Here’s a short video showing how to add a constraint or action to a symbol. In this example, we told the symbol to change its shape if its date was later than an existing symbol (with a tag). You can use this to quickly get an idea of which milestones need attention on your schedule.

Also, we added a short preview for version 2027 to the end of the video!

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October 2026 Tips and Tricks

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

Gridlines showing on top of logo
I am trying to make my schedule look better.  I added some graphics but the horizontal lines are showing up on top of the picture.  Is there anything I can do about this?

Hide a column when printing
Can I keep a column on my schedule but hide it when I print it?

Insert page breaks
What’s the easiest way to insert a page break?

Limit on the number of symbols
Is there a limit to the number of task rows on one schedule?  How about symbols?  How many on a row?

Lost vertical connections
Help! All the vertical links on my schedule have vanished!

Merge schedules
I have several schedules that I want to put together and make one big schedule.  How can I do this?

Move one symbol only
When I move a symbol, other symbols on the row are moving.  Can I just move one symbol?

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