### Fixed-Duration Tasks

When duration is fixed, it remains at whatever value you enter and Microsoft Project calculates resource units as you change assignments. For example, say you assign two painters full-time to paint the walls in 4 days. Later, you assign two more full-time painters. Microsoft Project set the units for each painter to 50 percent, because four painters need to work only half-time to complete the walls in 4 days.

If you adjust the task’s duration, Microsoft Project calculates work. In the painting example, the total work for the task is 64 hours (four painters × 4 days × 4 hours per day). If you change the task’s duration to 2 days, Microsoft Project recalculates the total work: four painters working half-time for 2 days is 32 hours.

To change a task type

1. On the View Bar, click Gantt Chart .
2. In the Task Name field, select the task for which you want to change the task type.
3. Click the Advanced tab, and then click a task type in the Task type box.

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