Hi, 

I'm trying to display different phases of a single task on one line in 
Project 2007. 

There are over 40 individual tasks on the Gantt chart I am using and each of 
these will contain separate phases. I would like to represent these phases as 
bars in a different colour so it's easy to pick out the length of each 
distinct section of the task (e.g. Planning, Approval, Implementation). Is it 
possible to do this? 

Thanks, 

Richard

In article <B087FBC9-60B6-44DA-9A57-CDB06199CC37@microsoft.com>,
 Richard <Richard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Hi, 
> 
> I'm trying to display different phases of a single task on one line in 
> Project 2007. 
> 
> There are over 40 individual tasks on the Gantt chart I am using and each of 
> these will contain separate phases. I would like to represent these phases as 
> bars in a different colour so it's easy to pick out the length of each 
> distinct section of the task (e.g. Planning, Approval, Implementation). Is it 
> possible to do this? 
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> Richard

Richard,
What you are calling a "task" is really multiple tasks, perhaps a 
summary line. A summary line is not a task, despite its formal title in 
Project's literature as "summary task".

If a summary line is really what you mean then yes, you can show each 
performance task's Gantt bar at the summary level in a separate color by 
giving each performance task Gantt bar its own color and then rolling 
those up to the summary level.

If on the other hand you are trying to show multiple tasks (i.e. 
planning, approval, etc.) on one line, then you need to re-configure 
your plan to show each of those as individual performance tasks.

John
Project MVP