October / November 2022 Newsletter

Video: Link to Active MS Project Task

Do you already have a Milestones Professional schedule, and you want to grab some tasks from an existing MS Project file quickly?

You should try “Link to Active MS Project Task” to bring over tasks easily from MS Project. Check out the video below:

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October 2022 Tips and Tricks

For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for October / November 2022

Help finding “invisible” symbols
I have deleted some symbols from a schedule , but there are several blank symbols scattered around and I’m having trouble finding them.

Vertical connectors in the legend
Can I show a vertical connector in the legend?

Want the line to appear on top of the bar when graphed
I would like to have the red line appear on top of the blue bars.  How is this accomplished?

Hide indicator symbols on blank lines
I have indicator symbol values that are “0”. How do I get Milestones Professional NOT to draw an indicator symbol on lines that are blank?

Add, Move, and Delete Freeform Text
Is there a way to add another header to the chart other than the title?

Copy the structure of a schedule only
Could you tell me if it is possible to copy the structure of a schedule without the data?.

Unidentified blue box

Specifying print size
I have the chart size set to 7.5″ horizontal and 5.5.” vertical. However, when I print the chart, it fills the entire page, rather than printing at the size I have specified.  How can I get it to print using my specifications?

Standard curtains for all my projects
I would like the same curtains to appear on all of my schedules.  How can I do this?

Special symbol needed
I would really like to show a symbol that looks like this one on my schedule.  Is it possible?

Show percent symbol on a task row
I see that it is possible to add a pie symbol to a task row as a normal symbol.  Can you tell me how to set this up?</p
For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for October / November 2022 

Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2021

Click here to Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2021 for only $199 (if you already own any version of Milestones Professional). To see what has changed, check out our “What’s New in Milestones Professional 2021” page.

Join the Milestones Professional Users LinkedIn Group

For anyone interested, there’s a free Milestones Professional user group on LinkedIn you can join to share best practices, network with other users, and maybe learn some tips along the way from other experienced Milestones users. To join, head over to the following website and click Join: https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=6796817

Note: This user group is an unofficial group run by Milestones software users, and is not managed by KIDASA Software, Inc. A free LinkedIn account is required to join the group.

    September 2022 Newsletter

    Video: The Legend… of Milestones Professional

    In this video, we show you how to add a legend, change the height, add items to the legend, modify them, and even add a legend entry from the toolbox!

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    September 2022 Tips and Tricks

    For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for September 2022 

    For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for September 2022 

    Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2021

    Click here to Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2021 for only $199 (if you already own any version of Milestones Professional). To see what has changed, check out our “What’s New in Milestones Professional 2021” page.

    Join the Milestones Professional Users LinkedIn Group

    For anyone interested, there’s a free Milestones Professional user group on LinkedIn you can join to share best practices, network with other users, and maybe learn some tips along the way from other experienced Milestones users. To join, head over to the following website and click Join: https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=6796817

    Note: This user group is an unofficial group run by Milestones software users, and is not managed by KIDASA Software, Inc. A free LinkedIn account is required to join the group.

      August 2022 Newsletter

      Video: Background Colors in Milestones Professional

      See how to change the global row backgrounds, schedule backgrounds, individual row backgrounds, and even cell backgrounds!

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      August 2022 Tips and Tricks

      For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for August 2022 

      For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for August 2022 

      Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2021

      Click here to Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2021 for only $199 (if you already own any version of Milestones Professional). To see what has changed, check out our “What’s New in Milestones Professional 2021” page.

      Join the Milestones Professional Users LinkedIn Group

      For anyone interested, there’s a free Milestones Professional user group on LinkedIn you can join to share best practices, network with other users, and maybe learn some tips along the way from other experienced Milestones users. To join, head over to the following website and click Join: https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=6796817

      Note: This user group is an unofficial group run by Milestones software users, and is not managed by KIDASA Software, Inc. A free LinkedIn account is required to join the group.

      July 2022 Newsletter

      We’re hard at work on our Newest Version!

      We’re making some big improvements with our newest version of Milestones Professional.
      Do you have any suggestions for changes you’d like to see in the software? Do you want to test our newest version before release?
      You can go to our website right now and do both of those things:

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      July 2022 Tips and Tricks

      For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for July 2022 

      For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for July 2022 

      Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2021

      Click here to Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2021 for only $199 (if you already own any version of Milestones Professional). To see what has changed, check out our “What’s New in Milestones Professional 2021” page.

      Join the Milestones Professional Users LinkedIn Group

      For anyone interested, there’s a free Milestones Professional user group on LinkedIn you can join to share best practices, network with other users, and maybe learn some tips along the way from other experienced Milestones users. To join, head over to the following website and click Join: https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=6796817

      Note: This user group is an unofficial group run by Milestones software users, and is not managed by KIDASA Software, Inc. A free LinkedIn account is required to join the group.

      May 2022 Newsletter

      Video: Alternate Vertical Lines in Milestones Professional

      Sure, you can add a Date Line in the Dates Tab to represent the current date, but what if you want some other vertical lines on your schedule?
      See 4 different ways to add vertical lines to your Milestones Professional schedule in our video.

      See the video on YouTube below.

      If you don’t have access to YouTube, check out our .MP4 Downloadable Milestones Professional Videos Page

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      June 2022 Tips and Tricks

      For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for June 2022 

      Anchor text to a symbol

      Is there a way to anchor a freeform text to a symbol or a task row?

      Move a note along with the current date

      Is it possible to attach a note on the date line so it moves with it as the “date now” is updated?

      Vertical link to a symbol on the same task bar

      Do you know how you can link to task within the same task bar? I would like to create a vertical link between two symbols on the same row.

      Vertical link not working

      I have added a couple of vertical links on my schedule but they do not appear.

      Trying to find a symbol that is linked to a UID in Microsoft Project

      Is there a way to view the unique id’s you have linked in your milestone chart?

      Two colors for symbol text

      Is it possible to use two different colors at the same time in symbol text?  My symbol text is color coded to show which organization is responsible for each activity.  Responsibility is shared for some activities.  I’d like to make the text half green and half blue.  Is there a way to do that?

      Two digits for month and day

      I’d like 2 digits for days and months (i.e.: 02/02/2003 and not 2/2/2003). How can I do this?

      Work with dense schedules

      I am trying to move and better organize the symbols and symbol text on in my schedule, which is very crowded.  Do you have any suggestions?

      For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for June 2022 

      Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2021

      Click here to Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2021 for only $199 (if you already own any version of Milestones Professional). To see what has changed, check out our “What’s New in Milestones Professional 2021” page.

      Join the Milestones Professional Users LinkedIn Group

      For anyone interested, there’s a free Milestones Professional user group on LinkedIn you can join to share best practices, network with other users, and maybe learn some tips along the way from other experienced Milestones users. To join, head over to the following website and click Join: https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=6796817

      Note: This user group is an unofficial group run by Milestones software users, and is not managed by KIDASA Software, Inc. A free LinkedIn account is required to join the group.

      May 2022 Newsletter

      Video: Vertical Text in Milestones Professional

      You can have vertical column text, vertical symbol text, and vertical freeform text.

      See how to do that, and some common formatting options for the vertical text in our newest video.

      See the video on YouTube below.

      If you don’t have access to YouTube, check out our .MP4 Downloadable Milestones Professional Videos Page

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      May 2022 Tips and Tricks

      For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for May 2022 

      For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for May 2022 

      Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2021

      Click here to Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2021 for only $199 (if you already own any version of Milestones Professional). To see what has changed, check out our “What’s New in Milestones Professional 2021” page.

      Join the Milestones Professional Users LinkedIn Group

      For anyone interested, there’s a free Milestones Professional user group on LinkedIn you can join to share best practices, network with other users, and maybe learn some tips along the way from other experienced Milestones users. To join, head over to the following website and click Join: https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=6796817

      Note: This user group is an unofficial group run by Milestones software users, and is not managed by KIDASA Software, Inc. A free LinkedIn account is required to join the group.

      April 2022 Newsletter

      Video: Insert a Baseline

      Learn how to insert a baseline into your Milestones Professional schedule.

      This video also shows you how to set up your Baseline task and summary options as well.

      See the video on YouTube below.

      If you don’t have access to YouTube, check out our .MP4 Downloadable Milestones Professional Videos Page

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      April 2022 Tips and Tricks

      For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for April 2022 

      What is the best way to approach creating a schedule in Milestones Professional so I can make global changes to symbols and horizontal bars currently on the schedule?

      Usually when I go to refresh a Milestones Professional schedule from Project, I am asked to select the Microsoft Project file name.  I have one schedule (only one!) which never prompts me to select a file and I wonder what’s going on.  Any ideas?

      How can I have fiscal quarters and calendar year quarters, as shown above?

      I need to add a page of text explaining why any scheduled date has changed. Is there a way I can link “Milestones” to a “Word” document?

      I often forget where I put my Milestones schedules and have trouble finding them.  Help!

      I would like to remove the password on all my Milestones Professional charts.  I have approximately 12.  Do I really have to send them to you to remove the password.

      We keep our schedules in a shared folder on our server.  Can we control who has access to each Milestones schedule?

      When I am importing an Microsoft Project plan, Microsoft Project loads all tasks (and Milestones) of the plan. That’s too much because the plan consists more than 2500 tasks.  Only the major work packages, not every task are relevant to the report I want from Milestones Professional.  Is there a way to only load certain tasks such as up to level 3?

      For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for April 2022 

      Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2021

      Click here to Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2021 for only $199 (if you already own any version of Milestones Professional). To see what has changed, check out our “What’s New in Milestones Professional 2021” page.

      Join the Milestones Professional Users LinkedIn Group

      For anyone interested, there’s a free Milestones Professional user group on LinkedIn you can join to share best practices, network with other users, and maybe learn some tips along the way from other experienced Milestones users. To join, head over to the following website and click Join: https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=6796817

      Note: This user group is an unofficial group run by Milestones software users, and is not managed by KIDASA Software, Inc. A free LinkedIn account is required to join the group.

      March 2022 Newsletter

      Video: Append Tasks during MS Project Refresh

      Learn how to append tasks when you Refresh your schedule from MS Project.

      You can also use a Flag field to limit which tasks get appended, and you can use a Number field to tell Milestones which row to place the task on.

      See the video on YouTube below.

      If you don’t have access to YouTube, check out our .MP4 Downloadable Milestones Professional Videos Page

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      March and February 2022 Tips and Tricks

      For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for February 2022 and also the Tips and Tricks for March 2022

      Is there a way to change the height of a row using Milestones Professional Automation?

      I am trying to show symbols above a bar, like this example.  Can you tell me what the trick is?

      How many vertical links can start from a single symbol?

      We use milestones for schedules and also for machine timing charts. When doing timing charts, we usually use 1 day as equal to 1 second. When cycles are really short, then we use 1 day equal to 1 millisecond, so 1000 days is equal to 1 second. We have a header type (within Date Headings Dialog Box) of Daily 1,2,…30, 31,32,33… Even though the frequency settings allows entry of numbers above 60, it seems to not change anything on the header. So the time breakup in header for frequency of any value above 60 is always 0—-60—120—180…… and is not readable due to everything running together. Is there a way to change this so that the header is 0–250—500—750—1000?

      My coworkers still have Milestones Professional 2019 and I need to share my schedule with them.  How do I do this?  I have version 2021.

      I have a schedule I am importing from Microsoft Project.  Each time we do a delivery we have a task in Microsoft Project which has the word delivery.  I would like to create a schedule which displays the delivery dates and also shows the total number of deliveries per month.  Is anything like this possible?

      When I use the curtain/shading option, certain tasks are omitted from the shading, why is this?

      How can I move a group of symbols about 2 months to the right all at the same time?

      I am using Milestones Professional to build a chart for our management.  The task bars I am inserting (which should be solid) have a white stripe through the middle of them.  Here’s a picture.

       I need to display custom header and footer information on all pages of my schedule.  Is this possible?

      I have the Symbols: Fill to Status Date and Bars: Fill to Status Date options toggled on.  However, it is not working. What could be disabling this feature?

      I want my symbol to look like this.  Is it possible?

      I want to remove all of the baseline symbols and status symbols on my schedule. Is there an easy way to do this?

      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?

      For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for February 2022 and also the Tips and Tricks for March 2022

      Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2021

      Click here to Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2021 for only $199 (if you already own any version of Milestones Professional). To see what has changed, check out our “What’s New in Milestones Professional 2021” page.

      Join the Milestones Professional Users LinkedIn Group

      For anyone interested, there’s a free Milestones Professional user group on LinkedIn you can join to share best practices, network with other users, and maybe learn some tips along the way from other experienced Milestones users. To join, head over to the following website and click Join: https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=6796817

      Note: This user group is an unofficial group run by Milestones software users, and is not managed by KIDASA Software, Inc. A free LinkedIn account is required to join the group.

      January 2022 Newsletter

      Video: Valuesets (1 and 3) and Datagraphs

      Using a Type 3 valueset, you can spread column values over the duration of each task, and have them graphed automatically on the bottom of the schedule.

      You can also use a Type 1 valueset if you’d like to manually enter data for each date range.

      See the video on YouTube below.

      If you don’t have access to YouTube, check out our .MP4 Downloadable Milestones Professional Videos Page

      Be sure to Subscribe to our Youtube Channel for all the latest and greatest Milestones software videos!

      January 2022 Tips and Tricks

      For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for January 2022

      Line thickness in PDF files

      Why are the line weights so heavy when creating a PDF?  It really makes the schedule hard to read and is not good for presentations.  Is there something I can do to fix this?

      Bar colors change unexpectedly after refresh

      I have a schedule with several joined bars.  P3 is supposed to be filled blue but stays white.  Then, after I refresh, the bar for P2 disappears and P3 fills as expected:

            

      See bar status color in toolbox

      My bars are all the same color before status, but they have a different after status color, how do I tell them apart in the toolbox?

      Get list of all Project UIDs in Milestones schedule

      I’m using Symbol Links to an MS Project file. Is there a way to get a list in Milestones Pro of all the UIDs I am linked to?

      Numbers or letters inside symbols

      I need to have numbers inside my triangle symbols.  Right now I am using symbol text and the text is pretty small and hard to re-size when the symbol sizes change.  Is there an easier way to do this?

      Force a symbol to be “on top”

      I have two different symbols that appear on the same day.  I want to be able to choose which symbol appears on top.  Is this possible?

      Need to change UIDs in Milestones as Project UIDs have all changed

      A significant number of tasks in my Project file have been reassigned new UID’s, and I need to manually re-establish them in Milestones Pro. I can see them in the automation tag report, but is there a way to mass-delete them, without having to click every symbol and remove the tags manually?

      Change the font size of many symbols at once

      I want to change the font size of all symbols of a certain type.  Do I need to select the symbols individually and change them one by one?

      For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for January 2022

      Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2021

      Click here to Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2021 for only $199 (if you already own any version of Milestones Professional). To see what has changed, check out our “What’s New in Milestones Professional 2021” page.

      Join the Milestones Professional Users LinkedIn Group

      For anyone interested, there’s a free Milestones Professional user group on LinkedIn you can join to share best practices, network with other users, and maybe learn some tips along the way from other experienced Milestones users. To join, head over to the following website and click Join: https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=6796817

      Note: This user group is an unofficial group run by Milestones software users, and is not managed by KIDASA Software, Inc. A free LinkedIn account is required to join the group.

      December 2021 Newsletter

      Video: Make a Christmas Tree in Milestones Professional 2021

      Check out this video to see how to create a Christmas Tree in Milestones Professional. I create my own tree and then show you a couple more examples that my co-workers created as well.
      Even if you don’t want to make a Christmas Tree, you will probably still learn a few new things in Milestones Professional!
      See the video:

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      December 2021 Tips and Tricks

      For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for December 2021

      For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for December 2021

      Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2021

      Click here to Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2021 for only $199 (if you already own any version of Milestones Professional). To see what has changed, check out our “What’s New in Milestones Professional 2021” page.

      Join the Milestones Professional Users LinkedIn Group

      For anyone interested, there’s a free Milestones Professional user group on LinkedIn you can join to share best practices, network with other users, and maybe learn some tips along the way from other experienced Milestones users. To join, head over to the following website and click Join: https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=6796817

      Note: This user group is an unofficial group run by Milestones software users, and is not managed by KIDASA Software, Inc. A free LinkedIn account is required to join the group.