1.

Navigate Gantt Chart and Select Tasks

Arrow Keys
Move between Tasks
Home/End
Jump first cell / jump to last cell in row
Ctrl+Arrow Up/Ctrl+Arrow
Jump to first row / jump to last row
Down
Ctrl+Home/Ctrl+End
Jump to first cell / jump to last cell
Shift+Space
Select current row
Ctrl+Space
Select current column
With shift pressed, extend selection of cell (or of
Shift+Arrow Keys
row/column if selected prior)
Extend selection to beginning / to end of
Ctrl+Shift+Home/Ctrl+Shift
document. To select all, press ctrl+home, then
+End
ctrl+shift+end
Enter/Shift+Enter
With active selection: move up / move down
With active selection: move to the right / move
Tab/Shift+Tab
to the left
F3
With Column Filter active: Remove all Filters
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Ctrl+Shift+A
Ctrl+Shift+M
Alt+Shift+Arrow Right
Alt+Shift+Arrow Left
F2
Ctrl+F2
Ctrl+Shift+F2
Shift+F2
Alt+F10
Insert
Alt+Shift+Alt+Shift+=
Alt+Shift+*

2. Manage Tasks
Change task to 'Auto Schedule'
Change task to 'Manually Schedule'
Indent selected task (make it a subtask)
Outdent selected task (promote subtask)
Edit Task (or any other field)
With multiple tasks selected: Link Tasks
With multiple tasks selected: Unlink Tasks
Open 'Task Information' Window for current Task
Open 'Assign Resources' Window for current Task
Insert new Task at current Position
Collapse / Hide Subtask(s)
Expand / Show Subtask(s)
Expand All / Show All Subtasks

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3. Change Time Scale View

Alt+Arrow Left/Alt+Arrow
Move the Time Scale view to the right / to the

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left
Move to start of the Time Scale (typically
Alt+Home
current date)
Ctrl+[/ on numeric keyboard Zoom in Time Scale (show smaller time units)
Ctrl+* on numeric keyboard Zoom out Time Scale (show larger time units)
Ctrl+Shift+F5
Bring Time Scale into focus for current Task
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Enter
Esc
Backspace
Delete
Ctrl+Delete
Shift+End/Shift+Home
Insert
Ctrl+B
Ctrl+I
Ctrl+U
Alt+arrow down on date
field

4. Edit Fields
Accept an entry
Cancel an entry
Delete one character to the left
Delete one character to the right
Delete one word to the right
Extend the selection to the end / to the start of
the text
Turn Overtype mode on or of
Mark entry or selection as bold
Mark entry or selection as italic
Mark entry or selection as underline
Open Calendar (press escape twice to leave field)

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5. Access Projects 2010 Features

Ctrl+P
Print Menu
Ctrl+O
Open Menu
Ctrl+S
Save Project
Ctrl+F
Find Menu
Ctrl+G
Goto Menu
Ctrl+H
Replace Menu
Ctrl+K
Insert Hyperlink
Alt+J
Jump to ribbon menus
Ctrl+X/Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V
Cut / Copy / Paste
Ctrl+N
New Project
F7
Start Spellcheck
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6. Navigate Projects Help

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Alt+F4
Alt+Tab
Alt+Home
Tab/Shift+Tab
Enter
Alt+Arrow Left/Alt+Arrow
Right
Arrow Up/Arrow Down
Page Up/Page Down
Ctrl+P
Ctrl+F
F6
Arrow Down/ arrow up in
Table of Contents
Arrow Right/ arrow left in
Table of Contents

Open the Help window

Close the Help window
Switch between Help and active program
Go to Projects Help Home
Select the next item / previous item
Perform the action for the selected item
Move back to the previous / forward to next topic
Scroll up / scroll down
Scroll larger amounts up or down, respectively,
within the currently displayed Help topic.
Print the current Help topic.
Search on page. Press escape to close search
window
Switch among areas in the Help window
Select next / select previous item
Expand or collapse the selected item