Formatting the Calendar View


The Calendar view is probably the simplest view available in Project; however, even the Calendar view offers several formatting options. This view is especially useful for sharing schedule information with resources or other stakeholders who prefer a traditional “month-at-a-glance” format rather than a more detailed view, such as the Gantt Chart view.

In this exercise, you reformat summary and critical tasks in the Calendar view.

1. On the View menu, click Calendar.

The Calendar view appears. It displays four weeks at a time, and it draws task bars on the days on which tasks are scheduled. Depending on your screen resolution, you might see additional task bars in the Calendar view.

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2. On the Format menu, click Bar Styles.

The Bar Styles dialog box appears. The additional item type you would like to show on the Calendar view is a summary bar.

3. In the Task type box, click Summary.

4. In the Bar type box, click Line on the drop-down list.

The next item type to reformat is critical tasks.

5. In the Task type box, click Critical.

6. In the Pattern box, select the second option on the drop-down list: the solid bar.

7. In the Color box, select Red from the drop-down list.

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8. Click OK to close the Bar Styles dialog box.

Project applies the format options to the Calendar view. To conclude this exercise, you’ll display a month that includes some critical tasks.

9. On the Edit menu, click Go To.

10. In the Date box, type or select 11/23/08, and then click OK.

Project displays parts of November and December 2008, which includes the newly formatted critical tasks. Next, you will change how the bars are laid out.

11. On the Format menu, click Layout.

12. In the Layout dialog box, click Attempt to fit as many tasks as possible, and then click OK.

As with the other views you’ve customized in this chapter, the Calendar view has additional formatting options available on the Format menu.

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Close the Parnell Film 16 file.




Microsoft Office Project 2007 Step by Step
MicrosoftВ® Office Project 2007 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft))
ISBN: 0735623058
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 247

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