Since each milestone represents a descrete event, they are really separate
tasks. So, you are going to need to make 24 lines of milestones.
That said, you can collapse all 24 of those lines onto a single 25th line
that is a summary of them with all 24 milestones spread on one line. What
you will do is collapse this summary task to hide the subodinate 24 lines and
only display the 1 line with 24 milestones on it.
Now for the tedious boring stuff. You can insert a recurring task with the
24 items under it if you want, but I will explain the long steps in case you
do not want to do that.
1. Create a single line: Monthly Reports
2. Create 24 lines indented under Montly Reports and name them as you wish
such as Report#1, Report#2, etc. (This is where the recurring task would be a
benefit).
3. Highlight all 24 tasks and select the Task Information icon from the
toolbar or do Shift+F2.
4. On the general tab, select "Roll Up Gantt Bar to Summary"
Now you have your milestones all on one line, but you have to turn off the
formatting of the summary bar so you don't have a black line running though
it.
5. Go to the General tab of the Task Information Dialog on the single
summary task. Make sure "Show Rolled Up Gantt bars" IS selected. click OK
6. On the gantt itself, right click on the specific summary bar and select
"Format Bar". From there, change the bar shapes for begining, middle, and
end to all be a blank symbol. Click OK
Now you have just a bunch diamonds for the milestones.
If you want to change the format of the diamonds (since they are different
than those below), you can do that on the Format menu. On the main menu:
7. Select Format/Bar Styles...
8. Select "*Rolled Up Milestones" and change the appearance and test to your
liking.
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Jim Aksel, MVP
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