Right- or Center-Aligned Demoted Text Truncated
  
PSS ID Number: Q113273
Article last modified on 09-18-1994
 
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Project for Windows, versions 1.0, 3.0, 3.0a, 4.0
 - Microsoft Project for Macintosh, versions 1.1, 3.0
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SYMPTOMS
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In Microsoft Project, when you demote a task that is right aligned, the
text in the task name is truncated from the left side. When you demote a
task that is center aligned, the text in the task name is truncated from
the left and the right sides.
 
CAUSE
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This behavior is by design in Microsoft Project. When you right-align or
center-align the Task Name column, the task name is moved to the right or
the center of the available space in the column. When a task is demoted, it
is indented from the left side of the column, which decreases the available
space in the column.
 
This indent always is from the left side of the column, even if text in the
column is right aligned. If a demoted task is right or center aligned, and
not all of the text fits in the available space in the column, the left
side of the text appears truncated (for right-aligned text) and both the
left and right sides of the text appear truncated (for center-aligned
text).
 
WORKAROUND
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If right-aligned fields in your project are truncated incorrectly,
you can increase the width of the affected column so that the correct
amount of text appears.
 
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. In a new project, type "Summary" (without the quotation marks) in the
   first row of the Task Name column.
 
2. In the second row of the Task Name column, type "This is a very very
   long name field entry" (without the quotation marks).
 
3. Select task 2, and from the Formatting toolbar, select the Indent
   button.
 
4. From the Formatting toolbar, select the Align Right button.
 
The text in task 2 is truncated from the left side at the location of the
indent applied in step 3.
 
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