Printing projects

Asta Powerproject prints whatever is in the active view, excluding the project view. This means that you can print any information you want from within Asta Powerproject, including the bar chart, spreadsheet and histograms.

Everything you print from within Asta Powerproject is surrounded by a border. Border files contain information that determines the page layout used by your printout, including page size, orientation and margin information. A number of default borders are supplied with Asta Powerproject, but you can edit them and create your own, using the Powerdraw application. In this instance you will use one of the default borders that is supplied with Asta Powerproject.

Before you print, you must ensure that the active view displays the information that you want. For example, you could print the spreadsheet without the bar chart by turning off the bar chart, or turn off some display features to avoid including too much information in the printout. You can also hide specific bars and tasks in a project from view, then subsequently redisplay them. This enables you to have all items visible while you are preparing a schedule, but gives you the flexibility to omit certain items when you show your schedule to others, or when you print it out. You may want to hide bars and tasks within a project from people for a number of reasons - for example, you may want to hide commercially-sensitive bars and tasks from your clients. In this instance, you will print the contents of the Pre-Construction summary group that is currently displayed in the bar chart.

To print the active view:

  1. Click the File tab, then click Print. A preview of the printout as it will appear is displayed.
  2. Click Full Preview. The Print Preview window appears.
  3. You can use the controls on the toolbar at the top of the window to configure the way in which the printout appears. Click the Border control - the seventh control from the left - and select a border file to draw around the output:

    Selecting a border file

    Select a few different border files until you find one that you like.
  4. Experiment with some of the other toolbar controls to change the appearance of the output. When you are happy with the way it looks, click Print to print using your default printer.

Conclusion

This completes the Asta Powerproject tutorial. You now have the knowledge you need to create and maintain programmes of projects within Asta Powerproject.

This tutorial has taught you the basics. For more detailed information on how to make the most of Asta Powerproject's powerful features, refer to Asta Powerproject's comprehensive online Help.

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