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==Hiding and Unhiding Task/Milestone Text Labels==
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==About Where's My Stuff?!==
  
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Since the method for selecting '''task bar name labels''' changed in OnePager Pro and Express version 7.0, it is strongly recommended that you read this article before proceeding further:  [[Selecting Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels for Version 7.0 | Selecting Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels]] <!--9.1.1-70-->
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'''Where’s My Stuff?!''' is a OnePager feature that helps you '''locate task bars/milestone symbols''' that cannot be easily seen in the '''graph''' for various reasons. Additionally, the feature helps you understand '''why''' task bars/milestone symbols are not appearing and provides you a means to '''repair''' the chart so that task bars/milestone symbols become visible again. When you are trying to locate a task bar/milestone symbol and do not wish to cause all '''hidden''' task bars/milestone symbols, and '''rows''',  to be made visible, go the OnePager '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab and click on the '''Show/Hide''' dropdown as shown below:
  
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===Hiding Task Bar Name Labels Using the Home Ribbon Tool Bar Tab's Label Position Dropdown===
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The easiest way to '''hide''' a '''task bar name label''' is to select it with a left-click.  This action '''enables''' the '''Label Position''' controls on the '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab. Click the '''Label Position''' button to access the '''Label Position''' dropdown and click the '''Hide''' command as shown below:
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Clicking the '''Where’s My Stuff?!''' command accesses the '''Where’s My Stuff?!''' form shown below.  This form provides you with the name of each task bar/milestone symbol that is not showing and a check ('''X''') in the column(s) appropriate for '''why''' the task bar/milestone symbol is not visible:
  
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At the completion of the operation, the chart looks like this:
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===Why a Task Bar/Milestone Symbol is not Visible===
  
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The '''grid''' above shows a red '''X''' in the column representing the reason that the task bar/milestone symbol, designated in the '''grid row''' of the '''Task name''' column, is not visible. There are nine (9) reasons that a task bar/milestone symbol, '''row''', or '''swimlane level''' can not immediately be visible in the chart:
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===Unhiding Task Bar Name Labels===
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:*  '''Hidden Tasks/Milestones'''.  The task bar/milestone symbol is '''hidden''' (e.g., manually''' hidden''', incorporated into a Virtual Summary Task ('''VST'''), or '''absorbed''' into another task bar).
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:* '''De-Flagged Tasks/Milestones'''.  The task bar/milestone symbol is not '''flagged''' (e.g., '''Flag20''' for Microsoft Project) for '''import''' from Microsoft Project or Microsoft Excel for the specific '''snapshot''' being viewed, but it was '''flagged''' and '''imported''' in other '''snapshots'''.
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:*  '''Date out of Range'''. The '''dates''' on the task bar/milestone symbol ('''Start''' and/or '''Finish''') are '''out of range''' relative to the '''date range''' established for the chart.
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:* '''Hidden Row'''.  The '''row''' containing the task bar/milestone symbol is '''hidden''', either directly, or because the parent '''swimlane level''' is '''hidden'''.
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:* '''Buried Item'''.  The task bar/milestone symbol is '''buried''' (i.e., '''z-ordering level''' on the screen) beneath one or more other task bars/milestone symbols.
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:* '''Absorbed Item'''. The task bar/milestone symbol is not visible because it is '''absorbed''' into another task bar.
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:* '''Virtual Summary Task'''. The task bars/milestone symbols are '''hidden''' because they are now part of a '''VST'''.
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:* '''Item needs repair'''. The graphical properties of the task bar or milestone symbol are missing at the '''current snapshot'''.
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:* '''Hidden timespan'''.  The task bar/milestone symbols are '''hidden''' because there are '''hidden Time Axis Level Cells'''  or '''curtains''' called '''timespans''' that are '''hidden'''.
  
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In previous versions of OnePager Pro and Express when a '''task bar name label''' is '''hidden''', dragging the mouse over the area in the '''graph''' where the '''task bar name label''' was previously shown caused the cursor to change to a '''arrow plus sign'''. Left-clicking on this '''arrow plus sign''' selected the '''task bar''' and its '''task bar name label'''. In OnePager Pro and Express version 7.0, this feature is '''removed''' because in version 7.0 the selection of the '''task bar''' and the associated '''task bar name label''' are '''decoupled'''.
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If you need additional explanation on what the different reasons mean, you can click the '''Help Me''' button. This accesses the form below which gives a detailed explanation for each reason:
  
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<!--It is recommended that the technique in the sub-section that follows be used to '''unhide''' any '''hidden task bar name labels''' in the '''graph'''. Mousing around the task bar is a way to find the '''hidden task bar name label''' as the mouse cursor changes to an '''arrow plus sign''' as shown below:
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6) Although the '''task bar name label''' in the illustration above is '''hidden''' in the chart it can still be '''selected''' with the left-click. 
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==Using the Fix Selected Button==
  
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Using the information ('''X’s''' in rows) in the '''Where’s My Stuff?!''' form, you first know '''why''' the various items ('''rows''', task bars, or milestone symbols) are not showing. You have two (2) options:
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Performing a left-click with the cursor in the '''arrow plus sign''' configuration highlights the '''task bar name label's border''' but the '''task bar name label''' itself remains '''hidden''' as shown here:
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The process for having OnePager perform the '''fix''' is as follows:
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When a '''hidden task bar name label''' is selected in this manner the '''Label Position''' controls are '''enabled'''.  It is possible to access the '''Label Position''' dropdown and to select one of the other options to '''re-position''' the '''hidden task bar name label'''.  The simplest way to '''unhide a hidden task bar name label''' using the '''Label Position''' controls is to select the original '''label position''' for the '''hidden task bar name label''' before it was '''hidden'''. You may also select a different '''label position''' for the '''hidden task bar name label''' using the '''Label Position''' controls.  For illustrative purposes, suppose the '''hidden task bar label''', previously to the right of its associated task bar, needs to be put in a '''Comment Box'''. This can be done by assuring that the '''hidden task bar name label''' is selected as described above. With the '''hidden task bar name label''' selected, go to the '''Label Position''' button on the '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab, access the dropdown, and click the '''In comment box''' option. The result is shown below after '''re-positioning''' the '''Comment Box''':
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:1) In the '''Where's My Stuff?!''' form, check the checkbox '''ON''' (on the left of each '''grid row''') for each '''hidden''' item that you want OnePager to fix.
  
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:2) You have the option also to '''select all grid rows''' in the '''Where’s My Stuff?!''' form by clicking the '''Select all''' button or you can click the '''Clear selections''' button to unselect all previously selected actions.
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:3) When your selections are complete, click the '''Fix Selected''' button and OnePager  makes the selected items visible. Additionally, OnePager provides a list of the actions taken in the '''INFORMATION AREA''' of the '''Where’s My Stuff?!''' form as shown above.
  
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You can '''hide''' one or more of the '''task bar name labels'''. To do this, make a selection in the '''Chart Editor''' by right-clicking one or more '''task bar name labels''' to access the the '''context menu''' shown here:
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As an example, suppose we select the top four rows in the '''Where's My Stuff?!''' form to be fixed as shown below:
  
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Click the “Format…” command then navigate to the '''Task Labels''' tab as shown below:  
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When the '''Fix Selected''' button is clicked, the '''Where’s My Stuff?!''' form responds as shown below:
  
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Uncheck the '''Show Task/Milestone label''' checkbox '''OFF''', shown above, to '''hide''' the selected '''task bar name labels'''. Alternatively, you can click the '''Hide''' option as shown below in the '''Label Position''' dropdown on the '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab to '''hide''' the '''task bar name label''' for the selected task bar/milestone symbol.
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Upon performing the '''fix''' action described above, the chart is updated to reflect the changes made. The changes made by clicking the '''Fix Selected''' button as described above are subject to the '''Undo/Redo''' functions using the available active buttons on the OnePager ribbon tool bar.
  
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==Managing the “Where’s My Stuff?!” form’s columns== 
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If you have previously '''hidden''' the '''task bar name label''' of any task bars/milestone symbols, you can '''unhide''' them by going back to the '''Task Labels''' tab of the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form shown above and rechecking the '''Show task/milestone label''' checkbox back to '''ON'''. Or, you can click the '''UNDO''' command above the '''Ribbon''' tool bar tabs.
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For your convenience the '''Where’s My Stuff?!''' form has three (3) features to help you manage the columns within the '''Where’s My Stuff?!''' form.
  
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===Rearranging Columns===
  
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You can '''hide''' task bars/milestone symbols alone with its '''task bar name label'''. To do this, select one or several task bars/milestone symbols and then use the right-click on one of them to access the '''task bar''' right-click '''context menu'''.  Then click the '''Hide''' command in the '''context menu''' shown below:
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The columns in the form can be '''rearranged''' left to right by left clicking the '''column header''' and '''dragging''' it to the left or right. This feature is quite convenient for grouping form columns together for the purpose of identifying and fixing issues.  The column positions after dragging and dropping are not permanent. Below is a sequence of illustrations showing first the original arrangement of columns and second the column positions after the '''Hidden row''' column is moved all the way to the left:
  
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<center>'''Before Dragging Hidden Row Column to the Left Most Position'''</center>
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When the operation is complete the chart looks like this:
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<center>'''After Dragging Hidden Row Column to the Left Most Position'''</center>
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When task bars/milestone symbol's and '''task bar name labels''' are '''hidden''' along with their associated '''Task Links''' as well. If you have '''hidden''' some task bars/milestone symbols and '''task bar name labels''' and want to make them all visible again, go to the '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab’s '''Editing''' control group and click the '''Show/Hide''' dropdown menu. Then, click the '''Show All Tasks/Milestones''' command as shown below:
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To '''sort''' the task bars on the values in any column, left click the '''column's header'''. For example, if the '''ID''' column is selected, all the '''grid rows''' are sorted in numerical order from lowest to highest.  In a similar way, sorting the '''Task name''' column causes the '''grid rows''' to be sorted such that they are arranged in alphabetical order (A-Z) based on the content of the '''Task name''' column. The following example is a sort the '''Task name''' column showing the before and after illustrations:  
  
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When '''task bar name labels''' are '''hidden''' separate from their associated task bar/milestone symbol, the '''Show All Task/Milestones''' command in the '''Show/Hide''' dropdown menu does '''NOT''' restore visibility to these '''hidden task bar name labels'''.  Separately '''hidden task bar name labels''' can be restored by right-clicking on their visible task bar/milestone symbol, accessing the '''task bar''' right-click '''context menu''' and clicking the '''Format...''' command to access the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form. At the '''Task Labels''' tab and recheck the '''Show task/milestone labels''' checkbox '''ON'''. '''Unhiding''' task bars/milestone symbols with '''Task Links''' '''unhides''' the '''Task Links''' if the chart is set up to '''show Task Links'''.
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<center>'''After Sorting the Task Name Column'''</center>
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Selecting any of the '''column headers''' with '''X's'''  using the cursor and left-clicking in the '''column's header''' groups the '''X's''' at either the top or the bottom of the '''grid''' and rearranges the data in the associated '''grid row''' accordingly.
  
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A lot of the power of OnePager comes from its efficient handling of space in the '''graph'''. To manage vertical space, it is often very useful to move task bars/milestone symbols so that several of them occupy the same '''row'''. To do this in the '''Chart Editor''', select one or multiple task bars or milestone symbols. From here you can change '''row position assignments''' several ways:
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After selecting the desired task bar/milestone symbol, you can drag it up or down to a '''new row position'''. Note that it is not possible to drag task bars/milestone symbols left or right. This prohibition is to protect the '''integrity of the data imported''' from the Microsoft Project or Microsoft Excel '''source plan''' that provided the task bar/milestone symbol’s original '''Start''' and '''Finish dates'''.  To move any task bar/milestone symbol from one '''row to another row''', first left-click the task bar/milestone symbol to select it. With the left-click button held down, '''drag''' the selected task bar/milestone symbol to the desired '''new row''' as shown in the '''BEFORE''' and '''AFTER''' illustrations below:
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You can select several task/milestone shapes and drag them as a group to different rows.  The multiple task/milestone shapes selected retain their relative positions when dragged up or down to different rows. When moving task/milestone shapes to different rows their '''text labels''' may overlap with other '''text labels''', other task/milestone shapes, or the edges of the '''graph'''.  In the illustration below, the '''task bar label''' for the right most task bar/milestone symbol in the gaining '''new row''' was '''re-positioned''' to the right of the right most task bar for readability purposes as shown below:  
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The '''Select''', '''ID''' and '''Task name''' columns are '''frozen''' so that they do not scroll out of view when you are scrolling left or right via the '''horizontal scroll bar''' in the '''grid''' as shown below:
  
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Task bar/milestone symbol and '''task bar name label''' overlaps or '''collisions''' happen often enough such that OnePager Pro and Express version 7.0 are enhanced with a new feature that automatically detects these '''task bar name label collisions''' and provides several methods for avoiding them.
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Task bars can also be represented as milestone symbols either at their '''start date''' or '''finish date'''. You can select the type of task bar representation '''globally''' in the '''Template Properties''' and '''Chart Properties''' forms or on an individual task bar/milestone symbol basis.
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An individual task bar can be changed to a milestone by right-clicking the task and selecting '''Task representation''' command as shown below:
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About Where's My Stuff?!

Where’s My Stuff?! is a OnePager feature that helps you locate task bars/milestone symbols that cannot be easily seen in the graph for various reasons. Additionally, the feature helps you understand why task bars/milestone symbols are not appearing and provides you a means to repair the chart so that task bars/milestone symbols become visible again. When you are trying to locate a task bar/milestone symbol and do not wish to cause all hidden task bars/milestone symbols, and rows, to be made visible, go the OnePager Home ribbon tool bar tab and click on the Show/Hide dropdown as shown below:

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Clicking the Where’s My Stuff?! command accesses the Where’s My Stuff?! form shown below. This form provides you with the name of each task bar/milestone symbol that is not showing and a check (X) in the column(s) appropriate for why the task bar/milestone symbol is not visible:

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Why a Task Bar/Milestone Symbol is not Visible

The grid above shows a red X in the column representing the reason that the task bar/milestone symbol, designated in the grid row of the Task name column, is not visible. There are nine (9) reasons that a task bar/milestone symbol, row, or swimlane level can not immediately be visible in the chart:

  • Hidden Tasks/Milestones. The task bar/milestone symbol is hidden (e.g., manually hidden, incorporated into a Virtual Summary Task (VST), or absorbed into another task bar).
  • De-Flagged Tasks/Milestones. The task bar/milestone symbol is not flagged (e.g., Flag20 for Microsoft Project) for import from Microsoft Project or Microsoft Excel for the specific snapshot being viewed, but it was flagged and imported in other snapshots.
  • Date out of Range. The dates on the task bar/milestone symbol (Start and/or Finish) are out of range relative to the date range established for the chart.
  • Hidden Row. The row containing the task bar/milestone symbol is hidden, either directly, or because the parent swimlane level is hidden.
  • Buried Item. The task bar/milestone symbol is buried (i.e., z-ordering level on the screen) beneath one or more other task bars/milestone symbols.
  • Absorbed Item. The task bar/milestone symbol is not visible because it is absorbed into another task bar.
  • Virtual Summary Task. The task bars/milestone symbols are hidden because they are now part of a VST.
  • Item needs repair. The graphical properties of the task bar or milestone symbol are missing at the current snapshot.
  • Hidden timespan. The task bar/milestone symbols are hidden because there are hidden Time Axis Level Cells or curtains called timespans that are hidden.

If you need additional explanation on what the different reasons mean, you can click the Help Me button. This accesses the form below which gives a detailed explanation for each reason:

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Using the Fix Selected Button

Using the information (X’s in rows) in the Where’s My Stuff?! form, you first know why the various items (rows, task bars, or milestone symbols) are not showing. You have two (2) options:

  • You can go back to the chart and make the changes you desire manually.
  • Or, you have the option to let OnePager make the fixes for you using the Fix Selected button.

The process for having OnePager perform the fix is as follows:

1) In the Where's My Stuff?! form, check the checkbox ON (on the left of each grid row) for each hidden item that you want OnePager to fix.
2) You have the option also to select all grid rows in the Where’s My Stuff?! form by clicking the Select all button or you can click the Clear selections button to unselect all previously selected actions.
3) When your selections are complete, click the Fix Selected button and OnePager makes the selected items visible. Additionally, OnePager provides a list of the actions taken in the INFORMATION AREA of the Where’s My Stuff?! form as shown above.

As an example, suppose we select the top four rows in the Where's My Stuff?! form to be fixed as shown below:

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When the Fix Selected button is clicked, the Where’s My Stuff?! form responds as shown below:

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Upon performing the fix action described above, the chart is updated to reflect the changes made. The changes made by clicking the Fix Selected button as described above are subject to the Undo/Redo functions using the available active buttons on the OnePager ribbon tool bar.

Managing the “Where’s My Stuff?!” form’s columns

For your convenience the Where’s My Stuff?! form has three (3) features to help you manage the columns within the Where’s My Stuff?! form.

Rearranging Columns

The columns in the form can be rearranged left to right by left clicking the column header and dragging it to the left or right. This feature is quite convenient for grouping form columns together for the purpose of identifying and fixing issues. The column positions after dragging and dropping are not permanent. Below is a sequence of illustrations showing first the original arrangement of columns and second the column positions after the Hidden row column is moved all the way to the left:

Before Dragging Hidden Row Column to the Left Most Position
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After Dragging Hidden Row Column to the Left Most Position
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Where’s My Stuff?! Column Sorting

To sort the task bars on the values in any column, left click the column's header. For example, if the ID column is selected, all the grid rows are sorted in numerical order from lowest to highest. In a similar way, sorting the Task name column causes the grid rows to be sorted such that they are arranged in alphabetical order (A-Z) based on the content of the Task name column. The following example is a sort the Task name column showing the before and after illustrations:

Before Sorting the Task Name Column
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After Sorting the Task Name Column
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Selecting any of the column headers with X's using the cursor and left-clicking in the column's header groups the X's at either the top or the bottom of the grid and rearranges the data in the associated grid row accordingly.

Where’s My Stuff?! Column Width

If need be, you can widen any column in the form by placing the cursor on the edge of the column header cell and using the double arrow cursor to drag the column header's edge to the left or right as shown here:

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Where’s My Stuff?! Frozen Columns

The Select, ID and Task name columns are frozen so that they do not scroll out of view when you are scrolling left or right via the horizontal scroll bar in the grid as shown below:

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Related Links

Modifying the Time Axis (Portal)

Changing the Chart’s Start/Finish Dates for OnePager Pro

Changing the Chart’s Start/Finish Dates for OnePager Express

Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Pro

Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Express

Hiding and Unhiding Rows and Swimlanes

Absorbing one task into another

Creating and Managing Virtual Summary Tasks

Using the Where Are My Links? Form for OnePager Pro

Using the Where Are My Links? Form for OnePager Express

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