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Old 10-31-2013, 07:46 AM
dbsoccer dbsoccer is offline Floating task duration Windows 7 64bit Floating task duration Office 2010 64bit
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I am not using Project as a scheduler but more to create a graphic display of non-linked events who's start and end dates may change. The duration of these events is the variable. So today I may enter one of these events to start today and end in two weeks and then tomorrow I may learn it will actually start next week and end in two months.



I had accomplished this using milestones and rolling them up to a summary task. When I changed the date of either milestone the summary would stretch or shrink. I was hoping to simplify things by doing this with just a task bar.
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Old 10-31-2013, 08:47 AM
dbsoccer dbsoccer is offline Floating task duration Windows 7 64bit Floating task duration Office 2010 64bit
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Thank Julie for all your help. I have learned a ton from your guidance. I can use Project by rolling up milestones. With your help I've created a template that I can easily adopt for my needs.

Excel may work but I'd need to tweak it as well and it would not be nearly as flexible.

Thanks again.
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