Asta Powerproject - Copying and pasting bars
- Move the mouse pointer over bar 1 in the Line column, then click. Bar 1 is selected.
- Hold down CTRL and click bar 2 in the Line column. Both bars are now selected.
- On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Copy.
- On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Paste.
The two existing bars are copied and pasted into bars 3 and 4:
You will now use the properties view to rename the tasks on bars 3 and 4. The properties view, which appears in the lower portion of the screen, is divided into a number of tabs, each of which displays a different type of information about the selected task or bar. You can use the properties view to view and edit information about the currently-selected bar or task.
- If the properties view is not currently displayed, click
in the status bar at the bottom-right of the Asta Powerproject window to display it. The properties view may appear minimised, as illustrated below; if it does, click the Bar & Task Properties tab to display it:
- Move the mouse pointer over the task on bar 3 in the bar chart so that the cursor changes to
, then click to select the task. Details of the bar on which the selected task is located appear in the Bar tab of the properties view at the bottom of the screen:
- Enter Task 3 in the Name field, then click a blank area of the bar chart to finish editing.
- Select the task on bar 4 and follow the steps above to rename that task to Task 4.