Highligt a Date in Project 2003?

[J. Casas]

I have many Milestones that are very important in my Project, how can I
highligt these Milestones over all the project? When I used to make Grantt
charts in Excel I used to put a vertical line over all the projet but with
Project 2003 if you use a line the line moves from the original position. Is
there a way to highligt a Miliestone?

Thank you

 

[John]

I have many Milestones that are very important in my Project, how can I
highligt these Milestones over all the project? When I used to make Grantt
charts in Excel I used to put a vertical line over all the projet but with
Project 2003 if you use a line the line moves from the original position. Is
there a way to highligt a Miliestone?

Thank you

J. Casas,
Even though its principle purpose is for spreadsheeting, Excel has
considerably more graphical flexibility than Project.

I don't quite understand your "vertical line" description but the best
way to highlight milestones in the Gantt area of Project is to customize
the Gantt bar display so they show up more prominently than other Gantt
bars. Go to Format/Bar Styles and set up whatever attributes you want
for milestones.

Hope this helps.

John
Project MVP

 

[Rod Gill]

When you add any drawing (such as a line) to a Gantt chart, you can
right-click it and select Properties. On the Size and Position tab select
the ID of your milestone and the line will move whenever the task bar moves.

Alternatively, I always have a Deliverables Summary Tasks at the very top of
my schedules and have all important milestones under it. Now management can
easily read progress towards achieving key milestones.

--

Rod Gill
Microsoft MVP for Project - http://www.project-systems.co.nz

Author of the only book on Project VBA, see: http://www.projectvbabook.com

I have many Milestones that are very important in my Project, how can I
highligt these Milestones over all the project? When I used to make Grantt
charts in Excel I used to put a vertical line over all the projet but with
Project 2003 if you use a line the line moves from the original position.
Is
there a way to highligt a Miliestone?

Thank you

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[JulieS]

Hello J Casas,

In addition to both John and Rod's sage advice, you might find
the Milestones filter to be very useful.

See Project > Filtered for. Select the Milestones filter and
click the "Highlight" button to temporarily change the font color
of all milestones.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information about Microsoft Project

 

[John]

Hello J Casas,

In addition to both John and Rod's sage advice, you might find
the Milestones filter to be very useful.

See Project > Filtered for. Select the Milestones filter and
click the "Highlight" button to temporarily change the font color
of all milestones.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Julie,
Oh sure, come along and trump us both by suggesting the best and easiest
approach ;-)

John

 

[Mike Glen]

Mike

Hello J Casas,

In addition to both John and Rod's sage advice, you might find
the Milestones filter to be very useful.

See Project > Filtered for. Select the Milestones filter and
click the "Highlight" button to temporarily change the font color
of all milestones.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Julie,
Oh sure, come along and trump us both by suggesting the best and easiest
approach ;-)

John

 

[JulieS]

Julie,
Oh sure, come along and trump us both by suggesting the best and easiest
approach ;-)

John

John, you forget I'm terribly lazy.