How do I make the color of my task name conditional?

[CBland]

I have five columns...task name, duration, start, finish and confirmed. The
confirmed column has current, final or tentative. I would like for the color
of the task name to vary according to whether the task is current, final or
tentative. Is this possible?

 

[Rod Gill]

Not without writing VBA code to do it, but you could get the task's bar
colors to do this by using Flag fields.

 

[CBland]

How do you set flag fields? I've never heard of them and I can't seem to
find them in help.

Thank you for your help.

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

Insert, Column, select a field for which the name is Flag1... Flag20

Then read
http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm
Faq 31. Customizing task bars.

HTH

 

[Trevor Rabey]

In Format, Text Styles there is a style called "Marked Tasks" and there is a
Field/Column that you can insert to go with it.
It is only Yes/No and there is only one.
There is also a Text Style for Highlighted Tasks, which are Tasks which are
found by a Filter, so if you filter on your criteria.
Again a bit limited because you want 3 criteria and 3 colours and with the
filter the Task is either filtered in or filtered out.

If you Mark for one of your criteria and filter/highlight for another, and
set styles accordingly, then all other Tasks must meet the last Criteria.