Microsoft Project Quick Tips

Get quick answers to your most urgent Project questions. These one-minute tips help you work more efficiently in Microsoft Project, the popular project management software.

Introduction

• Saving time in Project

1. Project Quick Tips

• Copy data into adjacent rows
• Quickly insert multiple tasks
• Enter values quickly with a lookup table
• Wrap text in table cells
• Align cell data
• Copy cell formatting
• Change currency formatting
• Adjust column and row size in Project
• Align task bars within rows
• Change magnification in the timescale
• Display only incomplete tasks
• Expand and collapse the task list
• Insert and hide columns in a table
• View the selected task in the timescale
• View two parts of a project
• Set the default view
• Insert hyperlinks
• Move to the beginning or end of the timescale
• Toggle between panes in a window
• Customize the Quick Access Toolbar
• Indent and outdent tasks quickly
• Switch tasks between manual and auto scheduling
• Create an image of a schedule
• Share customization with colleagues
• Change sort order
• Remove all filters when AutoFilter is active
• Filter by date range
• Create a template from a project
• Use a template to create a project
• Set file save options
• Protect a file with a password