Standard Mode vs. Spreadsheet Mode

Modified on Sun, 9 Oct, 2022 at 12:12 PM

The Tasks screen has two modes for viewing your project's schedule and tasks:

  • Standard mode
  • Spreadsheet mode


Standard Mode

Standard mode displays all summary tasks, tasks and milestones vertically each on their own separate row on the Task screen.  The columns in Tasks screen represent the various data attributes of the summary tasks, tasks and milestones in the project. This mode lets you see many data attributes about your tasks at the same time.


To enter into Standard Mode, follow these steps:

  1. Go to the Projects screen by clicking Projects on the left sidebar.
  2. Find the project you wish to work on and click on it to enter the project.
  3. Click on Tasks on the left sidebar to enter the Tasks view of the project.
  4. Click the Spreadsheet Mode button to turn off Spreadsheet Mode on the Tasks screen toolbar.



Spreadsheet Mode

Spreadsheet mode is a special viewing mode in the Tasks screen.  It lists all the summary tasks on separate rows and all tasks as columns alongside the summary tasks.  This is a more compact way to see tasks as compared to seeing tasks listed in rows in Standard mode.  You can create task groups in Spreadsheet mode so that you have a consistent set of task columns that you can enter date and view for a project.


Note: In Spreadsheet mode, you can only see one data attribute for the tasks at any one time. 


To enter into Spreadsheet Mode, follow these steps:

  1. Go to the Projects screen by clicking Projects on the left sidebar.
  2. Find the project you wish to work on and click on it to enter the project.
  3. Click on Tasks on the left sidebar to enter the Tasks view of the project.
  4. Click the Spreadsheet Mode button to turn on Spreadsheet Mode on the Tasks screen toolbar.




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