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I found this code in How can you create a vertical timeline?. But I want the caption below my timeline and need to change TIMELINE 1 to Table 1. Could you help me to get this? Thank you!

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{charter}
\usepackage{environ}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc,matrix}

% code by Andrew: % http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/28452/13304 \makeatletter \let\matamp=& \catcode`&=13 \makeatletter \def&{\iftikz@is@matrix \pgfmatrixnextcell \else \matamp \fi} \makeatother

\newcounter{lines} \def\endlr{\stepcounter{lines}\}

\newcounter{vtml} \setcounter{vtml}{0}

\newif\ifvtimelinetitle \newif\ifvtimebottomline \tikzset{description/.style={ column 2/.append style={#1} }, timeline color/.store in=\vtmlcolor, timeline color=red!80!black, timeline color st/.style={fill=\vtmlcolor,draw=\vtmlcolor}, use timeline header/.is if=vtimelinetitle, use timeline header=false, add bottom line/.is if=vtimebottomline, add bottom line=false, timeline title/.store in=\vtimelinetitle, timeline title={}, line offset/.store in=\lineoffset, line offset=4pt, }

\NewEnviron{vtimeline}[1][]{% \setcounter{lines}{1}% \stepcounter{vtml}% \begin{tikzpicture}[column 1/.style={anchor=east}, column 2/.style={anchor=west}, text depth=0pt,text height=1ex, row sep=1ex, column sep=1em, #1 ] \matrix(vtimeline\thevtml)[matrix of nodes]{\BODY}; \pgfmathtruncatemacro\endmtx{\thelines-1} \path[timeline color st] ($(vtimeline\thevtml-1-1.north east)!0.5!(vtimeline\thevtml-1-2.north west)$)-- ($(vtimeline\thevtml-\endmtx-1.south east)!0.5!(vtimeline\thevtml-\endmtx-2.south west)$); \foreach \x in {1,...,\endmtx}{ \node[circle,timeline color st, inner sep=0.15pt, draw=white, thick] (vtimeline\thevtml-c-\x) at ($(vtimeline\thevtml-\x-1.east)!0.5!(vtimeline\thevtml-\x-2.west)$){}; \drawtimeline color st--++(-3pt,0); } \ifvtimelinetitle% \draw[timeline color st]([yshift=\lineoffset]vtimeline\thevtml.north west)-- ([yshift=\lineoffset]vtimeline\thevtml.north east); \node[anchor=west,yshift=16pt,font=\large] at (vtimeline\thevtml-1-1.north west) {\textsc{Timeline \thevtml}: \textit{\vtimelinetitle}}; \else% \relax% \fi% \ifvtimebottomline% \draw[timeline color st]([yshift=-\lineoffset]vtimeline\thevtml.south west)-- ([yshift=-\lineoffset]vtimeline\thevtml.south east); \else% \relax% \fi% \end{tikzpicture} }

\begin{document}

\begin{vtimeline}[description={text width=7cm}, row sep=4ex, use timeline header, timeline title={The title}, add bottom line] 1947 & AT and T Bell Labs develop the idea of cellular phones\endlr 1968 & Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre envisage the `Dynabook'\endlr 1971 & Busicom 'Handy-LE' Calculator\endlr 1973 & First mobile handset invented by Martin Cooper\endlr 1978 & Parker Bros. Merlin Computer Toy\endlr 1981 & Osborne 1 Portable Computer\endlr 1982 & Grid Compass 1100 Clamshell Laptop\endlr 1983 & TRS-80 Model 100 Portable PC\endlr 1984 & Psion Organiser Handheld Computer\endlr 1991 & Psion Series 3 Minicomputer\endlr \end{vtimeline} \end{document}strong text

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In the vtimeline environment, remove the options use timeline header and timeline title, and use a standard table environment.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{charter}
\usepackage{environ}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc,matrix}

% code by Andrew: % http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/28452/13304 \let\matamp=& \catcode`&=13 \makeatletter \def&{\iftikz@is@matrix \pgfmatrixnextcell \else \matamp \fi} \makeatother

\newcounter{lines} \def\endlr{\stepcounter{lines}\}

\newcounter{vtml} \setcounter{vtml}{0}

\newif\ifvtimelinetitle \newif\ifvtimebottomline \tikzset{description/.style={ column 2/.append style={#1} }, timeline color/.store in=\vtmlcolor, timeline color=red!80!black, timeline color st/.style={fill=\vtmlcolor,draw=\vtmlcolor}, use timeline header/.is if=vtimelinetitle, use timeline header=false, add bottom line/.is if=vtimebottomline, add bottom line=false, timeline title/.store in=\vtimelinetitle, timeline title={}, line offset/.store in=\lineoffset, line offset=4pt, }

\NewEnviron{vtimeline}[1][]{% \setcounter{lines}{1}% \stepcounter{vtml}% \begin{tikzpicture}[column 1/.style={anchor=east}, column 2/.style={anchor=west}, text depth=0pt,text height=1ex, row sep=1ex, column sep=1em, #1 ] \matrix(vtimeline\thevtml)[matrix of nodes]{\BODY}; \pgfmathtruncatemacro\endmtx{\thelines-1} \path[timeline color st] ($(vtimeline\thevtml-1-1.north east)!0.5!(vtimeline\thevtml-1-2.north west)$)-- ($(vtimeline\thevtml-\endmtx-1.south east)!0.5!(vtimeline\thevtml-\endmtx-2.south west)$); \foreach \x in {1,...,\endmtx}{ \node[circle,timeline color st, inner sep=0.15pt, draw=white, thick] (vtimeline\thevtml-c-\x) at ($(vtimeline\thevtml-\x-1.east)!0.5!(vtimeline\thevtml-\x-2.west)$){}; \drawtimeline color st--++(-3pt,0); } \ifvtimelinetitle% \draw[timeline color st]([yshift=\lineoffset]vtimeline\thevtml.north west)-- ([yshift=\lineoffset]vtimeline\thevtml.north east); \node[anchor=west,yshift=16pt,font=\large] at (vtimeline\thevtml-1-1.north west) {\textsc{Timeline \thevtml}: \textit{\vtimelinetitle}}; \else% \relax% \fi% \ifvtimebottomline% \draw[timeline color st]([yshift=-\lineoffset]vtimeline\thevtml.south west)-- ([yshift=-\lineoffset]vtimeline\thevtml.south east); \else% \relax% \fi% \end{tikzpicture} }

\begin{document}

\begin{table} \begin{vtimeline}[description={text width=7cm}, row sep=4ex, % use timeline header, % timeline title={The title}, add bottom line] % 1947 & AT and T Bell Labs develop the idea of cellular phones\endlr % 1968 & Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre envisage the `Dynabook'\endlr % 1971 & Busicom 'Handy-LE' Calculator\endlr % 1973 & First mobile handset invented by Martin Cooper\endlr % 1978 & Parker Bros. Merlin Computer Toy\endlr % 1981 & Osborne 1 Portable Computer\endlr % 1982 & Grid Compass 1100 Clamshell Laptop\endlr 1983 & TRS-80 Model 100 Portable PC\endlr 1984 & Psion Organiser Handheld Computer\endlr 1991 & Psion Series 3 Minicomputer\endlr \end{vtimeline} \caption{my special timeline} \end{table} \end{document}

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