PRJ4: Fit Timescale To Page Problem w/Timescale Units in Months |
Q115099
The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Project for Windows, version 4.0
SYMPTOMS
The Fit Timescale To Page option in the View tab in the Page Setup dialog box does not allow you to scale correctly when Units is set to Months in the Minor Timescale area. This also occurs when Units in the Major Timescale area is set to Months and Units in the Minor Timescale area
is set to None.
CAUSE
Steps to Reproduce Behavior:
- Create 10 tasks, set the duration for each to 25d, and link them
finish to start.
- From the Format menu, choose Timescale and set
Units in the Major Timescale to Months and
Units in the Minor Timescale to None. Choose
OK.
- From the File menu, choose Page Setup, select the
View tab and clear the Fit Timescale To Page
Option.
- Choose the Print Preview button, and then choose the
Multiple Page icon.
NOTE: The last two tasks are on page 2.
- Choose the Page Setup button, select the Fit Timescale To
Page option. Choose OK.
Expected Result: Printout is scaled to one page.
Actual Result: Printout is scaled, but a small portion of the last task is still on page 2; therefore, an extra page will be printed.
The following is a second example where scaling is increased instead of
decreased:
- Using the file in the first example, delete the last four
tasks.
- From the File menu, choose Page Setup, select the
View tab and clear the Fit Timescale To Page Option.
Choose the Print Preview button.
NOTE: All tasks fit on one page.
- Choose the Page Setup button, select the Fit Timescale To
Page option, and then choose OK.
Expected result: Printout is scaled so tasks more nearly fill the page.
Actual Result: Printout is scaled too much, so the last tasks go to a second page.
RESOLUTION
Choose a different timescale unit. The other timescale units scale
correctly.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed
at the beginning of this article.This problem was corrected in Microsoft Project for Windows 95.
Additional query words:
month