Tips and Tricks
for June 2009
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Have a Question? We have the answers.
The KIDASA Web site support and Q&A sections
have been reorganized to better meet
customer needs. Here are a few of the
questions our support team fielded recently: |
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Tip of the
month: Move a column from one side of the
schedule to the other |
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I have a schedule
with 3 columns. I want
the End Dates column on the
right side of my schedule.
How can I do this? |
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A. Using the
arrow tool, click the
top border of the column you
want to move (1). The
cursor will change to
Drag the column to
the right side of the
schedule. You will
notice the insertion marker
Drop the column at the
insertion point. |
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Zoom in on a spot |
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Q: How can I "zoom in" to see more detail on a schedule? |
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A: Hold the control (CTRL) key down and then right-click on the spot that
you want to zoom in to see. Click again while holding the control
key to unzoom.
See Also:
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Scroll through a schedule by a few days, weeks, or months at a time
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Q: I have a schedule that spans many months, but I only want to work on
one week (sometimes one month) at a time. Is there any way that the schedule can just scroll into the next (or
previous) week, month, quarter, year? |
A: One way is to use Shift+PgDn or Shift+PgUp
to scroll through dates. Another is to use the toolbar, Dates tab:
To set how many days you want to move forward
or backward in time at one time, choose Full Dialog on the Dates tab.
Then, on the Schedule Details dialog box,
enter the number of days to move forward or backward:
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Duplicate
Items when refreshing from Microsoft
Project
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| Q: When updating our Milestones Professional presentation schedule, we
are using a text field in Microsoft Project. Our question is, if
the Microsoft Project file has two tasks with the same text "ID"
then which task will the Milestones refresh program use to update the
Milestones presentation schedule? |
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A:
Only
the first date is used. The refresh
process will look for the first
match of the text ID in your
Microsoft Project file. |
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Show
numbers instead of dates on a
timescale
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| Q:
I want numbers instead of letters or month names in the date headings.
This is for a project proposal. I don't know when the project
will start. |
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Choose
 in the toolbox.
Double
click the date heading.
In
the list of date headings, for yearly, choose 1,2,3,4......
In
the list of date headings, for monthly, choose 1,2,3,....12,1. (If
you do not want the month numbers to repeat, choose the option Monthly:
1,2,3,...12,13..)
To start with a number other than 1, enter
a starting number, such as 3 as shown in the example below:
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Can't
Select Picture Previously Added
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I've put together a schedule that
contains imported (copy-and-paste)
graphics. For some reason, there is
a graphic towards the top of my
schedule that I can't get rid of. I
can't even click on it. Any idea
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| A: Sometimes if a graphic gets inserted on a
page after the first page and then later that page is deleted, then the
graphic begins to appear on the first page but cannot be selected. The fix in this case is to:
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Temporarily
change the lines per page to a smaller number to force more pages
(File | Page Layout).
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Go
to the page where the graphic is.
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Delete
the graphic. (right-click and delete picture)
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Change
the line per page back to the normal value.
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Substitutable Duration Text
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Q: Can I show the duration of a horizontal task bar as the text for that
bar? Can I add text to it? For Example [duration] working
days. |
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A: Yes, it is possible. What you need to do is put substitutable
text as symbol text. You can then center the text on the bar. |
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1. Click on the start symbol of your connector.
2. Enter the following into Line 1: text field "&durtoconnectedsym
working days". For more information about substitutable text,
click
here .
3. To place text on the bar choose Text Placement / Vertical: Middle/
check on Center Text on Bar
Result:
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Vertical Milestone Indicator Lines
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Q: I would like to add vertical milestone lines across all tasks. The vertical
milestone line would look like the current date line, but I would be able
to add several as needed. Is that possible? |
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A: Yes.
Curtains, or vertical shading can be defined for any vertical space within the
schedule area. Curtains can be any color, pattern and can be shaded. By
indicating the date range, the width of the curtain can be controlled.
To add curtains:
On the Format
tab, choose Curtains in the Vertical Shading section.
You can add vertical coloring called Curtains to any block of time you
designate.
Here's an Example:
For complete information and instructions,
click here. |
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Milestones Professional Automation Reference
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Q: I am trying to develop an application which ties together my Microsoft
Excel spreadsheet with Milestones Professional so that I can consolidate
my financial information with my schedule information. I know Milestones
Professional fairly well but I am not familiar with programming. Is
there any documentation anywhere? |
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A: Full documentation for Milestones Professional's automation interface
can be found within the Milestones Professional software.
On the Help tab, choose Automation Help.
This will bring up the
Milestones Professional OLE Automation Help:
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