Edit Gantt Chart Properties

Under the button Properties in the action bar, you can make further changes to your Gantt chart (Figure 1, “Button Properties”).

You can edit default settings for task bars and milestones.

In addition, you can edit the default settings that are applied on the chart in general.

In the first section, you can set a font size for the rows and apply a specific height for bars and a size for milestones (Figure 2, “Row Font Size Settings”).

To set another font size for rows, expand the drop-down menu next to Row Font Size and select a font size.

Alternatively, use the buttons next to the drop-down menu to increase or decrease the font size.

This font size is applied for all rows. In addition, the font size for the phases changes in relation to the row font size.

By clicking on the button Maximize, the largest possible font size for the current chart size is applied on all texts in the Gantt chart.

By default, the option Auto is selected for the bar height and the milestone size (Figure 3, “Bar Height and Milestone Size Settings”).

If you want to change this, select the other option and enter a new percentage into the input fields or use the arrow symbols to increase or decrease the value.

The percentage relates to the full row and phase height. If you choose a bar height of 100%, the bar will fill out the row in terms of height (Figure 4, “Example – Bar Height at 100%”).

The same applies to the milestone size.

If you want to display the Gantt chart without using specific dates, switch the toggle button for Generic Mode to On (Figure 5, “Enable Generic Mode”).

The time level axis and the date labels are adjusted accordingly.

If you want to show overflow arrows in case a task or a milestone is outside of the defined calendar area, switch the toggle button for Show Overflow Arrows to On (Figure 6, “Enable Overflow Arrows”).

By default, phases are displayed in your Gantt chart. If you don't want the phases to be displayed, switch the toggle button for Show Phases/Summaries to Off (Figure 7, “Enable Phases”).

By default, leader lines are automatically added to labels which are placed outside of the default areas. If you do not want the leader lines to be added by default, switch the toggle button for Auto Leader Lines to Off (Figure 8, “Enable Automatic Leader Lines”).

You can also disable this setting for each label individually.

Choose the option Notes Area to enable or disable the two note areas in the Gantt chart (Figure 9, “Enable Notes Areas”).

Expand the drop-down menu to define how you want to display different sections of your Gantt chart (Figure 10, “Choose Alternating Option”).

The following options are available:

If there are  multiple customizings for your company, you can switch between the customizings. To do so, choose the option Change Customizing (Figure 11, “Option Change Customizing”).

A dialog box opens.

Expand the drop-down menu and choose the customizing you want to use for this chart (Figure 12, “Dialog Box to Change Customizing”).

Then, click on the button OK.

If there is only one customizing for your company, the option Change Customizing is grayed out.

If you encounter any display issues in the chart, you can use the option Redraw Chart to reload the chart and its content (Figure 13, “Option Redraw Chart”).

Display issues should then be corrected automatically.

In addition to the settings mentioned above, you can enter the manual edit mode.

Manual edit mode should only be entered if you want to make final changes that cannot be made to an empower^® Chart. In manual edit mode, you can edit the chart and its components freely.

If you use manual edit mode and then leave it again, some formatting you have made in manual edit mode may be lost.