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FAQ › How do I...? › Category: Tasks
What is a Hyperlink?
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It allows to add files that reside locally on your disk or web addresses to the tasks.
What is a Task Dependency?
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It is a relationship between the tasks in the project that drive the schedule for the project. The nature of the relationship between a predecessor task and a successor task determines the type of task dependency to use. We can use 4 types of task dependencies: Finish - To - Start (FS), Start - To - Start (SS), Finish - To - Finish (FF) and Start - To - Finish (SF).
Is there a way to take my existing manually scheduled tasks and edit them all at once to change them all to automatically scheduled?
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A quick way to change the Task Mode for multiple tasks is to insert the Task Mode column in Gantt Chart view, then you can set the task mode to automatically schedule for the first 4 tasks for example. Then copy (CTRL+C) the 4 cells and paste (CTRL+V) them below.
What is the maximum number of tasks I can add in a project?
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We don't have a limit on the number of tasks added to a project.
How can I edit a custom field in Task Information dialog?
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Our application doesn’t support to edit the custom fields in Task information dialog.To edit the custom field, please insert that specific field in Gantt Chart view by going to menu Format – Insert Column.
How to delete rows?
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To delete a row from your project, select the row, right click on it and then from the contextual menu select "Delete Task/Resource" option. Another way to delete the row is to select it and then from Task/Team menu - click on "Delete" button.
How do I see the overall duration of tasks including predecessors?
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To see the overall duration of tasks and predecessors, in Gantt Chart view insert the Duration and Predecessors column. To achieve this, go to menu Format - Insert Column.
Where can I find the Paste button?
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In order to find the Paste button, go to the Task menu - Paste.
What is clipboard?
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A clipboard is a temporary storage area for data that the user wants to copy from one place to another. In the application, the user might want to copy/cut text from one part of the project and paste it in another part of the project or somewhere else.
Does the Task Notification feature is available for Standard Subscription?
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The Task Notification feature is available only for the Business Subscription.
What does the "Task Notification" functionality do?
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The "Task Notification" functionality allows you to export a specific task to your personal calendar and set a reminder for it.
How do I set a reminder for a task?
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To set a notification for a specific task, select the task and go to the menu Task – Task Information. On the Notification tab, set the Reminder and the Details you want to export then click on the Set notification button. Another way to open the Notification tab is to right-click on that specific task and select the Export to My Calendar option from the contextual menu.
How to remove the question mark from duration?
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In order to remove the question mark from duration, please enter in edit mode in the cell and then edit the duration and press on the Enter button from your keyboard or press on the up and down arrow keys.
How to view each task along with the notes?
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To view the Notes field, please insert the Notes column in the table. To Insert a column, click on the Format menu – Insert Column or select Insert column from the contextual menu. Then select the Notes field and click OK.
How do I unlink a task?
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To unlink a task, select the desired task and then go to the menu Task - Unlink.
Where is the Link button to schedule the tasks?
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The Link button is under the Task menu.
How do I change the schedule mode?
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To change the schedule mode click on File - Options - Schedule - New tasks created and select Manually scheduled or Automatically scheduled.
I am not able to change the constraint type of a manual task.
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The Constraints Type and the Constraint Date boxes are grayed out for Manual Tasks. Manual Tasks have the main purpose to not have its Start, Finish dates and Duration modified by the Planner. For this reason, manual tasks should not have any kind of constraints. 

How do I find a task?
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To find a specific task or word, click on the Task menu – Find – select the desired information in the dialog box and click Find Next.

What is Task Mode field?
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The Task Mode field indicates whether a task is scheduled manually or automatically, which gives you the option of deciding how much control you want over task scheduling in a project. By default, tasks are set as automatically scheduled.

How to make the next task start at end of the previous task?
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To make a task start when another task is finished, you need to establish a Finish to Start dependency in Predecessors column or in Task Information dialog under the Predecessors tab.
What is the difference between automatic and manual schedule?
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The difference between automatically and manually scheduled tasks is that the manually scheduled tasks are not calculated by Project Plan 365 app.
How do I add a predecessor?
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To add predecessors to tasks, go to Gantt Chart view and in Predecessors field insert the Task IDs.
Does the question mark in the Duration box have any meaning?
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The default duration for new tasks has a question mark (1d?). The question mark indicates that the duration is an estimate. Add a question mark to any duration estimate. Remove the question mark to indicate a committed duration.

What is Type field?
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The Type field provides choices that control the effect that editing work, assignment units, or duration has on the calculations of the other two fields.
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