How to export Microsoft Project plan to an image file?

Microsoft Project is a famous application to design project plans. Microsoft Project allows exporting the project plan to different file formats like PDF, Excel, XPS, XML, Text, etc.

This article explains the steps to save the project plan as an image file.

This article applies to:

• Microsoft Project 2010.
• Microsoft Project Online Desktop Client.

Step (1). Open the Microsoft Project plan in the Microsoft Project application.

Step (2). Select your entire project plan by clicking on the top-left corner of Task Pane. It will select all entries from Task Pane.

Step (3). Click on the Task tab from Ribbon Control.

Step (4). Click on the Copy icon which is under the Clipboard group Or presses Ctrl + C keys from the keyboard. Your project plan is copied into Clipboard.

Step (5). Now you can open any of the image editing software and paste your copied image. Once you pasted it from Clipboard, Save the image into a file.

You can also copy the project plan using the Copy Picture dialog.

Step (6). Click on the arrow mark which is next to the Copy icon under the Clipboard group. It will open a pull-down menu.

Step (7). Click on the Copy Picture menu item. It will open Copy Picture dialog.

Step (8). Copy Picture dialog allows you to copy the project plan:

• For screen image, printer image or to save as GIF image file.
• Copy visible rows on-screen or copy selected tasks.
• Copy based on the Timescale as shown on screen or based on the given dates.

Step (9). Select To GIF image file: radio button under Render image section and provide the file name to save as a GIF image file in the text box.

Step (10). Select the Rows on screen radio button under the Copy section.

Step (11). Under the Timescale section, provide From: date & To: dates to select the project tasks based on the given timescale values. Usually, these are Project Start & End dates.

Step (12). Once you make the necessary changes based on your requirement, click on the OK button to save your project plan as a GIF image file.

Step (13). Go to the location where you want to save the GIF image file and check whether the image is properly saved or not. If it is not proper, repeat the above necessary steps and make the changes accordingly from the Copy Picture dialog.

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