REALLY simple question

OK, I'm starting to use Project again, haven't touched it
since '96 or before.

I am working on a project that is a launch of multiple
products.

In the past I used to be able to put a task in my project
that was called "launch date" and then I could schedule
all of my tasks to be due 1 week before to be
essentially "task X - 1W". Then, if there was a change
in the launch date I just moved that one task and
everything else fell into place.

I went throught the help file and have searched all over,
the problem is that I am not a project manager by trade
and I don't know how to find this functionality because I
don't know what to call it.

Thanks in advance.

1. Create your tasks. Do not enter a start or finish dates on the
tasks. Enter a duration.

2. Link the tasks (project will determine the start and finish dates
based on the linkages and durations).

3. Double click on the link lines on the Gantt chart. You can set up the
lags as appropriate.



On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 0758 -0800, pepper
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> OK, I'm starting to use Project again, haven't touched it
> since '96 or before.
>
> I am working on a project that is a launch of multiple
> products.
>
> In the past I used to be able to put a task in my project
> that was called "launch date" and then I could schedule
> all of my tasks to be due 1 week before to be
> essentially "task X - 1W". Then, if there was a change
> in the launch date I just moved that one task and
> everything else fell into place.
>
> I went throught the help file and have searched all over,
> the problem is that I am not a project manager by trade
> and I don't know how to find this functionality because I
> don't know what to call it.
>
> Thanks in advance.



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Hi Pepper,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :-)

From the Gantt Chart view, Window/Split . Set up you milestone and your
task with a FS link. Now select the due task and in the bottom screed
ente -1w in the lag cell. That should do it.

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: <http://www.mvps.org/project/>

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :-))

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP


pepper wrote:
> OK, I'm starting to use Project again, haven't touched it
> since '96 or before.
>
> I am working on a project that is a launch of multiple
> products.
>
> In the past I used to be able to put a task in my project
> that was called "launch date" and then I could schedule
> all of my tasks to be due 1 week before to be
> essentially "task X - 1W". Then, if there was a change
> in the launch date I just moved that one task and
> everything else fell into place.
>
> I went throught the help file and have searched all over,
> the problem is that I am not a project manager by trade
> and I don't know how to find this functionality because I
> don't know what to call it.
>
> Thanks in advance.