Using WORD to make a GANTT chart

There are two ways of doing this. One is to use tables and the other is to use text boxes.

Gantt Charts using Tables

Activities	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Decide on TQM Kick-Start	X
Steering group Chosen	X	X
Start Staff Climate Survey
Steering group Trained
Start Customer Surveys
Visits to other companies
Staff Climate Survey Complete
Train Other Managers
Complete Awareness Training
Facilitators Trained
10 QATs formed & working

A template for this is in Template Word Gantt 1

This approach uses the WORD tables. It is best to activate the Tables and Borders toolbar by going to View, Toolbars, and clicking Tables and orders.
To use the template, Change the months to suit the project and type in the activities to be carried out
To create a table from fresh, go to insert a table in your document and adjust as in the example below.
For each activity, colour the appropriate cells using the Fill tool in the Tables and Borders toolbar above.
You can then create a simple Gantt chart similar to the one shown below.
Copy it and paste it into your project plan

A template for this is in Template Word Gantt 2.

To create the above:

Go to the "Table" menu, select "Insert Table", and create a table of 9 columns (the number of months needed) by 2 rows.
The first row is the heading. Type in the months May to Jan making each "Bold". Then select the whole row and select grey from "Shading Colour" in the Tables toolbar.
Then resize the second row to the depth shown. (Cursor over the bottom line of the second row until it changes to a resizing cursor and then drag the line down).
Then create the text boxes with text and colouring as described on the previous page for STAGES. Stretch each to represent the time needed for that activity and drag them around the chart to put them in place.