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Create Project Tasks

There are several methods you can use to create tasks on new and existing projects, move tasks around in projects, and delete tasks. At a minimum, you can add tasks and define some of their properties directly in a spreadsheet view, depending on the task-specific field names the view displays. Or, you can add tasks and define their properties in the Task Properties dialog box.

Use the Task Properties dialog box to define your new task's properties. This dialog box consists of the following five tabs: General, Scheduling, Dependencies, Advanced, and Notes. The tabs you can use in this dialog box depend on whether you are creating a phase or activity, a task, or a milestone.

You can add tasks to your project directly in a spreadsheet view, such as the Gantt Chart view.

To create a task

1. In a view that displays the task detail pane, right-click in a row above which you want to create your new task, and select Insert Task from the shortcut menu.

   A new task row is added to the view about the selected task.

2. Define the task by doing one of the following:
   • If the view displays task-specific columns, click in the new task's cells to enter task-related data, such as the task's name, or
   • Right-click the new task row and select Modify from the shortcut menu.

     The General Tab on the Task Properties dialog box opens.

More information:

About Tasks

About Establishing Task and Resource Constraints

Define Task General Properties

Define Task Scheduling Constraints

Define Task Advanced Properties

Update Task Data