Table Definition in dialog box, 211–14
tables
changing content or order of information in view, 202
copying and pasting portions of, 242, 275
Cost, 310, 314, 320
cost rate, 155, 486
customizing, xxxii, 210–14, 218
defined, 494
displaying Variance, xxiv, 110, 307
Earned Value Schedule Indicators, 383–85
editing report format, 236
Entry, 488
Gantt chart, 86
pasting text into Project, xxxiv, 256
sharing custom tables between projects, xxxviii, 361–65
widening columns of, 110
Work, 284
tabs in Bar Styles dialog box, 347
task bars, 304, 305
task calendars
applying, xxvii, 140
creating custom task, 138–40, 152
defined, 494
Task Entry view, 20
Task Form view, 228
task ID
defined, 494
dragging to resize row height, 217
Task Information button, 46, 140, 329
Task Information dialog box
changing earned value calculation in, 388
documenting tasks in, 48–50
entering lag or lead time in, 125
illustrated, 47
marking tasks as milestones in, 41
Task Mapping page (Import Wizard), 267–69
task notes, xxi, 48–50
Task Notes button, 49
task priority, 494
task relationships
adjusting, xxvi, 123–28
appearance in views, 44, 86
defined, 44
effect of lead and lag time on, 125–28, 152
Network Diagram view and, 351, 356
setting up predecessors, 46–47
Task Report dialog box, 236
Task Sheet view, xxiv, 110, 306, 307
task types
defined, 494
fixed, 140–41, 144, 152
Task Usage view, 17, 283, 316
tasks, 32–53, 123–52. See also duration; task relationships; tracking
actual progress vs. baseline plans, 303–7
adjusting individual’s working time, 138–40, 152
allocating, 59
assigning resources to, xxii, 72–75, 82–83
changing task types, xxvii, 140–44
compressing duration, 334–39
constraints on, 128–33, 152
creating links between, 45–48
critical, 335
critical path, xxvi, 133–35, 152
deadline dates for, 144–47
defined, 494
delayed, xxxv–xxxvi, 302–8
delaying assignment start, 161–62, 170
developing list of, 53
displaying baseline costs, 310
documenting, 48–50
dragging task ID to resize row height, 217
duration of, xx, 36–39, 51–53
earned value indicators for, 384
effect of resource leveling on, 184
effort-driven scheduling, 83
elapsed duration, 37, 487
entering, xx, 33–35
evaluating completion of, 301–2
examining costs of, 308–13
filtering, 206–10, 218
fixed costs for, xxvii, 147–48
Gantt chart representations of, 34, 44
ghost, 413, 414, 416, 489
graphical indicators, 319, 321
importing, 35
inserting gridlines between, xxxvii, 349
interrupting work on, xxvi, 135–38
lead and lag time effect on relationships, xxvi, 125–28, 152
linking, xxi, 43–48
manually entering actual values for, 294
milestones, xx, 40–41, 490
Network Diagram view of completed, 351, 353
organizing into phases, xx, 41–43
overview, 33, 53
project summary, xxx, 191–92, 491
recurring, xxviii, 148–52, 492
relationships between, xxvi, 44, 53, 127–28
removing deadlines from, 147
rescheduling incomplete, xxxv, 295–99
rolled up/down values, 283
rolling down to assignments, 299
shortening duration, 326–27
summary, 41–43, 47, 53
task types and effort-driven scheduling, 144
tracking actuals for, xxv, xxxv, 114–18, 119, 282–89
Tracking Gantt view of, 280
tracking timephased actual work, 284–85, 290–95
updating baselines for, xxxv, 279
variances in, 304–5
viewing and approving, 452, 454
working assignments in Outlook, xliii, 446–50
Tasks Center, 442–43, 460
Tasks pane, 7, 24, 34
Tasks Tracking view, 460
TCPI (to complete performance index), 387, 494
templates. See also enterprise templates; global templates
creating project plan from, xix, 6, 8, 9, 13
defined, 6, 10, 494
enterprise, 421–22, 439
global, 359–61
HTML, 249–52, 489
installation of, 9, 14
Microsoft Project Task List Import Template, 269
selecting data, 352
Templates dialog box, 8, 13, 269
text
adding styles to, 96
formatting in views, xxiv, 94–99
pasting into Project tables, xxxiv, 256
removing formatting, 98
Text Box button, 93
text box on Gantt charts, xxiv, 92–94, 104
Text Styles dialog box, xxiv, 94, 96, 98
Text tab (Bar Styles dialog box), 347
time. See also duration; nonworking time; timescales
constraint start and end, 132
defined, 494
lag and lead, xxvi, 125, 126, 152
setting nonworking, xx, 26–29
timephased cost values, 316
timephased fields, 108–9, 494
timephased tasks, 273
tracking timephased actuals, 277, 284–85, 290–95
troubleshooting variances, 324–29
Timescale dialog box, 177–78
Timescale options (Print dialog box), 224
timescaled bar charts. See Gantt charts
timescales. See also time
defined, 495
displaying dates in, 176
increments on, 292, 299
printing, 228
in Task Usage view, 17
viewing entire project in, xxi, 52
Timesheet view, 444
to complete performance index (TCPI), 387, 494
Toolbar Options down arrow, 7, 12
toolbars
assigning macro command to, xxxix, 375–78
changing button image on, xxxix, 377–78
creating, 375–76
customizing, xxxix, 374–79
deleting, 378–79
displaying all buttons on, 7
docked or floating, 375
illustrated, 7
Print Preview, 229
Project Guide, 9
using, 7
Toolbars shortcut menu, 244
Toolbars tab (Customize dialog box), 374
top-down planning, 41, 495
total slack, 133, 495
tracking, 107–19, 276–99
actual values for tasks, xxv, xxxv, 114–18, 119, 282–89
actual work through Project Web Access, xliii, 441–45
defined, 107, 277, 495
entering actual cost values manually, 290
evaluating project status, 118, 119
percent work complete, xxv, 112–14
projects as scheduled, xxv, 111–12
purpose of, 107–8
remaining task values, 282–89
rescheduling incomplete work, 295–99
saving project baseline, 108–11, 119, 281–82, 299
timephased actuals, 277–78, 284–85, 290–95
updating baseline, 278–82, 299
Tracking Gantt view
about, 280–81
delayed tasks in, 302
viewing task status in, 304–5
Tracking tab (Assignment Information dialog box), 289
trigger, 464
Type a question for help box, 8