Change a Gantt Chart bar's style - under Gantt Chart
- Choose View, Bars.
You can also click the Layout Options bar and choose Bars.
- Select the Gantt Chart bar for which you want to change the display style.
- Click the Bar Style tab.
- To change the shape of the bar’s Start Endpoint (first field), the height and position of the bar (second field), and Finish Endpoint (end field), click each corresponding field and select a shape.
- To change the color of the bar’s Start Endpoint (first field), body (second field), and the Finish Endpoint (end field), click each corresponding field and select a color.
- To change the pattern of the bar’s Start Endpoint (first field), body (second field), and Finish Endpoint (end field), click each corresponding field and select a pattern.
- In the Options section, specify whether to show the bar when collapsed, as summary bars only, or both.
- Specify a row.
Rows indicate where the bars should be drawn on the Gantt Chart: bars can be drawn stacked one above another, or occupying the same row so that only some of the bars are visible.
- Click OK.
To view your changes without closing this dialog box, click Apply.
Note
- Bars are drawn on the Gantt Chart according to their position in the Bars dialog box. When the bars are stacked, bars higher up the list are drawn overlapping bars that are lower in the list when these bars occupy the same row. If a bar low down on the list occupies the same row as a bar higher up the list and has the same dates, the lower bar might be obscured by the higher bar.