Project 2016 - Introduction

Project 2016

Lesson – Working with Views

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Step-by-Step

Create a formatting style.

Switch to the Gantt Chart view. Scroll to view the various box styles. Notice that the Build Structure summary task appears in a box with a red border, as it is a critical summary task.

Steps

Practice Data

1. Select the Format ribbon under the Gantt Chart Tools tab. The Format ribbon is appears. 2. Click the Format button in the Bar Styles group and select Bar Styles . The Bar Styles dialog box opens.

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3. Select the item you want to format. The desired item is selected and the Preview area changes accordingly. 4. Select the Text or Bars tab, as desired. The formatting options appear. 5. From the Left list select a field to appear on the left side of the summary bar. A list of options appears. 6. From the Right list select a field to appear on the left side of the summary bar. A list of options appears.

Click Summary in the top pane.

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Click Left list and select Start.

Click the Right list and select Finish.

7. Select OK .

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The appropriate Styles dialog box closes and the formatting style is applied.

Observe that the Start and finish dates appear on the sides of all summary tasks

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