Tips & Tricks for October 2023

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Is it possible to display baseline fields in the schedule's columns but not show the baseline symbols and bars in the Gantt chart?

I have a few symbols on my schedule for which I would like to display both the start date AND the text on the same line on the left side of the symbol.  Is there a way to combine the symbol text and the date?

My schedule has many vertical connectors, connecting dates across pages.  When I look at the connectors, it's often challenging to determine which page they are connected to.  Is there anything I can do to make this easier?

I would like to have a legend with multiple rows and 4 entries per row. How do I add a 2nd or 3rd row in the legend?

When I move symbols to another task row, the dates changes.  I want the dates to stay the same when the symbols are rearranged on the schedule.  Is there a way to make them stick to their original date?

I need a couple of page breaks in my schedule so that I can have a couple of short pages.  Is this possible?

How can I display symbols in a column to indicate which tasks are, for example, 50%, 75%, 90% complete?  I want to show which tasks are complete, which ones haven't started and so on.

Is it possible to overlay one bar from the “Combo Toolbox” on top of a different bar from the “Combo Toolbox”?

I have a 10 page schedule which I need to paste into PowerPoint. It is tedious to have to paste it in one page at a time. Is there an easier way?

I have a schedule with two DataGraphs, one showing manpower.  I’ve been asked if this schedule can be combined with other project schedules into a master schedule so that manpower can be assessed firm wide.  I’ve been successful with combining task lines from multiple schedules to create a master schedule, but have never seen value sets or DataGraph information combined.  Is it possible to combine DataGraph information?

I am using type 4 (symbol) ValueSet and displaying a total in a DataGraph on the last page.  For some reason, the total appears to be wrong.