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Project Management

Gantt View Can Be Printed

You can now print a Gantt view. The Printable View icon on the Gantt chart displays a read-only view of the tasks you want to print in a new window. You can view a maximum of 300 tasks at a time. The page height automatically fits the tasks, and the page width automatically fits the column and period configuration.

Before you print the Gantt view, select the background colors and images option in the browser menu.

Browser

Action to Take

Internet Explorer, Firefox

Use the Page Setup option in the browser menu.

Google Chrome

Use the Print option in the browser menu.

Note: Use the Alt key to enable the browser menu for Internet Explorer and Firefox.

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Task Duration on the Gantt View Is Editable

In previous releases, the task Duration on the Gantt view was automatically calculated. The duration was based on the task Start Date and Finish Date on saving. Starting this release, you can edit the task duration on the Gantt view and can see the changes interactively.

However, you cannot edit the task duration in the following cases:

The following table shows the interactive changes that you see when you edit the task attributes on the Gantt view:

Field Edited

Result

Task Duration

The task Finish Date and the Gantt bar change.

Task Finish Date

The task Duration changes.

Task Start Date

The task Finish Date changes, but the task Duration does not.

Note: For more information about editing the Task Duration field, see the Project Management User Guide.

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