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1. On the View menu, click Gantt Chart.
2. Type 0 in the Duration field of the task (task: An activity that has a beginning and an end. Project plans are made up of tasks.) you want to change.
3. Press ENTER.

   When you enter a duration (duration: The total span of active working time that is required to complete a task. This is generally the amount of working time from the start to finish of a task, as defined by the project and resource calendar.) of zero for a task, Microsoft Office Project 2003 displays the milestone (milestone: A reference point marking a major event in a project and used to monitor the project's progress. Any task with zero duration is automatically displayed as a milestone; you can also mark any other task of any duration as a milestone.) symbol on the Gantt Chart (chart: A view or part of a view that represents project information graphically. For example, the Gantt Chart view consists of a sheet and a chart pane where tasks are represented as horizontal bars.) on that day.

  Notes  

• Sometimes there are events external to your project that you want to track. If you cannot link (linking: In a project, establishing a dependency between tasks. Linking tasks defines a dependency between their start and finish dates. In OLE, establishing a connection between programs so that data in one document is updated when it changes in another.) to them because they are not in a Project plan, you can create a milestone to represent them in your own project. For example, you cannot begin a certain task until another company completes a software application you need to use. You can create a milestone in your project that represents the completion of that application and reminds you to track its progress.
• Some milestones may need a duration. For example, your project has an approval milestone at the end of a phase (phase: A group of related tasks that completes a major step in a project.) and you know that the approval process will take a week. To mark a task as a milestone with a duration of more than 0 days, click Task Information , and then click the Advanced tab. In the Duration box, enter the task duration, and then select the Mark task as milestone check box.