Project 2016 - Introduction

Project 2016

Lesson – Working with Tasks

Change the duration of the first meeting to 4h and rename it “Project Kick Off Meeting”. If necessary, display the Project Status Meeting subtasks.

Steps

Practice Data

1. Double-click the subtask you want to edit. The Task Information dialog box for the subtask appears.

Double-click the Project Status Meeting 1 subtask.

2. Select the General tab, if necessary. The General page appears.

Click the

tab, if

necessary.

3. Change the duration for the

Click Duration

to 4h.

subtask in the Duration spin box. The duration appears in the Duration spin box.

4. Edit the Task Name .

Rename this task, Project Kick Off Meeting .

The task name is changed.

5. Select OK .

Click

.

The Task Information dialog box closes, and the Gantt chart displays the bar in its new location for this occurrence of the recurring task.

Practice the Concept: Double-click the Project Status Meeting task to open the Recurring Task Information dialog box and edit the recurring task by deselecting the Monday option and selecting the Wednesday option so that the meeting occurs on Wednesday instead of Monday. Select OK .

Notice that the Project Kick Off Meeting subtask remains scheduled for four hours, but the day of the week changed from Monday to Wednesday.

F ILTERING T ASKS

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Discussion

As the size of your project increases, you may find it useful to display only a subset of your tasks. Filters provide a way to display or select only the information you need at

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