Menu Action

Description

Shortcut

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General Menu P P P

Save

Without closing: Saves the current version of the plan. In order to propagate all the changes in all records of the project, the plan is briefly closed and reopened in edit mode.

CTRL-S

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Cancel

Cancel all changes done in this session

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Undo

Undo the last action.

CTRL-Z

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Redo

Redo the last cancelled action.

CTRL-Y

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Zoom in

CTRL-NUM

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Zoom Scroll Bar

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Zoom out

CTRL- NUM-

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Zoom to fit

Whole project range within the Gantt chart.

CTRL-F

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Zoom to Date Format

4 options:

Day: Zooms Gantt to a day format in the date scale.

Week: Zooms Gantt to a week format in the date scale.

Month: Zooms Gantt to a month format in the date scale.

Year: Zooms Gantt to a year format in the date scale.

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Today

Zooms on todays date.

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Up/Down of Menu

Changes between small and large action menu.

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Items Menu P P

Insert Task

Inserts a new task after the last selected item in the Gantt chart. The new task is appended at the end of the item list if no item is selected. It has a default name and duration of 1 day starting at the present date.

INS

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Insert Milestone

Inserts a new milestone after the last selected item in the Gantt chart. The new task is appended at the end of the item list if no item is selected.

ALT-INS

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Copy Items

Copies the selected items to the clipboard. Assignments are copied without the current progress. Constraints are copied as well if they exist.

The content of the clipboard is not readable outside of the Genius Planner context.

CTRL-C

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Paste Items

Pastes items currently on the clipboard after the last selected task in the Gantt chart. Pasted items are appended at the end of the tasks list if no task is selected.

CTRL-V

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Delete Items

Deletes the currently selected items in the Gantt chart.

The user has to confirm this action before the operation is performed.

DEL

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Item Properties

Opens the Item Properties Window to the "General" section.

CTRL-I

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Phases Menu

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Indent Item

Indents selected tasks to a lower hierarchy level.

CTRL- RIGHT

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Outdent Item

Outdents selected tasks to a higher hierarchy level.

CTRL-LEFT

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Items Movement P

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Move Item Up

Moves the selected task upwards. The hierarchy level is not changed.

CTRL-UP

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Move Item Down

Moves the selected task downwards. The hierarchy level is not changed.

CTRL- DOWN

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Timeshift Items

Shifts the selected tasks, milestones and phases to a new date specified by the user, the start date being kept on the same day of the week.

SHIFT-T

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Links Menu

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Link Selected items

Link the selected items.

CTRL-L

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Create Link

Used to create dependencies between two items. When using this action, the cursor changes to a cross. The start and end points of the constraint have to be selected.

CTRL-INS

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Delete Link

Deletes the currently selected constraint in the Gantt chart.

The user has to confirm this action before the operation is performed.

DEL

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Link properties

When a link between two items is selected, displays detailed information about the link, such as time lag.

CTRL-I

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Automatic END- START link

Allows all newly created item to be constrained with an END-START constraint. By default, no END-START constraint is created between newly created items.

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Resources Menu P

Insert Resource

Select the new resource to add from the "Insert new resource" dialog box and click OK.

ALT-R

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Replace Resource

In the "Resource replacement" dialog box that opens, select the resource to be replaced and the replacement resource.

CTRL- SHIFT-R

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Edit Assignments

Opens the "Item Properties Window" to the "Resources" section.

CTRL-R

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Delete Assignments

Deletes all assignments for the currently selected task in the Gantt chart.

The user has to confirm his action before the operation is performed.

CTRL-D

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Progress Menu P

Progress

2 options:

Work: Display the standard work progress in items.

Physical: Display the physical progress on items and allow changing this value in the properties of activities.

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Dates

3 options:

Display the current date in the Gantt Chart

Display the current date with planned baseline in the Gantt Chart

Display the current date with initial baseline in the Gantt Chart

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Baselines

4 options:

Accept selected dates as planned dates: Save selected new changes to the project dates as planned dates

Accept all current dates as planned dates: Save all new changes to the project dates as planned dates

Accept selected current dates as initial baseline: Save selected new changes into the initial baseline

Accept all current dates as initial baseline: Save all new changes into the initial baseline

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View Menu

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Item Name displayed

5 options:

Name: By default, displays the name of the items inside the items bar in the Gantt Chart.

Resources: Displays the resources assigned to the items inside the items bar in the Gantt Chart.

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Start Time: Display the start date / time of the items inside the items bar in the Gantt Chart.

End Time: Display the end date / time of the items inside the items bar in the Gantt Chart.

None: No name is displayed

Expand/Collapse All

Expand / Collapse Phases

CTRL- ENTER

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Show/Hide Critical Path

Show / Hide the critical Path of the project.

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Move To Item

Jumps to the selected item and displays it in the Gantt Chart.

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