Edit a project in Project desktop
Outline tasks in a project
Indent and outdent tasks to show hierarchy. An indented task becomes a subtask of the task above it, which becomes a summary task.
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Select View > Task Views > Gantt Chart.
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Select the task or tasks in the Task Name column that you want to indent or outdent.
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Do one of the following:
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Select Task > Schedule >Indent Task
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Select Task > Schedule > Outdent Task
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You can use subtasks and summary tasks to show phases, easily navigate through a large project, and more.
Link tasks in a project
You can link any two tasks in a project to show their relationship, which is called a task dependency. After you link the tasks, every change you make to one affects the other.
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Select View > Task Views > Gantt Chart.
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Hold down Ctrl and select the two tasks you want to link (in the Task Name column).
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Select Task > Link the Selected Tasks
Project supports four kinds of task links to show different relationships.
For more information about task links and scheduling, see How Project schedules tasks: Behind the scenes.
Change your view
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Select the View tab.
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Do one of the following:
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Select the view that you want to use in the Task Views group or Resource Views group.
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Select Gantt Chart > More Views to see all the available views, and then select from the options in the More Views dialog box.
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