Microsoft Project 2019 For Dummies

Chapter 13

Making the Project Look Good

IN THIS CHAPTER

Formatting the Gantt chart

Formatting Network Diagram task boxes

Dressing up task boxes

Modifying the layout of a view

Changing the gridlines in a view

Adding graphics to the project

Creating a custom field

You may know the saying “Clothes make the man.” Well, in the same spirit, sometimes the look of the schedule makes the project. Having a project that looks good serves two purposes: It impresses people with your professionalism, and people can look at the project on the screen and on hard copy to easily discern the different boxes, bars, and lines.

Project uses default formatting that’s helpful in most cases. However, if you have certain company standards for reporting — say, representing baseline data in green and actual data ...