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==About Decorations==

Illustrations used in this article are from OnePager Pro using data from Microsoft Project but the features, function, controls, and manual edits apply equally to other OnePager editions that import from data sources like Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Planner, Smartsheet, Oracle Primavera P6, Microsoft Planner, Planisware Enterprise, Asana, and Wrike.

'''Decorations''' on task bars/milestone symbols include the following '''Data-Driven''' elements:

:* '''Date labels'''
:* '''Percent complete'''
:* '''Baselines'''
:* '''Critical path'''
:* '''Deadlines'''
:* '''Endpoints'''

Additionally, with OnePager Version 7.2 there are two additional '''Decorations''' that can be applied to task bar/milestone symbols.  These are:

:* '''Transparent Fills'''
:* '''Drop Shadows'''

'''Task bar name labels''' are not considered a '''Decoration''' for the purpose of this discussion.   

For more information on '''Managing task bar/milestone symbols and task bar name labels''' and '''Modifying decorations on task bar/milestone symbols''', please see these articles at: 

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| [[Manual Editing Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels for Version 8.0 (Portal) | Manual Editing Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels (Portal)]] <!--9.0.1-80-->
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| [[Modifying Decorations on Tasks/Milestones for Version 8.0 (Portal)#Links to Detailed Decoration Editing Articles | Links to Detailed Decoration Editing Articles]] <!--10.0.1-80-->
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==Global Decoration Controls==

'''Decorations''' are controlled through the '''Template Properties''' and '''Chart Properties''' forms. For more information on '''Using the Template Properties form''', please see the article at:  

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| [[Managing Templates for Version 8.0 (Portal) | Managing Templates (Portal)]] <!--24.0.1-80-->
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For more information on '''Using Chart Properties form''' and '''Modifying Decorations on Task Bars/Milestone Symbols''', please see the articles at: 

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{| class="wikitable"
| [[Editing with the Chart Properties form for Version 8.0 (Portal) | Editing with the Chart Properties form (Portal)]] <!--21.0.1-80-->
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| [[Task Bars Tab for Version 8.0 | Task Bars Tab]] <!--21.3.1-80-->
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| [[Milestones Tab for Version 8.0 | Milestones Tab]] <!--21.5.1-80-->
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For the purpose of this discussion, focus is placed on the '''Chart Properties''' form's  '''Task Bars''' and '''Milestones''' tabs in the control groups as shown below:

<center>'''Template Properties Form - Task Bars Tab'''</center>
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<center>'''Chart Properties Form - Task Bars Tab'''</center>
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This article overviews instructions on two methods for '''manually editing decorations''' for '''individual task bars/milestone symbols'''.  The two (2) sub-sections below, we’ll briefly cover both methods:  

:1) Using the '''Chart Properties''' form to change '''all''' task bars/milestone symbol decoration properties, and 

:2) the '''Format…''' commands available to modify the decoration properties of a '''single''' task bar/milestone symbol.

==Using the Chart Properties Form To Edit Decorations==

'''Decorations''' on '''all''' task bars/milestone symbols can be '''manually edited''' by using the '''Task Bars''' or '''Milestones''' tabs in the '''Chart Properties''' form.  Using these controls you can '''edit''' the '''decoration properties''' in the current chart without '''changing''' any of the settings in the current '''Template Properties''' form.  Doing so makes '''mavericks''' of all task bars/milestone symbols participating in the '''edit''' in the current chart.  

===Mirror Format Settings Between Task Bars and Milestones===

For convenience, we've added a checkbox titled '''Mirror format setting between task bars and milestones''' shown below:

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When this checkbox is checked '''ON''' and you click the '''Apply''' button at the bottom of the form, OnePager automatically makes any '''edits''' to '''Milestone symbols''' that are made to '''Task Bars''' for all settings where a '''blue dot''' appears to the right of the setting.  This checkbox appears in both the '''Task Bar''' tab and the '''Milestones''' tab of the '''Chart Properties''' form and the corresponding tabs of the '''Template Properties''' form. The '''Milestones''' tab of the '''Chart Properties''' form is illustrated below:

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'''Task Bar''' and '''Milestones''' fill colors are always '''mirrored''' regardless of the '''Mirror...''' checkbox being checked '''ON''' or '''OFF'''.

===Label Text Ordering Controls for Task Bars and Milestones===

The '''Label text ordering control''' button is shown below:

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'''Label text ordering''' allows you to select the sequence in which '''task bar/milestone symbol labels''', '''date labels''', and '''percent complete values''' appear in the '''graph''' positioned next to their associated task bar/ milestone symbol.  Clicking the '''Label text ordering''' button accesses the '''Change Text Element Order''' form containing the controls changing the sequence of these '''text elements''' and their orientation with respect to their associated task bar/milestone symbol from '''horizontal''' to '''vertical''' or vice versa.  The '''Change Text Element''' form is shown below:

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The controls for '''Label Text Ordering''' discussed above and provided in more detail at the link below applies to OnePager Pro, OnePager Express, and OnePager Bundle.

Instructions for '''editing''' specific '''decorations''' for OnePager are located at the links shown in the next section below:

===Links to Detailed Decoration Editing Articles===

The articles listed in the table below describe OnePager’s '''Task Bar/Milestone Symbol Decorations''' feature.  Illustrations used in these articles are from OnePager Pro but the feature's function, controls, and manual edits apply equally to Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project for the Web, Smartsheet, Oracle Primavera P6, Planisware, Asana, and Wrike.


Use the links below to access more information on '''editing''' task bar/milestone symbol '''decorations''':

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{| class="wikitable"
| [[Task Labels for OnePager for Version 8.0 | Task Bar Name Labels for OnePager]] <!--10.15.1-80-->
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| [[Labeling Task/Milestone Dates for OnePager for Version 8.0 | Labeling Task/Milestone Dates for OnePager]] <!--10.1.1-80-->
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| [[Percent complete for OnePager for Version 8.0 | Percent complete for OnePager]] <!--10.3.1-80-->
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| [[Label Text Element Ordering for Version 8.0 | Label Text Element Ordering]] <!--10.17.1-80-->
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| [[Baselines for OnePager for Version 8.0 | Baselines for OnePager]] <!--10.5.1-80-->
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| [[Critical path for OnePager for Version 8.0 | Critical path for OnePager]] <!--10.7.1-80-->
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| [[Deadlines for OnePager for Version 8.0 | Deadlines for OnePager]] <!--10.9.1-80-->
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| [[Endpoints for OnePager for Version 8.0 | Endpoints for OnePager]] <!--10.11.1-80-->
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| [[Order of Tasks/Milestones Decorations for Version 8.0 | Order of Tasks/Milestones Decorations]] <!--10.13.1-80-->
|--->
| [[Transparent Fills for Task Bars and Milestone Symbols Version 8.0 | Transparent Fills for Task Bars and Milestone Symbols]] <!--10.19.1-80-->
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| [[Drop Shadows for Task Bars and Milestone Symbols Version 8.0 | Drop Shadows for Task Bars and Milestone Symbols]] <!--10.21.1-80-->
|}
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==Editing Individual Task Bar/Milestone Symbol Decorations in the Chart Editor==

'''Decorations''' can be '''edited''' for '''individual''' task bars and milestone symbols (or selected groups of them) using the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form. This form is accessed in two ways:

===Right-Clicking a Task Bar/Milestone Symbol or  Task Bar Name Label===

Accessing the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form with this method requires you to right-click on the task bar or milestone symbol or the '''task bar name label''' to access the right-click context menu''' for either.  This action accesses the available commands in the right-click '''context menu''' when a task bar is right-clicked as shown below:

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The '''Format...''' command can also be accessed by right-clicking a '''task bar's name label as shown here:

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Either way the '''Format...''' command is accessed in a right-click '''context menu''', clicking the '''Format…''' command accesses the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form as shown here:

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The '''Format''' tab is shown above where you can '''edit''' the task bar/milestone symbol's properties shown. Clicking any of the other six (6) '''decoration''' tabs on the form accesses the specific capabilities for '''editing''' that specific '''decoration''' for the selected task bar/milestone symbol(s). 

The '''Task Labels''' tab is used for positioning the '''task bar name label''' and '''editing''' its related properties but is not considered a '''decoration''' and is discussed this series of articles:  

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{| class="wikitable"
| [[Manual Editing Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels for Version 8.0 (Portal) | Manual Editing Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels (Portal)]] <!--9.0.1-80-->
|}
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===Format button on the OnePager Pro Home Ribbon Tool Bar Tab===

The '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form can also be accessed by clicking the '''Format…''' button on the OnePager '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab after you selected one or more task bars/milestone symbols to '''edit'''.  The '''Format...'''button on the ribbon is shown below:

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After clicking the '''Format...''' button as shown above, the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form is accessed as shown here:

<center>[[File:P72-10_0_1-72-(8)-08142023.png]]</center>
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The '''Format''' tab is shown above where you can '''edit''' the task bar/milestone symbol '''format properties''' shown. Clicking any of the other six (6) '''decoration''' tabs on the form accesses the specific capabilities for '''editing''' that specific '''decoration''' for the selected task bar/milestone symbol(s).   

The '''Task Labels''' tab is used for positioning the '''task bar name label''' and '''editing''' its related properties but is not considered a '''decoration''' and is discussed this series of articles:  

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{| class="wikitable"
| [[Manual Editing Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels for Version 8.0 (Portal) | Manual Editing Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels (Portal)]] <!--9.0.1-80-->
|}
</center>

==Related Links==

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| [[OnePager's Ribbon Tool Bar Home Tab for Version 8.0 | Ribbon Tool Bar - Home Tab]] <!--4.0.2.2.1-80-->
| [[Manual Editing Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels for Version 8.0 (Portal) | Manual Editing Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels (Portal)]] <!--9.0.1-80-->
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| [[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-->
| [[Labeling Task/Milestone Dates for OnePager for Version 8.0 | Labeling Task/Milestone Dates for OnePager]] <!--10.1.1-80-->
|-
| [[Percent complete for OnePager for Version 8.0 | Percent complete for OnePager]] <!--10.3.1-80-->
| [[Baselines for OnePager for Version 8.0 | Baselines for OnePager]] <!--10.5.1-80-->
|-
| [[Transparent Fills for Task Bars and Milestone Symbols Version 8.0 | Transparent Fills for Task Bars and Milestone Symbols]] <!--10.19.1-80-->
| [[Drop Shadows for Task Bars and Milestone Symbols Version 8.0 | Drop Shadows for Task Bars and Milestone Symbols]] <!--10.21.1-80-->
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| [[Editing with the Chart Properties form for Version 8.0 (Portal) | Editing with the Chart Properties form (Portal)]] <!--21.0.1-80-->
| [[Advanced Tab for OnePager for Version 8.0 | Advanced Tab]] <!--21.13.1-80-->
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| [[Field Mappings Tab for OnePager Pro for Version 8.0 | Field Mappings Tab for OnePager Pro]] <!--21.15.1-80-->
| [[Managing Templates for Version 8.0 (Portal) | Managing Templates (Portal)]] <!--24.0.1-80-->
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