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Change Gantt Symbol and Color Settings

If you use Gantt field names in a highlight, you can choose how the Gantt bars are displayed. Use the Gantt Symbol and Color Settings dialog box to determine how bars, lines, column heading blocks, and other design objects appear in a Gantt chart view.

A Preview box displays to show you how the Gantt bar will appear when the highlight applies. When defining Gantt bar symbols and color settings, you can define them to match a highlight condition, and then override the settings with other symbols and color settings for the bar when a different condition is met.

To change Gantt symbol and color settings

1. Select Colors and Shapes from the View group in the Project ribbon.

   The View Highlights dialog box opens.

2. In the list of field names, expand the Highlight Information list and select a Gantt view.
3. Scroll to find a Gantt element, and double-click a Gantt element sample, such as a bar.

   The Gantt Symbol and Color Settings dialog box opens.

4. Do the following:
   1. From the Left Endpoint group, select the symbol, pattern, and color to use to display the left endpoint of the Gantt bar.
   2. From the Center Bar group, select the symbol, pattern, and color to use to display the body of the Gantt bar. If you want the Gantt bar to have a border, select the Draw Border check box.
   3. In the Right Endpoint group, select the symbol, pattern, and color to use to display the right endpoint of the Gantt bar.
   4. Select the Default Color check box to apply the default color (black) to the selected end point or Gantt bar color when the highlight condition is met.
5. Select the Black Border check box to draw a black border around a Gantt bar or endpoint.
6. Select the Draw Border check box to draw a color border around the Gantt bar.

   Click OK to save your changes.