Create Project Tasks

There are several methods to create tasks on new and existing projects, move tasks around in projects, and delete tasks. At a minimum, you can add tasks and can 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 can define their properties in the Task Properties dialog. To view the Task Properties dialog, right-click any task row and click Modify in the shortcut menu.

The Task Properties dialog consists of the following tabs: General, Scheduling, Dependencies, Advanced, and Notes. The tabs that are available in this dialog depend on whether you are creating a phase or activity, a task, or a milestone.

If you select a phase or activity that is part of a master project or a subproject, only the General, Advanced, and Notes tabs display.
If you select a task or milestone that is part of a master project or a subproject, all tabs except the Subprojects tab display.
If you select a single task that was inserted into a master project as a subproject, all of the tabs display, including the Subprojects tab.

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

Follow these steps:

Open a view that displays the task detail pane.
Right-click in a row above which you want to create your task, and click Insert Task in the shortcut menu.
Complete one of the following steps to define the task:
- If the view displays task-specific columns, click in the cells of the new task to enter task-related data.
- Right-click the new task row and click Modify in the shortcut menu.

More information:

Edit Multiple Tasks

Shift Tasks

Delete Tasks

Establishing Task and Resource Constraints

Change Task Location in Project WBS

Define the General Properties

Define the Advanced Properties

Define the Scheduling Constraints for the Task

Update the Task Properties