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September 2022 Tips and Tricks

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

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

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.

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We’re making some big improvements with our newest version of Milestones Professional.

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July 2022 Tips and Tricks

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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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

Adjust task row height with automation

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

Symbols above the bar

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

Number of Vertical Links

How many vertical links can start from a single symbol?

For timing charts Heading frequency only goes to 60

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?

Save version 2021 schedule in an earlier version’s format

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.

Track deliveries

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?

Tasks omitted from curtain shading

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

Move symbols ahead by 2 months

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

Horizontal bar has white stripe

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.

Custom Headers and Footers

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

What can affect Fill to Status Date?

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?

Dashed line for symbol

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

Remove all baseline or status symbols

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

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?

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.

Video: Make a Christmas Tree in Milestones Professional 2021