Asta Powerproject - Creating a task by drawing on the bar chart

Position the mouse pointer so that it is over bar 2 and slightly later than the task on bar 1.
Press and hold down the left mouse button, then drag the cursor to the right. As you drag, a popup box displays the start date, finish date and duration of the task you are drawing:
Using the date zone and the popup as a guide, release the mouse button when the task is two days in length.
Click away from the task to deselect it.

Notice that Asta Powerproject places the duration and start date of the task into the spreadsheet, but does not give it a name.
Click in bar 2 in the Name column, type Task 2, then press ENTER to finish editing.

New tasks snap to a time unit (for example, hours, days or weeks) by default, making it easier to draw tasks with consistent durations. Tasks created using this template snap to a time unit of days, so each task you create will initially have a duration that is measured in whole days. You can change the snapping time unit, or turn off bar chart snapping.