What changes am I allowed to make to the templates?
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You can change the templates we offer in order to reflect the specific needs of your project. You have the ability to add or remove tasks, to customize text and bar styles, add or remove resources, modify the project calendars, add columns to the views in order to see more information.

What is an existing project?
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An existing project is a set of carefully planned activities whose execution aim at accomplishing well defined objectives that has been saved previously.

How do I create a new plan based on an existing project?
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If you need to start a plan based on an existing project click File - New - New from existing project.

What is a Blank Project?
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A Blank Project can be seen as a canvas in which you can make your project become reality.

How do I create a new project?
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To start a new blank project click File - New - Blank Project.

Is it possible to create recurring task?
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How can be used timescale zoom on mobile devices?
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In case the application is meant for mobile devices (phone, tablet) you can perform zoom in the current view by using touch gestures (the zoom will be made with two fingers).

How to change the timescale quickly?
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To quickly magnify or shrink a view, click Zoom In or Zoom Out functionality.

How to customize the timescale using zoom options?
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To customize the timescale to focus on a specific time period or group of tasks, or to view the entire duration of your project, click Zoom on the Project menu, and then select a view option.

How do I use Timescale?
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I order to open Timescale dialog go on any view with timescale (Gant Chart, Tracking Gant, Usage view…), double click on Timescale section from Gant panel or go on Format menu – Timescale.

How to access the Assignment Information dialog?
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You can access the assignment information dialog by selecting a resource assignment in Usage views (Task Usage and Resource Usage). In order to view the Assignment Information dialog, please double click on a task/resource in Resource Usage/Task Usage view.

What does the “Assignment Information” functionality do?
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The Assignment Information dialog allows you to view basic information about the resource assignments in your project.

Can I sort the data in Resource Usage view?
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You can apply different sort criteria to the resources and assignments from the Resource Usage view. To do this go to Project-Sort.

Can I apply a filter in Resource Usage view?
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The Resource Usage view can use any of the resource filters to display only the information you want to see. When you select a filter, the Resource Usage view displays the information as defined by that filter's criteria. The default filter is the All Resources filter. To apply a filter, please go to Project – Filter.

Can I change the table for Resource Usage view?
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The Resource Usage view displays categories of information about the resources, arranged in tables. The default table for the Resource Usage view is the Usage table, but you can select any of the resource tables to display information about the project's resources. To do this, go to Project-Table and select the table you want to view.

How to use the Resource Usage view?
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In order to use the Resource Usage view, please go to menu View-Resource Usage or in View Bar click on Resource Usage button.

What does the “View Bar” functionality do?
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The View Bar functionality displays icons of the most commonly used views (Gantt Chart, Resource Sheet, and so on). The View Bar provides a convenient means of changing views by just clicking the icons that appear on the View Bar.

How many types of views are?
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There are three types of views: Charts or graphs, Sheets, and Forms.

What is a View?
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A View is the combination of one or more views and if applicable, a table and a filter. Use views to work with information in a variety of formats.

What is a “View Bar”?
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A view bar is a screen element of application that appears along the left edge of the window.

How to change the working days for my project?
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In order to change the working days for your project, access Options from the File menu. In the Options dialog, go to the Schedule tab and check the desired working days from the Default working days group. Another way to change the working days is to select a non-working day from the date-picker pop-up in the Start/Finish column and then, in the Alert message select the Adjust the default working days option from which you have to check the desired working days based on your needs.

What does the “Change Working Days” functionality do?
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The Change Working Days functionality, as the name describes it, allows you to change the working and non-working days for the project based on your needs.

In what views is allowed to insert tasks?
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Adding a task is allowed only in Gantt Chart, Tracking Gant and Task Sheet views.

What happens when I assign a resource to a task?
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When you assign a resource to a task, if the resource is a new one and it does not exist previously in your project, it will be automatically added to the resources list in the Resource Sheet and by default it will be a work resource.

How do I create Earned Value report?
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In order to create the Earned Value report for your plan, go on Reports – Cost – Earned Value.