Dragging a task in Gantt view

[Gershon]

I have Project Standard 2002. In Gantt Chart view, when I park the
cursor over a milestone it changes to the 4-way arrows and I can drag
that milestone to the right [ = change its start date]. With a regular
task I can't do that. The cursor changes to % if I part on the start
date [so I can change % complete] or to right-arrow if I park on the
end date [so I can stretch the duration.]. But it desn't change to the
4-way arrows to let me drag the task in time.
Why is this so ? I remember this used to work, it's a very handy
feature.

GS

 

[John]

I have Project Standard 2002. In Gantt Chart view, when I park the
cursor over a milestone it changes to the 4-way arrows and I can drag
that milestone to the right [ = change its start date]. With a regular
task I can't do that. The cursor changes to % if I part on the start
date [so I can change % complete] or to right-arrow if I park on the
end date [so I can stretch the duration.]. But it desn't change to the
4-way arrows to let me drag the task in time.
Why is this so ? I remember this used to work, it's a very handy
feature.

GS

Gershan,
Unless your installation of Project is corrupted, you can still drag and
drop a Gantt bar. Just place the cursor in the middle of the bar and you
should see the 4-way arrow. If that doesn't work, I would run the Detect
and Repair found under the Help menu.

John
Project MVP

 

[Gershon]

John,
Thanks for the advice. I did a Detect and Repair - I still have the
same behavior. Is there a flag / setting / whatever that disables the
Gantt bar dragging ?

 

[John]

John,
Thanks for the advice. I did a Detect and Repair - I still have the
same behavior. Is there a flag / setting / whatever that disables the
Gantt bar dragging ?

Gershan,
No option that I know of. However I do not have Project version 2002
installed and I am not familiar with its updates. The only advice I can
give is to check for updates on the microsoft website or hope that
someone else has a good answer - I'm stumped.

John
Project MVP