ConceptDraw Project Online Manual

Content

Welcome to ConceptDraw Project

• Introduction
• What's new
• What is Gantt Chart (historical reference)
• Registration
• Subscribing to Newsletter
• Downloading Updates
• Technical Support

Lesson 1. QuickStart. Creating of first project

• Creating a workspace with a project
• Developing a project
• Making up the resource sheet
• Assigning resources to tasks

Lesson 2. Managing Project and Resources

• The three modes of presenting the document
• Managing the task list
  • Gantt Chart view
  • Adding/deleting task/subtask
  • Moving task up/down. Changing task hierarchy
  • Showing/hiding subtasks
• Intertask dependencies
• Information about the task
• Settings connected with time
  • Project Start Date
  • Changing schedule for Workspace
    • Default schedule
    • Working schedule
  • Changing dates of task completion
    • Change date in the task list
    • Change time of task completion on the graphic part of the Chart
    • Change time of task completion in dialog Task information, tab General
  • Customizing of timescale
• Milestones. Deadlines
  • Milestones
  • Deadlines
• Degree of task completion
• Managing Resources
  • Making up and editing Resource Sheet
  • Assigning resources to tasks
• Work Cost
  • Resource cost
  • Baseline and Real task costs
    • Baseline
    • Real cost
  • Currency display settings

Lesson 3. Ways of sharing and converting of the document

• Printing out the document
  • Quick printing
  • Setting document parameters
  • Print Setup
  • Print Preview and Printing
• Reports
• Export
  • Export to MindMap Outline
  • Export to MS Project XML
  • Export to ConceptDraw XML
• Import
  • Import from MindMap Outline
  • Import from MS Project XML

Lesson 4. Additional operations with a document

• Workspace
  • Add new project to Workspace
  • Insert project from MS Project
  • Consider sharing of resources
    • Inserting project into a project
    • Links between tasks of different projects
• Document Properties
• Interface settings

Appendix. User Interface Reference

• Menu
• Context menus
• Toolbars
• Dialogs
• Windows
• Reports
• Keyboard Shortcuts