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Align task bars within rows
From the course: Microsoft Project Quick Tips
Align task bars within rows
- [Instructor] Changing the appearance of task bars in a schedule is easy. On the Format tab, turn on the Critical Tasks check box to see the tasks on the critical path. Critical tasks are red, non-critical tasks are blue. Bar styles let you change the task bar formatting for categories of tasks. On the Format tab, click the Format button and then choose Bar Styles. To change the appearance of a category of task bars, click the row for that category. On the Bars tab at the bottom of the dialog box, click the Shape down arrow and choose the bar width and alignment you want. Click the Color down arrow and choose the color you want. Click OK and the task bars for that category of tasks change immediately. To see how task bar formatting can help, in the View tab, click the bottom half of the Gantt Chart button and choose Tracking Gantt. This view has narrow bars on top that show the current schedule and narrow gray…
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Copy data into adjacent rows56s
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Quickly insert multiple tasks54s
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Enter values quickly with a lookup table1m 30s
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Wrap text in table cells1m
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Align cell data1m 5s
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Copy cell formatting1m 17s
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Change currency formatting1m 4s
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Adjust column and row size in Project1m 5s
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Align task bars within rows1m 22s
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Change magnification in the timescale1m 22s
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Display only incomplete tasks1m 6s
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Expand and collapse the task list1m 30s
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Insert and hide columns in a table1m 24s
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View the selected task in the timescale39s
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View two parts of a project1m 16s
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Set the default view46s
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Insert hyperlinks1m 4s
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Move to the beginning or end of the timescale1m 3s
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Toggle between panes in a window59s
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Customize the Quick Access Toolbar1m 8s
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Indent and outdent tasks quickly1m 15s
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Switch tasks between manual and auto scheduling54s
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Create an image of a schedule1m 29s
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Share customization with colleagues1m 27s
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Change sort order1m 39s
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Remove all filters when AutoFilter is active59s
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Filter by date range48s
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Create a template from a project1m 28s
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Use a template to create a project1m 24s
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Set file save options1m 17s
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Protect a file with a password1m 19s
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