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Creating a new milestone

The Create a New Milestone page

To create a new milestone:

1. In the Milestones Overview page, click the New Milestones icon.

2. Project — select the project to which this milestone will belong.

3. Title — type the name of the milestone.

TIP: Milestones are often written in Noun Verb format (e.g. Drafts Completed, Prototype Done).

4. Due Date — type in when the milestone is due.

5. Description — type in a description of this milestone.

More Milestone Options

6. Click the More Options icon.

7. Status — select the status of the milestone.

8. Publish? — checking this box will allow clients to see this milestone

NOTE: Clients will not see the tasks related to this milestone

9. Click Create Milestone.

Status	Purpose / What happens when a milestone has this status?
Active	In the Dashboard page, the active milestone that's due next will appear.
Closed	In the Milestones Overview page, closed milestones will show up in the Closed Grid. When creating a new task, closed milestones appear with a "[CLOSED]" appended in front.