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    - where do i find "microsoft project plan import export"? Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113183
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    - Erratic results from formula in text field A text field with IIf(datediff("d",[Finish],NOW())>0,datediff("d",[Finish],NOW()),"") returns Days Late. I've set Use Formula for summary rows, and a filter shows only incomplete tasks. The results are erratic -- some summary rows with Finish dates in the future display Days Late values. What am I missing? Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113182
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    - i have saved my 2 works on same name and it would not let me ope. could u please answer my question thanks!! Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113180
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    - Project Mangers Maturity Model Includes MS Project: http://tinyurl.com/pwzfr Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113179
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    - hi What is the default setting inside MS Project Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113171
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    - please help - confused now! MS Project 2003 I am rebuilding a plan and would like the following but cannot get project to do it! e.g. a simple set of tasks that are linked to occur one after each other task1 then task2 then task3 if each is two days long task1 starts mon finishes tues 2d task2 starts wed finishes thu 2d task3 starts fri finishes sat 2d How do I get project to display the data this way - what its doing is: task1 starts mon finishes tues 2d task2 starts tues finishes thu 2d task3 starts thu finishes sat 2d Although they are the same in terms of schedule I want it to read as the first list. I have set my project up as fixed duration and NOT effort driven... Help appreciated greatly Chris Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113169
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    - remaining work 06, 07 I need to provide some work hours for a project: - total work - actual work - remaining work in 2006 - remaining work in 2007 I know how to manually go into Resource Usage and grab remaining work for 2006 and 2007. I'm looking for a more efficient and repeatable method. Can I do a custom filter or create a custom field to allocate remaining work into 2006 and 2007? -- Jesse Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113168
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    - i want to generate S-curve i want to generate S-curve in MSP send me the command Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113153
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    - Program Management Sir I am working as a project management consultant,I need your help regarding PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.Right now only started to explore about program managemnt,so please help sir by giving introduction to program managent or site address to collect data, THANKING YOU.., Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113152
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    - WANT TO SAVE THE CONTENTS OF A REPORT FROM PROJECT i have created a report in project 2003 standard and I am able to print the contents, how do i get to save the contents as well, something like save or save as Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113151
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    - Beginning to Format in Word 2002 First of all I would like to thank all of the MVPs for the work that you have given to helping users learn formatting. I am a 72 year old women who has been using a computer for years but gave up trying to use Word until my son got me Microsoft Suite 2006 which has where the newsgroup was given as one of the Help sources. I have really been working hard at Shauna's tutorials and have printed out just about everything that all of you have written. At this point in time I am still working on Shauna's tutorials. When she said that her mother was writing a letter in Excel. I thought "at last someone who understands." Ok now enough of the chat. My hobbies came to the point that I just had to start indexing my hundreds of articles, tutorials. After I read the MVP articles I knew I was going to have to learn how to format, I was wasting so much time looking through my binders, books, and magazines. I have just about finished Shauna's tutorials for the third time and actually starting to understand. I realize that I am going to have to overlearn to be comfortable but I just love doing it. It's like magic. 1. I have several binders full of the articles written by the MVPs. I realized that this would be a good starting point to format an index for each of the binders I have with your articles. I have turned out some pretty good looking indices (in my eyes)<g> In Basic Concept 4 Shauna says in the paragraph" How to remove the border"that the gridlines won't show when printed out. I have taken all of the steps she gives but the gridlines still print out. I just can't get rid of those gridlines. This isn't a big problem, but I would like to understand why the gridlines print out. 2. When the Modify Style Dialogue box comes up asking "Do you want to update the Style to relect changes"? or "Reapply the formatting of the style to the section" and lastly "Automatically update the Style from now on". I'm just not sure what I should do. I have just cancelled it because I don't want to mess up. 3. I Save as I go along, sometimes when I go to the Folder to work on the formatting tutorials I notice that some of the files have the following: ~$W to use the Reviewing Toolbar in Microsoft Toolbar in MSWord 2002. Why does it have ~$W. I opened the file but it was just gobblygook. 4. I used one of Shauna's articles and clicked on "Styles and Formatting" just to see how she formatted the article. What I want is to number the article say as 1. then for the other articles belonging to the main article have it showing as 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 and then for the second article in the index or list 2., 2.2, 2.3. is that clear enough? It would be so easy for me to find what I am looking for. Thankyou all for your help deejay Deejay atkdj@microsoft.com from Beautiful Georgian Bay, ON. Canada Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113149
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    - How do I move my Project 2003 settings & macros to another compute I want to move to another computer and move all my Project 2003 Standard option settings, macros, views, etc. I read that these are supposed to be stored in the Global.mpt file but that file is still dated 2003; it never changes; copying it to another computer has no effect. Where is all this data being kept and how do I copy it to another computer? Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113147
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    - Can we Dynamically change gantt bars? Hello Is it possible to change the individual gantt or taskbar colors dynamically based on schedule details? I am using Project 2000. I am famililar with custum columns and adding formula into custom columns, however I want to display different gantt or taskbar colors dynamically based on data in the schedule. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113133
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    - Correct Setup Question We work with conversions and can take 30, 45, 90 days to complete a conversion. How do I setup the project plan template to adjust for different end dates? However, we have tasks that start and finish prior and after the conversion end date. The start and finish dates are setup within the lag field. Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113130
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    - Setup We work with conversion plans that may take 30, 45, 60, etc, days. We usually have a conversion end date (ie. 12/31/06, 2/21/07, etc.) to work with for a completion date. However, we have tasks that will start and finish prior to and after the conversion end date. How do I setup the project plan? I have so many different versions of project plans that I've setup and none work properly. I need help asap!! Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113128
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    - Is it possible to change the individual gantt or task bar colors.. Hello Is it possible to change the individual gantt or taskbar colors dynamically based on schedule details? I am using Project 2000. I am famililar with custum columns and adding formula into custom columns, however I want to display different gantt or taskbar colors dynamically based on data in the schedule. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113121
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    - Project 2003 out of memory error #7 When doing the Visio WBS Chart Wizard, I get this error stating :An Erro occurred in the COM add-in named: Visio WBS Chart Error #: 7 Out of memory. I can contact get pass this, please advise Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113118
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    - Batch remove links Hi, Does anybody know how to remove the link between lots of tasks in one go? At the moment I am having to select each taks individually and remove the link, very time consuming. Thanks Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113109
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    - Printing a custom range Hi, My project lasts for months, it is divided into two phases each lasting two months. I want to print two Gantt Charts each showing a phase. I have not managed to print it such that the date range of each chart is only two months. Even if I filter out the 2nd phase, when it is printed the whole range of the project is shown. Can anybody help? Thanks Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113108
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    - how do I track progress with time vs % complete Here is my need: I need a column that indicates we are falling behind on a task. for instance: I want it to check the date and caculate that it shoudl be 50% complete by today and if it is not, show an indicator. This column will feed a "upper level" dashboard by linking. Is this a feature already existing? I tried duration variance, however I thik it will only show Variance AFTER the finish date.. is that correct? Thanks for your time... Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113104
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    - Problem in publishing project I write one after trigger on MSP_WEB_PROJECTS on insert. I have on custome application running parallel with PWA.I have different databas for my application.I am trying to insert records in my database i trigger. I checked my trigger logic, it is working fine.But when i apply this o msp_web_project it is not working. I create one table in Projectserver database and write same trigger o insert of this new database then it works fine but not working o msp_web_projects....... Please anybody suggest me what I am missing... Kamlesh Rochani........ -- kamodare ----------------------------------------------------------------------- kamodares's Profile: http://www.officehelp.in/member.php?userid=485 View this thread: http://www.officehelp.in/showthread.php?t=124399 Posted from - http://www.officehelp.i Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113101
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    - Importing data from excel Hi there, I have ms project 2003, I have a seperate excel document containing the following information: Resource 1 Resource 2 task 1 1 day .5 day task 2 1 day 1 day task 3 6 day 8 day How do I import the information from excel into Ms Project. I want to be able to allocate 1 day of work from resource 1 to taks 1, 0.5 to resource 2 and so on. Can anybody help me? Thanks Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113099
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    - Resource Allocate An Activity has working for 3 days, I have two resources.I want to allocate the first resource for 1st day and the 2nd & 3rd day i want to allocate the another resource. How can i allocate the resource by this method. Hope u will help in this.... Tnx..... Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113095
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    - How do I link recurring subtasks in Project An example would be publishing a monthly newsletter with recurring draft, review, edit and publish tasks for a 1 year period. Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113093
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    - how to convert mpp file into gif file format? how to convert mpp file into gif file format? Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113091
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    - Resources on Recurring Tasks Is there a way to assign resources to a recurring task rather than having to go into each task individually? I want to set up a project team meeting that occurs once a week for the next year. The same people will attend the meeting each week so I'd like to assign that to the recurring task rather than going into the 52 individual tasks. Thoughts? Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113082
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    - Add contingency to each task automatically Would like to know how to apply a general contingency to MS Project. Have base estimate but would like to apply a percentage to it to create a contingency column so that the contingency is applied to each task on the plan. The purpose of this is to add a general contingency (ie. 10%) to the project without having to add as a separate task which impacts on earned value. Ie. Work column has 8 hours, Contingency column has 8.8 (includes 10% contingency) Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113080
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    - Change Resources Calendar I have a resource that has his available time set to weekdays from 10am to 12pm, using our company's base calendar. I'm trying to change him back to having 8 hours per day, 8am-12pm, 1pm-5pm, but I can't seem to find a way without going day by day and making the change. I feel like I'm missing something, that it should be easy enough to just "reset" his calendar 8 hours a day. Thx! Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113069
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    - manage users and groups my question is about how i can to manage my users and categories in project web access to permit only they can see all projects that haven not finished, because everyone can see the projects that have been 100% completed. Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113066
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    - Programmatically Changing Hours Worked Fields in Project 2003 I am using Project 2003 Pro and attempting to populate the hours worked fields from a CSV or XLS. I cannot seem to find anything in the object model or in any code samples that will let me change the hours for individual days. Here are the specifics: I have an XLS or CSV with employee hours and projects they are working on. Some of the projects are tracked in MS Project. Rather than manually keying in everyone's hours worked for a two week period, I would like to parse out the file and populate the hours for the pertinent dates using an app. So, how do I get access to these fields in code? Thanks for any information you can provide. Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113056
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    - Deadlines - rollup to summary level We use Deadlines on our tasks. In our experience, we've seen that the Deadline date does not roll up to the summary task level. Is there any way to get Deadline to roll up, sorta like Finish date does (that is, the latest value appears at the summary task level)? Thanks! Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113054
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    - enterprise options Hello, i just installed MS Project2003 Pro SP2 (upgrade project 2000 to 2003) Under the Tools bar , i have not the option 'Enterprise option' How can i fix this? Tx, Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113053
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    - MS Project 2000 I am a new user to MS Project 2000. In one of my project, I encountered the following cases: 1) one task was done with zero cost. 2) Task started earlier than scheduled. in EV reports MSP 2000 ignored the my actual cost entry (zero)for the task in case (1)and showed the baseline budget of this task and in case (2) ignored the actual cost to-date I entred for the task started earlier. Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113052
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    - Tasks that occur concurrently- Microsoft Project I am attempting to create a schedule where various tasks (some with different durations, some with the same) need to occur concurrently. It isnt a matter of starting on the same date or finishing together only, they are flexible as long as they occur during the same time. Ex. Task A requires 30 days. During that 30 days Task B must occur requireing only 10 days. Task B does not need to start when task A starts nor finish on the same day as task A, it simply must occur DURING the 30 days. Is there a way to show this? Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113051
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    - Complete un-install of Project Professional 2003 including registr Does anyone know how to clean all reg keys after an uninstall? I have a problem connecting to the Project Server on 1 PC. When I uninstall and re-install some settings remain. I want to completely uninstall. Thanks! Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113050
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    - Message box Hi.. Ive got a small lillte macro that traces predecessors and successors. I want a message box when there are no predecessors or successors available. Here is the macro: Sub TRACE_Successors() Dim Job As Task Dim Base As Task For Each Job In ActiveProject.Tasks If Not Job Is Nothing Then Job.Flag7 = False End If Next Job Set Base = ActiveSelection.Tasks(1) Base.Flag7 = True For Each Job In Base.SuccessorTasks Job.Flag7 = True FilterApply Name:="Trace", Highlight:=False Next Job End Sub Can anybody help me that if there are no pre of successors a message box will show up!! Thanks Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113048
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    - tasks from project 03 to outlook tasks Hi, I know how to import tasks from outlook but can I select individual tasks in project 03, relevant to me, into my outlook task list. I simply want reminders for regular updates that I need to make that are becoming to numerous to remember. I am currently setting these tasks in outlook manually. Thanks, AndyB. Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113044
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    - Adding one more resoure in the same activity Scenario: An activity has a start and end dates. It started with one resource and in the midlle of the activty i would have to add andother resource in that same activity. How it is to done in the MS project 2003? thanks in Advance. Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113042
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    - How outlook import new assignments? I can access pwa using the username and password through web way,but I can't do it in outlook through project add-in using the same username and password,Is there any way I should do ? thank you advanced! Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113040
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    - Error with Workgroup Mail One of my users messed around with Project 2003 Pro trying to get the assigned tasks tracked on Outlook. It was discovered that this can only be done with Project server or by using Workgroup mail. I've installed the WG mail with the appropriate config and the email is sent to the user requesting the updates, HOWEVER, when the user attempts to reply, an error pops-up: "An error occurred during initialization. An error ocurred while saving the file. The data was not saved." On the windows taskbar, Project Server Spooler is running, but we are not using Project server. I've closed the spooler and the problem remains the same. I have tried to delete the Project server account on the local machine however there Delete button is grayed out even when I select work offline at start-up. I have already tried uninstalling the application but the problem persists, I have tried rolling back the system but the problem still continues. I have another machine that was not messed around with and the Workgroup Mail works just fine without the spooler showing up. HELP PLEASE.... Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113036
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    - Seeking a Project GURU I am seeking a MS 2002 Project GURU to aid in a samll project WIll pay for end product Have start of template Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113034
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    - which predecessor determines start date? When you are tracing through a schedule, is there an easy way to find out which predecessor drives the start date of the task you are on? I constantly find myself looking at a task which is not on the critical path, and which has lots of predecessors, wondering which one is driving the start date. What I do now is go to each of those predecessors and compare finish dates to my task's start date. But there must be an easier way. It's too bad Project doesn't just highlight it on the list of pred/successors in the bottom pane--is there some feature I don't know about? Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113025
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    - How do I apply conditional formatting in MS-Project text field? I have an example of it, I just can't figure out how to create it from scratch. Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113018
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    - Problem running macro in Project I really need to export a Project plan's tasks to Excel so I can distribute the information to team members that don't have Project. I would really like to link the information in Project to the Excel spreadsheet so I don't have to update both. I've tried doing Copy/Paste link as a Project object which is just a picture that doesn't show everything and is uneditible. I've also tried Copy/Paste link as Excel format which doesn't have any of the formatting seen in Project and is very hard to read because all of the hierarchies are gone. I've followed the directions for Jack's macro 'Export hierarchy to Excel' and copied the code into a new VBA module within Project. When I try to run the macro I get the message "Compile Error: User-defined type not defined" and the 2nd line of code 'Dim xlrow As Excel.Range' is highlighted. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated! Keep in mind that I'm fairly new to MSProject and do not know VBA at all. Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113010
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    - Adding comments How do I add comments in MS-P2k in the large box under posted tasks and just above the project title box? Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113009
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    - Can't connect Project Professional 2003 to server Hi, After selecting valid URL to projectserver a window displays and I'm locked up - have to use CTRL + Alt + Del to close. Other machines connect ok. All settings ok, and have tried the reg entry on KB with no luck. I have the trusted site etc. Have admin access associated with my windows login, and can connect from a different PC. Help!!! Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 113008
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    - Inserted Projects Hi All How do I un-insert a project file from another project file ? I have tried going to the 'advanced' tab and unclicking the 'linked to project' box which seems to work but as soon as I go back to the file, the project is still there !! It's driving me nuts !!!! How do I get rid of it ????????? Thanks in anticipation. -- Regards Johnny P Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 112985
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    - How do I export Schedule Data From MS Project to Primavera P3 ? Trying to export all schedule task data from MS Project to Primavera P3. Help !! Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 112983
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    - Tasks Calculated on Other Tasks Hi: Is it possible in MS Project to have a task calculate it's percent complete based on a series of other tasks being completed? The "hitch" is that it is not a summary task. For example, I have 3 gropus of tasks, A, B an C. They are different parts of the project plan. I want a section at the end of the plan to show the % Complete for each of the groups of task and then use a summary task to tell me how combined total % complete. So I want my new Task X to be the summary task A, Task Y to be the summary task B, and Task Z to be the summary task C. I hope that makes sense. Thanks Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 112982
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    - Getting Users to USE MS Project We've had MS Project and Project server installed and available for use for a number of years (currently running MS Project 2003 w/ Project Server), the problem I'm having is getting users to USE it. Every year or so management comes to us (IT) searching for a better way to manage their projects. I've helped them along creating a few Gantt charts, explained how to setup Enterprise Resources and how to coordinate with other Project Users. I've done 1 on 1 training, group training, and I've even bought handfuls of books (Project 2003 Step by Step) which I hand out to users who I think could benefit from them. Well there must be something wrong with the way I'm training them, because they use the tools for a month (sometimes two) before their Project use peters out again, usually with the excuse "there's not enough time". That time of the year has come around again and I'm getting ready (yet again) to point our Management users to the capabilities and benefits of using MS Project to manage their projects. How to get them to continue to use it and integrate usage into their daily schedule is the issue. How do you motivate users to use the tools MS Project provides? Any tips appreciated. Thanks. Tag: Project Management (November Update). Tag: 112980

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