To add a project task, you must first have opened a project. You can add the project task in one of two ways:
Using a dialog box
By clicking and typing
The quickest way of adding a project task is by clicking the left mouse button anywhere under the last project task in the task list. A caret will appear. Type a description for the project task and press the Enter key. Entering a task in this way does not let you specify other details such as planned start dates and planned durations, although you may subsequently edit the task and specify these details.
To specify such details when you create a project task, use the Project Task property sheet to create the task. Pressing the 
button will display the Project Task property sheet
showing the Details page.
Enter a description for the task, specify whether or not the task should have a deadline by checking the Has Deadline check box and specifying a deadline date. If you wish to enter start date and duration information, you must first check the Planned check box. Doing this will display a bar in the Project window representing the chosen planned start date and planned duration.
You may wish to add notes to a project task, for example, to describe the resource requirements and detail more fully the steps needed to complete the task. By selecting the Notes tab you can enter rich text notes for the task. Type in the notes, using the format toolbar to add colour, fonts and character style to your text.
Note: If a Task has some notes associated with it then a {bmct help0056.bmp} marker will be displayed against the task in the task list, under the Notes column (if you have chosen to display it). Double clicking on the {bmct help0057.bmp} marker will bring up the Project Task property sheet, automatically displaying the Notes page.
When you have specified the relevant project task details, press OK to save your changes.