Microsoft KB Archive/245878

= PRJ2000: Deadline Date Symbol Disappears After Using GanttChartWizard =

Article ID: 245878

Article Last Modified on 1/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q245878



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project, when you use the GanttChartWizard to modify Gantt Chart bars, the deadline date symbol is not displayed in a Gantt Chart view.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because Microsoft Project does not create the bar style definition for a deadline date (a green, down arrow by default) when you use the GanttChartWizard to modify the Gantt Chart bars.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, manually add the bar style definition for the deadline date in the Bar Styles dialog box. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the View menu, click the Gantt Chart view to which you want to add the deadline date symbol.
 * 2) On the Format menu, click Bar Styles.
 * 3) In the first available row of the Name column (you may have to scroll down), type Deadline.
 * 4) In the From and the To fields, click Deadline.
 * 5) Click the Bars tab.
 * 6) Under Start, click the down arrow shape in the Shape list. (This is the twelfth shape in the list, and does not have a circle around it.)
 * 7) Under Start, click Framed in the Type list.
 * 8) Under Start, click Green in the Color list.
 * 9) Under Middle, click the blank shape (the top item) in the Shape list.
 * 10) Click OK.

NOTE: For steps 6, 7, and 8 you can make other choices to customize the look of the deadline date symbol.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
The GanttChartWizard helps you format the bar styles in a Gantt Chart view. The wizard automatically creates the bar style definitions in the Bar Styles dialog box. If you want to manually customize the bar styles, click Bar Styles on the Format menu. For further information about working in the Bar Styles dialog box, click Help in the dialog box.

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