Dear
trust me it's easy
spend sometime with it, just play around it and you will discover that the major functions are the same but in a different layout.
any how
you can start by
file" Alt + F" the New "N"
you can assign tasks and you could modify your entry by Selection ..
http://www.microsoft.com/project/en/us/gantt-chart.aspx
cheers
chk Microsoft support for your queries... http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/147424 Microsoft Office Project 2007 Official Website - http://www.Microsoft.com/project/en/us/default.aspx
A Gantt chart template can be used alongside software such as Microsoft Excel to present data and charts in the Gantt chart format. Microsoft Excel does not include the Gantt chart format by default.
Although the terms are often used as synonyms they are not the same. A Gantt chart is a specific type of bar chart. Gantt did not invent the bar chart, the concept of bar charts pre-date Gantt's work by at least a century. The erroneous description of a bar chat as a Gantt chart and the belief that Gantt invented the bar chart probably results from the decision of Microsoft, in 1984/1985, to misname the bar chart view in its scheduling tool Microsoft Project as a Gantt chart. See 'Where did the Misuse of the names Gantt and PERT Originate?'. P Weaver. PM World Journal, Vol. II, Issue IV, (April 2013).
The Gantt Chart gets its name from its inventor Henry Gantt which he made in 1930. The Gantt Chart is a bar chart that illustrates project schedules. They are used for any projects that involve resource, milestones, effort, and deliveries.
See related links for a free Excel Gantt Chart template.A gantt chart is a common tool for project planning and keeping track of the status of individual tasks within a project. This type of chart was invented in 1910 by a mechanical engineer named Henry Gantt.
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If one needs to produce a Gantt chart for a report or presentation, one can use Microsoft Excel or Smartsheet. Both these software programs offer Gantt charts with a tutorial to help complete the chart.
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A Gantt chart represents activities as horizontal bars displayed beneath a time scale, with the name of the activity in a list on the left. Each bar shows when an activity will begin and end. Henry Gantt invented the charts that bear his name in 1910, creating them by hand using drawing tools and poster board. These days, Gantt charts are created using project management software, such as Microsoft Project or Open Workbench, based on a work breakdown structure and project schedule. Many modern software tools also represent dependencies among tasks, borrowed from the PERT chart.
A Gantt Chart's main advantage is that it allows to easily monitor the progress of a project and check the allocation of resources.
Use Microsoft project or make a gantt chart perform a critical path analysis Click on the Related Questions for more help on management
Gantt is the name of the person ( Henry Gantt) who designed and spread the use of the Gantt Chart in the west.