Microsoft KB Archive/113273

Right- or Center-Aligned Demoted Text Truncated

PSS ID Number: Q113273 Article last modified on 09-18-1994

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= SYMPTOMS =

In Microsoft Project, when you demote a task that is right aligned, the text in the task name is truncated from the left side. When you demote a task that is center aligned, the text in the task name is truncated from the left and the right sides.

= CAUSE =

This behavior is by design in Microsoft Project. When you right-align or center-align the Task Name column, the task name is moved to the right or the center of the available space in the column. When a task is demoted, it is indented from the left side of the column, which decreases the available space in the column.

This indent always is from the left side of the column, even if text in the column is right aligned. If a demoted task is right or center aligned, and not all of the text fits in the available space in the column, the left side of the text appears truncated (for right-aligned text) and both the left and right sides of the text appear truncated (for center-aligned text).

= WORKAROUND =

If right-aligned fields in your project are truncated incorrectly, you can increase the width of the affected column so that the correct amount of text appears.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) In a new project, type “Summary” (without the quotation marks) in the first row of the Task Name column.
 * 2) In the second row of the Task Name column, type “This is a very very long name field entry” (without the quotation marks).
 * 3) Select task 2, and from the Formatting toolbar, select the Indent button.
 * 4) From the Formatting toolbar, select the Align Right button.

The text in task 2 is truncated from the left side at the location of the indent applied in step 3.

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