Update completed tasks quickly

You can quickly update your project's tasks to 100% complete or the scheduled percent complete.

For example, your project is going well and most of your tasks are on track. Rather than updating each task in your project daily, you update the tasks to their scheduled percent complete weekly, and then modify the percent complete for those tasks that are either behind or ahead of schedule.

Quickly update tasks to 100% complete

If you have tasks in your project that have been completed as scheduled, you can quickly update them all to 100% percent complete for the current date, a status date, or a date that you specify. You can select up to 10 tasks at once.

Update tasks to 100% complete for the current or status date

1. On the View menu, click Gantt Chart.

2. Hold CTRL and click each of the tasks in the list that you want to update. You can select up to 10 tasks at once.

   Tip: If the tasks that you want to update are listed consecutively, you can click the first task, hold SHIFT, and then click the last task to select the series.

3. Click 100% Complete on the Tracking toolbar.

   Note: To display the Tracking toolbar, on the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Tracking.

Update tasks to 100% complete for a specific date

When you perform this procedure, previously entered percentage of completion values for tasks with finish dates earlier than the "complete through" date are replaced by 100%.

1. On the View menu, click Gantt Chart.

2. If you only want to update specific tasks, hold CTRL and click each of the tasks in the list. You can select up to 10 tasks at once.

   Tip: If the tasks that you want to update are listed consecutively, you can click the first task, hold SHIFT, and then click the last task to select the series.

   If you want to update all tasks in the list, you do not need to select the tasks.

3. On the Tools menu, point to Tracking, and then click Update Project.

4. Click Update work as complete through, and then type or select the date through which you want progress updated.

   If you don't specify a date, Project uses the current or status date.

5. Click Set 0% or 100% complete only.

6. If you are updating specific tasks, click Selected Tasks. If you are updating all tasks in the project, click Entire Project.

Quickly update tasks to scheduled percent complete

If you have several tasks in your project that are currently on schedule or were completed on schedule, you can quickly update the scheduled percent complete for the current date, a status date, or a date that you specify.

Update tasks to scheduled percent complete for the current or status date

1. On the View menu, click Gantt Chart.

2. Hold CTRL and click each of the tasks in the list that you want to update. You can select up to 10 tasks at once.

   Tip: If the tasks that you want to update are listed consecutively, you can click the first task, hold SHIFT, and then click the last task to select the series.

3. Click Update As Scheduled on the Tracking toolbar.

   Note: To display the Tracking toolbar, on the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Tracking.

Update tasks to scheduled percent complete for a specific date

1. On the View menu, click Gantt Chart.

2. If you only want to update specific tasks, hold CTRL and click each of the tasks in the list. You can select up to 10 tasks at once.

   Tip: If the tasks that you want to update are listed consecutively, you can click the first task, hold SHIFT, and then click the last task to select the series.

   If you want to update all tasks in the list, you do not need to select the tasks.

3. On the Tools menu, point to Tracking, and then click Update Project.

4. Click Update work as complete through, and then type or select the date through which you want progress updated.

5. Click Set 0% - 100% complete.

6. If you are updating specific tasks, click Selected Tasks. If you are updating all tasks in the project, click Entire Project.

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