Tips & Tricks for September 2025

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Move a symbol and keep the same date

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 want to move tasks on one page over to another page.  What's the procedure?

I have two bars which partially overlap.  How can I force the green bar to be hidden behind the red bar? 

My Microsoft Project schedule is just unwieldy, about 10,000 tasks.  I would like to be able to pick certain tasks that are in Microsoft Project and show ONLY those tasks and group them together in about 5 groups.

Part of the problem is that the tasks aren't together in Microsoft Project.  Is there any way to get these related tasks to appear in a group on my presentation chart?

I would like to make a legend I can just drag around, but the standard legend options aren't flexible enough for my needs.  

I can't seem to find a way to set the position of a symbol (upper/middle/lower) via automation.  Is there a way to do this?

I am converting my schedule to a "no columns" schedule so that it is more presentable.  I have "issues" doing some of the task line tasks I'm used to doing by selecting a task row in the column.   For example, I'm having trouble changing the shading of a task row. How do I select a task and then do what I need to do?

I am sharing my schedule with others.  However, when I share the schedule, all of my custom bitmap symbols are missing and show up as blank symbols in the toolbox.