April 2025 Newsletter

Video: Groups in Milestones Professional (New Feature in Version 2025!)

Milestones Professional 2025 introduces a cool new feature: The ability to group boxes, text, images, lines, etc. so you can move them around the schedule at the same time.

Check out the video to see this new feature in action!

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April 2025 Tips and Tricks

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Draw a bar across a single day
When adding a task bar to the schedule, the start and end symbols are automatically placed in the middle of the day (visually). Is there a way to have the task bar’s endpoints positioned at the very beginning and very end of the day segments, respectively?

Trouble Refreshing or Importing from Project
When I run refresh, there are no updates to my schedule even though I know my Microsoft Project schedule has changed.

Turn off collapse/expand indicators
I would like to turn off the red triangles which appear in my first column to the left of the schedule area.  How can I do this?

Freeze the date headings and left column
I have a large schedule that I need to easily scroll through while viewing the columns at the same time.  What are my options?

Inactive Microsoft Project tasks
I have tasks marked Inactive in Microsoft Project.  When refreshing, I would like to be able to identify any symbols on my Milestones schedule which are linked to tasks which are inactive.  How is this accomplished?

Suggested symbols and bars for “Birds on a Wire” charts
I like the “Birds on a Wire” charts I have seen made in PowerPoint.  I know these are easier in Milestones. Can you give me a clue how to make mine look like this with Milestones (sample made in PowerPoint)?

Multi-Undo is off warning
On some of my schedules I get this warning.  Why is this undo off and how can I turn it back on?

Lines drawn don’t move
I am using lines to separate the rows on my schedule.  However, they aren’t moving when I move task rows or insert new ones.

Toolbar bottom is cut off
My symbol tabs are missing when I select a symbol to modify.  I tried rebooting to no avail. Please advise.

For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for April 2025

Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2025

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To see what has changed, check out our “What’s New in Milestones Professional 2025” page.

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    March 2025 Newsletter

    Video: Milestones Add-in For Microsoft Project (Requires 2025)

    Check out this video to see a big new feature in Milestones Professional 2025.

    We have a new way to get your MS Project information into Milestones Professional. Download the Milestones MS Project Add-in today and check out how easy it is to use!

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    March 2025 Tips and Tricks

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    Microsoft Project Add In
    Where can I find the Microsoft Project Add-in for Milestones?

     

    For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for March 2025

    Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2025

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    To see what has changed, check out our “What’s New in Milestones Professional 2025” page.

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      February 2025 Newsletter

      Video: What’s New In Milestones Professional 2025

      Check out this video to see some of the big new features in Milestones Professional 2025.

      These include Grouping objects, new bar types, new bar gradient options, Select Symbols by Date Range, our new MS Project Add-in, and more!

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      February 2025 Tips and Tricks

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      Microsoft Project Add In
      Where can I find the Microsoft Project Add-in for Milestones?

      Attach a date heading to a task row
      Other than adding a text note, is there a method to add a custom date format as Q4FY25 or QTR4FY25 to either milestones or task bars?

      For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for February 2025

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        November 2024 Newsletter

        Video: Timeline from MS Project

        See how you can use our “Link to Active MS Project Task” to create a nice looking timeline in Milestones Professional. The cool thing is that you can update the schedule automatically when your MS Project dates change.

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        November 2024 Tips and Tricks

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        Set up a swimlane schedule
        I want to create a “Swim-Lane” chart.  How do I get started?

        Add a link
        Hey, can I insert a link into my schedule?  Does it go in a text box or is there some special vehicle for it?

        For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for November 2024

        Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2025

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          September 2024 Newsletter

          Video: Logarithmic Date Headings

          Did you know that you can expand certain months on your schedule?Using Logarithmic Date Headings, you can make certain time frames up to 8 times larger!

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          September 2024 Tips and Tricks

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          For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for September 2024

          Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2025

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            August 2024 Newsletter

            Video: Tips and Tricks #4 for Milestones Professional

            We made another Tips and Tricks video, this time talking about copying / moving symbols between rows, Filtering your rows by symbol type, 3 different ways to show Vertical Text, and more!

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            August 2024 Tips and Tricks

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            Remove shadow from some symbols
            I have several triangle symbols on my schedule.  That said, I only want to show a shadow on a few of them. Is it possible to do that without having to change all of them?  I can’t find the option when I click on the triangles that I want to change.

            Month after start of contract date headings
            Would it be possible to show date heading as a monthly count based on an event or milestone without utilizing custom heading options?

            We would like to show range of month before milestone as count down (e.g. -1, -2, -3 and so on of the month from project award, and +1, +2, +3 of month after project award).

            For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for August 2024

            Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2025

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              June 2024 Newsletter

              Video: Automation using Programming in Milestones Professional

              Did you know that Milestones Professional has an Automation interface? You can use macros in Excel, and other programs to create schedules inside Milestones Professional automatically, using the data inside Excel.

              This video shows one example, and you can find more examples in the Help Tab > Automation Help.

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              June 2024 Tips and Tricks

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              Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2025

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                April 2024 Newsletter

                Video: File Compare in Milestones Professional

                If you have two Milestones Professional schedules, each tagged with Unique Identifiers (such as UniqueID from MS Project or ActivityID from P6), you can compare the differences to any tagged dates by using our “File Compare” feature.

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                April 2024 Tips and Tricks

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                Copy and paste a toolbox to another schedule

                Copy and paste a legend from one schedule to another

                  

                For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for April 2024

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                  March 2024 Newsletter

                  Video: Timeline Schedule Creation in Milestones Professional

                  We start from scratch and create a Timeline Schedule in Milestones Professional. This might give you some good ideas for your own schedule.

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                  March 2024 Tips and Tricks

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                  Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2025

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                    February 2024 Newsletter

                    Video: Filter and Sort Columns in Milestones Professional

                    Learn how to sort and filter your columns in Milestones Professional with this new video. Check it out below!

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                    February 2024 Tips and Tricks

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                    Can’t remove picture
                    I’ve put together a schedule that contains imported (copy-and-paste) graphics.  For some reason, there is a graphic towards the top of my schedule that I can’t get rid of.  I can’t even click on it.  Any idea why?

                    Expand width of some column titles
                    I see some samples which appear to have some column entries spanning more than one column.  What’s the procedure to do this?

                    For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for February 2024

                    Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2025

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