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MS Project: Timeline View and the Task Table
How to effectively utilize the timeline view.Preview the first lesson free — get full access to all 6 lessons.
Intermediate Provider : Elissa Smith 6 Lessons · 12m in Arabic, English
Course Description
Reporting on the status of projects is an important function of the project manager. Understanding the timeline view in MS Project makes the job easier. This feature provides a horizontal view of the project, featuring key tasks and milestones to allow for quick generation of status reports. In this course, you’ll learn how to format your timeline view, add tasks, and insert it into PowerPoint. You’ll also see how to manage the data in your tasks and how to sort, highlight, and group tasks for easy organization in the timeline view.
What You'll Learn
- Add tasks and milestones to the timeline view in MS Project
- Format the timeline view for presentation and status reporting
- Copy the timeline view into a PowerPoint presentation
- Sort task data for easy organization
- Highlight task data within the timeline view
- Group tasks to manage and organize project data
Key Takeaways
- The timeline view in MS Project provides a horizontal view of the project that features key tasks and milestones for quick status report generation.
- Reporting on project status is an important function of the project manager, and the timeline view makes this job easier.
- The timeline view can be formatted, populated with tasks, and inserted into a PowerPoint presentation.
- Task data can be managed through sorting, highlighting, and grouping for easy organization in the timeline view.
Frequently Asked Questions
What will I learn in this MS Project timeline course?
You will learn how to add tasks to the timeline view and format it for presentation, copy the timeline view into a PowerPoint presentation, and understand task data functions of sorting, highlighting, and grouping.
Who is this course for?
It is geared toward project managers, since reporting on the status of projects is an important function of the project manager and the timeline view makes that job easier.
What topics do the lessons cover?
The lessons cover Adding Tasks to the Timeline View, Formatting the Timeline View, Copying the Timeline View to PowerPoint, Sorting Task Data, Highlighting Task Data, and Grouping Tasks.
How does the timeline view help with status reporting?
The timeline view provides a horizontal view of the project, featuring key tasks and milestones to allow for quick generation of status reports.
