Friday, November 30, 2007

How to specify number of days in a month

How to specify number of days in a month

To specify number of days in a month

Step 1

To specify the number of days for a month, user can go to Tools and then select Options. Then under days per month column, you need to enter the value 25 into it.

Step 2

Later, you have to click Ok when you have done.

How to change the outline lookup table

How to change the outline lookup table

To change the outline lookup table

Step 1

To change outline lookup table, you need to go to Tools and then choose Customize. After that you need to click on Field.

Step 2

Then, a new window will appear.

Step 3

Next, you need to click on Edit Lookup Table. Then you need to edit its contents by making use of indent, outdent and new texts to make it suitable.

Step 4

You need to click Close when you have finished. When you go back to the Gantt chart, you will be able to add your outline bar easily.


How to create a custom outline

How to create a custom outline

To create a custom outline

Step 1

To create a custom outline, the first thing you need to do is to go to Tools and then choose Customize. After that, you need to select Field option.

Step 2

Later, you need to click on rename and rename Outline Code1 to My new outline. After that, click on Define Outline Code.

Step 3

Later, a new window will appear as shown below.

Step 4

For level 1, you need to choose numbers and then for level 2 choose characters and finally level 3, choose Numbers. Next, you ought to click Ok when you have done.

Step 5

Switching back to Gantt chart view it’s screen layout will look something like shown below.


How to share Custom element from project files

How to share Custom element from project files

To share Custom element from project files

Step 1

To share a common element from 2 projects file, you need to open 2 of the projects file so that it will allow you to transfer these common elements.

Step 2

For this example, we will import CustomCost from Project5 to project2. You have to go to Tools and click on Organizer. Later, you need to select the Field tab.

Step 3

Then under the section Custom Field available I, you need to and set it to Project5. Later, you have to click on Copy and then close it.

Step 4

Next, you will see that CustomCost will be available in Project2.

What is outline?

Outline are tags that allows user to group task and resources in a more meaningful way.