Customizing Activity Layouts
2)To specify a general table font, click the Font button.
3)To select a background color, click the Color button.
4)In the Row Height area:
To use the current row heights you set, mark the Keep Current Row Heights checkbox.
To automatically size row heights based on the cell content, clear the Keep Current Row Heights checkbox and choose Optimize row heights by content. Mark the checkbox, Do not exceed X lines per row, to limit the amount of lines created by text wrapping and optimizing the row heights.
To specify a row height for all rows in the current layout, clear the Keep Current Row Heights checkbox and choose Select height for all rows. Type a new row height in the field, or click the arrow buttons.
5)To display symbols, mark the Show Icons checkbox.
6)Click OK.
Gantt Chart
The Gantt Chart
Use the Gantt Chart to view a graphical display of the open project's schedule information or the order in which activities occur over the course of the project. The Gantt Chart shows each activity's duration, using the timescale specified, as a horizontal bar. A line connecting activity bars indicates a relationship.
Use the Gantt Chart in combination with the Activity Table to
View activities both graphically and in table format
Establish relationships between activities, so you can see how changing activity duration affects the start and finish dates of other activities and the project finish date
Track progress by comparing planned and actual start and finish dates and by checking the percentage of each activity that is complete
To use the Gantt Chart more effectively, you can
Change the information displayed in columns to show scheduling data, resource and cost data, user-defined fields, or any data item you select
Distinguish schedule dates by using different formats and colors for the bars and endpoints
Change the timescale to show more or less detail
Change background lines to enhance the readability or clarity of the Bar Chart
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Display the Gantt Chart
With the Activities, Projects, or Work Breakdown Structure windows active, do one of the following:
Choose View, Show on Top or Show on Bottom, Gantt Chart.
Click the Layout Options bar and choose Show on Top or Show on Bottom, Gantt Chart.
Click 
on the Top Layout toolbar.
Tips
In the Projects and Work Breakdown Structure windows, you can only display the Gantt Chart in the top layout.
To hide the Activity Table and display only the Gantt Chart, drag the split bar that separates the Activity Table from the Gantt Chart all the way to the left.
Change a layout's timescale format
You can change the timescale for a Gantt Chart, profile, or spreadsheet. When one of these layout components is displayed in both the Top and Bottom Layout windows, changing the timescale affects both windows.
1)Display the Gantt Chart, profile, or spreadsheet then click the Layout Options bar and choose Timescale.
2)Choose to display Two Lines or Three Lines for the timescale.
3)To indicate the beginning date from which you want to display data, in the Timescale Start field click 
, then select a standard date or a custom date.
4)Click the Font & Color button to format the font type, size, and color for the timescale and column headings. Click Default Font to change the timescale to its original font and color settings.
5)In the Date Format section, choose to show the primary dates to specify the date interval increments for the timescale, or ordinal dates to display the date intervals as sequential numbers, beginning from the ordinal start date specified.
If you choose Show Primary Dates, in the Type field, select the format in which to display date intervals.
In the Date Interval field, select an interval. If you choose Day/Shift, click the Shift Calendar field and select a shift. If you choose an interval which includes Financial Period. click the Financial Period Calendar field and select the calendar to use.
If you choose Ordinal Dates, specify a start date for the ordinal dates in the Ordinal Start field. Then, select the ordinal date interval.
6)Click OK.
To see the timescale settings without closing the Timescale dialog box, click Apply.
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Notes
If you customize a profile or spreadsheet to display past period actual data (rather than actual to date values) and you want to display a financial period timescale, choose Calendar or Fiscal as the Type. Then, in the Date Interval field choose Year/Financial Period, Quarter/Financial Period, Month/Financial Period, or Week/Financial Period and in the Financial Period Calendar field select the calendar to use. You can display a financial period timescale at any time, even if you do not store past period actuals.
When you customize a profile or spreadsheet to display a financial period timescale, activity and resource data must be summarized by financial period to accurately display actual to date values for closed projects.
When connected to a P6 Professional database: If you have administrator rights, you can choose to summarize data in financial period intervals by choosing Admin, Preferences. Select the Options tab, then select the 'By financial period' checkbox.
When connected to a P6 EPPM database: If you have administrator rights, you can choose to summarize data in financial period intervals from the P6 Application Settings.
Move around a Gantt Chart
To change the timeperiod for which the Gantt Chart displays activities, move the mouse pointer over the major time unit of the timescale until the mouse pointer turns into a hand. Click and hold the mouse button while dragging it. To move backward in time, drag the mouse pointer to the right. To move forward in time, drag the mouse pointer to the left.
To expand or contract the Gantt chart’s visible area, move the mouse over the minor time unit of the timescale. Click the mouse button down and hold it. To expand the Gantt Chart, drag the mouse pointer to the right. To contract the Gantt Chart, drag the mouse pointer to the left.
Tip
You can also use the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the Gantt Chart to change the timeperiod for which the layout is displaying information.
Add a bar to the Gantt Chart
1)Choose View, Bars.
You can also click the Layout Options bar and choose Bars.
2)Click Add.
3)Mark the Display checkbox next to the new bar.
4)Type a name for the new bar.
5)In the Timescale column, select the timescale you want the new Gantt Chart bar to represent.
6)In the Filter column, choose the filter you want to attach to the bar. Filters determine which activities the bar represents.
7)Click the Bar Style tab and configure the new bar's style.
The Preview column shows you what the configured bar will look like in the Gantt Chart.
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8)Click the Bar Settings tab and select grouping and necking options.
9)Click the Bar Labels tab and specify the new bar’s label and position.
10)To preview your changes, click Apply.
Note
To restore the default bar settings, click Default.
Change a bar in the Gantt Chart
1)Choose View, Bars
You can also click the Layout Options bar and choose Bars.
2)Select the bar you want to change and mark or clear the Display checkbox.
3)In the Name column, type a new name for the bar.
4)In the Timescale column, select the timescale you want the Gantt Chart bar to represent.
5)In the Filter column, choose the filter you want the Gantt Chart bar to represent.
6)Click the Bar Style tab and reconfigure the Gantt Chart bar's style.
7)Click the Bar Settings tab and select grouping and necking options.
8)Click the Bar Labels tab and redefine the Gantt Chart bar’s label and position.
9)Click OK.
To view your changes without closing this dialog box, click Apply.
Apply Gantt Chart settings from another layout
1)Choose View, Bars.
You can also click the Layout Options bar and choose Bars.
2)Click Copy From.
3)Select the layout with the Gantt Chart settings you want to apply. To view the Gantt Chart settings, click Apply.
To apply the selected layout’s Gantt Chart settings and close the dialog box, click Open.
Position a bar in the Gantt Chart
1)Choose View, Bars.
You can also click the Layout Options bar and choose Bars.
2)Select the Gantt Chart bar for which you want to specify a position.
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