Define Activity Bar Text Layout

Use this procedure to define the layout of the activity bar.

To define the layout of text to be displayed in and around an activity bar:

In the Project Views folder of Open Plan Explorer, select a project to display in barchart view.
In the Barchart menu group of the View tab, click Bar Sets.
In the Bar Sets dialog box, select a bar set that contains the bar for which you want to define the text layout, and click Edit.
On the Bar Attributes tab of the Barset Preferences dialog box, select the appropriate bar, and click Text Layout.
From the Bar Type list in the Text Layout dialog box, select a bar type for which to define text layout.
From the Field column, select a field to display.
From the Position column, select a position in which to display the selected field.
The Bar Type column displays your selected bar type. You can, however, change it by selecting a new bar type from the list while the cursor is in this column.
From the Font column, click the ellipsis button to the right of the text box to select a font and its attributes.
Using Shift+click or Ctrl+click, select other bar types to check that the text layout you are defining does not interfere with the readability of text around other activity bars.
Continue defining text for other positions in and around the activity bar.
If you want the text around the activity bars to hide other objects in the same area of the barchart, select Opaque Text.
When you have finished defining the text layout, click OK.

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