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David has attended:
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Critical path

How can I show critical tasks?

RE: Critical path

Hello David,

Hope you enjoyed your Microsoft Project Introduction course with Best STL.

Thank you for your question regarding critical tasks.

Firstly, I'd like to answer your question with a little background. Whenever you begin entering tasks in Auto Scheduled mode the resulting current bars in the Gantt chart are a blue colour. To view all the critical tasks you must select the Format ribbon in the Gantt Chart Tools contextual tab, then from the Bar Styles group, click the Critical Tasks check box. The current bars in the Gantt Chart which are critical will now be a red colour. If there are any bars still blue, it is because they have some slack time.

I hope this resolves your question. If it has, please mark this question as resolved.

If you require further assistance, please reply to this post. Or perhaps you have another Microsoft Office question?

Have a great day.
Regards,

Rodney
Microsoft Office Specialist Trainer

Thu 14 Jul 2011: Automatically marked as resolved.


 

MS Project tip:

Set default task type - Project 2010

a. In Project, click on the File tab
b. Select Options from left hand side
c. Click on Schedule to set the scheduling options
d. Set the Default Task type box to your chosen option
i. Generally if you plan/estimate your projects using durations you should use fixed duration, and untick the box New tasks are effort driven, if you plan/estimate with person hours use fixed work, or for plans estimated with the proportion of resources time use fixed units, and untick the box New tasks are effort driven)
e. Click OK to apply your changes

View all MS Project hints and tips


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