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Changing the settings for columns in a table - Microsoft Project Tutorial
From the course: Microsoft Project 2013 Essential Training
Changing the settings for columns in a table
The columns in a table are amenable to displaying the text they contain in different ways. You can change the heading that appears, wrap the heading text to fit the column width, align the text, and more. So in this view, we are going to look at the Start column and see what we can do with column settings. To get to those settings, right-click the column heading, and then choose Field Settings on the Shortcut menu. The first thing that you see in the Field Settings dialog box is that the Field name is in the first box. You can actually change the field in a column just by clicking the down arrow and choosing the field that you want. In this case, we are going to leave it as Start. The other thing you can do is that initially, the column heading is the name of the field, but you can make that anything you want by putting a title in. In this case, I am going to call it Current Start. And if I click OK, you'll see that the new name appears in the heading. I am going to open up the Field…
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Choosing a view4m 50s
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Working with a table3m 1s
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Inserting and rearranging table columns3m 47s
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Changing the settings for columns in a table3m 43s
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Displaying two views at the same time4m 31s
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Using the Timeline view5m 17s
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Sorting tasks and resources4m 27s
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Grouping tasks and resources4m 45s
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Filtering tasks and resources6m 25s
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Modifying task bar styles and task bar text5m 35s
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Modifying task bar layout2m 48s
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Modifying text formatting2m 52s
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