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    - calendar view How do I get all tasks to display in calendar view, with none listed as overflow tasks? Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117801
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    - Associate a Field w/ a Resource We are trying to establish a "throughput" that is associated with a resource. For instance, the resouce is capable of installing 100 lbs of steel / hour. We need to use that "throughput" field on the task to calculate the amount of work. However, in the task view, the field is different for every task. Is there a way to tie the field to the resouce? Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117797
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    - Scheduling building access I hope that someone here can help me with this. The company I work for is an IT reseller. We have won a number of contracts to install complete network and IT infrastructure solutions into academic institutions. Our project teams commonly find that they have restrictions forced upon them due to dates when they are not allowed to access school buildings. I was wondering about the best way to include these restrictions into a project plan and thought that I should be able to create the school building as a resource and amend its working hours. Is this the best solution or can someone offfer an alternative solution? Thanks for any suggestions Carl Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117794
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    - Fixed Duration - Effort Driven task does not reshedule as I want I have a task: Duration 2 D, effort Driven. I assign 2 resources (A and B), who will work each at 100%, so each have 16 h Work, total work for the task is 32 h. I take off resource B. because Effort Driven is turned on, the amount of work for the task remains 32 h and resource A is assigned at 200%. So far OK. When I now assign resource C to the task, the amount of work for the task still remains 32 h (as I wish), but resource A is assigned at 133% with 21,33 h Work and resource C is assigned at 67% with 10,67 h Work. I would like them both working at 100%, each 16 h. Wy is MS Project behaving like this. I know I can avoid this by replacing B with C immediately, but this is not an option, because tasks might be more complex and I don't know in before when I will get this kind of problem and have to replace resources immediately. I have this problem with MS Project 2003 and 2007 Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117792
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    - Again on assigning groups to tasks Hi all, reading through threads it seemed to me that assigning groups of resources to project task is definitely a common "global" problem and IMHO is quiet surprising this feature is not part of new Project 2007. By the way, trying to find out a solution that enable tracking of allocation for a resource that has tasks assigned both directly and through a group, do any of you have suggestions on how to solve it programmatically (using VBA macros) or maybe using enterprise resource pools? thanks in advance, -- Nicola Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117791
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    - Project 2000 workgroup Hi there, I am using Project 2000 to implement a strategic plan so the tasks I have entered included goals and strategies that actually require no action but need to be included in Project to give the actions context. I have differentiated the goals and strategies from the tasks using milestones and summary tasks. However, when I go to use workgroup email to communicate with others involved in the project, the emails: a) send milestones and summary tasks which actually require no action b) the individual tasks include no reference to the goals and strategies to which they are related - they mean little when they are not in context. How do I do I workgroup email that does not include milestones and summary tasks and how do I ensure that the tasks that are sent include reference to the milestone/summary task to which they are related? Thanks for any help, Megan Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117783
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    - Renumbering Tasks I my project the task numbers (left-hand most column, shown in grey) run from 1 to 263, then the numbering restarts all over again at 1 through 360. How do i renumber the tasks so they run consecutively from 1 through 623 (the end). I inserted a column to display the WBS numbers. Interestingly, the WBS numbering restarts at the very same task. I did a sort by WBS number and selected "permanently renumberthe tasks". It did not renumber these tasks. Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117782
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    - printing my project plan is actually only 8 pages but at the bottom the plan states there are 220 pages. how do i delete the empty lines to make my plan actually show up as 8 pages? is there a set print area function in project as there is in excel or word? thanks! Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117776
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    - Identifying Current Printer I am modifying the printer selection in a Project macro, and I would like to restore the users default selection when the macro ends. How can I read the current printer selection using VBA? Thanks, Goody Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117769
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    - MS Project 2003 with theatre groups Has someone (a theatre director, producer, or manager) used MS Project to develop a season of plays and activities? If so, how did you do it? Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117768
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    - Inserted a project into a 2nd project - Task ID's are incorrect Good Day, I inserted a sub project into a master project and the task ID's inserted show as the sub numbers - so the master project now has ID #s 1 thru 120 and then at 121 where I inserted the sub project it shows 1-120 again? It is screwing up the dependencies I set up also. Is there any way to correct this? Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117767
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    - dates not calculating correctly In MPP 03, when I enter a 2 day duration for an activity with a start date of 2/23 - the end date populates with 2/25, which is a Saturday. What may be causing this? I have checked my standard calendar and it states saturday and sunday are 'non -working'. Thx. Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117761
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    - changed working time - task start/end date remained unchanged Hello, I have changed the working time of a resource as off work and also busy with business as usual task, however the start and end date of the tasks have not changed to reflect the the resource unavailability for those tasks. I suspect this is due to the fact that I am meant to first amend the working times and subsequently to assign the resource accordingly, depending on their availability. Is there a quick way to fix this? Many thanks Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117758
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    - Aging View for Issues I need to create a view that groups issues by days open in project server. I keep getting syntac errors on everything I try. Looking to group 0-7 days, 8-30 days, 31-60 days, over 60 days. Thanks, Anna Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117752
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    - Inclusive Start & Finish Dates I have MS Project 2003. If I enter a duration of 5 days I would expect the (eg) start date to be Monday 19th & to finish on Friday 23rd but it shows a finish date of Monday 26th. If I enter 4 days it shows a finish date of 23rd. Is there a setting to change this? Or I am just cinfused! Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117748
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    - Remaining Duration Hi All :-) I know I'm doing something wrong but I can't spot it - it's driving me nuts!!! I have tasks that are in progress with actual start dates & % completes filled in. However, where these are behind schedule (ie behind the new status date) the remaining duration is calculated from the progress point (ie the complete through date) not the status date. Basically I want it to show a task with three weeks remaining from the status date, not 6 weeks from the progress point which is 4 weeks behind the status date so only shows a bar two weeks beyond the status date. I guess this is something to do with a switch on the tools/options menu but I've tried all the combinations and none seem to make any difference. Please can you help !!!! -- Regards Swansea Jack Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117745
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    - how do i change the std rate? The standard rate in the resource sheet by default is $0.00/hr. When i change it to $0.00/day (Tools-Options-view-default standard rate-set as default), it takes $0.00/day in the resource sheet when i enter the resource name. But when i enter the rate against that resource, it again reverts back to $0.00/hr. how do i keep it constant at $0.00/day? Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117744
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    - 2007: Change Working time for a dedicated Weekday Hi, in former versions of Project I could for example declare Friday as non working in a resource calendar. In Project 2007 I cannot find this option. Any idea? Thanks Paul -- Paul Goldmann Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117743
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    - Naming Hi There, I want to have the name of the parent cell displayed alongside the gantt bars of the children cells. If I had a task called, lets say, 'Chocolate Production' which containned a number of sub-tasks such as 'grind cocoa beans', I would want the have 'Chocolate Production' displayed next to all the subtasks on the Gantt. Can anybody help? Does anybody know what I am on about? Thanks Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117742
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    - Can I use MS Project for this? Hello, I work for a company that builds custom machines for marking. Each machine is unique. We have limited resources, man hours, machine hours... Each machine is considered to be a project. Is it possible, using MS Project, to have common resources for all projects so that a machine isn't used by two projects at the same time? Is it possible to make a summary of all projects so that I can get a Gantt scheme over all projects? // Anders -- English is not my first, or second, language so anything strange, or insulting, is due to the translation. Please correct me so I may improve my English! Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117738
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    - Incorrect Dates on Reschedule of Incomplete Work I am updating a task progress as usual by entering an Actual Start date. Since the task is incomplete, I specify the Remaining Duration and then Update Project, Reschedule Incomplete Work to start after the status date. When this is done, Project changes the Remaining Duration from the value that I set to a lower value. This normally occurs if a task is set as Fixed duration but in this case all my tasks are Fixed Units. If I then change the Remaining Duration back again to the value I want, Project accepts the value and shows the correct dates. Why does this happen? Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117737
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    - Freeze-ups When working on Lexmark or XoftSpySE I get a Time Executable or AIOC exe or XoftSpySE has encountered an error and must close. What is this and how do I get it to stop? Thanks -- rjm2 Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117735
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    - export/import to/from excel In MSP2003, SP2, if I export any project to excel using the default task map, after importing back from excel I lose the original percentages of resource assignments, i.e., resources assigned 50% will come as fully assigned, although resource_names shows it OK (e.g. Jhon[50%]) in excel. Â¿any ideas?. Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117732
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    - Project Notes Is there a way to show the project notes in a team project that is linked to a master project. So when you see when you look at a task from the main project you can see the notes for individual tasks. MS project Professional 2003 Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117725
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    - How do I transfer macros from one machine to another? I have several macros that I wrote and I want to put them on a new computer I just received. I tried transferring the module with the code to a project, saving the project, going to the new machine, opening the project and transferring the module to the new machine's global. I don't get any errors and I can open the module on the new machine and see the various procedures but they don't show up in Tools, Macros. Please help! Thanks, Walter Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117724
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    - Project 2007 Issues I converted a project from Project 2003 to Project 2007 so I could use the cell background color feature and to do some grouping. I set a custom Group-By (Resource name then Severity) and set each of these group-bys a different color. I noticed when I added the group-by, that it didn't keep all the columns in the grouping.(the would appear white to the left of the grouping color). I then noticed that when I tried to insert a field when on the first column of the grouping (Task Name) that they would insert to the left of Task Name, however they would be outside the grouping. Trying to hide the "Task Name" column would remove the Group By and I couldn't find it again to add it back (Insert Column). I wanted to have another column as the first column...but looks like the "Task Name" column can only be the first column... I changed the background color of a row to Aqua, and it did change the background color of all cells except for this "Task Name" cell while in Gant Chart view. When I goto to Print Preview, all cells for this row are colored Aqua including this "Task Name" cell. However, the coloring for the grouping does not show in the "Task" rows so the printout looks bad...if you wish to view screenshots of the issue, you can view them here: http://home.pct.edu/~hanben34/ProjectIssues.html Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117723
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    - Slack Time Not Correct-Cannot Figure Out Why My college class textbook has a diagram and it is set-up like the following. Task F will not be shown to have 12 days of start-slack. Task F, dependent on Task A in a finish-start relationship, could start as early as day 5, after Task A is completed, or as late as day 17, to make sure that the task is completed by day 20. Why won't MS-Project show 17 days of start-slack, or how could this problem to eliminated so that MS-Project WILL show 17 days of start-slack? Under the predecessors, the numbers represent A-F. Task Duration Start Finish Predecessors A 5 days Mon 1/8/07 Fri 1/12/07 B 1 day Thu 1/11/07 Thu 1/11/07 1SS+3 days C 2 days Thu 1/18/07 Fri 1/19/07 2FS+4 days D 6 days Mon 1/22/07 Mon 1/29/07 1,3 E1 1 day Wed 1/24/07 Wed 1/24/07 4SS+2 days E2 1 day Wed 1/31/07 Wed 1/31/07 5,4FF+2 days F 3 days Wed 1/31/07 Fri 2/2/07 1,6FF+2 days Task F only has predecessor TASK A, start-start, no lag time. It also has Task E, Finish-finish, lag time of 2 days. Can you tell me why the software shows no slack time, when it should show 12 days, and why it shows beginning on day 17 instead of an early start on day #5?? Or, is there a way to fix this so as to show the proper slack time? Thanks, Bill Behm Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117718
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    - Protecting Actual Work in 2007 Hi all! Is it possible to do this like we used to in 2003? Thanks, Jerry Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117713
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    - Project Resource Allocation I have a master project that I am using for a resource pool. We are mostly utilizing this resource pool as a task tracker for certain teams. My question is when tasking an individual out, should the team requesting the resource task them out or should the team that holds the resource task the individual(s) out. And when they do, what percentages should be used. From what I understand the 100% units is part of the standard calendar day in this case 8 hours. So should it be 100/8 or if there is just that one task a full 100 %. But then the other project managers would see that resource as being allocated out for the day. Is there a procedure that works for this situation. Any suggestions would be great. MS Project Professional 2003 Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117712
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    - Visual Report - Create Report Error I have a trial version of Project 07 that I am evaluating. I am trying to run the "earned value over time report" visual report. When I select "view", it states gathering reporting data, then building local OLAP cubes, and then I get an error. The error box states "An unknown error has occurred. An error occurred and the requested action could not be completed at this time". Does anyone know what is causing the error? Thanks in advance... Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117711
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    - Project has no set date Hello How do I input tasks that do not have a set date?? Everytime, i put the task, it is defaulted to today's date.. i want to leave the date blank. also how do i remove the constraint sign without changing any of the dates. Everytime i remove it, it reset to today's date.. Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117709
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    - How well does Office Projest 2007 work for constrution? Hello, I work for a custom home constrution company and have been given the task of figuring out this new program for our super. I need to know how to understand it for my company. If there is anyone out there that can help me do this and then try and show other people, any advice is welcomed. Thanks a bunch. -- Ginni C. Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117707
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    - Customizing Columns in Project Hello there, my question is two-fold. (1) Is there a way to delete a column in Project? I know it can be hidden however I am looking for deleting instead of hiding. (2) If you create a custom column and hide it, how do you unhide it? I seems as if when I try to use this feature upon hiding this custom column, it disappears completely. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117696
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    - Formula I would like to use the Outline Code Description in a text field. How does one get the description and not the outline numbers Thanks for the help?? Ron Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117692
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    - Merge from Excel - Resource Sheet - When save they turn to empty f I'm merging materials from our BOM system using excel. The BOM information is exported to excel and i have an existing map i'm using. I'm using the resource name as the the merge key - since these resources are materials, the BOM system has a unique name for each resource. When i merge the BOM excel file, it adds new resources to the resource as Type = Materials. I have about 4 new resources being added in addition to the updates to existing resources and everything seems to work just fine. However, when i save (i'm using project server 2003 and have a checked out project schedule), the resource sheet appears to re-sort itself and it makes the newly added resources as 4 empty/blank values ...the data seems to disapper. I'm wondering if anyone has seen before and if so, what is the issue? thx. Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117684
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    - Use of Central Resource Pool causes crashes in Project 2003 profes Hi, I am using Project 2003 professional within my organisation and I am building a small workgroup of about 5 or 6 projects all using a central resource pool. I have set this up successfully once before. However this time as I try to share resources from the resource pool Microsoft project tells me an error occured and it has to close project down. I click to allow a report to be sent off, but I cannot find any reason why it is doing this. It does it on every single project I try to share resources with. Any advice would be great Regards Peter Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117675
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    - Project 2007 Client Cannot Connect To Project Server 2003 I am using Project 2007 software installed on my computer to connect to a Project Server 2003. I add the same URL that I use to normally access the Project Web Access interface in to the Project Server Accounts dialog box and no matter what authentication I perform I get the following error message: Could not connect to Server Project was not able to connect to Project Server because of the following error: Client:An unanticipated error occurred during the processing of this request. (ID=0x800a13bd) Any help would be greatly appreciated. Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117674
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    - Master Plan Hi guys I have created an overall master plan and with 6 different streams: Service Training Operations Data Finance Warranty Each of the above I have created a single task in the master plan and then asked the stream leaders to create their individual plans and then linked their plan to mine. This is so it helps when they ever change their plan, mine is automatically updated. There are 6 key milestones, which I have input into my overall plan, and each of the streams has to ensure that they adhere to the key milestones in my master plan. My question is can this filer down to their plan from mine or do thay have to insert the milestones into their individual plans? There are also dependencies in between stream plans as well, how can these be linked? Sorry these questions maybe a bit basic, but I am new to this and trying to learn as I go alon Thanks Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117673
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    - Stipulating printing dates to print from and to within "Print" men Within the "Print" menu I can enter the dates that I would like to print from and to , which I have to assume referes to the dates I have entered into the "Start Task" and "Finish Task" columns of my project plan. However, the Print Preview does not seem to be affected by this alteration and commonly either does not display all the required dates (e.g. leaving off a few months information from the Gantt chart), or displays too much of the project plan (e.g. projects that are beginning later than the dates I have stipulated. Has anyone experienced similar issues with MS Project 2003, and can anyone provide me with advice on this issue? -- Kind regards, James Burgess Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117672
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    - How to make akivities list sort by ressurs name I have 40 "small project" in one file (one big project) and all have same types of activities, done by same or different people. Is it possible to sort them out by resources names (if I try that, I got same list of projects, with activities sorted out differently, but I can't get them outside small projects. Thanks, if someone can help! Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117671
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    - Calculating planned percentage Complete I need to calaculate the planned % complete for project and tasks inside the project. I have cost and resources assigned to each task. any help Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117669
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    - Colors available in MSP 2007 Back on 2-15-07 Rod Gill mentioned that 2007 has more colors available. I was wondering where do I go to get more color choices? The same ones as in 2003 are available in my 2007. In fact the lime, aqua and fushia look a lot 'lighter' or 'washed out' and less vivid in 2007. I use these colors quite a bit and now you can hardly see them on the colored printouts. I suppose this happened because some people might want to use them as background colors. Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117668
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    - MSProject entered WBS values not correct in Resource Usage view I've created a resource schedule in Microsoft Project Standard 2003. In this I've mainatined my own values for WBS. When I swicth to the Resource Usage view WBS values I've entered are not all displayed. Some entries have outline numbers others have the values I've displayed. If I go back to the Gnatt view and enter some of the WBS values again (i.e. type over with the same entry) then the values in the Resource Usage view begin to be populated. However, I cannot find one route to get the correct values to be displayed in the Resource Usage view. Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117667
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    - Delivery Documents Hi Does anybody know what all documents are required when we make any release / Delivery? Does any document are in-built /attached in MS-Project? Thanks Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117666
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    - Delivery Docs Hi Does anyone know what all documents are required when we make a Release / Delivery? Does anyone know if MS-Project has any document in-built / attached? Thanks Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117665
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    - run microsoft office picture manager as my pictures in start up When i go to start up menu and open my pictures i would like microsoft picture manager to open is this possible to do Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117664
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    - Displaying non-working time within Gantt charts on the Print Previ I have allocated the non-working time (both weekends and public holidays) within our annual overall programme of works. This I have sitting in front of the Gantt bars in red which is all clearly displayed within MS Project (Standard 2003). However, when trying to view the details in the Print Preview screen the highlighted non-working time is not visible. I have checked all the rest of the details it also appears that the time-scale displays all days with the exception of Wednesday each week over the period of a year. I can therefore see the allocated vertical column when the Saturday and Sunday (e.g.) should be highlighted, but they are not on the print preview screen. Has anyone got any advise as I have tried everything I can think of, including scaling the overall programme down to a quarterly overview which then displayed the non-working time, but only for the initial 2 months of the programme (possibly a different issue). Any advice much appreciated! -- Kind regards, James Burgess Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117663
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    - Order Tasks Properly HI, I am new to Project and am using MS Proj 2007. I used a work breakdown structure program to get all the tasks in and then migrated to MS Project. In my GANT chart, my7 tasks are out of order, but all under the right headings and I have long arrows all over the place. I have now put all arrows in and want to order the tasks according to time so there is a nice waterfall effect on my GANT chart. Does anyone know how to do this? I have searched around and cant find how to do it. Many Thanks, Phil Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117662
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    - How do i change the default standard rate unit? The default standard rate for resources is $0.00/hr. When i change it to $/day in Tools-Options-General-Default standard rate(tick)-set as default, it takes $0.00/day by default when i enter the resource name. But, when i enter the rate, it converts back to $0.00/hr. How do i keep it constant at $0.00/day? Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117659
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    - Mass change of an external link I currently have 13 different subprojects. My Manager requested that change the names of all the files. I am looking to see if there is an easy way of changing all the external links for each file at once. For example: The original name of a file is Manufacturing.mpp, and my manager wants me to change it to Operations.mpp. Since Manufacturing is linked to 12 other files, I would like to do something similar to a find/replace "Manufacturing" with "Operations" (I tried that, and it does not work). Please help! I have hundreds of links between these files! Tag: Linking Tasks Tag: 117657

I am setting up a project schedule for a building with over 100 elevations.
In certain sections, the predecessorrs are all "FS-#days". This will go on
for many line items. Is there any way to link everything at once with the
lag time or do I have to type each one in individually?

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Re: Linking Tasks by Jack

Jack
Fri Feb 23 12:10:39 CST 2007

There is no easier way to set lag times. You could write a little macro to
do this, but it would probably take you more time to do that then entering
in the lags.

-Jack Dahlgren

"kimbert546" <kimbert546@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F6ABADD1-412C-43B9-8176-5A679363C546@microsoft.com...
>I am setting up a project schedule for a building with over 100 elevations.
> In certain sections, the predecessorrs are all "FS-#days". This will go
> on
> for many line items. Is there any way to link everything at once with the
> lag time or do I have to type each one in individually?

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