Creating Timelines in CS3 Illustrator

Does anyone know how to create timelines (needed for a trial board for a lawsuit) in CS3 Illustrator? I use Windows. I've been searching books and the internet, but haven't found anything. do I just use the simple shapes and pen tools or are their better ways to do a project like this?
thanks! --Carrie

I did a Google search with keyphrase 'timeline software' and came up with a number of hits, right at the top of the list, including at least one product designed specifically for litigation case analysis.
Of course, you can do things like this in Illustrator using simple shapes and lines. And you can "pretty it up" using any number of features. You just won't have any interactivity. Example: I expect timeline software to enable entry and editing via an event list of some sort. Don't expect such comforts if you're going to do this "manually" in an illustration program.
Then again, I don't have AI 13 (CS3) and would not be aware of any timeline feature that might have been included since the previous version.

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