How do I add tasks to a Smartsheet project plan?

By Holland Davis
2 min

 

  1. Navigate to whatever sheet you're planning on adding a task to.

  2. Double-click the cell you want to type your task in.

  1. Type the name for your task.

  2. Double-click the cell beneath the parent task.

  1. Type in the name of the sub-task.

  2. Exit out of text editing and select the intended sub-task cell.

  1. Use the Indent and Outdent buttons at the top to create sub-tasks under a main task.
    You can also use keyboard shortcuts CTRL + ] for Indent and CTRL + [ for Outdent.

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  2. Next, this is how you add a new row for another task.

  3. Click the three dots on the left side of the sheet.

10. Click "Insert Below" or "Insert Above".

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