[Year 12 IT Apps] Project Management Software

[Jeffrey Lynn]

Joseph.

I'd never thought of those! Thanks.  :-)

Goes to show we can all learn new tricks.

Cheers.

Jeff Lynn,
        Hales Institute,
        Melbourne, 3000.



-----Original Message-----
From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of Joseph Papaleo
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 1:05 PM
To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Project Management Software

Hi

Try using "Autoshapes - Elbow Connector". It does the same thing in one
click.
If you can't find Autoshapes in Excel, open the toolbars - 2 clicks

Joseph Papaleo






On 14/02/2008, Jeffrey Lynn <jslynn at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

	Antonia.
	
	This is good.
	
	I teach this in much the same way, only using the drawing tools to
produce
	the dependency arrows and milestone diamonds.
	
	To create an arrow, I get the students to draw a horizontal line,
then a
	separate vertical line with arrow. Then the two are butted up and
grouped.
	Next, reduce the size to something that suits the Gantt chart and
finally,
	copy as many times as needed. The grouped shape can be stretched to
	accommodate any distance down the Gantt chart and two may be
superimposed to
	create multiple dependencies.
	
	Additionally, for those who wish to emulate something like MS
Project, a
	thicker line may be drawn within the Excel cells that form the time
bar to
	create a progress indicator.
	
	I hope this helps someone while not annoying others who already do
things
	this way.
	
	Jeff Lynn,
	Hales Institute,
	Melbourne, 3000.