Project (time) management in numbers?

Hi all,
I am setting up a few spreadsheets for next year's students projects and I was wondering if it possible to use the charts to show start and end dates for individual projects.
At the moment the chart always starts at zero and goes up to a set value. Is there a way to have a bar in a chart start above "zero"?
And slightly off-topic, any recommendations for a simple project/time management?
Something that would allow me to set up a grid (by week) and have bars (projects) start and stop at certain times? Something like MS Project, but simple and free would be a bonus
cheers

Glad the applications may be of some use. I did some digging for you and found these references for Numbers gantt charts:
-http://www.numberstemplates.com/2007/10/06/template-project-template-with-gantt- chart-for-apple-iwork-numbers/
-http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1732453&start=0&tstart=0 (check the picture posted and try to follow the directions)
-http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5130743 (similar to the above concept)
And if you're not limited to Numbers and can use either Excel or OpenOffice (http://www.openoffice.org/) which is my preferred office suite at the moment, give these a whirl:
-http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2008/05/10/simple-gantt-chart/
-http://woork.blogspot.com/2008/02/project-management-excel-gantt-chart.html
Good luck!
-John

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