Calendar display format help please

[Joeboo]

Hi ,
I'm Taking a project Managment course, and want to make a TaskBox tha
can show a numerical value instead of the date.

for example. instead of a project starting on May 1st, it would jus
say "1"
and for a date of May 4Th ( may the 4th be with you ! ha ) it woul
just say "4"

this is because our excercises are based on a timeline that isn'
reflected by the 12 month calendar. just hypothetical dates.

Can someone point me in the right direction to find what I'm lookin
for ? I havn't figured out how to write my own syntax equations yet

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Joeboo,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

Right-click on the calendar timescale in the Gantt Chart. In the dialog, select the bottom tier and select days and change to 1,2,3... You might also change Tools/Options/View tab date format to be numbers.

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Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP
See http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc for my free Project Tutorials




Hi ,
I'm Taking a project Managment course, and want to make a TaskBox that
can show a numerical value instead of the date.

for example. instead of a project starting on May 1st, it would just
say "1"
and for a date of May 4Th ( may the 4th be with you ! ha ) it would
just say "4"

this is because our excercises are based on a timeline that isn't
reflected by the 12 month calendar. just hypothetical dates.

Can someone point me in the right direction to find what I'm looking
for ? I havn't figured out how to write my own syntax equations yet .

 

[Joeboo]

Hey that's the ticket.

I spent the whole night looking for that . I knew I wasn't the onl
person to have had that problem , haha, and knew there was an easier wa
than trying to write some forumulas.

Thanks alot for your help !

I can see ms projects being an integral part of my career

 

[Joeboo]

haha , Now I have more questions.

I've made a Task Box for the network diagrams that matches what ou
teacher wants to look at ( Early Start, Duration , Early Finish , Lat
Start, Total Float and Late Finsh) . I want to select all of the tas
boxes in the network diagram at once, so i can change them all at th
same time, instead of just one at a time. Is there a way to do this ?


sorry I'm such a newb, but I feel like i'm making huge leaps and bound
with this program today

 

[Mike Glen]

You're welcome, Joeboo

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP
See http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc for my free Project Tutorials



Hey that's the ticket.

I spent the whole night looking for that . I knew I wasn't the only
person to have had that problem , haha, and knew there was an easier way
than trying to write some forumulas.

Thanks alot for your help !

I can see ms projects being an integral part of my career .

 

[Joeboo]

This is tougher than I thought.....

It's still not showing the total dates in sequence. It's still breaking
it up by month.

my homework project takes 64 days. so spans over two months.

I've done the network diagram by hand, So I kow what it looks like ( or
should look like) I'm just having a hard time making microsofkt projects
draw what I want.


Things I've gotten to work
-tasks following my logic, and showing the Critical path.

things I can't get to work.
the dates showing up sequentially. not broken up by months.

 

[Rob Schneider]

When you say "takes 64 days", do you mean 64 days of "work" or
"duration". Work is not duration.


If it takes 64 days duration, Project will "hear" that as 64 work days.
Normal calenders would provide 5 working days per week (2 non-working
weekend days per week). So 64 days duration is not 2 months, but more
like 64/5=12.8 weeks which is more like three calendar months.

Look at how you defined the project calendar.

I don't know what you mean by "still breaking it up by month", but
re-think what Project is doing by considering the above.

I also don't know what mean by "still not showing the total dates in
sequence". How can dates be summed?

--rms

www.rmschneider.com