Cleaner summary bar

Question:     

On my Summary line is there any way to make the appearance cleaner?  The Project 8 and Project 10 symbols are overlapping:

 

Answer:

Your schedule is outlined and using Milestones Professional's Summary Bar option, Split Summary Bars using Lower Level Symbols and Bars.

What you can do for the cases which overlap is alter the symbology slightly.  For example, you can change the triangle from a down triangle to an up triangle so that it ends up as shown on the summary bar:

Another option is to set up your toolbox to use symbols number 47 and 48, which are two smaller triangles.  Then, stagger the triangles as shown so that the summary bar is not crowded:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Related topics

Uncluttered summary lines   

Can I have individual symbols display in the summary bar?    

Changing properties of summary line symbols

Hide the dates on summary lines

Multiple milestones summarized on a summary bar

Roll up several bars

Outlining and Summary Bars

Outline and Summarize Tasks (Milestones Help)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Applies to Milestones Professional:      2019        2021        2023

 

 

 

 

      

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