MS Project How To

MS Project is a powerful scheduling and tracking tool. We will use 
only a few of the options, but you may want to explore others. I 
recommend that you take the built-in tutorial, but here is the
minimum you will need to know.

How to start a new project: 
* Select File/New. 
* Enter the project start date. 
* Stay in Gantt Chart mode.
* When done, select File/Save as.

How to add a task:
* Enter the name in Task Name column.
* Select Project/Task Information or right click on the task name 
  to set the start and finish dates.

How to add a milestone
* Enter a task with 0 duration.
* E.g. submitting drafts, speaking in science colloquium
* Status each week (recurring, o duration)

How to add a recurring task
* Insert/Recurring Task
* Enter task information

Change how it looks
* Change scale via Format/Timescale/Enlarge