Project: Highlighting Filter Not Applied to All Filtered Tasks
  
PSS ID Number: Q113363
Article last modified on 07-21-1995
 
4.00    | 4.00
 
WINDOWS | MACINTOSH
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Project for Windows, version 4.0
 - Microsoft Project for the Macintosh, version 4.0
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SYMPTOMS
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In Microsoft Project, when you apply a filter as a highlighting filter to
tasks in your project, the highlight formatting may not be applied to every
filtered task.
 
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem
and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it
becomes available.
 
CAUSE
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When you apply the highlight filter to tasks in your project, the highlight
formatting does not overwrite direct formatting that you have applied to a
task. For example, if you have formatted a task for italic, and the color
yellow, when you apply the highlight filter, the task still appears italic
and yellow, even if the task meets the filter criteria.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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In Microsoft Project version 4.0, you can apply direct formatting to
individual tasks by using the Font command on the Format menu.
However, when you apply a filter as a highlighting filter, the
formatting applied by the filter does not overwrite any formatting
that you have applied to the task using the Font command on the
Format menu.
 
When you apply a highlighting filter to a project, the tasks that
meet the filter criteria and have not been directly formatted are
formatted with the Highlighted Tasks text style. When you select a
highlighted task, and choose Font from the Format menu, the
highlighting format appears in the Font dialog box. If you then apply
direct formatting to this task, and remove the highlight filter, the
task retains the direct formatting that you applied. Direct
formatting overwrites highlighted filter formatting at all times.
 
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. In a new project, enter 3 tasks, T1 with a duration of 1d, T2, and T3,
   each with a duration of 2d.
 
2. Select T2. From the Format menu, choose Font. From the Color list,
   select Lime, and choose OK.
 
3. From the Tools menu, choose Filtered For, and then choose More Filters.
   Select the Task option. From the Filters list, select Critical. Choose
   the Highlight button.
 
T1 remains black, as expected, and T3 is displayed in blue (the default
highlight color) because it meets the filter criteria. However, T2 is Lime,
even though it meets the filter criteria.
 
REFERENCES
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For an Overview Of Filters, choose the Search button in Help and type:
 
   filter criteria
 
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Additional reference words: 4.00
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