Microsoft Project : Task Details Form

For easy editing and scrutinizing, it is always helpful to have an in-depth insight of any given task. One easy way to have this is to use the Task Details Form. Here's how to make it appear :

Step 1 : Double click on the 'split-view' tab
--------> (below the scroll down arrow @bottom right corner)
Step 2 : Click on the 'Previous' or 'Next' button to the required task
Step 3 : Go to View->More Views->Task Details Form

Microsoft Project 07 : Driving Activity

MS-Project users whom would normally deal with multiple predecessors and successors of an activity will surely appreciate the new feature in MS-Project 07. Being able to get an insight of what really driving an activity will tremendously shorten troubleshooting process. Here's how to enable it.

Step1 : Go to Project ->Task Drivers

Step2 : Click on any task

Microsoft Project : Format Bars Quickly

I'm sure everybody has had the exhausting experience of having to format each and every individual bar activity to differentiate group works or trade. Well today as the first ever tips for this blog, I will show you exactly how to do that in few simple clicks.

Step 1 : Press ctrl and select all the bar you want to format

Step 2 : Go to Format -> Bar

Step 3 : Customize the bar

And there you have it. All the necessary bars formated the way it should be.