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Refresh from Microsoft Project Server

It's now possible to select Refresh from Project Server on the Connections tab of Milestones Professional and Milestones Project Companion. This new feature is available for users of version 2008.

To get this new feature, first download the latest update on your software's Help tab.

Latest Tips and Tricks

Have a Question? We have the answers. The KIDASA Software Web site support and Q&A sections have been reorganized to better meet customer needs. Here are a few of the questions our support team fielded recently:

Tip of the month: Move a column from one side of the schedule to the other

Q: I have a schedule with 3 columns. I want the End Dates column on the right side of my schedule. How can I do this?

A. Using the arrow tool, click the top border of the column you want to move (1). The cursor will change to

Drag the column to the right side of the schedule. You will notice the insertion marker

Drop the column at the insertion point.

Zoom in on a spot
Question: How can I zoom in to see more detail?

Scrolling through a schedule by a few days, weeks, or months at a time
Question: I have a schedule that spans many months, but I only want to work on one week (sometimes one month) at a time. Is there any way that the schedule can just scroll into the next (or previous) week, month, quarter, year?

Duplicate Items when refreshing from Microsoft Project
Question: When updating our Milestones Professional presentation schedule, we are using a text field in Microsoft Project. Our question is, if the Microsoft Project file has two tasks with the same text "ID" then which task will the Milestones refresh program use to update the Milestones presentation schedule?

Show numbers instead of dates on a timescale
Question: Can a time scale show numbers instead of dates? For example, can I show 1, 2, ... instead of January, February, ...

Can't Select Picture Previously Added
Question: I am having trouble removing a picture on my schedule. For some reason, I can't select it.

Substitutable Duration Text
Question: Can I show the duration of a horizontal task bar as the text for that bar? Can I add text to it? For Example [duration] working days.

Vertical Milestone Indicator Lines
Question: I would like to add vertical milestone lines across all tasks. The vertical milestone line would look like the current date line, but I would be able to add several as needed. Is that possible?

Milestones Professional Programming Reference
Question: I am trying to develop an application which ties together my Microsoft Excel spreadsheet with Milestones Professional so that I can consolidate my financial information with my schedule information. I know Milestones Professional fairly well but I am not familiar with programming. Is there any documentation anywhere?

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Did you miss April's newsletter? Here's what was included:

Milestones Professional helps a customer make a case for more headcount during down times
Tips for working with plotters and large format printers.
Tips and tricks:
- What's the best way to e-mail schedules to others?
- Is it possible to have a time scale which is more expanded in one year than in the others?
- For custom date headings, can the symbol date format correspond to the headings
- How can I get the symbol text to have a transparent background?
- How can I change the bar shape for my summary tasks?
- Can I select one column of information in Excel and paste that column into Milestones?
- Is there a way to quickly see the Unique IDs on each symbol while I'm working on a Milestones chart

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