Gridlines Galore

You may know you can update the formatting of the current gridlines you see in Project, but did you also know that you can add additional gridlines? While in the Gantt chart, go to Format - Gridlines and you can see in the list of "Lines to Change" everything that you can format. To get the line to show up, just set Type to something besides blank. I wanted to callout a few useful lines that aren't on by default:

- Project Start, Project Finish, and Status Date: This is especially helpful in large projects to help keep track of where you are in it.

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This gives you:

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- Gantt Rows: This draws a line between each gantt bar and helps with readability. If you draw a line between each gantt bar, this gets a bit overwhelming so I recommend setting the interval to 3 like this:

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This gives you:

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This is especially helpful for large print-outs.