Asta Powerproject - Creating your first task

You can create tasks by typing in the spreadsheet or drawing on the bar chart to show the start, finish and duration of an activity. In this lesson you will create a task by typing in the spreadsheet.

To create your first task:

Position the mouse pointer over the Name column of the first bar in the spreadsheet, then click. A text insertion cursor appears, indicating where the task name will appear when you start typing.

Enter Task 1 then press ENTER.

A task is created on bar 1, starting on today's date. Notice that the task's duration is five working days:

Five working days is the default duration of a task in projects that are created using this template. You can change the default duration to any other length of time.

The task may appear smaller or larger in the bar chart in your project, when compared to the above illustration.