You can change the onscreen appearance of the schedule so you can work with it more effectively. The following illustration shows the Schedule window with the Steps bar closed, and only the task number, task name and duration displayed in the Task Data view. This provides more room to display the Gantt chart.

To show or hide the Step bar or Project KickStart toolbar:

• Click View on the menu bar and then click Steps Bar to show or hide the vertical Steps bar on the left of the Project KickStart window.
• Click View on the menu bar and then click Tool Bar to show or hide the Project KickStart toolbar, which appears just below the menu bar.

In the View menu, a checkmark appears next to the items displayed in the Project KickStart window.

To display more or less of the Task Data view or Chart view:

• Drag the splitter bar between the Task Data view and the Chart view.

To change the timescale in the chart:

• Click the Change timescale list arrow, and then click Days, Weeks, Months, Quarters, or Years.

To add a column to the Task Data view:

• Right-click a column heading to open a shortcut menu, and then click the column you want to add. In the shortcut menu, a checkmark appears next to columns that are displayed in the Task Data view.

By default, the Task Data view shows the #, Info, Task Name, Days, Start, and Finish columns. You can also show % Done, Cost, and Assignments columns.

To hide a column in the Task Data view:

• Right-click a column heading, and then click a column name that appears with a checkmark in the shortcut menu.

To change the column width in the Task Data view:

• Drag a splitter bar in the column heading row.        

Or

• Double-click a splitter bar to change the column width so that it accommodates the longest entry in the column.

See Also

  Understand Task Data View

  Understand Chart View