It’s possible to display more than one field at any position of the Gantt chart bars, including the milestones.Īs an example, we can display both the milestone name and the date on the left of the milestone diamond (or bar).
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How to Display More than One Field in the Same Position Note that the Background Color and Background Pattern boxes for the “Bar Text” in Text Styles dialog box are grayed out. Click OK to close the dialog box and apply any changes that you’ve made. You can select underlining and change the font, font style, size, and color of the text displayed by using the Text Styles dialog box. Then select Bar Text – Left on the Item to Change drop-down list. To open the dialog box, select the Text Styles menu command on the Format menu. We can change the format of the milestone text displayed by using the Text Styles dialog box. How to Change Text Formatting of the Milestone Date Click OK to close the dialog box and apply changes to all the milestone dates on the chart. In the Bar Styles dialog box, click the Milestone line on the Name column and then make the necessary changes in the Text tab in exactly the same way as you did in the Format Bar dialog box. Or use the Bar Styles menu command on the Format menu. Or double-click at any point in the blank chart area.
Right click at any point in the blank chart area to open the shortcut menu and then select Bar Styles command on the menu. There are several ways to open the Bar Styles dialog box as listed below: The Bar Styles dialog box is used to change the position of the date displayed for all the existing milestones and the new ones to be created. Note that the new setting will apply only to the Finish – Ph A milestone. The date will now be displayed on the left of the diamond as shown in Figure 4.įigure 4. Delete Finish field in the Right box and then enter or select Finish in the Left box as shown in Figure 3.Ĭlick OK button to close the dialog box and apply the changes that you’ve made. To change the position, double-click the diamond to open the Format Bar dialog box and then click the Bar Text tab. The left of the milestone diamond seems the best position to place the date. It’s possible to place the milestone date to another position - to the left, up, down or inside the milestone diamond. How to Change the Position of the Date Displayed on a MilestoneĪs Figure 1 shows, there’s a deadline arrow just on the top of the date displayed on the right of the milestone. Note that if you select Default on the list, the Date format selection on the View tab of the Options dialog box in the Tools menu determines the date display format for all the Gantt chart dates. In the Layout dialog box, select a date format in the Date format box and click OK.įigure 2. Date display format applies to all the dates displayed on the chart, and it can be easily changed in the Layout dialog box as follows: Right click at any point in the blank chart area to open the shortcut menu and then select Layout on the menu. Project displays milestone dates by default on a Gantt chart. How to Change the Date Display Format on the Gantt Chart Note:Always do formatting on a copy of your original project plan file and use that copy for the presentation. I’ll demonstrate five techniques herewith by using the short sample schedule shown in Figure 1. If you’re presenting your schedule using a Gantt chart, you can use Project 2007’s advanced formatting features to visually emphasize the crucial project data displayed on the chart.
Microsoft Project 2007 offers many features to customize the components of a Gantt chart.