You can select which days are working days and which days are nonworking days for scheduling purposes. By default, Monday - Friday are working days, and Saturday and Sunday are nonworking days. You can add to and change these settings to specify holidays, for example.

To set working and nonworking days:

1. Click the Change Working Schedule button on the Gantt chart toolbar. 

The Change Working Schedule for this Project dialog box opens. Nonworking days are shaded in gray. Working days are unshaded.

2. To change a single date (from working to nonworking or from nonworking to working), click the date.
3. To change one day of the week for the entire project, such as all Fridays, double-click any Friday.
4. To display schedules for other months, click the left and right arrows.
5. Click OK.

Note

• Project KickStart maintains separate calendars for each project.

• If you typically work weekends, create a simple template with weekends displayed as Working days. Save as your starter template. Use the starter template when you start a new project, and then save the project with a different name.  Weekends will be displayed as Working days in your projects.