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    - sorting resources Have created a resource pool and would like to sort by resource individually not resource / task Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72889
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    - Printing in Project Hello, I would like to print from the calendar view and want to leave out the 'duration' on the tabs. Is this possible? Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72886
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    - How do I get total percentage of cost for work completed? All I can find for percent complete is for task durations. I need it for cost only. Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72882
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    - Progress Bar does not match percent complete I have a blue bar indicating my task. I have a thin black line (centered) to show my current state of completion. This seemed to be working fine earlier but I changed something and exactly what is my mystery. If I enter 50% complete, then my black progress bar should cover only half of the task bar but it is either 100% or not at all... What could I have done? Thanks for any direction. Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72881
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    - Compatibality question I am thinking of updating one workstation to Project 2003. I am still running several stations with an considerable older version. Will the created and saved 2003 projects be able to be viewed and edited with the older version. Any help is appreciated. Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72868
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    - Uninstall Project 2002 I had MS Project Professional 2002 installed on my computer. My harddisk crashed and I restored it from backup. The Prj 2002 did not restore properly:( My company converted to Prj 2003 and thus no longer supports 2002:( So I installed Prj 2003. Well my system still thinks that Prj 2002 is still installed (it shows up greyed in the "Add/Remove Programs" app). Everytime I attempt to update a MS Office product, it wants to re-install my Prj 2002:( This usually causes the update to fail. I do not have access to the Prj 2002 install directories/CD. How can I clean this up? Please respond to bburns@cisco.com. Thanks, B2 Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72862
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    - Project 2002 1)I have broken down a task into subtasks, e.g. 1.x, 1.1xx, 1.2xx, 1.3xx etc. All the subtasks have the same start and finish date BUT are not equally important or big, i.e. subtask 1.1 is the biggest and most important and, therefore, by completing it (even 5 days before the deadline) and not having done anything for subtasks 1.2 and 1.3, the task can be considered 90% complete. How can I show the weighting of each subtask on the GANTT chart? 2)Is it possible to set the GANTT chart, without creating a macro, to assume that each day that passes by a certain fixed % of the task is completed, so that the chart updates its progress every day automatically? Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72851
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    - Authentication issue Hi, We recently changed the authentication type on the virtual server that hosts our Project Server 2003 to basic authentication, we then turned it back to integrated (NTLM) authentication; the problem that we have now is that users are unable to login to the project site using their project server windows authentication account. Does anybody have any ideas on this at all? Thanks Brendan Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72847
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    - Project 2002 1)I have broken down a task into subtasks, e.g. 1.x, 1.1xx, 1.2xx, 1.3xx etc. All the subtasks have the same start and finish date BUT are not equally important or big, i.e. subtask 1.1 is the biggest and most important and, therefore, by completing it (even 5 days before the deadline) and not having done anything for subtasks 1.2 and 1.3, the task can be considered 90% complete. How can I show the weighting of each subtask on the GANTT chart? 2)Is it possible to set the GANTT chart, without creating a macro, to assume that each day that passes by a certain fixed % of the task is completed, so that the chart updates its progress every day automatically? Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72846
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    - Monte Carlo Simulation Plugin? Are there any Monte Carlo Simulation plugins for MS Project 2000? If so, who are the vendors? -- Jeff L Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72843
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    - Easy Question: Actual Duration How is Actual Duration calculated? It appears to be driven by actual work, but not sure. Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72838
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    - Why does Project file get corrupted??? I've seen lots of discussion about corrupt files and how to fixe them... but why do they get corrupt and how can you prevent them from getting corrupted.... It seems to me that Microsoft knows of the problem and the 2003 is advertised that it can read corrupted file (and it can... to a limited ability). So why does not Microsoft fix the problem??? Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72829
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    - Planning Wizard does not appear I am using Project 2003. When I save a file, I expect that the planning wizard will prompt me to save for a baseline. It does not. The Planning Wizard IS turned on under Tools, Option, General and the Office Assistant is also turned on. What am I missing? Thanks in advance, Cindi Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72823
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    - File Size Expansion Problem Hey guys, There's one issue we've faced with while working with the pretty big projects in MSP that I'd like to share and get some advise from our experts: when increasing the number of activities in the project file and manipulating with them its size is scaled up getting bigger - for examlpe exceeds 100MB for 300 tasks - but later when I reduce the number of tasks by deleting it won't decrease the size appropriately - seems like the file was bubbled...Is there any tool inside or outside MSP enabling me to release this file pressure...kind of defragmenter or compressor??? Thanks. -- Regards, Fuad Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72819
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    - How do I get successor tasks to start on next day rather than sam. I want tasks to start on seperate days (where FS relationship) rather than same day Can't find it in Help and I'm sure it's something to do with Options and/or Calendar Anybody any ideas Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72818
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    - Need shortcut key for GoTo in Gannt diagram I use the toolbar-function "Go to highlighted activity" (translated from danish version) so often that I would be very happy if somone could tell me the shortcut key. It is not mentioned in the shortcut key overview. Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72816
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    - monitoring actual work Hi all, I am trying to monitor the actual quantities. Civil works have "Resource Name" (EX, LC, RC, BF) and their amount has been entered to "Units". In order to this, "Resource Names" become "EX[367]". Task Information -> "Excavation" -> Resources -> Resource Name = EX Units = 367 I update actual data to Number1 column as "Actual Quantity". Task Number1 Number2 % Resource Name Actual Qty Complete Names -------------- ---------- ------- --------- -------- ZZZ Civil Construction 3% Excavation 43 11 11% EX[367] Lean Concrete 0 0 0% LC[10] RCC of Footing 0 0 0% RC[189] Backfilling 0 0 0% BF[168] to get % Actual Complete automatically I created formula in Number2 Custom Fields -> Number 2 -> int([Number1]/Mid(([Resource Names]),4,Len([Resource Names])-4)*100) I can not apply same method to "% Complete". "% Complete" is standard column in the microsoft project and can not be changed (at least I could not). I have to update "% Complete" column manualy. Do I have another option ? Number2 column does satisfied me. But I have to define additional formula for main task "ZZZ Civil Construction" to calculate total percentage of work (3%). Microsoft Project calculates it automatically in the "% Complete" column. Finally, How can I update / monitor "Actual Quantities" in easy way ? I don`t want to use calculator to update "% Complete" column. Regards, Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72814
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    - import I Import the data from excel file to msp file. type of all the task is fixed duration.but after importing the duration of some of the them is changed? for example 1 day converted to 0.38 day. -- PM Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72813
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    - Multiple formatting preference sets ? I have to re-format the same "views" to satisfy different audiences. This includes the way task bars look (what color to use for regular, critical, milestone tasks, whether the bar itself is block or gray scale, whether the 'format layout' shows successor arrows or not, task name fonts and colors, which columns are visible in the Gantt view, etc etc). This does not change the underlying task information itself, only the way it's displayed. Is there a way to name and save these formatting preferences so that I can switch to any of them and restore the way it looks ? I know other project management packages have this option. -- Regards, Gershon Shamay Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72811
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    - can anyone explain how to enter subtasks in Project I'm entirely new to Project 2003 (in fact, I'm using the trial version), but I'm rather dumbfounded by the (to me) 100% counterintuitive user interface when it comes to adding new tasks and subtasks. What I expected (what seemed simply the obvious and proper way to do it): select a task, then when one adds a new task (via INS, or perhaps Enter, or an on-screen command button, or a keyboard shortcut), it would either be a subsequent task at this same level, or a substask of the task currently selected. Whichever it was, you could switch it to the other with a single keystroke (e.g., alt-arrow key to indent [subtask] it or unindent, respectively). Presumably, you could also move items vertically with similar ease, since that's so critical when setting up a new project. But instead, and maddeningly, when one hits INS one adds a task BEFORE the currently selected task. Does MS really think that the way one thinks about adding tasks is "Ah! Here's a new task I want to be unrelated to and before the task I've currently thinking about!" rather than "I want to add a task to [or after] this task"?? Outlining seems to be an exceptionally clumsy afterthought to Project, and that's unbelievable to me. One should be able to easily add subtasks, easily move them up and down or left and right through the hierarchy, etc. But I can find no commands or keyboard shortcuts to do this. Instead, it's maddening; I'm currently extremely inclined not to use Project simply because the basic input and project brainstorming seems unacceptably clumsy. (It seems this is the feasible way of using it: outline the whole project on paper or in a text editor first, make sure it's 100% right, then enter it into Project to track it.) A part of me can't imagine this is correct--it must be a user problem, not a program problem. Yet try and search as I might, I can find NO remotely intuitive or convenient way either to enter or restructure tasks and subtasks. Help! Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72807
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    - Subtasks are Intented Too Much When I indent a subtask, the indent is large (about 32 characters) on the screen, requiring me to increase the TASK NAME column width. Subsequent indents are of equal size, eventually running the 4th indent totally off the screen. The sheet prints fine (even print preview), and this only happens on the screen. How do I reduce the indent to only 3 or 4 character spaces like it appears on the Gantt reports? I can't find any setting to change how big the outline indent is. I'm using Project 2003 Standard. Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72804
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    - Identifying repetitive tasks in Resource Usage view With 7+ identical task structures in a single project list each summarised by Plot (as in building plot) name, identifying overallocation is problematical. Have added WBS column to help but would like to include summary name (Plot name) from Task Entry table. Have tried adding Plot name into Text1 (Task) manually but can't add that to Res Usage table as it only sees Text1 (Res). Can task field (custom or other) be added to Resource table or is WBS only option? Any ideas would be appreciated that don't involve renaming all tasks to include plot number in front of Task Name entry. THAT would be a nightmare. Many Thanks Guy Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72802
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    - Installation Nightmare I have installed Project Server 2003 10 times according to the Single Server Installation Guide. Every time I install and try to "Create the Cube", no cube is created. Is this a known problem with the installation? If I create a Cube in Analysis Server manually, it is still not recognized in the PWA Server Configuration page. Someone please tell me that there is a fix for this !!!!! Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72794
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    - Arranging Tasks on the Calendar Hello, I asked this question earlier this week and didn't get an answer, so I'll ask it again in the hopes that there is an answer: Is there any way to arrange the tasks on the calendar in such a way as to make them all visible. For some reason, it won't print or even show all of the tasks. This makes it hard to present in a report. Any suggestions? Thanks, Dave Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72792
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    - Planning meetings What would be the best way to plan meetings. In some large projects we have a budget for meetings (ex. 5days). When we are creating the project plan, we do not know the exact days yet. Even more, those meetings are not done in 5 following days. There will be a meeting the first week, next another 0,5d the next week etc Does anybody has any suggestions how he is handling this problem ? Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72791
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    - Changing highlight color on filter Greetings, I created a custom filter that highlights overdue tasks (% complete not 100% and Finish Date less than Current Date). It seems the default highlight color is blue, but I'd like to change it to red. Is this possible? Maybe some registry entry is involved? Thanks. -- Michael Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72785
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    - Removing Subprojects I am trying to remove some subprojects from Project 2003. When I highlight the project(task) to delete nothing happens. Also, is there a limit to the # of projects that you can add to a master project? I keep on getting a statement that the project can't be added because it's already there, and I had just created it. Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72781
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    - Resource Levelling should increase duration This is a simplified version of my problem: I have 3 tasks that all take 8 hours and Joe Bloggs and they all start on the same day (25th October). Resource Levelling moves tasks 2 & 3 to the 26th and 27th October respectively. I want MSP to automatically increase the duration of each task to 3 days and reduce the resource units to 33% (i.e. have concurrency of tasks). Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72776
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    - What is the best solution for project management in a small compa. We have three or four projects and about five or so project managers. What is the best way to keep track of our projects? We have a windows server with a SQL. We ordered the Project Server 2003 with the five client limit with the understanding that this package included the software for each individual computer to be installed. Apparently we have been misguided in this matter since we now have the Project Server 2003 and no way to use it. Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72774
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    - Why do my durations change when I copy one .mpp file into another? When I copy a MS project plan into another, all durations change. 1 day durations become .89 durations. 5 day durations become 4.44 day durations and so on. Why is this? Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72769
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    - Linking Workplans I will be linking 3 workplans together to form one master workplan #1). One of those 3 workplans will actually be a masterplan (#2) that incorporates 8 (team) workplans. My question: When either of the 8 team workplans are updated, which in turn updates the masterplan (#2) they are linked to, will the overall masterplan (#1, of which masterplan #2 is a part of) also be updated automatically. Or am I just dreaming that a master workplan can actually be a sub-plan of an overall master workplan? Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72768
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    - Tasks fixed hours/day Is there a way to enter a task where a fixed nbr of hours is allocated to a resource. I do not want project to reschedule the work for that task ? Example : project management costs 1hr of work each day. Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72762
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    - Outlook Integration Problem Hello, I've installed the Project Server 2003 on Windows 2003 Server. I've created some Project Server accounts and then installed the Outlook Integration Plugin in Outlook 2003. The only problem is that it doesn't work at all. When I try to import new assignment and enter my password for my Project Web Access Account an error message box appears indicating that the username or password is invalid. I'm sure that the password and username are OK. I have to use the project web access account because I can't use the Windows Authentificaction because the connection is not from the same network. Any advice will be appreciated. ..:: fabio Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72761
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    - SubProjects in Project Server 2003 While dealing an EPM deployment we have are trying to use subs and masters. Though this has not been a problem in the past we once we publish the master we annot drill down into the subprojects. While in the resource center the subs and masters show up and are accessible to the use. Any ideas. We want to list oly master's and the drill into the subs if needed, by team members. Thanks, MJ Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72760
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    - installing/uninstalling problem Hi I go to use project 2003 and it wants to install it, but says it can't due to it already is installed. It tells me to uninstall thru the control panel. I go to the control panel to uninstall and it tells me it can't install due to it already installed and to uninstall thru the control panel... help thanks in advance gary Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72759
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    - Milestone dependancy I am a new user to MS Project. I have a series of tasks which build up to milestone (Milestone 1). It will take about 14 weeks for completion. I have another external milestone (Milestone 2)- which must be completed 10 weeks prior to the completion of Milestone 1. I am trying to pin down a specific date... What is the best way to create this dependancy in Project? Thanks, Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72757
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    - MICROSOFT PROJECT 2003 VIDEO MOV/AVI TUTORIAL IN LAYMENS TERMS helpful for beginners. Find on ebay The above tutorial may be helpful. Find it on ebay. MICROSOFT PROJECT 2003 TUTORIAL VIDEO CD. FOR NEWBIES Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72756
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    - Hod do I insert multiple sub projects? I have a sub project that will be repeating for each phase and I would like to insert this sub project into my master/consolidated project. But, Project 2003 reports to me that I can only insert only once. The actual message I get is: "A project can be inserted only once in a consolidated project" Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72753
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    - Printing Gantt Chart from PWA Is there some kind of add-on / viewer for printing the Gantt Chart from Project Web Access? Thanks Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72751
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    - Printing Gantt Chart from PWA Is there some kind of add-on / viewer for printing the Gantt Chart from Project Web Access? Thanks Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72750
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    - In my Gantt view, why do my weeks show up as negative numbers, i.. In my Gantt view, why do my weeks show up as negative numbers, i.e, "Week -1, Week -2, Week -3" Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72745
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    - URGENT-Linking between workplans/tasks Situation: I have 3 workplans that really need to be one integrated plan. These plans are in separate departments (actually one department and 2 outside vendors). For the one plan that belongs to the company department there a 8 different teams. Here is my question: Is it possible to have a master plan that incorporates all 3 workplans as one integrated plan and 1) have them linked as workplans where, when an individual workplan is updated, the master integrated workplan is automatically updated, 2) link each specific task -instead of the whole workplan- where, when an individual workplan is updated, the master integrated workplan is automatically updated, and 3) by linking tasks from an individual plan, will all the sub-tasks on the integrated plan automatically update when the individual plan is updated? I could add a few more questions but I think you can see what I'm trying to do. Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72734
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    - Is Microsoft Project good for production scheduling I am researching software to use for production scheduling. I am looking at Project just for office projects and it appears we could also use it for scheduling production in the shop. Does anyone have any experience with this? Thank you Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72731
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    - Distribute Global Calendar Every year we need to distribule a new global calendar with the standard company holidays to all MSP users. What is the best process for doing this to ensure all projects of all users are changed to the new calendar? Perferably with minimal user effort. The current global calendar is kept in a template file on the server. Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72721
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    - Start Time How do I start a task say @ 6:00 AM, without putting a constraint of "Must start On"? My calendar is set up for a start time of 6:00AM, but as I schedule a task on that day, it wants to start @ 8:00 AM. I have set the default for the correct time and calendar. Thank you, Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72720
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    - how do i print just the left side of a gantt chart in project Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72713
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    - Invisible Tasks I think I know the answer to the following question but hopefully I'm wrong... We have a considerable number of subprojects (23) which, of course, use links throughout and need external links. I'd like to set up a section at the top of each subproject schedule which would encompass that subproject's external links then have the tasks within the schedule point to them. When the folks here change their respective schedules (which is kept in a separate area) I would only need to make a predecessor link to the master schedule. Is there any way to have a summary task which is invisible during a print? I want to be able to see the task when the project is open for editing but during printing I'd like it not to show. Thanks a bunch! Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72707
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    - Can I color Gannt bars differently by task? Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72705
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    - Rollup Resource Assignments In the Gantt Chart and Resource Sheet views I want to show the resource assignments rolling up on summary tasks. Currently resource assignments are not being rolled up. I seem to recall have resources rollup on other plans. Use Project 2000. Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72702
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    - What can I do to make the bar colors different in Calendar View a. I have several tasks listed, each with many subtasks -- I want each task group to have a different color. It seems the only way to get different colors is to make them different "Task types", which is not what I want...unless I can create my own task types....Any advice? Tag: Track progress via email messages in Project 2003 Tag: 72698

WIN 2003
PS w/ SP1

I am not getting emails when I select
Collaberate > Request Progress Information.
I found a post for 2002 that refernaced an exe on the CD. oes this apply to
2003?

Grant

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