Displaying summary tasks in Microsoft Office Project allows you to see different levels of your tasks. This online tutorial provides instructions on how to turn the project summary check box on to see a summary, and how to turn it off to view tasks and sub-tasks. Choosing to display a summary task allows you to see an overview of all tasks.
You'll often need to look at summary tasks in order to see what's going on in your project.…Sometimes you may want to see certain levels of tasks.…For instance, you might want to see just the lowest level tasks to assign…resources to work tasks or to check progress.…In Project you can display and hide summary tasks or show summary tasks down to…a specific level of the task outline.…Well to hide or display summary tasks, all you have to go in a Gantt chart view…is go to the Format tab.…
And you can see in the Show/Hide section that the Summary Tasks checkbox is…turned on, and you can see the summary tasks.…Well if you just want to see work tasks turnoff checkbox and all the summary tasks go away.…So these are all the work tasks that have resources assigned.…You'll want to see the Summary Tasks again, turn the checkbox back on and the…summary tasks come back.…Well there's also the Project Summary Task checkbox, so turn that one on, and…you see that a new row appears at the top of the table and it has task ID 0,…
Author
Bonnie Biafore
Released
4/18/2013- Choosing the right Project edition
- Creating and saving projects
- Setting up calendars
- Creating individual and recurring tasks
- Linking and timing tasks
- Assigning tasks to resources
- Viewing your data differently with sorting, grouping, and filtering
- Fine-tuning the project schedule
- Understanding baseline, schedule, and actual values
- Reporting on the project status
- Sharing projects<br><br>
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Skill Level Beginner
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome57s
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1. Working with Project
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Using the Ribbon4m 19s
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Finding commands3m 49s
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2. Setting Up Project Files
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Setting up calendars2m 45s
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Setting basic options5m 27s
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3. Creating Tasks
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Creating a manual task2m 31s
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Creating a milestone task1m 25s
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Creating a recurring task4m 18s
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Creating a summary task4m 8s
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Displaying summary tasks2m 30s
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4. Linking and Timing Tasks
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Linking tasks5m 51s
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Adding lag or lead time2m 46s
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Viewing tasks and task links4m 57s
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5. Creating Resources
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Understanding resources2m 16s
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Creating a work resource8m 45s
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Creating a cost resource3m 21s
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6. Assigning Tasks to Resources
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Finding overallocations3m 56s
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7. Working with Views
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Choosing a view4m 50s
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Working with a table3m 1s
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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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Modifying task bar layout2m 48s
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Modifying text formatting2m 52s
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8. Fine-Tuning the Project Schedule
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Reviewing the critical path3m 53s
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Splitting a task2m 7s
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Adjusting a work contour2m 53s
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Leveling resources4m 54s
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Inactivating a task2m 41s
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9. Tracking and Managing a Project
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Adding tasks to a baseline5m 54s
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Updating the schedule8m 45s
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Assigning overtime4m 35s
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Updating costs2m 15s
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Rescheduling unfinished work3m 45s
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10. Viewing and Reporting Project Information
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Using earned value5m 12s
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Printing views and reports4m 22s
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11. Sharing Projects
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Saving to other formats5m 27s
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Importing and exporting5m 47s
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Conclusion
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Next steps56s
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