MS Project 2003

[Dan Tappin]

I am evaluating MS Project 2003 and I am trying to get a Gantt chart
printed as a PDF so I can take it to the print shop for a large format
print (36" wide). As usual Project is dismal at formatting time
scales but to add insult to injury now any Gantt chart on and size
other than letter results in missing bars / cells / text etc or a 10%
scaling of the entire Gantt chart on the page. I end up with a 11x17
gantt with the entire chart 2" wide on the left side next to the
printed cells! This happens with on all printers and with Adobe
Acrobat v5 and v6.

I have yet to register this product and I hope to resolve this
otherwise I will be returning it. Any ideas out there? I have been
searching the web on this but can't find any other links to this.

 

[Serena_Pcubed]

There is a fairly well-hidden, yet useful way to do this - go to Edit > Copy
Picture. You can then select the timescale that you'd like to use, and
paste the picture into whatever file type you'd like to print. I'm not sure
what the resolution is going to be, but that's probably the best option.

 

[Rod Gill]

Hi,

Have to set the project start date under Project, Project Information? When
printing select File, Print and you can then select the date range you want.

Select View, More Views and copy the Gantt Chart: call it Gantt Chart -
Print

Once you have this set up to print nicely, do all your work in the Gantt
Chart view. To print select the Gantt Chart - Print view you just created
and you can print straight away. No need to format to print then re-format
to work.

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