Jan
Thu Nov 18 15:38:02 CST 2004
Hi Tim,
MVP are just volunteers that help people, not directors of a Microsoft lab!
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Jan De Messemaeker
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"TimM" <TimM@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
news:6F55B336-3295-4B98-9FE9-C857FD0BC98D@microsoft.com...
> Many thanks for this explaination and Jan's practical advice.
>
> On another matter, I have major grumble about the Gantt view and the lack
of
> wheel-mouse support - if you have used MS Visio you will know that using
the
> wheel with Ctrl zooms the view, with Shift it scrolls L & R, and on its
own
> it scrolls U & D. Any idea whether this functionality can be made
available
> in Project and other office products?
>
> Thanks, Tim
>
> "Steve House [MS Project MVP]" wrote:
>
> > Explaining Jan's answer a bit - FYI, changing max units in the resource
> > information only sets a new cutoff above which the resource is
considered
> > overallocated and also the default assignment level for new assigments
for
> > the resource. It doesn't go back and change any currently existing
> > assignments as you've discovered. Leveling only functions to delay one
or
> > more out of a set of conflicting tasks when a resource on them is booked
for
> > a total usagethat is higher than the max allowed for him, resolving the
> > overallocation. It never changes the assignment level on individual
tasks.
> > --
> > Steve House [MVP]
> > MS Project Trainer/Consultant
> > Visit
http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs
> >
> > "Tim" <Tim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:AAFEFB29-DC4E-4927-8897-47870A81EAF5@microsoft.com...
> > >I want to change a resource's max availability to see what change in
the
> > > project will occur. Unfortunately, Project retains the original max
units
> > > in
> > > each task and does not change them even though they were changed in
the
> > > Resource. Can you suggest anything other than editing every task that
they
> > > were assigned to to make this change? (I tired Leveling but this
didn't
> > > work
> > > either).
> > >
> > > Thanks, Tim
> >
> >