Create a Custom Gantt Bar for a Task Category

Sometimes you’ll want to highlight a particular task category that is not represented by its own Gantt bar. When this happens, you can create a new Gantt bar. For example, you can add a Gantt bar to show available slack or to call attention to delayed tasks.

To create a custom Gantt bar for a task category

On the View Bar, click Gantt Chart .
On the Format menu, click Bar Styles.
Select the row in front of which you want to insert a new Gantt bar, and then click Insert Row.
In the Name field of the new row, type a name for the new bar, and then press ENTER.
In the Show For Tasks field of the new row, click the category that the bar is to represent.
In the From and To fields, click the fields you want to use to position the start and finish points of the new Gantt bar.
To create a symbol that represents a single date, click the same field in both the From and To fields.
Click the Bars tab.
In the Shape boxes under Start shape, Middle bar, and End shape, click the Gantt bar shapes you want.
In the Pattern box under Middle bar, click a Gantt bar pattern.
In the Color boxes under Start shape, Middle bar, and End shape, click the Gantt bar colors you want.