User manual

Custom Formatting for Presentation 9-3
Setup Wizard templates
When starting a new schedule using the Milestones Setup Wizard, choose from dozens of ready-to-go schedule
templates.
1. Choose File | Files and Templates: Open and Save Options | Wizard.
2.
Select Predesigned Template
3. Under Templates in current template folder, select a template.
4. Choose Next, then enter a schedule title.
5. Choose Next, then select a schedule start date.
6. Click Finish.
Most templates have basic instructions on how to use the schedule. These instructions are in a freeform text
box that can be deleted by clicking on the box once with the arrow tool and pressing the Delete button on your
keyboard.
Create and save a template
Open a blank schedule and format it—see the beginning of this section for schedule areas whose format is retained
by a template.
Or, open an existing schedule that is already formatted to your liking.
1. Chose File | Files and Templates: Open and Save Options | Save As... | Personal Template.
2. Enter a template name in the fi eld labeled File Name.
3. If you wish to use this template as the default, choose File | Files and Templates: Open and Save
Options | Save As... | Standard Template and name the template default.mtp.
4. Click Save.
If the template was saved as default.mtp, when you click File | Files and Templates: Open and Save Options |
New, the new default template will appear.
Patterns and Gradient Fills
Patterns
In addition to the many symbol and bar shapes, you can also fi ll the symbols and bars with
a wide variety of colors and patterns.
This sample shows some of the patterns for horizontal bars:
Marbled fi ll patterns are full-colored bitmaps which will ignore any color fi ll settings.
Use of marbled fi ll patterns increases the size of printer fi les and metafi les, especially on
high-resolution printers. Thus, printing time may be increased.
Gradient fi lls
Gradient fi lls allow you to fade the background or fi l color from one color to white, in many
directions (to top, bottom, center, and more). These “special effects” can be chosen for
many parts of your schedule, including horizontal bars, date headings, column headings,
task shading, legends, and more, as shown below: