[Planner] Enter Completion date and duration?

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Hi Everyone,

I'm new to using planner and have a couple of basic questions. I've
tried to browse through the archives but couldn't spot the answers.

I need to schedule most of my tasks by completion date as I am
completely date-driven at this point. So for all the tasks I enter I
would simply like to enter the completion date and a duration, and let
the start date be calculated. I'll frequently be adjusting the
completion date because of external factors. Is it possible to use
Planner this way? I can't see how. . .

Also, for every task I enter I seem to have to pop up the property
sheet to change the type of Schedule it is on. And every task uses
defaults that I don't want. How can I change the defaults so that I
can quickly enter tasks and adjust values "in line"?

Also, in the Gantt View, the timeline on the top lists "Week X, 2006".
I'd much rather see "April 2006" that serves to label a block of 1-30
columns. Is this possible?

Thanks!

-Bob