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Adam has attended:
Project Intro Intermediate course

MS Project 2010

Hi,

I have 2 questions:

1. How do I change the start date of a Project Summary Task or is it linked to whenever the first task starts on the project (even if I change start date in Project Information?

2. How do I left align all outline numbered sub tasks so 1.1 is directly aligned above 1.1.1 and 1.1.1.1 and so on?

Thanks!

RE: MS Project 2010

Hi Adam,

Thank you for your question and welcome to the forum.

Did you add the Project Summary Task through the Format Tab of Gantt Chart Tools? If so the Project Summary tasks summarise the entire project and wouldn't be edited.

So if the Start Date of the project changed in the Project Information screen, then the Project Summary Task will update automatically.

As far as I am aware you can't left align the outline numbers. However if you create your own WBS code with 1, 1.1 etc. then add the WBS field as a new column. You can then select the WBS column you added and change the alignment to left.

I hope this helps.

Regards

Simon

Thu 27 Oct 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

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