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In its simplest form ProjeX defines these as:

• Task - has a starting date and a duration (or ending date if tasks are defined by starting and ending dates). If you want a blank row between tasks to space them out then the cannot just be left blank (ProjeX will think it has got to the end of the tasks), enter a space ' ' as the task description and the row will be ignored.
• Milestone - has a starting date but NO duration ( if tasks defined by start and duration) or starting date but NO ending date (if tasks defined by start and end). They appear on the Gantt chart as black diamonds.
• Group - has a task description but no starting date (or duration or ending date). This is called an 'overview' group now. If selected (from the 'Display Properties' dialog) these overview groups can be displayed on the Gantt chart as black bars.

This is how ProjeX has traditionally thought.

Different type of grouping as been added to ProjeX that have been accessible using the right mouse button (for more info ...). From release 97.1.24, ProjeX has the option to automatically set the basic overview group (drawn as a black bar if required), the overview group (a solid bar, color coded to show the status of the tasks contained) or a multi-part or 'broken' group (if there are time gaps between included tasks they are shown as gaps in the group bar.

Overview	Tracking	Broken

This functionality is available by selecting the group using the right mouse button and selecting the

The following dialog appears, the group type can be set on the bottom right of the 'General' tab

The dated group option is not currently available.