Text styles - the font styles for the various texts in the view.Bar styles - the styles for drawing the bars and displaying information about bars in the particular view.Layout options - options for drawing the links between tasks, date format, bar height, etc.To customize the Gantt Chart view, you can change: How do I customize or format the Gantt Chart view? In order to use the Gantt Chart view, go to menu View - Gant Chart. Please know that the Gantt Chart view is the default view for the new projects. See the baselines the project manager saved for the project.Review progress by comparing planned (baseline) dates and actual start and finish dates, and by checking the progress of each task. You can track progress by comparing planned and actual start and finish dates, and by checking the completion percentage of each task. See how tasks progress across time and evaluate the slack and slippage between tasks.View tasks as rolled-up bars or milestones on their respective summary task bars, enabling you to see your whole project without losing sight of the tasks.View tasks graphically while still having access to detailed information about the tasks.In addition, the position of one task bar in relation to another indicates whether the tasks follow one another or overlap. The bar's length and position on the timescale indicate when that task begins and ends. Panel 2 displays the Gantt bar representation of the tasks. The following columns are usually referred: Id, Indicators, Name, Duration, Start, Finish, Resource Names, Percent Complete, Predecessors. Panel 1 displays the task information as a sheet and includes details about start and finish task dates, resources assigned to them or % complete. The Gantt Chart view displays task information in two panels: the left panel displays information as a sheet and the right panel displays information as a chart.

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