How To Draw Project Network Diagram

Create a Network Diagram in Project desktop

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A Network Diagram is a graphical way to view tasks, dependencies, and the disquisitional path of your projection. Boxes (or nodes) represent tasks, and dependencies show up as lines that connect those boxes. After you've switched views, you lot can add a legend, customize how your boxes appear, and impress your Network Diagram.

To find the Network diagram view, choose View > Network Diagram.

Add a legend
Automatically change the way the boxes are laid out
Manually change the way boxes are laid out
Change the line manner between boxes
Choose what kind of chore information to evidence

Add a fable

Choose File > Impress > Page Setup.
On the Legend tab, decide how yous desire your legend to look, which pages it should testify up on, and then labels you lot want.
Cull OK.

Automatically modify the way the boxes are laid out

Cull View > Network Diagram.
Choose Format > Layout.
Nether Box Layout, choose the box arrangement, alignment, spacing, peak, and width that work best for you. To space boxes evenly, select Fixed in the Height and Width boxes.

Keep in mind that grouped tasks are positioned automatically. You'll need to disengage grouping if you want to change them.

Manually change the way boxes are laid out

If you've gotten this far and notwithstanding don't like how your boxes are positioned, click Format > Layout, select Allow manual box positioning, choose OK, and then drag the boxes to the spot y'all want.

If you lot manually reposition a task, you can change the layout of whatsoever linked tasks or subtasks associated with it by right-clicking on the task and choosing Layout Related Tasks At present.

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Alter the line mode between boxes

If you have a lot of tasks that you've linked to predecessor or successor tasks, the links between boxes tin be really hard to follow. Endeavor changing the line style, and then arranging them in way that's easier to run into.

Cull View > Network Diagram.
Choose Format > Layout.
Under Link style, select Rectilinear or Direct. Rectilinear links look like this , and straight links wait like this .
Select Bear witness arrows to add arrows that betoken to predecessor and successor tasks. Select Testify link labels to add together dependency and lead or lag time to the link line.

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Cull what kind of job information to evidence

If things are looking chaotic (or you beginning to feel data overload), effort changing the chore information in each box and then you only see what'southward virtually important.

Choose View > Network Diagram.
Choose Format > Box Styles.
In the Mode settings for list, select the task that you lot want to change.
Nether Edge, choose the shape, color, width, and gridline options to create the look you want.
Select a proper noun under Data template to use your changes to an existing template. To create a new template that volition employ your changes, choose More Templates, and then cull New (to create a new template), Copy (to base the new template on an existing one), Edit (to change a template), or Import (to import a template from another project).
Choose OK.