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 = Planner of projects  - Java  (GanttProject 2.0) =
 = http://ganttproject.sourceforge.net             =
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 1. DESCRIPTION
 ==============
 GanttProject is used to plan a project by dividing it into sub-tasks.
 Each task has a start date, a duration, some dependencies and notes.

 You can use a dialog box to edit the task properties (date, duration, and
 advanced properties also).

 The project information can be saved to a file, which can be read in
 later to restore the project information back into the software.

 The graphic timeline showing the Gantt chart has various levels of granularity
 (week, month or year).

 You can export the project to html web pages or pdf document formats.
 Customisation via XSL transformation is available.  The Gantt chart itself can
 also be exported into images of format JPEG or PNG.

 GanttProject supports working with project plans that are stored on web servers.
 If your server supports WebDAV, you can even save/publish a project plan into it.
 Of course, you must have write permissions for this, so you may have to enter a
 username and a password for your server. Then you could work wherever you have
 an internet connection and share a common project plan with your team.
 If you want to know more about WebDAV, please go to: http://www.webdav.org/

 The GanttProject software is developed in java.  It was started during our
 studies as a term project at the University of Marne-la-Vallée (France).
 Version 1.3 was given to our professor.


 2. INSTALLATION / EXECUTION
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 This software needs Java (J2SE with JRE version 1.4 or newer).
 You can download Java for free at:
 http://java.sun.com/getjava/

 Under Windows : Use the automatic installer. It creates some shortcuts
 				 on the desktop and in the start menu
 Under Linux   : sh ganttproject.sh

 See also the "How to build the sources" section below.


 3. ABOUT
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 Alexandre THOMAS - alexthomas at ganttproject.org
 ganttproject.sourceforge.net
 2003-2005
 See also authors to see the list of contributors :-)


 4. THEMES
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 You can customise your html/pdf exportation using xsl transformation.
 PDF: put your customisation themes in the "themes/2pdf" directory and unzip the file.
 HTML: put your customisation themes in the "themes/2html" directory and unzip the files.


 5. DEVELOPERS
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 To get sources, to compile and run the project, see our developers-guide
 available into the sourceforge page.


 6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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 This product includes software developed by the
 Apache Software Foundation <http://www.apache.org/>.
 These parts are subject to the Apache Software License.


