About the Gantt Chart

About the Gantt Chart

The Gantt chart provides two views of your project schedule. The Task Data view in the left pane lists the same task information as in the Tasks step, but now includes durations and start and finish dates. The Chart view in the right pane displays taskbars and symbols to represent the same information. You can change the schedule information by working directly in the Task Data view and Chart view or by using the Gantt Chart toolbar.

Click the following illustration to see general tips for using this window.

Change the color of a taskbar

Working Days Schedule

Specify which days are working and which are nonworking, such as weekends

Timescale list box

Select a timescale for displaying the schedule in the Gantt chart, such as Days or Weeks

Icons indicate whether a task has a note, attachment, or both

Summarizes the tasks in a phase, showing the earliest start date and the latest finish date

Indicates a scheduled task and its length