I've set it up in my project template that tasks which regularly get deleted have succeeding tasks with 2 predecessors. so for instance, if Task 3 is dependent on Task 2, and you regularly delete Task 2, then in my template, I make Task 3 dependent on Task 2 and Task 1. So now when you delete Task 2, you don't have to fix Task 3 anymore--it's still dependent on Task 1. I know it's not very automated but that's the best I can do. :-) -skye