2 items on one line

[Cowtoon]

Microsoft Project 98

Is it possible to schedule two items on the same line. I'm new to Project
and have entered a number of items which is working fairly well for me, but I
can't figure out how to put more than one scheduled item on one line.

Also ... is there a way to "hide" the ID column. I'm prepare this schedule
for a powerpoint presentation and don't need the id column for this purpose.

Thanks for any help. Diana

 

[John]

Microsoft Project 98

Is it possible to schedule two items on the same line. I'm new to Project
and have entered a number of items which is working fairly well for me, but I
can't figure out how to put more than one scheduled item on one line.

Also ... is there a way to "hide" the ID column. I'm prepare this schedule
for a powerpoint presentation and don't need the id column for this purpose.

Thanks for any help. Diana

Diana,
You can't figure out how to put more than one task on a line because it
can't be done - at least in the normal sense of the word. Project is one
task per line although you can have labor and material resources
assigned to a single task, but it's still only one task. Just curious,
why do you want to put more than one task on a line? I can't think of an
instance where that makes any sense.

Yes there is a way to hide the ID column. Go to View/Table/More Tables.
The view Table currently active will be highlighted in the selection
list. Hit "Edit". Normally the ID column is the first column. Uncheck
the "lock first column" option at the bottom of the view definition
table. Then if the ID field is not already selected in the main table
definition area, select it and hit the "Delete Row" button. Hit "OK" and
you are all set.

Since you are new to Project, you might want to check out the Project
FAQs on our MVP website. Go to: http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm
Take a look at FAQs 11 and 37. They relate to your question.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Diana,

Just to add to Johns comments. If you remove the ID column you will be
changing the default entry table. It would be better to go to
View/Tables/More Tables... and make a copy of the Entry table in which you
can make your changes.

Please note that Project 98 does not allow formulae to be inserted in
Customized fields - you need version 2000+.

You can create a summary task by indenting the subtasks and then roll up
these sub tasks to the summary to show them all on one line.

Post back if you need more help with this.



Mike Glen
Project MVP

 

[Cowtoon]

Thank you both for your responses.
On two items on one line. I am created this for a powerpoint presentation
and real estate on that one slide is limited. I'm taking two construction
items that are totally related, and wanting to place them on the same line.
I have two other items that are related and in close proximity that I've been
asked to put on the same line. The schedule/pathway that I was given to work
from obviously has this option, but i have no idea what software was used to
generate the schedule. Obviously some other project management software.

On removing the id column. What I'll do is leave the column there (rather
than causing problems or more work for myself). I can easily crop it out as
it's the first column in the object after inserting into powerpoint.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Cowtoon]

Thanks for the url which took me to the faq's for Project. Very helpful -
especially for the hide column. Different from Excel! In excel you can
"hide" a column without losing the data ... in contrast to Project (which I
just read).
Diana

 

[John]

Thank you both for your responses.
On two items on one line. I am created this for a powerpoint presentation
and real estate on that one slide is limited. I'm taking two construction
items that are totally related, and wanting to place them on the same line.
I have two other items that are related and in close proximity that I've been
asked to put on the same line. The schedule/pathway that I was given to work
from obviously has this option, but i have no idea what software was used to
generate the schedule. Obviously some other project management software.

On removing the id column. What I'll do is leave the column there (rather
than causing problems or more work for myself). I can easily crop it out as
it's the first column in the object after inserting into powerpoint.

Thanks for your help.

Diana,
I agree with Mike on the idea of creating a custom view (although maybe
you don't care if you modify the built-in version).

I will however comment on your other post about hiding a column in
Project. True, in Excel a column can be hidden by simple dragging its
vertical bars together and then separating them again to show the
column. Project does have this feature but when hiding a column in
Project, the data is not "lost", it is temporarily not viewable until
the column is added back to the view table. What cannot be hidden in
Project are the task rows. Deleting a row in Project does in fact
totally delete the information, unless of course "Edit Undo" is
performed immediately afterward.

With regard to your wish to combine closely related tasks, why not
simply modify the task description to include both parts. Don't get to
cryptic though or it won't be understandable by those who view the
PowerPoint presentation. Another thought, if you are putting together a
PowerPoint presentation you probably want a high level overview anyway.
Go ahead and create the detail schedule (one task per line) but then
include Summary Lines to capture the general idea of related groups of
subtasks. When done, collapse the schedule by double clicking the little
plus or minus box next to the Summary LInes. Then copy and paste the
resulting overview schedule for PowerPoint.

Hope this helps even more.
John
Project MVP