Timeline Appearance dialog
You use the Timeline Appearance dialog to configure the appearance of the project timeline.
How to access the Timeline Appearance dialog
To access the Timeline Appearance dialog:
- If the timeline pane is not currently displayed, on the View tab, in the Show group, click Timeline to display it.
- Click in the timeline pane.
- On the Format tab, in the Style group, click Timeline Appearance.
Explanation of the fields and buttons on the dialog
| Field/Button | Description |
|---|---|
| Code library |
Select this check box to colour tasks in the project timeline according to one or more code libraries, which you can select by clicking the Display Libraries button, or clear the check box to display tasks in the project timeline using the default timeline task colour.
If you use code library entries to colour-code tasks in the bar chart, choosing to colour-code tasks in the project timeline as well makes it easier to differentiate between tasks, and to identify which tasks in the project timeline correspond to which specific tasks in the bar chart.
If you use the Background Colour control, in the Style group, on the Format tab of the Timeline Tools Ribbon to specify a background colour override for a task, the task is coloured using this override colour regardless of whether this check box is selected. |
| Display Libraries |
Click this button to display the Multiple Display Libraries dialog, which you can use to specify which code libraries to use to colour tasks in the project timeline. You can use more than one code library at a time to colour tasks. Tasks are coloured according to the codes from the selected libraries that have been assigned to them.
If a task has no code assignments from any of the selected libraries, it is coloured using the default timeline task colour, unless a background colour override has been specified for the task, using the Background Colour control, in the Style group, on the Format tab of the Timeline Tools Ribbon. |
| Change Font | Click this button to select the font in which to display text in the project timeline. |
| Marker colour | Specify the colour of the dropline that indicates the current date in the project timeline. |
| Font colour | Specify the colour in which to display the word 'Today' at the top of the dropline that indicates the current date in the project timeline. |
| Border colour |
Specify the colour of the border that appears around the scroll area in the project timeline.
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| Folding calendar |
If you want to fold away non-working time in the project timeline according to a particular calendar, select the calendar in this field. If you do not want to fold away non-working time, select 'None'.
Selecting a calendar here may mean that certain tasks are not displayed in the project timeline. For example, if you add a task that takes place on a Saturday to the timeline but apply a folding calendar in which Saturdays and Sundays are non-working time to the timeline, the Saturday task will not appear, as Saturdays and Sundays will be omitted from the timeline. |
How do I...
... configure the appearance of the project timeline?
- Select the Code library check box to colour tasks in the project timeline according to one or more code libraries, which you can select by clicking the Display Libraries button, or clear the check box to display tasks in the project timeline using the default timeline task colour.
If you use code library entries to colour-code tasks in the bar chart, choosing to colour-code tasks in the project timeline as well makes it easier to differentiate between tasks, and to identify which tasks in the project timeline correspond to which specific tasks in the bar chart.
If you use the Background Colour control, in the Style group, on the Format tab of the Timeline Tools Ribbon to specify a background colour override for a task, the task is coloured using this override colour regardless of whether this check box is selected. - Click the Display Libraries button to display the Multiple Display Libraries dialog, which you can use to specify which code libraries to use to colour tasks in the project timeline. You can use more than one code library at a time to colour tasks. Tasks are coloured according to the codes from the selected libraries that have been assigned to them.
If a task has no code assignments from any of the selected libraries, it is coloured using the default timeline task colour, unless a background colour override has been specified for the task, using the Background Colour control, in the Style group, on the Format tab of the Timeline Tools Ribbon. - To display text in the project timeline using a particular font, click Change Font to display a dialog in which you can specify the font, style, size and colour.
- Specify the colour of the dropline that indicates the current date in the project timeline in the Marker colour field.
- Specify the colour in which to display the word 'Today' at the top of the dropline that indicates the current date in the project timeline in the Font colour field.
- Specify the colour of the border that appears around the scroll area in the project timeline in the Border colour field.
- If you want to fold away non-working time in the project timeline according to a particular calendar, select the calendar in the Folding calendar field. If you do not want to fold away non-working time, select 'None'.