Microsoft Project Fundamentals

Lesson 10View Project Information

LESSON OBJECTIVES

• Tailor the display of project information by zooming a view, adjusting a timescale, and showing selected outline levels.
• Rearrange project information by sorting and grouping by a selected field.
• Filter and highlight tasks and resources to show information that meets your selected criteria.
• Add or remove a column in a sheet view.
• Format, preview, and print a view on paper and as a PDF file.
• Explore the variety of Project views, along with their layout, functions, and formatting options.

As soon as you start executing the project plan, you're constantly monitoring and controlling the project. Like the driver on a journey, you're continually monitoring your vehicle's speed, fuel level, road conditions, and traffic. You make adjustments for changes like construction, route detours, needs of fellow travelers, and traffic jams.

The views in Microsoft Project play a huge part in your ability to monitor the project. Views like the Gantt Chart, Resource Sheet, Task Board, and Sprint Board are like gauges you use to assess your project information from various points of view.

In this lesson, you learn how to home in on the project information you need, whether it's by adjusting a timescale or by grouping information by specific data. You learn how to work with tables and sheets, including adding and removing columns. You see how to effectively print a view, and you step through a guided tour of some of the many other views ...