Microsoft Project 2016 Quick Reference Guide Managing Complexity - Windows Version (Cheat Sheet of Instructions, Tips and Shortcut

Book excerpt: Laminated quick reference guide showing step-by-step instructions and shortcuts for how to use Microsoft Office Project 2016 at the intermediate level. Written with Beezix's trademark focus on clarity, accuracy, and the user's perspective, this guide will be a valuable resource to improve your proficiency in using Project 2016. This guide is suitable as a training handout, or simply an easy to use reference guide, for any type of user.The following topics are covered: Understanding Precedence, Using the Network Diagram, Creating/Deleting Relationships, Moving a Task in the Network Diagram, Examining the Critical Path, Showing Slack, Hiding Negligible Amounts of Slack.Filtering Tasks, Adjusting Date Constraints, Using a Deadline, Entering or Reading Task Notes.Using a Different Relationship Type, Lag & Lead Time, Changing Relationship Type or Lag, Creating Recurring Tasks, Splitting Tasks.Using the Timeline Pane: Showing or Hiding the Timeline Pane, Adding a Task to a Timeline Bar, Adding Another Timeline Bar, Changing Length of a Timeline Bar, Changing Color of a Task in the Timeline, Moving Milestone Text, Sharing a Timeline.Adding Resources on the Fly, Noting a Resource's Vacation or Special Hours, Noting a Resource's Variant Rate, Getting a Task Done Faster.Changing Calculation of Task Values, Permitting Overtime for a Task, Booking Additional Resources to a Task, Using Effort-Driven Scheduling, Adjusting when a Resource Works, Checking Resource Usage, Determining Resource Load, Leveling Resources Quickly, Viewing Different Field Collections.Showing or Deleting a Progress Line, Monitoring Progress, Accessing a Subproject File, Communicating Plans and Progress.