Advice for the Project Management Professional (PMP)

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the color of the bars on the Gantt chart. Tasks on the critical path will automatically be red
in the Network Diagram view, as described in the following section.
To make the text for the critical path tasks appear in red in the Entry table and on the
Gantt chart:
Select
Critical
Tasks
Select
Red
1. Open the Text Styles dialog box. Click Format on the Menu bar, and then click
Text Styles. The Text Styles dialog box opens.
2. Change the critical tasks color option to red. Click the Item to Change list
arrow, and then select Critical Tasks. Click the Color list arrow, and then select
Red, as shown in Figure A-32. Click OK to accept the changes to the text
styles.
FIGURE A-32 Text Styles Dialog Box Settings to Display Critical Tasks in Red
3. Open the Gantt Chart Wizard. Click Format on the Menu bar and then select
Gantt Chart Wizard. Alternately, you can click the Gantt Chart Wizard button
on the Formatting toolbar. The Gantt Chart Wizard opens. Click Next,
and the next step of the wizard appears.
4. Select the Critical Path option. Click the Critical path radio button, as shown
in Figure A-33. Notice that the sample Gantt chart in the Gantt Chart Wizard
displays some bars in red, representing tasks on the critical path. Click Finish
to proceed to the next step in the Gantt Chart Wizard.
5. Format the Gantt chart. Click Format It, and then click Exit Wizard. Critical
taskbars on the Gantt chart will now be red. Your screen should resemble
Figure A-34, with task information and bars for all the critical tasks displayed
in red on your computer screen.
6. Save your file without a baseline. Click File on the Menu bar, and then click
Save. Or, click the Save button on the Standard toolbar to save your file. Keep
this file open for the next set of steps.
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