Add Information to Gantt Bars

You can identify predefined categories of project information on the Gantt Chart by adding the information to the Gantt bars themselves. You might choose to add task names, resource names, completion percentages, and start dates, for instance. This text can appear at the top, bottom, left, and/or right of the Gantt bars, as well as inside them.

To add dates or other information to a Gantt bar category

1. On the View Bar, click Gantt Chart .
2. On the Format menu, click Bar Styles.
3. In the table, select the type of Gantt bars (such as Milestone or Summary) to which you want to add text, and then click the Text tab.
4. In the Left, Right, Top, Bottom, and Inside boxes, click the fields whose data you want to display on the Gantt bar.

If you display dates for a Gantt bar category, you can change the format for those dates. For example, you can change the start date format from 2/18 to Wed 2/18/98 8:00 AM.

To change the format of dates on Gantt bars

1. On the Format menu, click Layout.
2. In the Date format for bars box, click the date format you want.

You may want to spotlight one specific Gantt bar instead of all of them. You still have the option of adding text directly inside the Gantt bar and to the left, right, top, and bottom. For example, you can display the task name above a Gantt bar and display the task duration or the start date to the left of the bar.

To add dates or other information to an individual Gantt bar

1. On the View Bar, click Gantt Chart .
2. In the Task Name field, select the task whose Gantt bar you want to annotate.
3. On the Format menu, click Bar, and then click the Bar Text tab.
4. In the Left, Right, Top, Bottom, and Inside boxes, click the fields whose data you want to display on the Gantt bar.

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