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Hi

I have entered a task which I know will take one day and I want to show it taking place within a four day period eg duration of task 1 day start date 4th May and end date 7th May. The task may be done on either 4th, or 5th or 6th or 7th but will only take one day.

Please help as I know I have done this in the past!

Thanks a lot
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    Mk Tse ·
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    Use the calcaulated float the work out the start/finish dates of float bar and put the bar against the normal earier bar.
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    Forum Guest ·
    #2
    China - thanks very much for your reply but I am not sure how do do what you suggest. Can you describe what I do from Gantt Chart view as I have tried all the buttons on the task information box with no success.

    Thanks again

    Chris
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    Forum Guest ·
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    I think what MKTSE means, is make sure your task has a 3 day float and only 1 day duration. In the Bar Style Options, put Float bar over the other bars defined in the Bar Style Options i.e. put the float bar as the last row in your bar definition.

    SE
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    Mk Tse ·
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    Thanks. All in bar style, just finish a test on Project2k and work. I do a backward scheduling and store the late start/finish in a custome field. Then do the forwars scheduling scheduling again to back to early dates. Now display both early and late bars by Bar style.
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