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Tue 5 Feb 2008, 14:04 Delegate Tom said...

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how to change the date in gant chart

Sat 9 Feb 2008, 10:33 Trainer Stephen said...

RE: gant chart

Hi Tom

The easiest way to change the start date of your project is to click on Project-Project Information, and choose the start date in the project start date combo box.

If however you want to alter the start date of individual tasks, then you can select the task in question and double click to open the task information dialog. On the advanced tab you can set a date constarint specifying when the task can start or finish.

This is however not recommended as it can cause scheduling conflicts.

Regards

Stephen

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MS Project tip:

Keep constraining dates to a minimum

As far as possible avoid fixing the dates of your tasks. For example try to steer of clear dragging task bars in the Gantt chart to move them on the timeline or entering dates directly into the Start / Finish fields.

Date constraints such as these limit Microsoft Project's ability to automatically adjust your project whenever you add, remove or modify the duration of your tasks. Instead use the logic in your task dependencies that link your tasks to enable Project to calculate the start and finish dates for you.

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MS Project tip:

Keep constraining dates to a minimum