FastTrack Schedule 10- Top New Features
New Mac look, Intuitive New Interface
Refined and redesigned, the new Mac interface is easy to use and a perfect fit with the simplicity of Mac OS X. Inspired by the elegant iWork suite, the new context-sensitive Format Bar is full of key scheduling tools to speed your planning and tracking. You can even customize the toolbar by dragging and dropping the features you use most.
New Windows Interface with Custom Themes
With the sleek new Ribbon interface, all tools are organized into task-focused groups right at your fingertips to speed your scheduling. Prefer a traditional menu-based interface? No problem. Simply switch to a classic theme or add classic toolbars to the Ribbon to create a workspace that matches the way you work best.
Base Calendars and Work Calendars
Choose base calendars such as standard, 24 hour, and night shift calendars, or customize your own. The new base calendars and improved work calendars can now be defined per task, so that your projects can have an unlimited number of work calendars for all your unique calendaring requirements.
Effort-Driven Scheduling
For tasks that can be completed faster by adding more resources, use effort-driven scheduling for simple schedule compression. Automatically adjust task durations as resources are added or subtracted, while keeping the total work for a task constant.
Assignment Contouring
Choose from eight built-in work contours or customize your own for the ultimate ease and flexibility in resource scheduling. Assignment contouring enables you to quickly re-distribute your resources’ efforts on a task for those special cases and must-meet deadlines.
Resource Usage Graphing
Now it’s easier than ever to monitor resource workloads while making assignments in the Schedule View. New Resource Usage Graphs at the base of the Gantt chart provide a detailed snapshot of a resource’s free and busy time, enabling you to make precise assignments and effectively manage resource costs.
Image Columns
Picture this. With FastTrack Schedule’s new image columns, you can add pictures of task items, staff, resources, designs, progress photos, and more, directly into column cells. Images automatically scale as thumbnails to match row heights and display as larger images when you hover over them.
New Bar Styles and Gradients
Make your schedules as impressive as the work involved in your projects. New bar styles, milestones, and gradients will transform an ordinary schedule into a presentation-quality project report that’s sure to stand out in a crowd—especially with clients and colleagues.
Enhanced Resource Information Form
Now you can store even more details for your project’s resources. FastTrack Schedule’s redesigned Resource Information Form organizes work schedules, rates, contact information, and photos.
Fixed Duration
For tasks that require a specific amount of time to complete, apply fixed duration. FastTrack Schedule will constrain the duration regardless of changes to the work or resources assigned to the task.
More FastTrack Schedule 10 features:
• Improved data exchange with Microsoft Project
• New iMedia Browser for quickly adding pictures, photos, and logos (Mac version)
• New Address Book integration (Mac version)
• Improved integration with Outlook 2007 (Windows version)
• New Text Inspector for easy text formatting (Mac version)
• Live drawing and resizing of schedule elements, and many more…
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