Tasks (also called Activities) are the central organizing concept of a Gantt chart.

In JCVGantt, when connected to MindManager...you might have some trouble understanding the nomenclature because MindManager refers to each branch of their visual map as a "Topic", while in our Gantt, we refer to "Tasks".

(To further confuse MindManager 2002 users, what Mindjet now calls a "Topic", used to be called a "Branch"!)

Our suggestion, is don't worry about what it's called.

Just think of the Task, Activity, Topic, Branches, Goals...whatever you choose to represent on the gantt chart... as simply "stuff that we need to schedule and show on a timeline", and you'll free your mind to invent new uses of the gantt.

There are several ways to add tasks:

·         Press your Insert key, then type in the task description

·         Add tasks by clicking the + (Plus) Icon then type in the task description

·         Right-click in the Tree pane on the left and click New, then type in the task description

·         From the Task menu, click New.

If you're using a tablet PC, click the PEN ICON, then double-click in the Tree area to instantly add a new task.

An ink edit area will appear that looks like this:

Click the Exit icon to add the ink to the project, or click the Balloon icon to convert ink to text.

Any task can have an entire word processing document stored inside the task

Just select any task and click the notes icon on the bottom and the ABC... tab

Remove Tasks

There are several ways to remove tasks:

·         Select any task and press the delete key

·         Select any task and click the - (Minus) Icon.

·         Right-click in the Tree Pane on the left and click Delete

·         From the Task menu, click Delete.

Double-click any Task Bar or Task Name to display the Properties Dialog

The Properties Dialog allows you to edit Task Name, Duration, Percent Complete, Priority, Start Date, End Date, Milestone Markers, Color, Predecessors (a.k.a. Dependencies) and Resources...for any Task.

Display the properties window for any task

Click the [x] Milestone checkbox to toggle the milestone display