Microsoft® Project 2010 Step by Step

Chapter 2. Creating a Task List

Chapter at a Glance

In this chapter, you will learn how to:
✓	Start Microsoft Project Standard or Professional and save a new project plan.
✓	Enter task names.
✓	Estimate and record how long each task should last.
✓	Create a milestone to track an important event.
✓	Organize tasks into phases.
✓	Create task relationships by linking tasks.
✓	Switch task scheduling from manual to automatic.
✓	Set nonworking days for the project plan.
✓	Check the project plan’s overall duration.
✓	Record task details in notes and insert a hyperlink to content on the Web.

Tasks are the most basic building blocks of any project—tasks represent the work to be ...