Prepare Gantt Charts for Printing
Gantt charts can be printed with a border containing additional data about the project and the company around the chart. You can split the chart into different pages, each having its own border. For more information, see "Setting Print Properties" on page 1141
For printing, the Gantt chart or parts of a Gantt chart are inserted in a view generated in the view section of Tilos. This is a simple view containing only one cell, which should be empty. The flag Print form for Gantt Charts should be set in the tab View of the view.
Ways to access
In the menu, select Tools > Options > Functions > Classic printing (only accessible with classic printing; no longer existing in the new presentation mode). Select the Print icon on a Gantt chart. Then click Advanced Settings.
With an integrated, time-distance, or list view in the active window, select File > Print in the main menu.
Right-click in a view and select Print from the context menu.
Options
Main axis scaling
Fit print form to chart - In this mode, the selected scale of the chart is kept and the border is sized. The width of the inner cell containing the Gant chart = Width of text panel + Width of Gantt area.
Fit chart to print form - In this mode, the selected scale of the chart is changed and the border size is kept. The width for the Width of Gantt area = Width of inner cell - Width of text panel. This value is used to recalculate the scale that the whole Gantt range from the view fits into the border.
Bar lines mode
All rows on one page - In this mode, the row height of a Gantt row is changed so that all rows fit to 1 page of the printout.
Multiple pages calculated by row height - In this mode, the row height is kept and the program creates (on-demand) multiple views in order to print all rows of the Gantt chart.
Template view
Gantt print -
Print form - Select a print form. If the content of the combo is empty, you need first to create a print form using the function: Create a new view.
Gantt chart - Basic print settings
Open a Gantt Chart and open its context menu by right mouse click in the Activity area. Select the entry Gantt chart settings.
Advanced Settings - Open the more complex settings described below.
Bar lines mode
In this mode, the height of the template view is changed so that all lines fit on one page based on their defined height.
Multiple pages calculated by row height - In this mode, the row height is kept and the program creates on-demand multiple views in order to print all rows of the Gantt chart. The border of the template view is wrapped around each page (each showing a calculated number of Gantt lines).
Template view
Print view for Gantt chart - Select the border style for around the Gantt chart when printing; this is a separate object you can create or edit from the Tilos Explorer under Views > Print Form for Gantt Chart.
View Properties - Opens the print pane and Gantt Chart print preview with the selected border style (see above).
Note: To produce an appropriate print from a Gantt chart, you will likely need to use the Advanced Settings described below.
Gantt chart - Advanced print settings
Basic Settings - Open the simpler settings described on the previous page.
Main axis scaling
Fit print form to chart - In this mode, the selected scale of the chart is kept and the border (the template) is sized. The width of the inner cell containing the Gant chart = Width of text panel + Width of Gantt area.
Fit chart to print form - In this mode the selected scale of the bar chart is changed and the border size is kept. The width for the Width of Gantt area = Width of inner cell - Width of text panel. This value is used to recalculate the scale that the whole Gantt range from the view fits into the border.
Bar lines mode
In this mode, the height of the template view is changed so that all lines fit on one page based on their defined height.
Multiple pages calculated by row height - In this mode, the row height is kept and the program creates on demand multiple views in order to print all rows of the Gantt chart. The border of the template view is wrapped around each page (each showing a calculated number of Gantt lines).
Template view
Print view for Gantt chart - Select the border style for around the Gantt chart when printing; this is a separate object you can create or edit from the Tilos Explorer under Views > Print Form for Gantt Chart.
View Properties - Opens the print pane and Gantt Chart print preview with the selected border style (see above).