Sometimes you may want to mark major event in a project, for example indicate the beginning and end of the project or display the end of a major phase. You can use milestones to do that. To create a milestone follow the steps:

1. In Gantt Chart View, in the Task Name column, type the name of a milestone
2. In the Duration column type 0 and press ENTER

In the Gantt Chart the task will be displayed as a black diamond symbol ♦.

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