Edit a project in Project desktop
Outline tasks in a project
Indent and outdent tasks to show hierarchy. An indented task becomes a subtask of the task above it, which becomes a summary task.
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Select View > Task Views > Gantt Chart.
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Select the task or tasks in the Task Name column that you want to indent or outdent.
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Do one of the following:
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Select Task > Schedule >Indent Task
or press Alt+Shift+Left, to make the task a subtask. -
Select Task > Schedule > Outdent Task
or press Alt+Shift+Right, to move the task to the level of the task above it.
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You can use subtasks and summary tasks to show phases, easily navigate through a large project, and more.
![Screenshot of outlined tasks in a project plan.](https://cxcs.microsoft.net/static/public/central/neutral/05642b18-321e-464c-bd10-c1381fbd9c67/66b4a6d4b8cc5ebbb3e1c96be2a58b9d1ab2ce8c.png)
Link tasks in a project
You can link any two tasks in a project to show their relationship, which is called a task dependency. After you link the tasks, every change you make to one affects the other.
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Select View > Task Views > Gantt Chart.
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Hold down Ctrl and select the two tasks you want to link (in the Task Name column).
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Select Task > Link the Selected Tasks
or press Ctrl+F2.
Project supports four kinds of task links to show different relationships.
For more information about task links and scheduling, see How Project schedules tasks: Behind the scenes.
![Composite screenshot of linked tasks in a project plan and Gantt chart.](https://cxcs.microsoft.net/static/public/central/neutral/dc6d6eb4-4f6e-4357-8f89-e5c38d98b353/2650d7fa3354c804640f7899c5fc38d941046f9c.png)
Change your view
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Select the View tab.
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Do one of the following:
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Select the view that you want to use in the Task Views group or Resource Views group.
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Select Gantt Chart > More Views to see all the available views, and then select from the options in the More Views dialog box.
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![Composite screenshot of the Task Views and Resource Views groups on the View tab and a project plan in Calendar view.](https://cxcs.microsoft.net/static/public/central/neutral/a0a4b3a1-426f-4eac-baa7-28507312b34d/d2a6ad851b5afa8a987966780d988237a84d4707.png)