Indicating Current Date on Gantt Chart

[Adrian Phillips]

I would like to highlight the column on my Gantt chart which is indicative of
the current week that the chart is printed on Project 2000. How is that done?

 

[JulieS]

Hello Adrian,

I'm afraid there is no built-in way to accomplish what you are seeking.
A couple of workarounds that *may* work for what you need:

You can create a shaded rectangle using the rectangle tool on the
drawing toolbar.

You could also create a new calendar using Tools > Change Working Time,
New. In the new calendar manually set the week as non-working and
display the new calendar in the background of the Gantt chart. The
display of the Gantt chart non-working time is controlled through Format

Timescale. This does not change the schedule of the tasks, just

changes the gray shaded background.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

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about Microsoft Project

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Adrian,

You could use Format/Gridlines... and select the Current or Status date.

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP
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[Jim Aksel]

Not sure what you mean by column as related to a date.
On the Gantt Chart (right side) you can display a vertical line at either th
current or status date.

Try Format/Grid Lines.... Select either Status Date, or Current Date. The
line appears where appropriated. Status dates are changed under
Project/Project Information...
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[Adrian Phillips]

The solution with the gridlines gave me exactly what I was looking for. Thank
you all for your responses.