SimpleGantt turns an Excel table into a live, professional Gantt chart that sits on the sheet and redraws the moment a cell changes. Your plan stays in the table: you edit dates there, and the chart follows. Clicking a bar selects its row in the sheet, so the table and the chart never drift apart.
From the chart you get a PowerPoint slide, a PDF, a PNG image, an interactive HTML file or a snapshot link in one click. SimpleGantt works in Excel on Windows, Mac and the web, needs no macros and no account, and your data never leaves Excel.
The getting started guide takes you from a table (or a sample plan) to a finished chart in about a minute. Every feature is free for 14 days, with no account and no key.
What is in these docs #
- Fundamentals: getting started, installing SimpleGantt, how to lay out your plan table, plans and licensing, support and the changelog.
- Guides: step by step instructions for every feature, from mapping columns and dependencies to exporting to PowerPoint and deploying to a whole organization.
- FAQ: short answers about colleagues, data, platforms, the free version and existing VBA licenses.
- Troubleshooting: what to do when the chart, the dates or the license do not behave as expected.
- Account management: activating your license and moving it to another computer.
Used the earlier VBA version of SimpleGantt? See Upgrade from the VBA version. Your existing license key works in the add-in.