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    - I need a free download of "Project" I need Project so I can complete assignments for an online class; is there a free version of Project available for students to download? Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132584
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    - Seeing tasks that have least amount of free slack The tasks that show the least amount of free slack. How can you see it on Microsoft Project? How can you create an Autoformat on the bar so it automatically changes color when a task has free slack or becomes critical without using the format wizard? How does the computer know which tasks are on the critical path? Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132580
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    - how do i change the default to start-to-start? I am trying to change the predecessor default from finish to start to start to start. Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132576
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    - Print Scaling in 2007 is deficient - HELP Has anyone else noticed that the print scaling algorithm in Project Professional 2007 seems to be seriously flawed? The only interface my management has with Project is by the reports I present and review with him and my push to migrate to 2007 is looking bad in his eyes simply because of this feature. I do a "fit to" and Project leaves a tremendous amount of white space on the bottom - changing the orientation would normally correct that; however, not in this version. I'd appreicate any help or at least a response to tell me that you've noticed it as well - misery loves company you know? Thank you! Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132569
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    - Chart views What is a good chart view to use to see % complete? -- jlee3201 Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132561
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    - Duration Change How do you change the duration without changing the finish date? -- jlee3201 Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132560
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    - single resource partially tasked on multiple projects I have a single that is tasked with a fixed duration task. This sets them to 25% utilized during that task. I'm trying to also task the same resource to an additional fixed duration task that would add roughly another 25% utilization. However, project is not letting the two tasks exist concurrnetly with the same resource, even though the resource is not wholly utilized. Even though predecessors are not set, it's forcing the first task to be complete before the second begins. I'd like to have the two tasks exist concurrently and show the resource's total utilization between the two tasks. I'm sure it's just a setting I'm not famliar with or something simple I'm not doing. What am I missing? Thanks for any advice. Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132558
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    - Import in Project 2007 Hi, I am a newbie in this world of Project Professional 2007. I have to confirm something since i dont know much about that and i would really appreciate your response in this regard "Is that possible to import data from ASCII file as a task into Project 2007" Can you provide me any link, reference. Waiting for your feedback. Thanks and Regards, Sikandar Memon Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132555
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    - How can I open a MS project 1998 How can I open a MS project 1998 with Project 2003 ? Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132554
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    - How do I convert a Project page to pdf? I need to creat a shapshot of a MSProject schedule for colleague who do not have MSProject. Thanks in advance to anyone that can assist! Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132542
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    - Entering actual work in a "timesheet" view I have created a programme of work in MS Project (2002) with the intention that myself and my colleagues can book actual work (per day) into a timesheet view using the Task Usage screen. However, I have experienced some unusual results when testing this. For example, I have created a fixed duration task of 5 days, starting on a Wednesday and finishing the following Tuesday. Three resources have been assigned to this task, each with 2h work (0.4h per day), so a total of 6h over a 5 day period. As part of my test, I entered some actual work - 1h on the Friday for one of the resources. I had expected to see the second hour of work spread equally across the remaining 2 days duration of the task (i.e. 0.5h per day), but instead MSP extended the task by a further 2 days, to the Thursday, and allocated 0.25h each day. I have tried a few things to get around this, such as setting constraint dates on the task and unchecking the "effort driven" flag, but to no avail. By the way, all tasks in the plan are Fixed Duration. I would appreciate any help. Thanks, Lee Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132541
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    - what happened to the Groove software offered with Microsoft office I was trying to download the demo for microsoft Porfessional edition and I realized that software called Groove is no longer offered. Does anyone know what happened? Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132536
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    - Incorrect Expiration Date When I was researching the trial download of Microsoft Project 2007 it said the trial download period was for 180 days (6 months). I completed my download last night and a window popped up saying my copy will expire in March. That's less than two months away. Please tell me what I need to do to ensure my copy will be good for 180 days instead. Thanks Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132535
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    - How do I customize the Legend in MSProject ? I would like to create a customized legend in MSProject that contains color boxes that explain what the different colors mean. I would also like to explain what the different milestone shape mean (ie. down arrow is Phase II milestone). Is it possible to do this in MSProject? Thanks, Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132534
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    - Resource Calendar If I want to give my resources an hour of "off time" for them to do other work during the day, what is the best approach? I could change either their own individual calendar for individuals or modify the Standard Calendar, or create a new base calendar for those resources and make the break from noon - 2 instead of noon - 1. But what if I don't care at what time they execute their duties, as long as it gets done sometime that day. Or should I just keep the calendar "as is" and make sure not to assign more than, say, 6 hours of work per day. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated! -- Thanks! Dee Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132533
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    - Actual % complete versus Planned % complete Hello, When you add the column "% complete" in MS Project, you can enter the actual % complete. I would like to add a column, that shows the "planned % complete". This must be calculated automatically by the start date, the duration and the date today. Example: The start date of a Task is January the first. The duration is 20 days (work and none-working), so the end date is the 20 of January. I would add a column, that shows the "planned % complete". So suppose it is the 10th of January today, the "planned % complete" must be 50% automatically calculated. On the 15th of January this cell must show the value 75% etcetera. Is there a (simple) solution to my problem? And if there is, what is it? Kind Regards, Eric Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132532
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    - Expected end date I have a task with startdate = 2007\11\05, Actual startDate is 2007\12\05. At the date 2008\01\15 I have reported remain. durance as 10h. When I level resources the end date is calculated from startdate + 10h ie. I see an enddate = 2007\11\06. I am interested in an expected enddate as of now. I have tried to enter a statusdate without any luck. How can I see an enddate calculated from either today or from the statusdate so I can see an enddate = 2008\01\17 ? Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132524
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    - view area missing When i open a project file, the view area is totally blank. I could not selet any view. It seems the file is opened. ( I am using project 2003.) Thanks for your help Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132521
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    - Need a simple formula to calculate EV and PV seperately I am using some custom number fields and need a good formula to calculate PV. We calculate EV differently that project, but was hoping for some suggestions. My most pressing issue is calculating PV. Please help! Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132518
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    - Resource text1 into Gantt table Is it possible to insert a resource text field (1-30) into the Gantt entry table? Under "insert column" you can only access a few basic resource fields and within "customise fields" the same fields appear. Cheers - Phil Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132511
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    - Calendar ?'s Hello, I am an entry level project manager and I know this is probably a silly question but I would appreciate any input...It seems like a nightmare to manage the calendars in this program, I'm quite confused and I'm having a difficult time keeping my dates where they need to be. I have spent little time with the program, however I have taken a class about two years ago and unfortunatly I have forgotten most of what I learned. Will someone please explain (as simply as possible) to me the way the calendars work? If I set up a 24hr calendar for the project and want to show an 8 hour task as a day what do I do? I had many other questions but can't really recal the the exact issue I was having so I can't give anymore examples. I think if someone could help me understand the way the system works I would be able to solve many of the problems I have had in the past. Thank you -- Tony S Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132509
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    - Total Slack Calculation What's the proper reply to managers that can't believe that MS Project is calculating total slack correctly? The folks I'm working with add negative lag, Start to Start Constraint types, Finish to Finish Constraint types and then say, "I can't believe we have negative slack." Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132505
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    - Leveling Changes work hours from 2 hrs to 14,944 I have a project that was created in 2007 Project Pro and saved locally. I imported the project onto the Enterprise server. Now I want to do some updates. I retrieved the project from the enterprise server and have all of my work hours. All tasks have the same resource on all of them. There are many tasks that start on the same day. When I level the resources I have one task that was 2 hrs of work is now 14,944 hours and one other that was 8 hrs is now 73,119 hrs. I have not had this problem with projects that were created and saved directly on the enterprise server. Has anyone encountered this problem? Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132501
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    - Project 2003 Tasks Can I or is it possible to create a task specifying an specific start time? Example: February 19th @ 3:00pm for a duration of 2 hours. Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132500
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    - "Necking" Bars on Gannt Is there any way to 'neck' (reduce the thickness) the bars on a Gannt Chart for periods of inactivity? Alternatly is there any way indicate inactive periods on the bar via color, pattern etc? Thanks Lamar Atkinson Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132498
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    - Missing Lookup values in custom fields in msp2007 I have custom fields defined in my Global.mpt. When a new file is created these fields are automatically copied to the new mpp. Some of the fields have lookup values. In msp2003 the lookup values would be copied along with the other custom field properties. In msp2007 the lookup values are missing. Other field type properties copy over fine; graphical indicators, formulas. This appears to be another bug. Its there a work-around? I am using msp2007 w/ sp1. Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132495
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    - Viewer Working with Project Professional 2003. Is there a free viewer so that others might see my projects... If not, is there a good buy for the third party solutions? Much thanks for any guidance Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132494
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    - Support Tasks I am using Project 2003. We have a few project plans that include IT support for applications. The resources are full-time support people, yet we are breaking down their support hours by the different organizations that call in with questions. I am unsure how to structure this data in my project plan. It is impossible to know how many hours a person will spend supportting each organization. Do I use fixed duration with zero hours work? Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132492
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    - How can I get a text field to stop autocorrecting 2 CApitals? Subject pretty much says it all. Our WBS Number (Text4) contains two capitals, such as 5.1.1.1.GAwl. Once you hit enter, M$ reverts it to Gawl. MPM (Microframe Project Manager) is picky enough that GAwl does not equal Gawl. Microsoft absolutely loves to think for you and I can't shut it off. Any help? By the way, excluding that field from the auto spell check (Options... Spelling tab) does not work. Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132488
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    - Office How to find information lost using Mircrosoft Project 2003? Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132483
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    - Are timesheets required for Resource Management in EPM? Hi there! I'm a newbie to EPM. Actually we are just now planning our implementation, which will be a phased approached starting with Project Management, Resource Management and Reporting & Analysis. However we are contemplating about splitting the Resource Management and Reporting & Analysis into two phases depending on how timesheets are handled--which leads me to my question. Are timesheets required for Resource Management or can you fill out timesheets in Project Management without utilizing Resource Management? Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132481
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    - curve s in microsoft project in 2003 how i can do a curve S in microsoft project 2003 Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132469
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    - Changing Week Ends How can I change the weekends on my projects to be Friday And Saturday instead of Saturday and Sunday? Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132461
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    - Newbe I hope I am posting my questions in the right newsgroup but I would like some answers pertaining to Microsoft Project. To make a long story short I have been in the HVAC business for over 20 years and do allot of computer work and last year I became a amputee. Some of my friends who currently work in the field of Project Management have told me that this is a good field to go back for training. I am currently looking into some of the local colleges for training. My questions are: 1. Is there a need for people in the field? 2. Is there a college in the Houston area that you would recommend? Thank in Advance -- Moe Jones HVAC Service Technician Energy Equalizers Inc. Houston, Texas www.EnergyEqualizers.com We Sell Lead Free A/Cs :) Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132459
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    - Release project and resources on completed project Hi! I have 4 different projects set up to use the same resourcepool. When a project is complete - is it possible for me to remove the link between the project and the resourcepool? Or to give another example - I have a project that is set up wrong --> I start all over again with a new file and with the link to the same resourcepool. Even thorugh I deselect "use this resourcepool" --> resourcepool on the "old" project and saves everything, the old project still seems to be linked in. This leads to resources beeing overbooked as they are already beeing used in the old project. Thoughts on this? -- soniva ------------------------------------------------------------------------ soniva's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=39584 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=893139 http://forums.techarena.in Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132458
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    - Resource skill sets Using Project 2007. We have a spreadsheet where each team member capabilities are recorded, one column per team member. There are 46 rows - each representing a specific skill set used in project implementation contains a score of between 1 & 5. Our Project Assistant would like to bring this information into our Resource Sheet so that it becomes easier for her to assign resources based on project and task requirements. I can't think of any way we can do this - there are too many for custom fields to handle. Is there any solution - or 3rd party add on - that might enable us to do this, please? Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132452
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    - Resources with different % Units Hi everybody. I am using Project 2007 (Standard). I have a fixed work, 40 hours task. I have 2 resources assigned at 100% units, both with a standard calendar (40 hrs/week). The duration is 5 days as a conseguence. Let's say that resource A is now available at only 50%. Project assigns 4 hours to resource A on each of the 5 days, while resource B is assigned 8,8,4 hours in the first trhee days of the week. It seems like that when changing %Units assignments, Project tries to keep the duration unchanged. Is there a way to tell Project to try to minimize duration when changing resource %Units assignments? In this case the assignments could be: A: 4,4,4,0 B:8,8,8,0 The duration would then be 4 days instead of 5. Thank you in advance for your kind help. Federico Bravo. Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132439
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    - How do i assign a color to a particular task I work in a service department and i need to have an area where i can assign a colour to Installations and another colour to Service - confirmed, another color to Service unconfirmed, and so on and so on. Is there any way in project i can do this Rachael Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132437
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    - Duration as a variable? I have a group of tasks which are repeated about a hundred times. To optimize the project I need to vary the duration of individual tasks in my work flow. Question: Instead of manually having to change each occurence of this task, can I make its duration into a "variable" such that I input the duration for a specific task once and it will then be propagated through the full schedule? Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132424
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    - Project Summary Task Just wondering what the difference is between showing the Project Summary Task as opposed to inserting a regular task that is the summary of all tasks. Which is better? I am thinking perhaps Project Summary as it will appear in reports and doesn't require any linking? Thanks so much for any input! -- Thanks! Dee Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132423
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    - Track functional time versus calendar time Embarrassingly stuck because I'm sure this is easy and I'm just having a brain cramp. How do you have Project track functional time vs calendar time at the task level? For example, I have a task that starts 2/1/08 and ends 3/1/08 but will really only involve about 40 hours of the analysts time. How do I get Project to recognize the 40 hours versus the calendar hours but still show the correct start and finish dates. Thanks for the help. Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132421
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    - Can't insert task when grouped? Can someone verify that I cannot insert a task when I have 'Group by...' on? Grumble... Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132418
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    - Display of Overtime Work I have resources that work on several different projects. I assigned the resource to a 40 work week. On the Resouce Usage View, some of the resources have fewer than 40 hours per week, but are shown in red. why is this and how can I change it? -- Steve Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132415
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    - How do I print on paper longer than 14 inches? I'm creating a templet for an evaluation form that is 8.5 x 17 and the printer will only print to 14 inches. How can I reset so the printer will complete the evaluation form? Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132414
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    - Summary Task Reports If I assign resources (work, material, and cost) to different tasks and then want to run a cost report at the summary task level, will I be able to seperate out the different type of resources to see each cost individually? For example, the total material costs for the summary task or the total work costs for the same summary task. Regards, Rachel Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132407
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    - Begin Milestone Subtasks Based on what I have read here about no tasks "dangling" by themselves, and to help avoid problems if move, etc. tasks, I have the following structure. Project Begins Milestone Phase One Summary First Phase Begins Milestone T1 (of this phase) T2 " T3 " First Phase Ends Milestone Phase Two Second Phase Begins Milestone T1 (of this phase) T2 " T3 " End of Phase Two Milestone End of Project Milestone My questions are: Should the Project Begins Milestone be linked to T1 in First Phase? Should the tasks beneath each X Phase Begins Milestone be sub-tasks of it? (indented and it becomes the parent or summary task?) Just not totally clear on the correct structure. Any advice is greatly appreciated! -- Thanks! Dee Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132406
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    - AutoLink Question I am trying to understand the AutoLink option more fully. I see that if I have tasks linked with default FS dependencies, and add a new task between existing tasks, it will automatically break the existing link, and create a new chain. However, if I have changed the dependency type to, say SS, before inserting a new task, it respects the link and doesn't automatically link the new task. Why would that be? Are dependencies that are not automatic respected, even though AutoLink is active? Also, if I move a linked task, it sometimes breaks the link and sometimes doesn't. What is the rule for this? Thanks so much! -- Thanks! Dee Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132405
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    - Subtask My question is, can you have subtaks of subtasks? Can it be broken down that far? Thanks! Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132404
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    - indicator column not showing screen tip when point to it. I am in a classroom and one of the computers shows the screen tip(as it should when you point to the indicator-note, contraint) in that column. A number of the other computers show the indicator but the screen tip doesn't show up when pointed to. Not sure where to go to turn theirs on - I am in the middle of teaching a class so as soon as you know I would appreciate it. Thanks so much, Barb Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132401
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    - Assigning a calendar to one task The base calendar for my project uses an 8 hour workday. I have one task (a lab test) which will run 24 hours a day. For that task only, I went to Task Information/Advanced and assigned a 24 hour calendar. I entered a duration of 48 hours for the task. If I understand correctly, Project should show the task taking 2 work days (24 hours per workday x 2 days = 48 hours). However, Project shows it taking 6 work days, which implies that it's still using an 8 hour workday for that task (8 hours a day x 6 days = 48 hours). How do I get that task to use a 24 hour workday? Thanks, Kevin Fredette Parker Pneutronics Hollis, NH Tag: Student in need of free Project download... Tag: 132398

I am a student new to the internet, enrolled in an online class which
requires Microsoft Project for the completion of assignments; is there a free
download of Project which I can access? Any help appreciated.
--
Charles

Re: Student in need of free Project download... by Steve

Steve
Thu Jan 17 05:29:29 CST 2008

There are no free legal copies available online but you can DL a 180 day
trial version of 2007 from the MS Office website.
--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm for the FAQs

"natbone" <natbone@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EFA3132A-EE70-4AC7-81DE-AB9B4C7DCDCB@microsoft.com...
>I am a student new to the internet, enrolled in an online class which
> requires Microsoft Project for the completion of assignments; is there a
> free
> download of Project which I can access? Any help appreciated.
> --
> Charles

Re: Student in need of free Project download... by Dave

Dave
Thu Jan 17 06:57:06 CST 2008

Steve House wrote:
> There are no free legal copies available online but you can DL a 180 day
> trial version of 2007 from the MS Office website.

Alternatively, some of the Project books probably come with
functionality restricted versions of Project. That may be your cheapest
route should you need to use it for more than 180 days.