Occasionally users want to add blank lines to separate major portions of their spreadsheet. Time Line for Windows does not have a default way of doing this but there is a workaround.
The user should create an ASAP task with a name of "Blank" and a duration of .1 Hour. This task can then be moved and copied to wherever the user wishes to see a blank line and indented or outdented to the same level as the tasks it is separating. There are then 2 ways of hiding this line from view.
The first is to create a new condition for Highlight 1 (under Format, Highlights) which selects for Task Name is Blank (See Chapter 7, pages 20-32, Defining Named Conditions in the Time Line for Windows User Manual for more information on defining conditions). The next step is to go to Format, Global Defaults and select Highlight 1 under Items: Set the FOREGROUND color to match the [default] color for the BACKGROUND. What the user will see on the screen and in the printout will look like a blank line. Note: If the blank task is at an indented level, make sure that SELECTS RELATED SUMMARY TASKS is not marked in the filter definition form.
The second way to hide the line is to select the Blank task with the cursor and go to Format Fonts and Colors and set the FOREGROUND color to match the [default] color for the BACKGROUND. What the user will see on the screen and in the printout will look like a blank line. (Multiple lines can be selected by holding the CTRL key down and selecting the desired lines with the mouse.)
If the task still shows up on your printout, turn the Print Black & White option off. This option is located in the File/Print form.
NOTE: Highlight 1 was used in this example but any one of the highlights can be used instead.