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...........................................................................................................................4  \nLOGIN TO DEVENSOFT .........................................................................................................................................4  \nDEPENDENCY OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................................................5  \nMANAGING DEPENDENCIES ................................................................................................................................6  \nMETHOD 1: ADDING DEPENDENCIES USING THE GANTT CHART ................................................................................6  \nAccessing the Gantt Chart: ................................................................................................................................6  \nViewing and Navigating the Gantt Chart............................................................................................................8  \nChanging Start/End Dates .................................................................................................................................9  \nDrawing Dependencies .................................................................................................................................... 13  \nDeleting Dependencies .................................................................................................................................... 13  \nMETHOD 2: ADDING DEPENDENCIES FROM THE ACTIVITY DETAIL PAGE ...................................................................14  \nTo Access the Activity Detail Page: ................................................................................................................. 14  \nCreating Dependencies.................................................................................................................................... 15  \nDeleting Dependencies .................................................................................................................................... 16  \nMETHOD 3: ACTIVITY MAP EXPORT/IMPORT TEMPLATE .......................................................................................... 17  \nExporting the Activity Map................................................................................................................................ 17  \nUpdating Dependencies within Excel............................................................................................................... 18  \nImporting the Excel File.................................................................................................................................... 19  \nDEPENDENCY REPORTING .....................................................................................................................................20  \nDEPENDENCY BY PROJECT REPORT ...................................................................... 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