Video: Bring over Symbol Text from Excel

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May 2023 Tips and Tricks

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Add a horizontal bar and symbol to an existing symbol
I have a symbol on my schedule and would like to add another symbol with a bar between them.  How do I accomplish this?

Want solid connector (not dashed) after status date
How do I make the horizontal connector between the triangles solid and not dashed after the status line?

Work with a schedule with no columns
My schedule has no columns.   How can I select a task row?

Working with color themes
I’m interested in Milestones Professional’s color themes feature.  Where can I learn more

Eliminate the date stamp
How can I eliminate the Date that appears near the upper right corner of the schedule?

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)?

Stoplight status indicators
How can I create a schedule with stoplight status indicators without reading the manual?

Start every schedule with the same toolbox
I have spent a lot of time working on my perfect toolbox.  How can I have all my schedules start up with this same Toolbox?

For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for May 2023

Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2023

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To see what has changed, check out our “What’s New in Milestones Professional 2023” page.

Join the Milestones Professional Users LinkedIn Group

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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.

Video: Finding Hidden / Invisible Symbols in your schedule

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March 2023 Tips and Tricks

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Highlight Changed Dates when Refreshing
Is it possible to highlight the milestones which have changed after running a Milestones refresh to update my presentation schedule with dates from Microsoft Project?

Locked Symbols
I have attached a chart that I created in Milestones Professional.   This is a chart that is used for a lot of briefings for the government.  Unfortunately my engineer and I opened it to make some changes and if you try a lot of the bars are locked and I cannot change the links or delete.

Copy a column of text from Milestones to Excel
I’m seeking help on how to export a column of text (Task Names) from Milestones Professional to Microsoft Excel.

Show only the month with the symbol
How can I make the symbol date show only the month?

Move a master schedule
I have moved a master schedule and its slaves to a different folder on my PC. How do I get it to update the links for the slave schedules so that the point to the new folder I’ve moved them too?

Angled symbol text
How can I show some of my text at an angle so I can get more information onto my crowded schedule?

No numbers below DataGraph
I have two data graphs on my chart.  Since my timeline covers about 2 years, the data table associated with the graph is not legible.  I would like to have only the graph with no data table.  From what I can tell, the only options I have are Data Above the Graph or Data Below the Graph.  However, I want to leave out the numbers entirely.

Using substitutable text strings and default symbol text
I’m making a “no-columns” presentation schedule.  Is there an easy way to attach my task names as symbol text?

For these and more, view Tips and Tricks for March 2023

Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2023

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Join the Milestones Professional Users LinkedIn Group

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Video: The Legend… of Milestones Professional

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September 2022 Tips and Tricks

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Add pages to the schedule
How do I add a page to my schedule?

Rolled up symbol to show up on summary bar
How can I get one of the symbols on a lower outline level to show up on my summary bar?

Copy a task row from one schedule to another
How can I copy a task row from one Milestones schedule to another?

Move symbols and their connectors to another task row
Can I move or copy a bar on my schedule to another task row?  If so, how?

Show vertical connections on top of bars
Could you tell me how to make the vertical links appear on top of instead of behind the task boxes?  I’m sure it’s something simple.

Remove the border
How can I remove the border around the schedule?

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

Copy toolbox rows
My schedule has several different colored bars.  I want to set one up in the toolbox and then copy all the settings to another row so that I can then just set the colors.  Is this possible?

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

Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2021

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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

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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?

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July 2022 Tips and Tricks

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Increase the number of task rows per page
How can I get more rows on one page?  I want to get everything on one page.  Right now I have 16 tasks but 4 are on a second page.

Move a symbol on a crowded schedule and get the exact date
I have a symbol I want to move that is very close to other symbols and connectors.  When I try to move it, I often get other symbols instead.  How do I move one symbol without accidentally moving others?

Toolbar bottom is cut off
The area where the graphic is located has a white background. That white background is overlapping the bottom of the menu bar and I cannot see the buttons when I select a task bar in the graphic.

Trouble pasting into PowerPoint
I have a 12 page schedule.  When I use Copy all pages to PowerPoint, only 5 pages are copied.  Then I get an error message: Trouble pasting this schedule into PowerPoint.

Turn off tooltips
When I hover over the toolbox, toolbox tips pop up.  Is there any way of not showing toolbox tips….?

Unhide the Legend
I hid the legend and now I need to put it back on the schedule.  After I hide the legend, how do I get it to reappear?

Vertical connections on a multi-page schedule
My schedule has many vertical connectors, connecting dates across pages.  When I look at the connectors, it’s often challenging to determine which page they are connected to.  Is there anything I can do to make this easier?

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

Upgrade to Milestones Professional 2021

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Join the Milestones Professional Users LinkedIn Group

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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.

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.

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May 2022 Tips and Tricks

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Remove line in middle of bar
Can you tell me how to remove the line in the middle of the bar?  It seems to be at the schedule’s current date.

Apply a template to an existing schedule
When I apply a template to an existing schedule, the symbols and connectors do not look as I expected.  What could cause this?

Change the default save location
I would like to change the default location where charts are saved.  How can I do this?

Cleaner summary bar
On my Summary line is there any way to make the appearance cleaner?  The Project 8 and Project 10 symbols are overlapping:

Baseline symbols
I have created a schedule for proposal purposes, and I want to turn it over to the execution team.  The execution team wants to be able to maintain the original schedule bars, but include actual bars that they can status.  What’s the best way to do this?

Automatic word wrap
I imported my Microsoft Project schedule but some of the text doesn’t show in the columns.  I know I can increase the row height and see everything.  Just wondering if there is an automatic way to do this.

Link two symbols to show a date range
If I want to link two symbols with a line to show a date range in dates, how do I do that?  For example:

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.