Pick the time units you want to show on the bottom tier of the timescale. In the Normal area, use the Type box and the Color box to change the how the gridline looks.Display a view with a timescale, such as the Gantt Chart. In the Line to change box, select Current Date. Right-click anywhere in the chart portion of the Gantt Chart view and then click Gridlines.

Instead, you can use the gridline for the current date to see where tasks should be according to the schedule. They don't move to reflect the progress of tasks. Gantt bars are displayed using the start and finish dates for the tasks in your project. Project provides a lot of flexibility in the way that Gantt bars are displayed in the Gantt Chart view.Ĭhange the color, shape, or pattern of Gantt bars.Ĭreate a new type of Gantt bar, such as one that shows available slack or delayed tasks.ĭisplay task names for individual Gantt bars on a summary task bar.Ĭhange the appearance of link lines between Gantt bars.Īll of these changes are described in Format the bar chart of a Gantt Chart view. For more information about adjusting the timescale of the Gantt Chart view, see Change the timescale in a Project view. For example, you can zoom out to a bigger picture of your project's tasks by displaying Years and Months, or you can zoom in to see the exact start and finish dates for your project's tasks by changing the timescale to Weeks and Days. You can adjust these time units to display up to three units of time, and you can change it so that different time units are displayed. By default, Project displays two units of time. The timeline units for the right portion of the Gantt Chart view are displayed at the top of the chart. If you have linked tasks together, the Gantt bars are connected on the chart with link lines.

For each task, the associated Gantt bar begins at the start date, and ends at the finish date.

This part of the Gantt Chart view is called the chart. In addition to the grid portion of the view, the Gantt Chart view also provides an illustrated version of your task list, with Gantt bars that show the duration of your project's tasks across a timeline. Outline tasks into subtasks and summary tasks You can also link tasks together, to show task dependencies.įor more information about adding to the task list and organizing your project's tasks, see the following articles:Ĭreate and insert a new task (single or recurring) You can list each of your project's tasks in the grid portion on the left side of the Gantt Chart view, and then organize them into a hierarchy of summary tasks and subtasks. Note: To access the Gantt Chart view, on the View menu, click Gantt Chart.

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