Planning & Scheduling Using Primavera Version 5.0 for Engineering & Construction: Planning and Progressing a Single Project Schedule With and Without Resources In An Established Project Environment

By Paul Eastwood Harris

Chapter 8: Formatting the Display

Overview

This chapter shows you how to set up the on-screen presentation so that the schedule will be easier to read and more consistent. This chapter covers the following display customizing topics:

Topic	Menu Command
Formatting Columns	Open the Column form: Select View, Columns , or Click on the button.
Formatting Activity Bars	Open the Bar form: Select View, Bars , or Click on the button.
Format Gridlines	Bar Chart Gridlines are formatted in the View, Bar Chart Options form, Sightlines tab.
Format Data Date	The Data Date is formatted in the Bar Chart Options form, Data Date tab.
Formatting Row Height	Open the Table, Font and Row form by: Selecting View, Table Font and Row .
Formatting Colors	There are limited options for formatting colors: Text colors are formatted in the Color form accessed from the Table, Font and Row form which is opened by selecting View, Table Font and Row , button. Bar Colors are covered in the Formatting the Bars paragraph of this chapter. Band colors are selected as part of the formatting of the layout by selecting View, Group and Sort or clicking on the button.
Formatting Fonts	There are limited options for formatting fonts: Text fonts are formatted in the Font form accessed from the Table, Font and Row form which is opened...