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Schedule change highlight

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Reply Fri 27 Jan 2012, 16:59Delegate Karen said...

Karen has attended:
Project Intro Intermediate course

Schedule change highlight

How do you alter the colour of the highlight when you change the schedule, it used to be darker blue, now it is very light?

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Reply Mon 30 Jan 2012, 10:02Trainer Rodney said...

RE: schedule change highlight

Hello Karen,

Hope you enjoyed your Microsoft Project course with Best STL.

Thank you for your question regarding changing the highlighting colour of changed cells.

Go to Gantt Chart Tools > Format > Click Text Styles in the Format Group then click the top drop-down arrow and select Changed Cells and change the background colour.

This of course will only work for the file you are working with. If you require this change for all projects you must create a blank file and make whatever custom settings you require, then save this file as a template. From now on open the template for all new projects and you will never have to edit the highlighting colour of changed cells again.

I hope this resolves your question. If it has, please mark this question as resolved.

If you require further assistance, please reply to this post. Or perhaps you have another Microsoft Office question?

Have a great day.
Regards,

Rodney
Microsoft Office Specialist Trainer

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