Microsoft KB Archive/113363

Project: Highlighting Filter Not Applied to All Filtered Tasks

PSS ID Number: Q113363 Article last modified on 07-21-1995

4.00 | 4.00

WINDOWS | MACINTOSH

= SYMPTOMS =

In Microsoft Project, when you apply a filter as a highlighting filter to tasks in your project, the highlight formatting may not be applied to every filtered task.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

= CAUSE =

When you apply the highlight filter to tasks in your project, the highlight formatting does not overwrite direct formatting that you have applied to a task. For example, if you have formatted a task for italic, and the color yellow, when you apply the highlight filter, the task still appears italic and yellow, even if the task meets the filter criteria.

= MORE INFORMATION =

In Microsoft Project version 4.0, you can apply direct formatting to individual tasks by using the Font command on the Format menu. However, when you apply a filter as a highlighting filter, the formatting applied by the filter does not overwrite any formatting that you have applied to the task using the Font command on the Format menu.

When you apply a highlighting filter to a project, the tasks that meet the filter criteria and have not been directly formatted are formatted with the Highlighted Tasks text style. When you select a highlighted task, and choose Font from the Format menu, the highlighting format appears in the Font dialog box. If you then apply direct formatting to this task, and remove the highlight filter, the task retains the direct formatting that you applied. Direct formatting overwrites highlighted filter formatting at all times.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) In a new project, enter 3 tasks, T1 with a duration of 1d, T2, and T3, each with a duration of 2d.
 * 2) Select T2. From the Format menu, choose Font. From the Color list, select Lime, and choose OK.
 * 3) From the Tools menu, choose Filtered For, and then choose More Filters. Select the Task option. From the Filters list, select Critical. Choose the Highlight button.

T1 remains black, as expected, and T3 is displayed in blue (the default highlight color) because it meets the filter criteria. However, T2 is Lime, even though it meets the filter criteria.

= REFERENCES =

For an Overview Of Filters, choose the Search button in Help and type:

filter criteria

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