I’m missing the mouse-over information in my project plan MSP professional when I hover over the task bar or the predecessor arrow in the graphical area of the Gantt chart view. I was used to see the main information of the task or dependencies here in my old MSP version and it’s really important to see those instead of scrolling through the whole plan to find the start and end of a dependency. Threats include any threat of suicide, violence, or harm to another.

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Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn’t help. Also, the mouse-over on the info column works as expected, so the notes and calendar constraints are being displayed via mouse-over. Does this occur with all projects or just one? If you switch to another view Tracking Gantt for example does the problem continue? I also tried it in a completely new and blank MSP and it doesn’t show anything.

The service pack information no longer shows in the “About” screen. You can compare your version number to:. Any other idea what I can do? It’s really horrible in a big project when you can’t do a quick check on the dependencies I hate to say this but I am stumped.

I’ve tried turning options off and on without any change. You can review link relationships in the Task Form split your screen – but that does not restore the quick tips. And the popup is not only lost for links but also for the task itself. I remember it was usually showing the task ID and name. I have tried it on another colleagues machine MSP and his installation has the same issue: no mouse-over in the graphical area.

Both of us do have the mouse-over in the table area of the Gantt chart, so it comes up for the notes info etc. Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community. Search the community and support articles Microsoft and Office Search Community member.

Is there any new hidden setting for this? This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question 4. Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Previous Next. Julie Sheets MVP. Thanks for your feedback.

How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to Julie Sheets’s post on March 25, Hi Julie, thanks for the quick reply! The setting is still the default “show Any other idea? Maybe it’s somehow related to Win 8. In reply to Gabicia’s post on March 26, I doubt it has to do with the OS. I run windows 8. Do you have SP-1 installed to Project? In reply to Julie Sheets’s post on March 26, Hi Julie, it’s the same in all calendar views, also in tracking Gantt In reply to Gabicia’s post on March 27, In reply to Julie Sheets’s post on March 27, I’ll try to get the SP-1 update and let you know if this will help :- have a nice weekend and thanks for your kind help!

Keep us posted and have a great weekend. Hi Julie, I have upgraded to SP1 now but still, there is no mouse-over within the Gantt chart calendar In reply to Gabicia’s post on March 30, In reply to Julie Sheets’s post on March 30, I’m so lost without this function! Do you have any idea who else could try to help?

If a remote session is required, I can provide you with my contact data thanks!! This site in other languages x.

 
 

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Microsoft Project has the options available for viewing and printing a Gantt chart that can be saved as an Adobe pdf file. Change the timescale on the right side of the Gantt Chart to show smaller or large time units, such as quarters or fiscal year. This example shows the steps for adding task names to the right side of Gantt bars. While in Gantt Chart view, choose Format > Bar Styles. Tip: If you’re in a.

 

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Does this occur with all projects or just one? If you switch to another view Tracking Gantt for example does the problem continue? I also tried it in a completely new and blank MSP and it doesn’t show anything. The service pack information no longer shows in the “About” screen. You can compare your version number to:. Any other idea what I can do? It’s really horrible in a big project when you can’t do a quick check on the dependencies I hate to say this but I am stumped.

I’ve tried turning options off and on without any change. You can review link relationships in the Task Form split your screen – but that does not restore the quick tips. And the popup is not only lost for links but also for the task itself. I remember it was usually showing the task ID and name.

I have tried it on another colleagues machine MSP and his installation has the same issue: no mouse-over in the graphical area.

Both of us do have the mouse-over in the table area of the Gantt chart, so it comes up for the notes info etc. Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community. Search the community and support articles Microsoft and Office Search Community member. Is there any new hidden setting for this? This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.

After you click on the Gantt Chart Wizard button, the first styling option you get is to select what type of Gantt information you want to display. For client and executive presentations, keep project visuals simple to understand by displaying only Standard information. The second step of the Gantt Chart Wizard allows you to select the type of text you want to display alongside your task bars.

For clarity purposes, we selected Dates. The final step of the Gantt Chart Wizard is to select whether you want to display links between tasks with dependencies. To keep the MS Project Gantt chart as simple as possible, we chose not to show link lines. From the Gantt Chart Format tab, drop down the Format control to change the appearance of your tasks. Here you can add and rearrange important elements to your MS Project Gantt chart.

Now you need to create an image that you can copy and paste into PowerPoint. Microsoft Project has a feature called Copy Picture which allows you to choose which tasks you want to show on your visual.

This is useful for paring down project tasks to the ones that are critical for your presentation. On your View tab in Microsoft Project, go to the Data section, and select the Summary tasks option in the Filter category to view just the major ones. In the example below, we selected all our Summary Tasks rows. On the Task tab, drop down the Copy button to find the Copy Picture control.

Choose to render image as a GIF file if you want to save it locally or select For screen if you want to copy and paste the image directly into another program. Set your timescale and click OK. Here is the final Gantt chart graphic produced by Microsoft Project. You can share this Gantt chart with your stakeholders by inserting it into a new PowerPoint slide or an email.

You can also crop out the task names for more clarity. To find out how to import your. MPP file into PowerPoint and how to refresh your slide to automatically update it whenever your Microsoft Project data changes, read the section below. PowerPoint is a visual application and, therefore, better suited for creating the type of visuals your clients and executives expect.

Office Timeline is a PowerPoint add-in that imports data directly from Microsoft Project and transforms it into professional Gantt charts instantly. Since all these automatically generated graphics are native PowerPoint slides, they can be opened, shared, presented, updated, or edited by anyone who has PowerPoint installed. You will also learn how to refresh the slide instantly after you make changes to the. MPP file. Click on Microsoft Project in the Import wizard and select the.

MPP file you wish to load. Next, Office Timeline will map the columns in the. MPP file, but you can make changes if there are any mismatches.

Now, from the. MPP import list screen, select what MS Project data you would like to import by ticking or unticking them. You can choose to display some of the imported items using the Outline or the Filter options. This one took around one minute to make:. Click the Refresh Data button on the Office Timeline ribbon to update your Gantt whenever the data changes in your Project file.

The Refresh wizard will identify any changes to the. Select the changes you want to keep and click Finish to update your Microsoft Project Gantt chart. When using MS Project to make a Gantt chart that is more complex, you might encounter pagination issues, like your graphic spanning too many pages. That can be problematic when you present it to your stakeholders and execs. Fortunately, there are a few options available:. Start out by clicking on View then select Timeline to adjust the display mode of your graphic.

You can use the Format section to adjust the date range, colors, or text style, and even create multiple timelines. Another way to go about it is to simply import the.

MPP file into Office Timeline, apply a professionally designed Gantt chart template and let the add-in do the work for you.