---
title: "Gantt"
description: "Present project tasks, milestones, and calendar scales in a dynamic timeline"
---

Use **Gantt** to present project tasks and milestones directly on a slide. Its layout adapts to your content: multi-line task descriptions can increase row heights while keeping the timeline aligned.

Timelines use calendar dates so the chart can place tasks and milestones against a shared time axis.

## Choose the time scale

Click the time or date axis to open its toolbar. Show the levels you need: years, quarters, months, weeks, or individual dates. Use a broader scale for an overview and more detail for a delivery schedule.

<Frame caption="Time-axis controls for years, quarters, months, weeks, and dates">
  <img src="/images/powerpoint-add-in/support/gantt-02.png" alt="Time-axis controls for years, quarters, months, weeks, and dates" width="306" height="103" />
</Frame>

## Add separators and shading

Expand the time and date options to choose separators and shading for the visible scales. These help distinguish periods without manually drawing background shapes.

<Frame caption="Separator and shading controls for different calendar scales">
  <img src="/images/powerpoint-add-in/support/gantt-03.png" alt="Separator and shading controls for different calendar scales" width="282" height="116" />
</Frame>

## Organize swimlanes

Click a swimlane to open its controls. Indent rows to show hierarchy and add swimlane separators to distinguish workstreams.

<Frame caption="Swimlane controls include indentation and separators">
  <img src="/images/powerpoint-add-in/support/gantt-04.png" alt="Swimlane controls include indentation and separators" width="552" height="112" />
</Frame>

For more guided examples, open [Grunt Academy](/powerpoint-add-in/user/academy).

Watch [the Gantt walkthrough](https://play-eu1.hubspotvideo.com/v/9337188/id/380537722065) for a video demonstration.