If you want an overview of project progress by book, do the following:
- From the Project menu, select Progress Charts….
- From the "Select View" drop-down list, select By Book.
- If you want to display fewer books in the chart, click the gear symbol at the upper right of the dialog, and do either or both of the following:
- Clear the Show books with no progress (0%) check box.
- Clear the Show completed books (100%) check box.
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Optionally: On the toolbar, click the printer icon to print the chart.
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Optionally: Adjust the "Highlight Progress Since" date. (See the instructions below.)
A gray bar shows all progress before the "Highlight Progress Since" date.
A light-blue bar shows progress since the "Highlight Progress Since" date.
In the "All Stages" part of the chart, the length of a horizontal line by a book gives an idea of the amount of completed progress for that book. The percentage of completed progress appears either to the right of short horizontal lines or inside longer horizontal lines.
# Adjust the "Highlight Progress Since" date
To adjust the "Highlight Progress Since" date, click the calendar icon to the right of the "Highlight Progress Since" box and do one of the following:
- Click the right-arrow or left-arrow to navigate to a date, and then click that date.
- Click No Highlight to replace light blue bars with light gray bars.
- Click Start of Quarter to highlight progress since the first day of the current quarter.
- Click Start of Previous Quarter to highlight progress since the first day of the previous quarter.
- Click A Month Ago to highlight progress since the date one month earlier than the current date.
- Click A Year Ago to highlight progress since the date one year earlier than the current date.
