Applying Filters to the Network Diagram

Collapsing the outline is not the only way to reduce the number of boxes visible on the diagram. As with Gantt Chart and Calendar views, you can apply a filter to a Network Diagram. Select Project, Filtered For from the menu and select a filter from the cascading list, or use the filter drop-down list on the Formatting toolbar.

Figure 8.10 shows the Critical filter applied to the project. Note that Tasks 11 through 17 are not displayed; they are noncritical tasks and would appear as blue boxes if all tasks were visible.