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Learn how to Make a Gantt Chart in Excel, including features like a scrolling timeline and the ability to show the progress of each task. Watch as I create the Simple Gantt Chart template from scratch, or download the template: https://www.vertex42.com/ExcelTemplates/simple-gantt-chart.html 👍 Remember to Subscribe and Turn on Notifications (click on the bell) THIS VIDEO 0:00 Introduction 0:20 Step 1 - Start with a List of Tasks and Dates 0:44 Step 2 - Set up the Timeline Labels 2:20 Step 3 - Add Initial Formatting to Style the Gantt Chart 4:05 Step 4 - Add the Bars of the Gantt Chart via Conditional Formatting 5:10 Step 5 - Make the Timeline more Dynamic 6:28 Step 6 - Add a Scroll Bar Form Control 7:20 Step 7 - Highlight Today's Date using Conditional Formatting 7:51 Step 8 - Add Columns for 'Assigned To' and Progress (% Complete) 9:07 Step 9 - Show Progress in the Gantt Chart by Shading a Portion of the Bars 11:31 Step 10 - Define Print Settings OTHER VIDEOS IN THIS SERIES: Check out the next videos to see how to work with workdays and weekends, how to change the display to weekly or monthly, and how to add dynamic color-coding: https://www.vertex42.com/ExcelTips/how-to-make-a-gantt-chart-in-excel.html GANTT CHART TEMPLATE PRO: A Gantt Chart is an extremely useful tool for project management. You can create a very simple project plan like the one in this tutorial, but if you are a project manager and want more features such as changing the view between daily/weekly/monthly, entering the duration of a task in work days, or color-coding the bars of the chart, download Gantt Chart Template Pro: https://www.vertex42.com/ExcelTemplates/gantt-chart-template-pro.html GANTT CHART TEMPLATE My original free Gantt chart template for Excel (and Google Sheets) can be found here: https://www.vertex42.com/ExcelTemplates/excel-gantt-chart.html ANOTHER GREAT TUTORIAL Check out the following channel for another detailed tutorial showing how to add advanced features to a Gantt Chart in Excel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OizqFlMtZLQ&t=4903s FOLLOW VERTEX42 HERE: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vertex42/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vertex42/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/vertex42/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/vertex42 MUSIC: A Good Mood, by Young Rich Pixies, licensed via ArtList NOTE: This video is for educational use and for use in making a Gantt chart for your own projects. Reproducing or copying this video in part or in whole for commercial gain (including advertising or making products for sale) is not permitted.