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Options button, as described earlier. Notice that this project started on January
1, 2007, and ended in early April 2007. The first line in the Entry bar displays
the filename, and the bar in the Gantt chart next to that line shows the
timeline for the entire project.
4. Select Outline Level 2 to display WBS level 1 tasks. On the Standard toolbar,
click the Show button’s list arrow , and then click Outline Level 1, as
shown in Figure A-11. Notice that only the level 1 WBS items display in the
Entry table after you select Outline Level 1, and the timescale shows months.
The black bars on the Gantt chart represent the summary tasks. The entire
project is normally referred to as WBS level zero, and the next highest level is
called level 1. This view of the file also shows two milestone tasks in rows 1
and 137 indicating when a new Accounting and Finance system was chosen and
when the project was completed. Recall that the black diamond symbol on a
Gantt chart shows milestones.
Task Name column
Show list arrow
FIGURE A-11 Viewing Summary Tasks Using the Show Button
Summary tasks
Milestone
5. Adjust the Task Name column. Move the cursor over the right-column gridline
in the Task Name column heading until you see the resize pointer, and then
double-click the left mouse button to resize the column width automatically.
6. Move the split bar to reveal more Entry table columns. Move the split bar to
the right to reveal the Resource Names column. Your screen should resemble
Figure A-12.
7. Expand a task. Click the expand symbol to the left of Task 112, Package
Deployment, to see its subtasks. Click the collapse symbol to hide its
subtasks.
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