SECTION 1
Lesson 1.1: Using Advanced Views

   

 
 

 

Your CEO “borrowed” your project file and now it looks nothing like it should! That’s OK, though, because we have the skills to fix it.

 

1.

Open Microsoft Project 2003.

 

 

2.

Open 1-1 Sample from the Sample Files folder.

 

 

 

3.

Click the first cell in the left hand column to select the whole table.

 

 

 

4.

Click the Format menu and click Font.

 

 

 

5.

In the Font dialog, choose any font settings that you like.

Click OK.

 

 

 

6.

Click the View menu and click Tracking Gantt.

 

 

 

7.

Use the scroll bars and the zoom buttons on the standard toolbar so that you can see the whole project.

 

 

 

8.

Click the View menu and click Network Diagram.

 

 

 

9.

Select the task Send to Jane for review.

Click the Insert menu and click New Task.

 

 

 

10.

Name the new task Send to Bob for review.

Enter 5/11/06 for the start date, and 1 week for the duration.

Enter Bob Finkleman as a resource.

Link it to the Send to Jane for review task.

 

 

 

11.

Click the View menu and click Gantt Chart.

 

 

12.

Save your project as 1-1 Completed.

 

 

 

13.

Close Microsoft Project 2003.