scaling

[project newby]

Does anybody know how to display more tasks on the Gantt view? When I
zoom out on the gantt chart, it scales the x-axis (i.e. time) but
leaved the height of each row constant. It is really annoying because
you have to scroll down the whole time.

Thanks

 

[John]

Does anybody know how to display more tasks on the Gantt view? When I
zoom out on the gantt chart, it scales the x-axis (i.e. time) but
leaved the height of each row constant. It is really annoying because
you have to scroll down the whole time.

Thanks

project newby,
Sorry, that's the way Project works. Scaling in Project is time scaling
only. Project is not a graphics application and therefore does not have
proportional scaling.

John
Project MVP

 

[project newby]

Great, I have over 100 tasks and I can only view a dozen at a time on
the screen....Very restrictive. Thanks for your answer though.


Newby.

ps. John I take it that you work with this program for a living? Do you
find this program very frustrating or does it get better once you gain
experience?

 

[John]

Duncan,
See my comments.

Great, I have over 100 tasks and I can only view a dozen at a time on
the screen....Very restrictive. Thanks for your answer though.

One hundred tasks ain't much. Many project schedules get into thousands
of tasks and the whole point of Project is to create a working schedule,
not a short sweet picture. If you want see it all on one screen, try
collapsing the summary lines.

Newby.

ps. John I take it that you work with this program for a living? Do you
find this program very frustrating or does it get better once you gain
experience?

Believe it or not, I do this for fun and yes, Project is one of the more
difficult and user-unfriendly applications. I've been working with
Project for some 10+ years and some day I actually hope to learn it.

John

 

[Mike Glen]

That being said, Duncan, you can reduce the font sizes of the text and
headings, make the rows narrower, remove the toolbars and increase the
screen resolution. On my PC I can get 32 rows - mind you, they're not easy
to read!

Mike Glen
Project MVP