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Attached is a MS Project File I'm creating. I need to setup the Critical Path. I don't know how to do it. I will prefere you show me how to do it instead of doing it for me. I want to learn how ("Microsoft Help" didn't help much).

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The critical path is a series of tasks that must be completed on schedule for a project to finish on schedule. Each task on the critical path is a critical task.
Most tasks in a typical project have some slack and can therefore be delayed a little without affecting the project finish date. Those tasks that cannot be delayed without affecting the project finish date are the critical tasks. As you modify tasks to resolve overallocations or other problems in your schedule, be aware of the critical tasks and that changes to them will affect your project finish date.

1 On the View Bar, click Gantt Chart .
2 Click GanttChartWizard .
3 Follow the GanttChartWizard instructions to ...

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