Video: Getting Started with Milestones Professional

We added a new video that covers some of the basics in Milestones Professional. It’s just a quick intro video (13 minutes or so) but it covers a lot of the things that are in the Getting Started PDF in the Help Tab, but in a video form!

See how to add symbols and bars, change some basic layout, formatting, color settings, move symbols and bars, move entire task rows, add text to symbols and cells. It should prove useful for new users, and also returning users!

Check out the video below:

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April 2026 Tips and Tricks

For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for April 2026

Shade every other task row
I want to add a background color to every other line in order to read the schedule more easily.

Show curves and bars in DataGraph
I need to create a data graph with both bars and lines on the same DataGraph area.   It appears that DataGraphs  can either be bar graphs or line graphs, but not a mix.    Suggestions?

No commas in Values columns
How can I delete commas for values which run in the thousands?  For example 2371 is currently shown as 2,371.  Due to space limitations I want value to appear without commas (as 2371).

No task names on symbol following import
I imported MS project to Milestone Pro but the task names do not appear above the milestones.  See picture below:

Percent complete pie color
When using the Percent Complete SmartColumn, how do you change the color of the pie chart that appears?

Add a bitmap symbol to the toolbox

Add many symbols above and below a bar
I want to show milestones above and below the task bar so I can have a condensed presentation format.  Please advise the steps on how to show symbols above and below the task bar.

Add text to a horizontal bar
I want to have text inside a horizontal bar on my schedule.  Is this possible?

Automatically update % complete on a bar
I want the percent complete value to populate as symbol text when a symbol-horizontal bar-symbol is added to the schedule.

Copy a task row from one schedule to another
Is there a way to copy a symbol row with text into another schedule? I’ve tried to copy and paste the row into a new chart, but it didn’t work.

Show vertical connections on top of or behind bars
How can I get the vertical link behind the task bar and not in front?

For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for April 2026