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==Introduction==

===What is “Mavericking”?===

The subject of this article is '''“mavericking”'''.  But, what is a '''maverick'''?  In OnePager, the '''Glossary of Terms''' defines '''maverick '''task bars/milestone symbols, for example, as follows:

A task bar/milestone symbol is said to be turned into a '''Maverick '''if the task bar/milestone symbol has one or more of its '''default property settings manually''' changed (e.g. changing the '''“color”''' of a task bar to '''green''', when the '''default''' or data OnePager assigned '''color''' is '''red''').  

Task bar/milestone symbol '''global property settings''' are initially established in OnePager '''Template Properties''' before a chart is created and these '''global property settings''' can be altered using the '''Chart Properties''' forms after the chart is created.  That is, you always have the option to make '''global '''changes by altering task bar/milestone symbol '''property settings''' in the '''Chart Properties''' form.  

Additionally, you can implement specific task bar/milestone symbol '''property setting''' changes through the use of '''conditional formatting for task and milestone rules''' whereby '''property settings''' are established as a result of applying '''rules''' based upon data''' imported''' from your '''source plan'''.  '''Conditional formatting for task and milestone rules''' can be established before or after the chart is created.

Finally, you can '''maverick''' or '''manually change''' task bar/milestone symbol '''property settings''' in the chart using '''context menus''' and forms provided for these purposes.

===What “Mavericking” Does Not Do!===

You can '''maverick''' task bar/milestone symbol '''property settings''' in the chart but these '''mavericked property settings''' are '''NEVER''' incorporated into the current '''Chart Properties '''form and they '''CANNOT''' become incorporated into a '''Template Properties''' form! Therefore, you should not rely on '''mavericking''' for making more than a handful of minor changes in the chart. Significant use of '''mavericking''' is inefficient and can end up taking more time in the long run. 

===Mavericking, Conditional Formatting Rules, and Global Property Settings – The Hierarchy===

When users apply formatting through a mixture of '''mavericking''', '''conditional formatting''', and '''global property settings''', the following hierarchy applies:

:1) '''Mavericking''' (takes precedence over all other formatting)
:2) '''Conditional formatting''' (takes precedence over '''default formatting''', but can be overridden by '''mavericking''')
:2) '''Global property settings''' (can be overridden by either '''conditional formatting''' or '''mavericking''')

This hierarchy becomes important when the '''editing features''' are used in combination and when you desire to '''restore property settings''' back toward their '''default property setting values'''. So before proceeding into the details, let’s review the '''editing features''' you have available in OnePager.

===OnePager Template Properties Forms===

OnePager is shipped to customers with a set of '''Templates''' that can be used to produce different styles of OnePager charts.  These '''Templates '''define the '''global default property settings''' for task bars/milestone symbols that initially appear in your chart.  Settings from any '''Template''' can be reviewed in the '''Template Properties''' form prior to chart creation. The screenshot below depicts the '''Task Bars''' tab for the '''Single Project Gantt View – Detailed '''template:

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You can certainly, before the chart is created, access one or more of the provided '''Templates''', make changes to their '''property settings''' as determined by your needs, and '''save''' the altered '''Template''' for use later when creating OnePager charts.  When '''saved''' in a '''Template''', these changes become '''global''' from the perspective of any charts subsequently created from the '''Template'''.

===OnePager Chart Properties Forms===

You have the option to make '''global''', chart level, changes to the '''default property settings''' after the chart is created.  By accessing the '''Chart Properties''' form you can change '''default '''task bar '''property settings''' at the '''Task Bars''' tab or milestone symbol '''property settings''' at the''' Milestones''' tab.  Changes made to any '''property settings''' in any tab of the '''Chart Properties''' form '''ONLY CHANGE THE CURRENT''' chart.  The changes do not automatically change the '''Template''' that was originally used to create the chart.  

Both '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Task Bars''' and '''Milestones''' tabs are shown below:

<center>'''Chart Properties Form’s Task Bars Tab'''</center>
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<center>'''Chart Properties Form’s Milestones Tab'''</center>
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When a chart is created, the task bar/milestone symbol '''property settings''' are taken from the current '''Template Properties '''form and applied to the '''Chart Properties''' form. In the '''Chart Editor''',''' '''the '''Chart Properties''' form is accessible at the OnePager '''Home''' ribbon tool bar task shown below:

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If you are satisfied with the '''“out-of-the-box”''' chart, there is no need to access the '''Chart Properties''' form and make '''chart level global''' changes to any '''property settings'''.  On the other hand, if you want to make '''chart level global''' changes, that is, you want to change one or more of the task bar/milestone symbol '''property settings''', access the '''Chart Properties''' form at either the '''Task Bars''' or '''Milestones''' tab and use the controls to make the changes.  When you are finished, click the '''OK''' button on the '''Chart Properties''' form and your '''chart level global''' changes are immediately applied to the chart.

Since the process described above has the potential to change several or all task bars/milestone symbols in the chart, these changes are '''NOT '''considered '''mavericks'''.

===Manually Changing Task Bar/Milestone Symbol Property Settings===

'''Manual '''changes made to one or more specific task bar/milestone symbol in the chart by changing specific '''property settings DOES''' reclassify the specific task bar/milestone symbol as a '''maverick'''.  Examples are provided in sections that follow.

===Using Conditional Formatting Rules to Change Task Bar/Milestone Symbol Property Settings===

OnePager also has a feature that allows you to change the '''property settings''' of task bars/milestone symbols using logic based '''rules''' provided in the '''Conditional Formatting for Tasks & Milestones''' form.  This form can be used prior to creating the chart by accessing it from the '''Template Properties''' form’s '''Task Bars''' or '''Milestones''' tab as shown in the '''Template Properties''' form illustration above in its '''Conditional Formatting''' control group.  The '''Manage Rules…''' button accesses the '''Conditional Formatting for Tasks & Milestones''' form shown in the sample below:

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The '''Conditional Formatting for Tasks & Milestones''' form is primarily accessible from the '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Task Bars '''and '''Milestones''' tabs (as illustrated previously above) and can be accessed at any time after the chart is created.  The relationship between the use of the '''Conditional Formatting for Tasks & Milestones''' form and '''manually mavericking''' of individual task bar/milestone symbol '''property settings''' has some complexities that are treated in this article.  

The '''Conditional Formatting for Tasks & Milestones''' form is also accessible by using the Conditional Formatting button on the OnePager Home tool bar tab's Formatting control group as shown below:

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For more information on this relationship, please see the associated article linked below:

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==Overview==

This article covers the subject of '''manually mavericking task bar/milestone symbol property settings''' in the chart in the following three sections:

:1) '''Manually Mavericking Task Bar Settings'''
:2) '''Manually Mavericking Milestone Symbol Settings'''
:3) '''Manually Mavericking Task Bar/Milestone Properties Using Controls on the OnePager Home Ribbon Tool Bar Tab'''

In the fourth section, we provide a discussion of how the '''Conditional Formatting for Tasks & Milestones''' form is related to the '''manual mavericking of task bar/milestone symbol properties settings''' and what to expect if '''manual mavericking''' and '''Conditional Formatting for Task and Milestones''' interact.

These four sections are followed by a section discussing how to '''restore chart level global default task bar/milestone symbol properties settings''' from their '''mavericked settings'''. 

For more information, please see the associated article linked below:

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==Manually Mavericking Task Bar Settings==

Suppose we create a chart as shown below:

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This chart was created using the standard '''Single Project Gantt – Detailed Template '''calling for task colors to be based on '''resource assignments'''.

The OnePager '''Chart Editor''' provides controls for you to select a task bar with a '''right-click''' which accesses a '''context menu''' showing commands that allow you to specifically '''edit''' the task bar selected.  

The details for using these features are included in articles that are referenced in the table shown below:

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For example, suppose the '''ADDONIS Subcontractor Selection''' task bar is '''right-clicked''' to access its '''context menu''' as shown below:

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The '''context menu''' has eight (8) commands.  These commands are explained in detail in other articles with links provided in the table below:

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For our example, the '''Format…''' command is of interest here because clicking the '''Format…''' command accesses the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form at its '''Format''' tab as shown below:

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The '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form’s '''Format''' tab shown above allows you to make individual task bar '''property setting''' changes available in the '''Format''' tab.  Additionally, the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form has seven (7) additional tabs that can be used to '''maverick property settings''' of other '''decorations''' associated with the selected task bar.

For this simple example, suppose we need to change the '''shape''' of the task bar to highlight it for emphasis in a planned schedule conversation with your team.  To do that, click on the dropdown arrow of the '''Shape''' control which provides a list of the available '''shapes''' from which you can select the '''maverick shape''' desired as shown here in the following illustration:

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In the above illustration, the '''double-arrow shape''' is selected as the '''maverick shape''' for the selected task bar. Clicking the '''double-arrow shape''' selects it and places the new '''maverick shape''' in the '''Shape''' control window as shown below:

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Clicking the '''OK''' button applies the newly '''mavericked shape''' to the selected task bar. The chart now looks like this:

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==Manually Mavericking Milestone Symbol Settings==

To show an example involving milestone symbols, we’ll use the same chart used in the previous example.  That chart, modified to show all tasks represented as milestone symbols at their '''start dates''', is shown below:

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The above chart was created using a standard '''Single Project Gantt – Detailed Template '''calling for milestone symbol '''colors''' to be based on '''resource assignments'''

The OnePager '''Chart Editor''' provides controls for you to select a milestone symbol with a '''right-click''' which displays a '''context menu''' with commands that allow you to specifically '''edit''' the milestone symbol selected.  

The details for using these features are included in articles that are referenced in the table shown below:

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For example, suppose the '''ADONIS Subcontractor Selection''' milestone symbol, shown above as a '''diamond shape''' at its '''start date''', is '''right-clicked''' to access its '''context menu''' as shown below:

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The '''context menu''' has eight (8) commands available.  These commands are explained in detail in other articles with links provided in the table shown below:

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For this milestone symbol example, the '''Format…''' command is of interest here because clicking the '''Format…''' command accesses the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form at its '''Format''' tab as shown below:

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The '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form’s '''Format''' tab allows you to make individual milestone symbol '''property setting '''changes to the '''properties''' identified in the '''Format''' tab shown above.  Additionally, the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties '''form has five (5) additional tabs that can be used to '''maverick property settings''' of '''decorations''' associated with the selected milestone symbol.

In this simple example, suppose we need to change the''' Shape''' of the milestone symbol to highlight it for emphasis.  To do that, click on the '''dropdown arrow''' of the '''Shape''' control and pick a new symbol from the '''Shape Chooser''' form.  

For more information on the '''Shape Chooser''' form and its use, please see the reference links in the table shown below:

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In the illustration show below, the '''“X” shape''' is planned to be used to replace the '''diamond shape''' milestone symbol that was selected in the chart.

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Clicking the''' “X” shape '''selects it, places the new '''maverick shape''' in the '''Shape''' control window, and closes the '''Shape Chooser''' form as shown below:

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Clicking the '''OK''' button applies the newly '''mavericked shape''' to the selected milestone symbol in the chart, which looks like this:

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==Manually Mavericking Task Bar/Milestone Property Settings Using Controls on the OnePager Home Ribbon Tool Bar Tab==

In addition to the methods described in the previous two sections for '''mavericking''' task bars/milestone symbols '''property settings''', there are also controls on the OnePager '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab that are provided for quick access for '''mavericking''' task bar/milestone symbol''' label property settings''', accessing the selected task bar/milestone symbol’s '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form, and accessing the OnePager '''Color Chooser''' form to '''maverick''' the selected task bar/milestone symbol’s''' foreground color'''.  These capabilities are illustrated in this section.

===The OnePager Home Ribbon Tool Bar Tab===

The OnePager '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab has three (3) controls for making changes to selected task bars/milestone symbols are shown below:

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===Mavericking Task Bar/Milestone Symbol Labels – Font Control Group Example===

The '''Font''', '''Format''', and '''Position''' control groups on the '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab are '''enabled''' whenever a task bar/milestone symbol or their respective '''labels''' are selected with a click as shown in the above illustration.  The '''Font''' and '''Position''' control groups are used to make changes specifically to the selected task bar/milestone symbol’s''' label'''.  Making any changes to the '''label property settings''' of the task bar/milestone symbols''' mavericks''' the task bar/milestone symbol.  For example, clicking the '''BOLD '''control in the '''Font''' control group makes the select task bar '''label''' shown below into a '''BOLD font''':

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In a similar manner, you can change the selected task bar/milestone symbol’s '''label font property''' to ''Italics'' or Underline. Other controls are available in the '''Font''' control group for increasing the '''size''' of the '''label’s font''', decreasing the '''label’s font size''', changing the '''font type''', and change the '''label’s font color'''.

===Mavericking Task Bar/Milestone Symbol Labels – Position Control Group Example===

The selected task bar/milestone symbol’s '''label position''' can be changed by clicking on the '''Label Position''' dropdown arrow in the '''Position''' control group on the OnePager '''Home''' ribbon tool bar to access the various available '''label positions''' as shown below:

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To illustrate, clicking the '''Left''' option in the dropdown list moves the selected task bar '''label''' to the '''Left '''of its task bar as shown below:

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===Mavericking Task Bar/Milestone Symbol Labels – Format Control Group Examples===

There are two controls in the '''Format''' control group: (1) the '''Format…''' button using the '''artist’s pallet icon''' and (2) the '''Color''' button using the '''paint bucket icon'''.  The '''Format…''' control is''' enabled''' whenever a task bar or milestone symbol’s '''shape''' or '''label''' is selected.  The '''Color '''button is '''enabled''' whenever the task bar/milestone symbol''' shape''' is selected.

====Mavericking a Task Bar/Milestone Symbol Label====

Selecting a task bar/milestone symbol''' label''' and clicking the '''Format…''' button accesses the '''Change Task/Milestones Properties''' form at the '''Task Labels '''tab as shown here:

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After accessing the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form at the '''Task Labels''' tab, you have the option to turn the selected task bar '''label ON''' or '''OFF''', change its '''position''' with respect to the task bar, or change any of the available '''Label Font property settings'''.  The '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form at the '''Task Labels''' tab also provides the option to reset the selected task '''label''' back to '''default property settings''' by clicking the '''Use Label Defaults''' shown in the above illustration.

====Mavericking a Task Bar/Milestone Symbol Shape Using the Format Button====

Selecting a task bar/milestone symbol''' shape''' '''enables''' both the '''Format''' and '''Color''' buttons in the '''Format '''control group.  

The '''Format''' button operates as described above except when a task bar/milestone symbol''' shape''' is selected. Then the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form '''opens''' at the '''Format''' tab as shown here:

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Once the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form is accessed at the''' Format''' tab, any of the '''property setting''' controls at that tab can be used to '''maverick''' the selected task bar/milestone symbol’s '''property settings'''.

====Mavericking a Task Bar/Milestone Symbol Shape Using the Color Button====

The '''Color '''button and its dropdown''' arrow''' are '''enabled''' when a task bar/milestone symbol''' shape''' is selected.  When clicked, the '''Color '''button access the '''Color Chooser''' form which you can use to change the '''foreground color''' of the selected task bar/milestone symbol''' '''as shown below:

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The illustration above shows that the selected task bar '''shape''' had its '''foreground color''' changed to '''red''' thus '''mavericking''' the selected task bar.

==Maverick Task Bar/Milestone Symbol Property Settings and the Conditional Formatting for Task Bars & Milestones Form==

'''Conditional Formatting of task bar/milestone symbol property settings''' is a feature of OnePager that, gives you precise control over the look of the chart as driven by '''data imported''' from your '''source plan'''.  This precise control overrides the '''global settings''' contained in the current '''Chart Properties''' form making your logic statement(s) entered into the '''Conditional Formatting for Tasks & Milestone''' form take precedent over any '''global''' task bar/milestone symbol '''property settings'''.

If there are '''manually mavericked''' task bar/milestone symbol '''property settings''' '''AND''' '''conditional formatting rules''' that involve these same '''mavericked''' task bar/milestone symbol '''property settings''', the '''mavericked property settings '''take precedence over the '''conditional formatting rules for tasks and milestones'''.  

To briefly summarize, the hierarchy of president is given in the list below where the '''highest level''' of president is at the '''top''' and the '''lowest level''' at the bottom:

:1) '''Mavericking'''
:2) '''Conditional Formatting for Task Bars and Milestone Symbols'''
:3) '''Global Property Settings'''

Complex interaction situations can sometimes arise so an understanding of OnePager’s '''rules''' is important to get the results desired in your chart. Perhaps the best way to illustrate these interactions is with several examples which follow.

===Example 1 – Unrelated Task Bar Properties===

In this first example, assume that a task bar has its '''shape manually mavericked'''.  In addition a '''Conditional Formatting''' '''rule''' changes the '''color''' of the same task. Because '''conditional formatting''' applies to '''color''' and '''mavericking''' applies to '''shape''', both format changes can co-exist without conflict.

<center>'''Step 1 – Maverick Task Bar Shape'''</center>
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The '''ADONIS Subcontractor Selection''' task bar '''shape''' was '''manually mavericked''' to take the '''double-arrow''' task bar '''shape'''.

<center>'''Step 2 – Introduce Conditional Formatting for Task/Milestones Rule'''</center>
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The '''Conditional Formatting for Tasks & Milestones''' form shown above defines a '''rule''' that changes the '''foreground color '''of any task bar/milestone symbol in the chart that has a '''label''' containing the word '''“ADONIS”''' to the '''color Orange'''. When the '''conditional formatting rule''' is applied the results in the chart are shown below:

<center>'''Results – Chart After Conditional Formatting Rule Is Applied'''</center>
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The chart shown above shows that all task bars with task bar '''labels''' containing the word '''“ADONIS”''' have their '''foreground color''' changed to '''Orange''' including the task bar previously having its task bar '''shape mavericked''' to the '''double arrow shape'''.  Additionally, other task bars in the chart containing the word '''“ADONIS”''' in their task bar '''label''' have their '''foreground color''' changed to '''Orange'''.  Finally, the '''Legend''' is updated to reflect both the '''manual maverick '''and '''conditional formatting for task and milestone rule''' actions.

The important takeaway here is that '''conditional formatting rules''' for task bars/milestone symbols''' '''that involve '''unrelated property settings''' that the '''mavericked property setting''' is retained and the '''conditional formatting rule''' logic does not override.

===Example 2 – Related Task Bar Properties===

What if the '''manually mavericked''' task bar '''property setting''' '''IS''' related to a '''conditional formatting rule for task bars/milestone symbols'''?  In this case, the interactions are more complex as the following steps in the example show:

<center>'''Step 1 – Maverick Task Bar Shape'''</center>
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As a second step, apply a '''conditional formatting rule''' which changes the '''shape property setting''' for all task bars that have task bar '''labels''' containing the word '''“ADONIS”''' to the '''rectangle-right-arrow shape''' as shown below:

<center>'''Step 2 – Introduce Conditional Formatting for Task/Milestones Rule'''</center>
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When this '''conditional formatting rule for tasks and milestones rule''' is applied to the chart where the '''property setting''' acted upon was previously''' mavericked''' by a '''manual mavericking''' action as illustrated above, the '''manually mavericked''' task bar does '''NOT''' take on the '''property setting''' changed by the action of applying a''' conditional formatting rule for tasks and milestones'''. 

This illustrates that '''mavericking '''a task bar/milestone symbol''' property setting''' takes precedence over attempting to change that '''property setting''' using a '''conditional formatting rule'''.

The two examples shown above are simple examples in that they either involve different task bar '''property settings''' or the same '''property settings '''where '''manual mavericking''' and '''conditional formatting for task and milestone rules''' are applied.  Situations can become more complex when there are many '''manually mavericked''' task bar/milestone '''property settings''' and multiple '''conditional formatting rules for tasks and milestone '''being applied.  In these more complex interaction situations careful considerations and planning is important because, for example, some '''property settings''' may be '''snapshot independent''' and others '''snapshot dependent'''.

===Example 3 – Performing Manual Default Restoration on Unrelated Task Bar Properties===

In Example 1 above, the task bar '''property setting mavericked''' was different from the '''property setting''' associated with the '''conditional formatting rule for task and milestone'''.  Accordingly, in the final chart, the '''manually mavericked''' task bar retained '''its mavericked task bar shape''' '''AND''' acquired the '''foreground color''' from the action of the '''conditional formatting rule'''.  It is important to understand the result in the chart of '''restoring the default property settings''' to the previously '''mavericked''' task bar''' shape'''.  Example 3 shows these steps.

<center>'''Results – Chart After Conditional Formatting Rule Is Applied'''</center>
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If we first select the '''ADONIS Subcontractor Selection''' task bar with a '''right-click''' to access the '''context menu''' and click the '''Format''' command we can access the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form at the '''Format''' tab as shown below:

<center>'''Chart After Accessing the Change Task/Milestone Properties Form'''</center>
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When the '''Use Format Defaults''' button is clicked, the chart is updated to look like this:

<center>'''Results – Chart after Use Format Defaults Button Clicked'''</center>
<center>[[File:P80-4_2_1-80-(35)-07192024.png]]</center>
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The chart above now reflects only the action applied by the '''active conditional formatting rule''' after the '''Use Format Defaults''' button is clicked in the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties form''' for the selected and previously '''mavericked '''task bar '''shape'''.  Performing the '''Use Format Default''' action has the impact of '''“un-mavericks”''' only the '''shape property settings '''previously '''mavericked'''.

Looking briefly at the converse of this example, if the '''conditional formatting rule''' was turned '''OFF''' while the previous task bar '''shape mavericking''' action was still in effect, the chart would revert back to its original look as shown below:

<center>[[File:P80-4_2_1-80-(30)-07192024.png]]</center>
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===Example 4 – Performing Manual Default Restoration on Related Task Bar Properties===

In Example 2 above the task bar '''property setting mavericked''' was the same '''property setting''' (i.e., task bar '''shape''') associated with the '''conditional formatting rule for tasks and milestones'''.  Accordingly, in the final chart, the '''manually mavericked''' task bar retained its '''mavericked''' task bar '''shape AND''' other task bar '''shapes''' associated with the '''“ADONIS”''' task bar '''label''' also have their '''shapes''' changed but to a '''different shape '''(i.e., '''rectangle-right-arrow shape''').  It is important to understand the result in the chart of '''restoring the default property setting''' to the '''previously mavericked task bar shape'''.  

Example 4 shows these steps. The illustration below shows the application of the '''maverick task bar shape''' to the '''ADONIS Subcontractor Selection''' task bar to the '''double-arrow shape''' and the application of the '''conditional formatting rule''' to the other two task bars with''' labels''' containing the word '''“ADONIS”'''. Of note is that the '''conditional formatting rule''' did '''NOT''' alter the '''ADONIS Subcontractor Selection''' task bar’s '''shape''' from its '''mavericked task bar shape '''to the '''rectangle-right-arrow shape'''.

<center>'''Introduce Conditional Formatting for Task/Milestones Rule'''</center>
<center>[[File:P80-4_2_1-80-(33)-07192024.png]]</center>
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If we first select the '''ADONIS Subcontractor Selection''' task bar with a '''right-click''' to access the '''context menu''' and click the '''Format''' command we can access the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form at the '''Format '''tab as shown below:

<center>'''Chart After Accessing the Change Task/Milestone Properties Form'''</center>
<center>[[File:P80-4_2_1-80-(36)-07192024.png]]</center>
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When the '''Use Format Defaults''' button is clicked, the chart is updated to look like this:

<center>'''Results – Chart after Use Format Defaults Button Clicked'''</center>
<center>[[File:P80-4_2_1-80-(37)-07192024.png]]</center>
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The chart above now reflects only the action applied by the '''active conditional formatting rule''' after the '''Use Format Defaults''' button is clicked in the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form for the selected and previously '''mavericked task bar shape'''.  The previously '''mavericked''' task bar now has the task bar '''shape '''specified by the currently operating '''conditional formatting rule''' as the '''maverick''' condition for the task bar '''shape''' was reversed.

==Restoring Default Properties to Manually Mavericked Task Bars/Milestone Symbols==

Although introduced briefly in the previous section’s last two examples, below is a complete explanation of how to '''restore mavericked''' task bar/milestone symbol''' property settings''' to their '''default values''' in the hierarchy.

'''Mavericked''' task bar/milestone symbol''' property settings''' can be '''restored''' to their '''default property settings''' on an individual '''maverick''' basis or by selecting '''multiple mavericked''' task bars/milestone symbols.  The '''restoration''' of '''default properties setting''' is done in the '''Chart Task/Milestone Properties''' form.

To illustrate the use of the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form to '''restore default''' task bar/milestone symbol''' property settings''', we can use the task bar '''mavericking''' example near the beginning of this article.  Recall that the example '''mavericked''' a task bar used in the example looks like this:

<center>[[File:P80-4_2_1-80-(10)-07172024.png]]</center>
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If we again right-click on the '''double-arrow''' task bar '''shape''', this action accesses its '''context menu''' where the '''Format''' command is the first command in the list.  Clicking the '''Format…''' command accesses the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form where the '''Use Format Defaults''' button is highlighted in the illustration below:

<center>[[File:P80-4_2_1-80-(17)-07182024.png]]</center>
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In the illustration above, clicking the '''Use Format Defaults''' button '''restores all mavericked property settings''' of the selected task bar or task bars.  When the '''Use Format Defaults''' button is clicked, the '''default rectangle shape''', in this example, is '''restored''' to the '''Shape''' window in the form as shown below:

<center>[[File:P80-4_2_1-80-(18)-07182024.png]]</center>
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To complete the '''edit''', click the '''OK''' button on the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form and the selected '''mavericked''' task bar is '''restored''' to the '''default shape''' specified in the current '''Chart Properties''' form as shown below:

<center>[[File:P80-4_2_1-80-(19)-07182024.png]]</center>
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==Summary==

OnePager has a hierarchy established for managing changes to task bar/milestone symbol''' property settings''' with '''manual mavericking '''at the top of the hierarchy followed by '''conditional formatting for tasks and milestones''', and '''global property setting''' at the bottom.  

'''Mavericked property settings''' made to task bars/milestone symbols in the chart are '''NEVER''' incorporated into the current '''Chart Properties''' form and can only be '''saved''' in the chart (i.e., '''.TAM file''').  Likewise, '''mavericked properties settings''' are '''NEVER''' incorporated into '''Templates'''.

Additionally, controls are provided with which you can '''restore conditional formatting rules '''or '''chart level global default property settings''' to any task bar or milestone symbol that was previously '''mavericked'''.  

Please refer to article in the '''Related Links''' section which follows for more detailed information on '''editing''' the '''properties''' of task bars/milestone symbols.

==Related Links==

{| class="wikitable"
| [[Selecting Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels for Version 8.0 | Selecting Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels]] <!--9.1.1-80-->
| [[Changing Individual Task/Milestone Properties (Color, Shape, Labels, etc.) for Version 8.0 | Changing Individual Task/Milestone Properties (Color, Shapes, Labels, etc.)]] <!--9.2.1-80-->
|-
| [[Hiding/Unhiding/Moving/Finding/Changing/Resizing Task/Milestone Shapes and Labels for Version 8.0 | Hiding/Unhiding/Moving/Finding/Changing/Resizing Task/Milestone Shapes and Labels]] <!--9.3.1-80-->
| [[Resolving Task Bar Name Label Collisions for Version 8.0 (Portal) | Resolving Task Bar Name Label Collisions (Portal)]] <!--9.7.1-80-->
|-
| [[Managing Hidden Tasks and Milestones Using "Where's My Stuff?!" for Version 8.0 | Managing Hidden Tasks and Milestones Using "Where's My Stuff?!"]] <!--9.4.1-80-->
| [[Restoring Default Formatting for Version 8.0 | Restoring Default Formatting]] <!--9.5.1-80-->
|-
| [[Undoing and Redoing Changes for Version 8.0 | Undoing and Redoing Changes]] <!--9.6.1-80-->
| [[Resolving Task Bar Name Label Collisions for Version 8.0 (Portal) | Resolving Task Bar Name Label Collisions (Portal)]] <!--9.7.1-80-->
|-
| [[Resolving Task Bar Name Label Collisions for OnePager for Version 8.0 | Resolving Task Bar Name Label Collisions for OnePager]] <!--9.7.1.1-80-->
| [[Conditional Formatting for Version 8.0 (Portal) | Conditional Formatting (Portal)]] <!--11.0.1-80-->
|-
| [[Conditional Formatting Rules for Task Bar/Milestone Symbol Decorations for OnePager for Version 8.0 | Conditional Formatting Rules for Task Bar/Milestone Symbol Decorations]] <!--11.15.3-80-->
| [[Editing with the Chart Properties form for Version 8.0 (Portal) | Editing with the Chart Properties form (Portal)]] <!--21.0.1-80-->
|-
| [[Task Bars Tab for Version 8.0 | Task Bars Tab]] <!--21.3.1-80-->
| [[Using Gradients and Hash Fill Patterns for OnePager Version 8.0 | Using Gradients and Hash Fill Patterns]] <!--21.3.2-80-->
|-
| [[Milestones Tab for Version 8.0 | Milestones Tab]] <!--21.5.1-80-->
| [[Using the Dynamic Shapes and Emoji Symbols for OnePager Version 8.0 | Using the Dynamic Shapes and Emoji Symbols]] <!--21.3.4-80-->
|-
| [[Legend Tab for Version 8.0 | Legend Tab]] <!--21.7.1-80-->
| [[Managing Templates for Version 8.0 (Portal) | Managing Templates (Portal)]] <!--24.0.1-80-->
|-
| [[Managing the Current Template for Version 8.0 | Managing the Current Template]] <!--24.6.1-8.0-->
| [[Gallery of Task Bar Shapes for Version 8.0 | Gallery of Task Bar Shapes]] <!--29.2.2-80-->
|-
| [[Gallery of Gradient and Hash Fill Patterns for Version 8.0 | Gallery of Gradient and Hash Fill Patterns]] <!--29.2.1-80-->
| [[Gallery of Dynamic Shapes and Emoji Symbols for Version 8.0 | Gallery of Dynamic Shapes and Emoji Symbols]] <!--29.3.1-80-->
|-
| [[Gallery of Standard Color Palettes for Version 8.0 | Gallery of Standard Color Palettes]] <!--29.4.1-80-->
| [[Gallery of Graphs and Pivot Options for Version 8.0 | Gallery of Graphs and Pivot Options]] <!--29.6.1-80-->
|}

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