A question from a Project novice!

I am about to upgrade to Project Standard 2003. Will colleagues still using
Project 2000 be able to open and work on my mpp files produced by Project
2003?

Jim Jones

Re: Compatibility between Project 2000 and 2003 by JulieS

JulieS
Mon Oct 10 10:41:38 CDT 2005

Hi Jim,

From help:
==============================================================================
The file format of Microsoft Office Project 2003, Microsoft Project 2000,
and Microsoft Project 2002 are the same.
In Microsoft Project 2000 and Microsoft Project 2002, you can open a project
created in Microsoft Office Project 2003 and save it with any changes you
make, and then open it again in Microsoft Office Project 2003. Note,
however, that Microsoft Project 2000 and Microsoft Project 2002 do not
include all of the features found in Microsoft Office Project 2003.
Therefore, some information might not be displayed when you open a project
created in Microsoft Office Project 2003 in Microsoft Project 2000 or
Microsoft Project 2002.

When you reopen the project in Microsoft Office Project 2003, all
information will be displayed again. The project will retain all of the
Microsoft Project 2000 or Microsoft Project 2002 information as long as you
don't save the project with a new name. When you save the project with a
different name, all Microsoft Project 2000 and Microsoft Project 2002 items
are discarded.

=============================================================================

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie

"Jim Jones" <JimJones@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:31124441-B48E-4E16-BB56-B4BE8F3D7B09@microsoft.com...
>A question from a Project novice!
>
> I am about to upgrade to Project Standard 2003. Will colleagues still
> using
> Project 2000 be able to open and work on my mpp files produced by Project
> 2003?
>
> Jim Jones



Re: Compatibility between Project 2000 and 2003 by JimJones

JimJones
Tue Oct 11 00:57:05 CDT 2005

Dear Julie

Many thanks for your very helpful response

Jim Jones

"JulieS" wrote:

> Hi Jim,
>
> From help:
> ==============================================================================
> The file format of Microsoft Office Project 2003, Microsoft Project 2000,
> and Microsoft Project 2002 are the same.
> In Microsoft Project 2000 and Microsoft Project 2002, you can open a project
> created in Microsoft Office Project 2003 and save it with any changes you
> make, and then open it again in Microsoft Office Project 2003. Note,
> however, that Microsoft Project 2000 and Microsoft Project 2002 do not
> include all of the features found in Microsoft Office Project 2003.
> Therefore, some information might not be displayed when you open a project
> created in Microsoft Office Project 2003 in Microsoft Project 2000 or
> Microsoft Project 2002.
>
> When you reopen the project in Microsoft Office Project 2003, all
> information will be displayed again. The project will retain all of the
> Microsoft Project 2000 or Microsoft Project 2002 information as long as you
> don't save the project with a new name. When you save the project with a
> different name, all Microsoft Project 2000 and Microsoft Project 2002 items
> are discarded.
>
> =============================================================================
>
> Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.
>
> Julie
>
> "Jim Jones" <JimJones@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:31124441-B48E-4E16-BB56-B4BE8F3D7B09@microsoft.com...
> >A question from a Project novice!
> >
> > I am about to upgrade to Project Standard 2003. Will colleagues still
> > using
> > Project 2000 be able to open and work on my mpp files produced by Project
> > 2003?
> >
> > Jim Jones
>
>
>

Re: Compatibility between Project 2000 and 2003 by JulieS

JulieS
Tue Oct 11 05:16:03 CDT 2005

Hi Jim,

You are very welcome and thanks for the feedback.
Julie
"Jim Jones" <JimJones@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FC53AD56-3337-4DA9-B74C-B7DEFE56895E@microsoft.com...
> Dear Julie
>
> Many thanks for your very helpful response
>
> Jim Jones