Managing the Legend in the Project View

About the Legend

Groups of tasks and milestones that share an entry in the legend can have their color and shape modified in one simple operation. This is a fast way of changing several tasks or milestones at once, and is an alternative to some of the other Manual Editing (Portal) methods discussed later. The following steps show you how to edit, reposition legend items, and reformat the legend:

Showing and Hiding the Legend

To hide/unhide the legend, follow the steps described below

1) Go to the “View” tab, and locate the “Legend” checkbox. Uncheck the box, as shown below:

2) To unhide the legend after hiding it, ensure that the “Legend” box is checked.

Moving and Resizing the Legend

To move or resize the legend, follow the steps below:

1) Left-clicking anywhere on the legend will select it, as shown below:

2) After selecting the legend, you can:

a) Drag the legend to any other location in the OnePager project view

b) Use the grab boxes to stretch the legend to the desired size.

Showing and Hiding Individual Legend Items

In addition to hiding the entire legend, it is possible to hide individual legend entries. This is useful if the legend has duplicate entries and needs to be simplified.

1) To hide an entry from the legend, right-click it, as shown below:

2) Uncheck the “Show legend item” box.

3) Legend items can always be unhidden later. To do so, right-click the legend (near the title) and select “Unhide all items” from the context menu:

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