Viewing a task's predecessor and successor tasks

Sometimes you may not be able to see a task's predecessor and successor tasks, for example if they are in different charts. You can display a task's predecessor and successor tasks by displaying the current view in 'predecessors & successors' mode.

To display the current view in 'predecessors & successors' mode:

Select the task whose predecessors and successors you want to view. If you select more than one task, you will view the predecessor and successor tasks of all the selected tasks.
On the View tab, in the Views group, click the View dropdown and select Predecessors & Successors. The current view is toggled into 'predecessors & successors' mode, and the menu command appears selected.

Note the following points about the 'predecessors & successors' mode:

When a view is displayed in 'predecessors & successors' mode, the predecessor and successor tasks are displayed in the same order that they would appear in the natural order of the chart hierarchy, in other words the order in which the tasks and bars were positioned in the bar chart when they were drawn.
You can update this view to display the predecessor and successor tasks of another task simply by double-clicking a different task.
Note that you cannot display the current view in 'predecessors & successors' mode if it is currently displayed in 'jagged progress' mode.
When you display a view in 'predecessors & successors' mode, a Predecessors & Successors table is applied to the view. In Asta Enterprise projects, each user has their own copy of this table, and any changes that you make to the table are saved in your own version of it. As with other types of view, you can apply different tables to a view when in 'predecessors & successors' mode and you can specify which table to apply to the 'predecessors & successors' mode by default using the View Properties dialog.

Select the Predecessors & Successors command again to toggle the current view out of 'predecessors & successors' mode and back into normal mode.

You can change the tasks at which links start and end by editing details of the links using the Predecessors and Successors columns when they are displayed in the spreadsheet.