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Tasks

The Tasks ribbon is divided into the following groups:

Clipboard

The following commands are available in this group:

• Copy
• Paste
• Cut. If you select and cut data from an individual cell, the data is deleted. If you select and cut an entire object, the selected object is highlighted by a marquee; the data is not deleted and removed from view until you insert the clipboard contents to a selected location.

Edit

The following commands are available in this group:

• Delete
• Modify. To edit a task, select the task and select Edit, Modify. To edit a resource, select the resource and select Edit, Modify.
• Insert
• Phase. Changes the currently marked task into a phase task. The parent task determines the indentation level of the phase.
• Milestone. Changes the currently marked task into a milestone.
• Task. Changes the currently marked task into a work task.
• Indent. Changes the indentation level of the currently marked phase task by indenting it one level further, that is, after marking a Phase and pressing Indent, the task changes to an Activity.
• Outdent. Changes the indentation level of the currently marked phase task by indenting it one level less, that is, after marking an Activity and pressing Outdent, the task changes to a Phase.
• Undo

  Note: If your most recent action is irreversible, the Undo command is disabled.

• Redo

  Note: If your most recent undo action is irreversible, the Redo command is disabled.

Search

The following commands are available in this group:

• Quick Search. Allows you to find tasks by name.
• Extended Find. Click to construct search criteria from one or more field names.
• Find Next

Quickfilter

The following commands are available in this group:

• Resource. Use the drop-down to filter the view by a selected resource or all resources.
• Type

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