Re: Calendar View of MS Project 2003

Hi Carol,

Go ahead and zip the file and send it to me. My email is prjng AT
maine.rr.com. (Replace the AT with @ and remove spaces.) I'm going
to be out for awhile but I'll take a look as soon as I can.

By the way, what version of Project (including service pack) are you
using?

Julie
"cmulder" <cmulder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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hi julie -- thanks so much for your continued help -- i feel like
i am soooo
close but it still is not working as you describe -- the filter
DOES work in
the gantt chart view (ie the summary tasks disappear when i apply
the filter)
-- i did create a new report based on the "monthly calendar" as
you suggested
-- and the summary tasks still show up -- is there a way i can
send you my
project file so you can look at it and tell me what is missing? or
perhaps
you can send me the file you tried it on and i can build from
that? thanks
again
carol

"JulieS" wrote:

Hi Carol,

I would create the new report based upon the Monthly calendar,
not
the base calendar. Select the custom selection in the View >
Reports dialog. Select New and choose Monthly calendar. Then
set
the filter in the dialog. In testing the report no longer shows
any
summary tasks.

Double check your filter definition. If you apply the filter to
the
Gantt chart view, do the summary tasks disappear?

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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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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