How to write a headline without calculating dates automatically?

[Nairy]

I just want to write a headline, i dont want the program to calculate
automatically the stat and finish dates.

Can anyone help ?

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi Nairy,

I don't know what you mean by a headline, but you can stop Project from
calculating dates by putting in Tools, Options, Calculation, Calculation to
Manual.
Hope this helps,

 

[Nairy]

hi Jan,
I meant by headline (Just a text, only words) and not a task, i did like u
said but it still writes in the start and finish coloms dates which i didnt
enter, i just want those colomns empty, and i cant delete them coz i will
need calculations later but in that (headline). I hope that u get me right,
can u help me in that ? thank you for answering me. waiting...

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

There will always, inevitably, be a date in Start and Finish field. Always,
Inevitably.
You can delete all columns you want, you can always call them back (this is
NOT Excel) by insert, column, by deleting a column you do not lose any
value.

 

[davegb]

hi Jan,
I meant by headline (Just a text, only words) and not a task, i did like u
said but it still writes in the start and finish coloms dates which i didnt
enter, i just want those colomns empty, and i cant delete them coz i will
need calculations later but in that (headline). I hope that u get me right,
can u help me in that ? thank you for answering me. waiting...







- Show quoted text -

As Jan said, Project will always calculate dates for anything you
enter in a table. But you can create a header and a footer that will
show up in your print-outs.

Descriptive text belongs in headers/footers or in Notes fields, not in
the Gantt Chart. Descriptive text in the Gantt chart will cause you
endless difficulty until you remove it.

Hope this helps in your world.

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

.... I later thought by headline he means Outline, that is consistent with
the question.

 

[Steve House]

I think what you are calling a "headline" is what is properly called a
summary task that will have subtasks indented under it. An example would be

Create Foundation
Dig Hole
Erect Forms
Tie Rebar
Pour Concrete
Remove Forms

and "Create Foundation" is what you are calling a headline. Is that
correct? If so, don't worry about the dates or any of the other details
except the name. It will turn into a proper summary with those fields
calculated as they should be after you enter the subtasks and indent them
into the outline structure.

I hate to sound like a snob about it but language really does matter. Your
use of proper terminology, grammar, capitalization, and punctuation is the
only way strangers reading your questions can have a clue what the h...
you're talking about. It's mighty hard to properly answer a question if one
has to guess what the question really is.