Find out how to reduce the column width in MS Project.

1. How to Reduce the Column Width

2. Reducing Column Widths in MS Project

3. It is useful to reduce the width of columns so more
data may be displayed on screen and in printouts.

4. There are several ways to reduce column
widths via MS Project Settings:
 To prevent the Task Name from
indenting, select theTools, Options…, View tab
and uncheck the Indent name option.

5.  To reduce the width of the Duration
column, select the Tools, Options…, Edit tab
and under View options for time units in
‘Project 1’:
 Minutes:, Hours:, Days:, Weeks:, Months:, Years: –
From the drop-down boxes, select your preferred
designators for these units. Change “days” to “d” and
“hr” to “h” to make the duration columns narrower.
 Add space before label – Places a space between the
value and the label; uncheck this to make duration
columns narrower.
 Change the column title from Duration to Dur:
 Change the date format to a shorter format in
the Tools, Options…, View tab.

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