Re: Calendar View of MS Project 2003

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hi julie -- i created the filter in my project -- then i went to custom
reports and selected base calendar, created a new report and selected my new
filter (ie no summary task) -- and the calendar still contains the summary
tasks -- the only place where the summary task disappeared from view was the
gantt chart -- is there something else i need to do to "apply" or otherwise
activate the filter for the custom report/base calendar? thanks
carol

"JulieS" wrote:

Hi Carol,

You can manually move tasks around in the Calendar view, however you
need to be very careful not to move the task to the left or right as
you will change the start date/time and constrain the tasks.

To you question about the report:

You could create a filter (Project > Filtered for > More Filters,
New) that does not display summary tasks. The filter definition
would be
Field: Summary
Test: Equals
Value: No

Then in the report definition, set that filter.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information about Microsoft Project

"cmulder" <cmulder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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thanks julie --ok -- sounds like the only way i can expand the
length of the
bar is to expand the length of the task -- or maybe wrap the
ext -- is
there any way to force the tasks to show up on different lines in
the cells
on the calendar, independent of how long the bars are?
alternatively, is there a way to remove the summary task bars from
the
report view that looks like a calendar (in custom reports) -- this
view
actually looks pretty close to what we need -- its just that there
are so
many summary task lines that it makes it confusing to see what is
happening
on a particular day -- thanks for any suggestion
carol

"JulieS" wrote:

Hi cmulder,

The calendar view is quite limited as you've discovered. The
length
of the bar (as with the Gantt chart) depends upon the task
duration.
With 2 hour tasks, the bars are only going to be very small. I'd
really suggest trying the Gantt chart view.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information about Microsoft Project

"cmulder" <cmulder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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i am having trouble with calendar views too -- i have a project
with 4 tasks
per day, all starting at different times in the day -- most of
the
tasks are
short (2 hours or so) and they all 4 tasks for each day show up
on
the same
line on each day in the calendar -- and mostly, there is one
character of the
task name displayed (at very most -- sometimes no character at
all) -- how
can i change the format so that each task shows up on a
different
line in the
cell for the day and also so that there are at least 6-8
characters of the
task name that can be read? thanks SOO much for your help!

"JulieS" wrote:

Hello Natascha,

You're welcome. Sorry to say this but to your new question --
no,
sorry again. The Calendar view has similar limitations in
Project
2007. You might try using the copy picture button to create a
gif
file of the calendar view and then printing the gif file to
fit
all
tasks to one month, but the individual task coloring is still
going to
be a limit.


I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information
about Microsoft Project


"NAtaSchA" <NAtaSchA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
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Hi Julie,

thank you very much for the quick response!

Since both is not working with MS Project 2003 is there any
update
that I
can download? Or does any other MS Project Program (2007,
Standard
or
Professional) change colors of task bars individually and
show
many
tasks in
one day in one month?

Thanks again,
Natascha

"JulieS" wrote:

Hello Natascha,

No, sorry to both. The formatting for tasks in the
calendar
view
is
limited to what you can modify through Format > Bar Styles.
Instead
of
changing colors for resources, I'd suggest filtering the
calendar
view
to only show Fred's Task or only show Linda's tasks. You
cannot
color
bars individually in the Calendar view.

What you see printed in the calendar view can be *slightly*
modified
by dropping fonts but I sincerely doubt you'll be able to
ever
print
20 tasks per day. The max seems to be around 6-8 per day.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information
about Microsoft Project

"NAtaSchA" <NAtaSchA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
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Hi,

I have two questions regarding the CALENDAR VIEW of
Microsoft
Project 2003:

1) How can I color the task bars assigned to resources
differently?
eg
Resource Fred = Task Bar in blue; Resource Linda = Task
Bar
in
red?
If this is not possible; Can I color each task bar
manually?

2) How can I change the size of the monthly calendar, so
that all
my
tasks
(about 20 in 1 month) fit on the monthly calendar view
printed
***?

Thank you very much for your help,
Natascha












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