Use Gantt Charts

The Gantt Chart view in the Tasks tab provides a visual representation of your tasks. The horizontal axis represents the time span of the project, broken down into increments (such as minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years) and the vertical axis represents the project tasks. Tasks can run sequentially, in parallel, or overlapping.

You can drag a task to different dates, or click and drag on either end of the task to extend or shorten its duration. Any changes are automatically updated in the Task view. Similarly, modifying a field in the Tasks view modifies the corresponding field on the Gantt Chart view.

View a Gantt Chart for Actual Dates

1. Click Home tab > Tools panel > TimeLiner .
2. Click the Tasks tab in the TimeLiner window.
3. Click Show Actual Dates .

View a Gantt Chart for Planned Dates

1. Click Home tab > Tools panel > TimeLiner .
2. Click the Tasks tab in the TimeLiner window.
3. Click Show Planned Dates .

View a Gantt Chart for Planned vs Actual Dates

1. Click Home tab > Tools panel > TimeLiner .
2. Click the Tasks tab in the TimeLiner window.
3. Click Planned vs Actual .

Change the Resolution of a Gantt Chart

1. Click the Tasks tab in the TimeLiner window.
2. Drag the Zoom slider to adjust the chart’s resolution. The utmost left position selects the smallest available increment in the timeline (for example, days); the utmost right position selects the largest available increment in the timeline (for example, years).