved (and kept even when updating a date or other objects on the graphic), while any formatting that is not supported will be reset to default. A solution for the latter case is to make these unsupported manual changes right at the end, after you've finished editing your graphic.
Best wishes,
Sebastian Stingu – Head of Marketing
Does exactly what advertises, now we took it as a standard tool in our PMO.
Reply from Lucen Software2024-02-16
Hello Angel!
Thank you for your purchase and 5-star review of the Office Timeline add-in! I am stoked to learn that our product has meet your needs and that it has proved to be a reliable tool worthy of being adopted by your organization.
Best wishes,
Sebastian Stingu – Head of Marketing
It's an excellent App easy to create great-looking charts.
Reply from Lucen Software2024-02-07
Hi Mohamad! Thanks so much for this awesome review of the Office Timeline add-in. We are thrilled that you consider our product to be a quality project chart maker, and that you are pleased with its output.
Best wishes,
Sebastian Stingu – Head of Marketing
The timeline maker is easy to use (I used the Powerpoint version). It re-adjusts the items on the timeline well most of the time. It does sometimes lack in formatting -- I found the lines connecting flags to the timeline too thin to show up well when printed and there was no way to adjust them. Overall, this has save me a lot of time.
Reply from Lucen Software2024-02-06
Thank you, Shirley, for choosing Office Timeline and for taking the time to review the add-in. We are delighted to hear that you are pleased with the tool’s usability and integration with PowerPoint.
Regarding the ability to make your milestone connectors thicker and more visible, this is not yet possible from the add-in’s Style Pane. However, you can use PowerPoint’s native controls to increase the thickness of your connectors by following the simple steps below:
• Select all the connecters by long-pressing the CTRL key and then clicking on the intended items;
• Under the “Shape Format” tab on the PowerPoint ribbon, click on “Shape Outline”;
• Select “Width” from the dropdown menu that appears next, and then choose the desired thickness of your connectors from the list of available options.
Once you are ready, please make sure to click the Accept button on the Office Timeline ribbon. The add-in can handle a variety of custom changes, but there are some that it doesn't support. When clicking Accept, the manual edits that are supported will be saved (and kept even when updating a date or other objects on the graphic), while any formatting that is not supported will be reset to default. A solution for the latter case is to make these unsupported manual changes right at the end, after you've finished editing your graphic.
I hope this will prove useful to you. For further assistance with any of the add-in’s functionalities, don’t hesitate to contact us at support[at]officetimeline.com – one of our representatives will gladly help you.
Best wishes,
Sebastian Stingu – Head of Marketing
easy and understandable
limitied options to change scale of timeline
Reply from Lucen Software2024-01-31
Thank you for taking the time to review the Office Timeline add-in, Lorenz! I am happy to learn that you find our product to be an intuitive and easy-to-use tool.
If you want to enjoy more flexibility in terms of the units displayed on the timescale of your visual, you can:
• Choose to show fiscal years on the timescale. By default, Office Timeline calculates the timeline scale based on the calendar year (January-December). If your organization’s fiscal year (FY) starts on a different month than January, you can easily configure the add-in to show your custom FY on the timescale. The support article below will explain how to do so:
https://support.officetimeline.com/hc/en-us/articles/360052208594-Show-fiscal-years-on-the-timescale
• Display multiple timescales on your timeline for a more refined calendar. For a simple step-by-step guide on how to use this functionality, please see the following support article:
https://support.officetimeline.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500010105801-Display-multiple-timescales-on-your-timeline
I hope these will prove useful to you. If you need further assistance with any of the add-in’s features, don’t hesitate to contact us at support[at]officetimeline.com – one of our representatives will gladly help you.
Best wishes,
Sebastian Stingu – Head of Marketing
Great app that saves a lot of time when creating project reports. I used the free version at first to and decided to go the full version as it turned out to be really helpful.
Reply from Lucen Software2024-01-30
Hello Jan!
Thank you for using the Office Timeline add-in and for your kind feedback on its functionality as a project planning tool. It’s great to know that our product helps you save time when creating project reports, and that it brings value to your work.
Best wishes,
Sebastian Stingu – Head of Marketing
Hi David! We’re so happy to know that you are pleased with our product’s productivity and usability. Thank you for using the Office Timeline add-in and for rating it with 5 stars!
Best wishes,
Sebastian Stingu – Head of Marketing
Excellent, a welcome addition to powerpoint.
Ideal for quick updates, and top level overviews of projects.
Reply from Lucen Software2024-01-25
Thank you for purchasing the Office Timeline add-in and for reviewing it so kindly, Martha! I’m very glad that you find our product to be a quality PowerPoint plugin that helps you to quickly create and update project overviews for your executive audiences.
Best wishes,
Sebastian Stingu – Head of Marketing
Excellent piece of software that is simple to use and provides a great visual.
Reply from Lucen Software2024-01-25
Thank you, Becky, for being an Office Timeline customer and for your lovely feedback on the add-in’s usability and output. We are stoked to know that you consider our product to be a quality, easy-to-use tool that helps you create good visuals.
Best wishes,
Sebastian Stingu – Head of Marketing
Hello Syed!
Thank you for your purchase and 5-star review of the Office Timeline add-in. We are delighted that you consider our product to be an easy-to-use tool.
Best wishes,
Sebastian Stingu – Head of Marketing
Great product that makes visually showing information on a timeline easy.
Reply from Lucen Software2024-01-18
Hi, Marcus!
Thank you for purchasing the Office Timeline add-in and for rating it with 5 stars. I am very happy to learn that you consider our product to be a quality, easy-to-use project timeline maker that helps you visualize your data in an efficient way.
Best wishes,
Sebastian Stingu – Head of Marketing
Office Timeline is very user-friendly and I love the import/export features. The ability to export to Powerpoint is very helpful for executive presentations and updates. For future consideration, it would be great to be able to (1) add multiple projects under one workspace/area and (2) pull those into a dashboard.
Reply from Lucen Software2024-01-18
Thank you, Sarah, for using the Office Timeline add-in and for kindly reviewing it. It’s so great to hear that you are pleased with the tool’s usability and import/export features.
We strive to continuously develop the product by regularly releasing new functionalities and enhancements. So I greatly appreciate your feedback on the areas which could be improved and will forward it to our dev team to be taken into account for future releases. Whenever new developments within the add-in become available, you will be notified and promoted to update your build to the latest version so that you can enjoy those specific improvements.
Best wishes,
Sebastian Stingu – Head of Marketing
I found the tool very easy to use, and the personalized support with training was excellent!
Reply from Lucen Software2024-01-18
Thanks so much for this awesome review of the Office Timeline product and services, Matthew! We are thrilled to know that you are pleased with the tool’s usability and our learning and support services.
Best wishes,
Sebastian Stingu – Head of Marketing
I am new to Office Timeline and even after watching the quick start tutorial, I had difficulty making my PPT timeline. However, I emailed my questions to Office Timeline support and received a reply in just a few business days. The answers Office Timeline provided were helpful. I also attended the 30-minute QuickStart webinar and learned a lot more than in the initial tutorial. I have signed up for the Best Practices class and look forward to that webinar.
Reply from Lucen Software2024-01-18
Hi, Kris! Thank you for choosing Office Timeline and for taking the time to provide such lovely feedback on our product and services.
We are aware that it takes our add-in's users time to learn how to fully master it. To support them in this endeavor, we’ve put together a comprehensive training center with dozens of how-to articles and video tutorials (https://support.officetimeline.com/hc/en-us?), also offering free webinars and demo sessions during which one of our Timeline Experts introduces newcomers to the functionalities of the tool and addresses their questions. Last but not least, our technical support team is at your service whenever you need assistance. Simply reach out to support[at]officetimeline.com for help with any queries related to the product.
Best wishes,
Sebastian Stingu – Head of Marketing
Office TimeLine has been my go to tool for all my needs for years. My colleagues are surprised at how quickly I am able to "spin up such complicated diagrams from raw spreadsheets". Little do they know I have THIS ace up my sleeve!
Reply from Lucen Software2024-01-18
Thank you for being an Office Timeline customer and for this wonderful feedback on the add-in’s productivity and output, Ali! We are absolutely stoked that the tool has efficiently met your needs in easily creating visually appealing, advanced visuals of your project data, thus bringing value to your work.
Best wishes,
Sebastian Stingu – Head of Marketing
Product integrates seamlessly and is intuitive to use
Product integrates seamlessly with Powerpoint. Enables creation of very professional timelines with minimal learning. Very intuitive. Would give 5 stars if/when a few of the features are made a little less rigid. For example, timeline headers do not allow you to override the months that are displayed. You can select abbreviations, or to only show years or months, etc. But if the program chooses to only show every 4th month, you can't choose to have it show August instead of September.
Reply from Lucen Software2024-01-18
Hello Jared!
Thank you for your purchase and review of the Office Timeline add-in. We are so glad that you are pleased with the tool’s integration with PowerPoint, intuitive interface, and professional output.
With regards to the time units displayed by default on the timescale of your graphic, the add-in calculates them based on the calendar year (January – December). However, if your organization’s fiscal year (FY) starts on a different month than January, you can easily configure the add-in to show your custom FY on the timeline. The following support article will explain how you can do so:
https://support.officetimeline.com/hc/en-us/articles/360052208594-Show-fiscal-years-on-the-timescale
Furthermore, you can refine the representation of your project’s span for better calendaring by choosing to display multiple timescales on your timeline. To learn how to do this, please refer to the step-by-step article how-to below:
https://support.officetimeline.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500010105801-Display-multiple-timescales-on-your-timeline
I hope these will prove useful to you. If you need further assistance with any of our product’s features, don’t hesitate to reach out to support[at]officetimeline.com – one of our representatives will gladly help you.
Best wishes,
Sebastian Stingu – Head of Marketing
Maybe it is me, but I need more fields to import, and maybe without a start and end date, but duration. I know a milestone is a 0-duration task. But I have milestones with duration
Reply from Lucen Software2024-01-16
Thank you, Tim, for taking the time to review the Office Timeline add-in.
To successfully bring your project data into Office Timeline with no start and end dates, you will need to remap the columns that you wish to be imported. The add-in maps by default the start and end date columns, but you can change the standard items to customized ones as follows:
• When importing from Excel:
https://support.officetimeline.com/hc/en-us/articles/4404164668567-Import-your-Excel-data-into-Office-Timeline#MapColumns
• When importing from Jira:
https://support.officetimeline.com/hc/en-us/articles/14752868158743-Import-your-Jira-data-into-Office-Timeline#MapColumns
• When importing from Smartsheet:
https://support.officetimeline.com/hc/en-us/articles/5292277776663-Import-your-Smartsheet-data-into-Office-Timeline#MapColumns
• When importing from Microsoft Project:
https://support.officetimeline.com/hc/en-us/articles/360057534513-Import-your-Microsoft-Project-plan-into-Office-Timeline#MapColumns
I hope these will prove useful to you. If you need further assistance with the add-in’s import and mapping functionality, please reach out to support[at]officetimeline.com – one of our representatives will gladly be of service.
Best wishes,
Sebastian Stingu – Head of Marketing
Office Timeline saved my bacon in providing a friendly and easy to absorb timeline to a multi billion dollar spend customer. I strongly recommend it!
Reply from Lucen Software2024-01-11
Happy New Year, Matt!
Thanks so much for this awesome review and for your vote of confidence in the Office Timeline add-in! We are thrilled to learn that the tool has helped you create valuable easy-to-follow timelines for your important clients, and that you consider it to be a quality product worthy of recommendation.
Best wishes,
Sebastian Stingu – Head of Marketing
