Tips & Tricks for July 2025

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There is a box on my schedule that I can't select.  I think it's a text box.

We keep our Microsoft Project files on Microsoft SharePoint, however we are not using Project Server.  I am having issues refreshing from a refresh list.  What is the best procedure?

I want to show a stoplight column based on text or a number in another column.  Can I do this?

How do I move a column from one side of the schedule to the other?

I want numbers instead of letters or month names in the date headings.  This is for a project proposal.  I don't know when the project will start.

Can you please let me know whether I can insert a date line which is not a current date or status date but just a vertical line at a specific date.

Why does a single milestone automatically have a 0-day duration instead of 1 day?

I need some help with Milestone Professional. The summary bar "fill to status date" roll-up does not represent the indented "fill to status date" tasks below the summary. Am I missing something or doing it incorrectly or what?

What is the easiest way to add a stoplight column to my schedule?  I want to control the color of the stoplight for each task.

I have set up a solid horizontal connector in the toolbox but all of the connectors on the schedule are coming out dashed.  Please advise.

Is there a way to use a page break which doesn't truncate the bottom of the chart?  I want my pages to all be the same number of tasks per page.

I’m working on a chart and just noticed that there is a light blue bar looking symbol in one of my task rows that I didn’t add and cannot land on with my curser (even tabbing through).  I don’t know where this could have come from.  I don’t use this color anywhere in my chart so I don’t know where this could have come from.  Any ideas on how I can get rid of it?

I can't figure out what all of these lines are on my schedule.  Any idea?