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Count tasks with negative float

Count tasks with negative float

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Count tasks with negative float

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- [Bonnie Biafore] Hi, I'm Bonnie Biafore. One scheduling best practice is that no incomplete tasks should have negative float, because that means the task is behind schedule. In this tip, I'll show you how to find incomplete tasks with negative float, so you can figure out how to get them back on track. Negative float, or slack, shows up when tasks miss their date constraints or deadlines. So let's add one to see how this works. I'm going to scroll down to the bottom of this project. And I'm going to go to task 103, which is Complete final inspection. I click to select the task, and then I'm going to head to the Task tab. Over on the right side of the ribbon, in the editing section, click Scroll to task. That way you can see the task bar in the timescale on the right side. But now I'm going to add the date constraint. So I'm going to right-click this task. And on the Shortcut menu, choose Information. In the Task…

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