Microsoft KB Archive/113580

Text Style Doesn’t Appear with Underline in PERT Chart

PSS ID Number: Q113580 Article last modified on 11-16-1994

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WINDOWS

= SYMPTOMS =

In Microsoft Project, when you format a text style in the PERT chart with underline formatting, the underline does not appear for all text in the PERT node.

= 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 =

In the PERT chart, space in the four lower fields in a node is limited. If you define the text style using a large fixed-pitch font, such as Windows Courier New TrueType, there may not be room in these fields to display an underline below the font.

= WORKAROUND =

To view underline formatting applied to text styles in the PERT chart, use a font that displays an underline format very close to the bottom of the font. For example, you do not have this problem if you format text styles in the PERT chart using the TrueType Arial font.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) In a new project, enter three tasks, T1, T2, and T3.
 * 2) From the View menu, choose PERT Chart.
 * 3) From the Format menu, choose Text Styles. From the Item To Change list, select All. From the Font list, select Courier New, and from the Size list, select 12. Select the Underline check box and choose OK.

Note that only the task name in the first field is underlined in the task node.

= REFERENCES =

For more information about the Text Styles Command, choose the Search button in Help and type:

Text Styles Command

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