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    - Update project dialog issue I am using MSOP 2007 standard. I have two tasks in particular in my schedule. Task 3 is linked to task 2. Task 2 is 80% complete, started on 4/1/08, Task 3 is 10% complete and started on 4/29/08. I want to reschedule my remaining work. I go to Tools-Tracking-Update Project-I select Reschedule uncomplet work to start after 5/7/08 For Entire project. When this is selected only task 2 is updated. I can go through this sequence again and task 3 is finally updated. Why? Am I missing something here? I would expect project to go through each task and reschedule the remaining work based on the predecessors. For instance if task 2s new completion date is June 23 and task 3 is linked to task 2 with a FS relationship and has 20 hours remaining, I would expect project to split task 3 leaving the actuals in tact and reschedule the remaining 20 hours to start June 24th. Any ideas? Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137775
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    - 2 Questions - New to Project Hi All, I am a Application Trainer and have just started to get familiar with Project in regards to teaching it. I had a student send me an email with 2 questions, and I'm not yet familiar enough with the software to be able to tackle these for him. I am about to start poking around and see if I can figure it out, but I figured I'd post here and at least see if you all could point me in the right direction, or offer some advice solutions. I'll post his email below, and thanks in advance for anything you can provide! -- Situation#1 Can I copy Resource Usage view Text fields into Task Usage Text fields? Text is text, right !!!! ??? I am using an external software program called MPM (Micro-frame Program Management software). It is a software program that will pull data from MS Project via a field mapping process. It will pull data from the Task Usage view/fields as well from the Resource Usage view/fields. However, the fields I am seeking to pull from MS Project are not aligned with the fields of the MPM software. Populating our MS Project file has placed data in both the Task Usage view and also the Resource Usage view(via Resource Table). Due to the way the scheduler populated the WBS field in the Task Usage field ( the information is incomplete) vs. the way he populated the WBS info in the Resource Usage view, it is necessary that I copy Resource Usage view Text fields into the Task Usage view Text fields in order to have my external software be able to pull data from our project file. Furthermore, the detail level of the WBS (Parent WBS ID, WBS ID, Control Acct labeling, etc) in the Resource Usage is acceptable and I want to use it. This data does not appear in the Task Usage view and must be copied into the Task Usage view Text fields in order for the data to be mapped into MPM. I believe this can be done. I see things in MS Project that say â??import fieldâ?? and what about copy paste. Canâ??t I just copy paste the data ??? Do you know the process to be able to do such a feat? Do the Text field numbers in the Task Usage view and the Resource Usage view have to be same in order for the data to be copied into the other view? Situation#2 Renaming of Resource Usage view Text field names I am trying to change the name of Text Field #5 that has already been renamed. Text 5 has been renamed using Tools Custom Field commands. The dialogue box pops up and then you type in the name that you wish to appear in the title box of the field/column in your project file. The scheduler customized Text 5 from Text 5 to WP or PP Id as it appears in the project file. It appears as WP or PP Id(Text 5) in the Custom Fields dialogue window. I want the Text 5 field to appear as Resource WP or PP Id in the project file. I went to the Custom Field dialogue window and changed the Text 5 to appear as Resource WP or PP Id; however, it only appears WP or PP Id in the project file but does appear as Resource WP or PP Id(Text 5) in the Custom Field dialogue window. Are there a maximum number of characters allowed for each Text Field title? How do I achieve the renaming goal I am seeking? Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137772
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    - Adjust Dates I am trying to use the Adjust Dates button to advance an MS Project 2000; however there appears to be a problem with some tasks which take place over the weekend. I have created a calendar which I have called weekend and I have made Saturday and Sunday the only working days and I have allocated the appropriate tasks to this calendar. The problem is that when I look on the Gannt Chart the weekends where there is work have not moved as predicted. I am sure that I am doing something wrong, but I have only been using Project for a couple of weeks. Thanks in advance. Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137768
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    - What are the conditions your schedule must meet to create an s cur I don't think i'm fully understanding the s curve and why you'd want to do it. Does the plan for example need to be baselined? Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137766
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    - inserting multiple flags into a project I am usinng 2003 - Is there a quick way to insert flags into a project - i have the need to insert about 10 in lots of different projects. I know how to insert 1 at a time but this is time consuming ( or am i being too lazy) Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137764
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    - auto-balance overallocate and underallocate? during a project period some of days I am over allocated and some days I am under allocated. Is there a feature in MSP 2007 that I can use to automatically workout the overallocated time and fill them in the underallocated days within the same duration? e.g. I work 7.5 hours/day, 5 days/wk. on Monday and Tuesday I am overallocated with a total of 10 hours/day. Rest of the week I am underallocated with only 3 hours/day. I want to fix the overallocated days by moving the extra time into the underallocated days which is Wed,Thur and Friday Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137763
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    - work and actual work problem The baseline work estimated for a task is 12 hours. Later when I became more clear of the requirement I entered 10 hours into Work field of the task as a more accurate value. When I completed this task I realized that I only spent 5 hours on the task, I entered this value into Actual Work. The %work completed should be 100%. When I went to change the % Work Completed to 100% the Actual Work automatically changed to 10 hours. Then I when I changed the Actual Work back to 5 hours, the % Work Completed automatically changed to 50%........ According to the definition, % Work Completed= Actual Work / Work. Is it possible to keep this set of value at all: Work = 10 hours Actual Work = 5 hours % Work Completed = 100% thanks in advanced! Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137759
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    - Definition for working time Dear all, I'm the beginner in MS Project. I want to ask about definition for working time of project that contains a lot of tasks with different working time (e.g. Some tasks proceeded in day time only where some tasks proceeded both day time and night time.) I've checked information in MS Project Step-by-Step but haven't found, so I hope I can have advices from the others. Thanks a lot. -- Hoang Le Minh Penta-Ocean Construction Co., Ltd Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137755
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    - one on one help in calgary alberta I was wondering if there was any one on one help that anyone knows of in calgary alberta Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137740
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    - duration and work what is the difference are you supposed to put in actual work before putting in duration? Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137739
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    - Cost Estimate for Resources and Hours I'm a newbie, but I've looked around and can't find the answer. I would like to build a WBS with hours by task and subtask which are totaled. Also, the hours by resource are totaled and multiplied by the hourly cost of the resource. Any ideas? Appreciate any suggestions. Thanks, Craig Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137726
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    - Replacing Resource Assignments Need some ideas on best practices for reassigning resources. Scenario: Plan has been created, resources assigned, baselined and published. Then for whatever reason, some of the assignments need to be changed to a different resource. Not ALL assignments need to be changed so the Build Team From Enterpise & Replace feature is not a viable option. My method for changing assignments has always been to assign the new resource to the task without rebaselining. I assign work but don't rebaseline so baseline work=0 for new resource. Then I ask the original resource to simply zero out the remaining work or reject the tasks they are no longer going to work on. The problem with this method now is that we are using baseline work as a factor in our availability reports so if i don't rebaseline the task (NOT a best practice in my book), the data in the availability reports won't show up correctly. If I simply replace the original named resource with the new resource and republish the assignment, the original task stays on the user's PWA timesheet with an X next to it... and I'm not quite sure what happens if they had actual work against that task. For the sake of reporting availability accurately, if the actual work stays in the plan, simply replacing the resource may be the best method... In which case I'll just have to do lots of training on how and when to use the "hide" button to get rid of those deleted assignments. Ideas, suggestions??? Thanks! Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137718
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    - Alternative View to a Schedule - Need Help! All, Is there a way to write a macro to take the identified Milestones listed below a summary task in a schedule, Create Columns labeled/titled with those same Milestones and fill in the corrosponding Finish Dates? This particular schedule has underneath each Summary Task the same Milestones/subtasks, basically everything is duplicated. My bosses boss has requested this kind of view. I know many will say just create an Excel Spreadsheet but, we want to do this view in Project and it seems it would be faster if a macro where created. If anyone out there thinks they can help and need to see the Schedule, I will be happy to send it to them. Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137717
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    - Visual Earned Value Over Time Report I'm working in MS Project 2007 and the service pack is installed. When I try to generate an earned value over time report by going to reports/visual reports/excel/earned value over time report/view, then clicking on Assignment Usage with EV tab, I am receiving 0 values. If I double click the Q2 it will drop down the weeks. If I double click the items listed under type in the Pivot table field list, the only value showing is under costs. How do you get the values to read under the planned, earned and actuals columns? Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137708
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    - Organizer I have a simple question concerning the Organizer. What items are stored in the .mpp file and which are stored in the global by default. It seem that map data is saved the global and all others are saved to the individual files. Is this correct? Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137707
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    - MS Project Server 2003 AND 2007 on one machine What is the word on running both of these from the same machine? There is no way around it (2 different customers with 2 different versions on existing programs). FWIW i already have the 2007 server version. Hope my question is clear enough. Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137704
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    - How can I add the "Analysis Toolbar" in MS Visio 2003 SP2? Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137699
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    - Hammock Task Link Question I am using a hammock task to pull information from a task to the top of the schedule to satisfy some requirement. My question is when I select the cell and go to edit/Link change source the following is displayed: Path\filename.mpp!LINK_4. My question is what does !LINK_4 mean? I inserted another hammock and dynamically linked it and it displays the same thing with !LINK_6 on the end. Any ideas? I am using MSOP 2007. Thanks in advance for your comments/insight. Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137698
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    - Task calendar different than the Base calendar I am currently working a large plan for multiple sites. The Base calendar is the normal 8 to 5 M-F with weekends off. I have one task the long pole which is 120 days lead time but the days are consectutive. The 120 day task has constraints within the normal plan. I'm having trouble getting the 120 day task to be 120 days because of the constraints to the normal calendar. How do I fix this?? Thanks -- Mike Milos Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137695
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    - Resource Pooling and client rates I'm trying to figure out how to solve an issue I have, and it's not overly apparent to me. Basically, I want to link many projects to a shared resource pool so that I have a single point of entry for holidays, working hours etc (we're a web development agency). This is so we can track resource usage, and scheduling around holidays etc. This is all working fine. However, I would like to set different rates for resource on different projects. ie Person A might cost $300 to Client A, versus $500 for Client B. How can I set this up? Is it possible? Neil Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137692
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    - MS Project Weakness? In a recent interview I was asked what I thought the biggest weakness of MS Project is. I'm curious to know what the experts think. Thank you for your input. Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137686
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    - How to check in Enterprise Resource Pool Hi, While having the Enterprise Resource Pool checked out (for adding new resources to the pool), MS Project 2003 Pro crashed. When restarting MS Project 2003 Pro, the Enterprise Resource Pool remained checked out to my user account. However, I cannot add any resources to it. How can I force a check in to the Enterprise Resource Pool? Thanks. Avi Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137683
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    - bug in ms project 2003 resources utilisation summary report? I set up a recurring task for one hour per every day. On the resources reports the resource which the task is assigned still has 7 hours per day utilisation, even it is the only task assigned to it. Is there a bug in calculation, or am I missing somthing here? rgds, Atte Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137680
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    - Actual Cost Changes Hi, Scenario: I have a task A which is 100%. This task has resource Adam assigned to it. Adam is also assigned to few other incomplete tasks as well. When I change the standard rate for Adam, task A actual cost also changes even though its already 100% complete.. Is there a way to keep previous cost when increasing a rate for a resource? My understanding is that actuals do not change. Thanks -- Saviz Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137678
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    - showing a milestone in a summary bar Hi - i am trying to do something very simple!! - i would like to show a milestone in a summary bar. the summary consists of 5 linked tasks the 3rd is a milestone. I have selected the summary line and gone to Project/Task Information/General tab. and checked the "show rolled up Gantt bars" I did the same for the ID the milestone is on - nothing has changed - i then thought if i changed the bar style for the milestone to include "rolled up" that would help but this just hid the milestone from inside the task. what have i done wrong Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137675
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    - Project Custom Field: don't work!!!! (project Level) Hello, I'm trying to customize a field on project level=85 The field have to show if a project has been updated or not o the last 14 days=85 I=92m using Project Server 2003, Project Professional 2003 and PWA 2003. Here you are the step that I have followed: 1) Opened Project Professional 2003 2) Opened Enterprise Global (Tool -> Enterprise Options -> Open Enterprise Global) 3) Opened Enterprise Fields (Tool -> Customise -> Enterprise Fields=85) 4) Selected =93Project=94 5) Selected =93Text=94 6) Inserted the following formula: IIf(DateDiff("d",[Last Update], [Current Date])>=3D14,"Update Required","Current") The problem is that the Project Fields Seems not to be updated=85. On the PWA view, for example, there is the following information: Project Test Last Modified: 30/04/2008 Last Published: 30/04/2008 Custom Field: Updated Required But today is the 8th of May, so it have to be =93Current=94!!! I have check also on the Project Information (in Project Professional, Project -> Project Information=85), and unfortunately, the custom field value is =93Updated Required=94=85 What=92s wrong?? Where can I check =93Last Modified Date=94, =93Last Update Date=94 and =93La= st Published Date=94 in Project Professional?? Thank you so much to every body will be able to help me=85 Regards Vit Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137666
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    - make a column stay is it possible in MSP2k7 to make the first 2 columns stay still while I scroll horizontally to view information in rest of the columns. e.g. I want to be able to see the tasks names from the left most column while I scroll to see the Actual Work from the right most column thanks in advance Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137663
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    - set project to be task/resource centric i there a way in MSP2k7 I can define a project to be resource centric or task centric? Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137662
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    - terms definition? many of the terms used in MS Project are confusing to me, is there a complete list of terms and their definitions available for project 2007? like a glossary or dictionary type thing. e.g. % complete : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx % work complete: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx actual work: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx baseline work: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx work: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137660
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    - Project and Outlook tasks Hi there, if I am using Project 2007 I see some existing posts that say I can set reminders (in Outlook) - but do I have to also be using Project Server? Also can I set reminders in Outlook just for myself or for other colleagues also? Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137658
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    - Why do weeks equal 5 days? I'm planning a launch date of a new product. One of the tasks is set to 4 weeks duration. It starts on June 12 but ends on July 4. How can I set the weeks so that weekends are included? It should end on July 10. Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137655
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    - Expenses - Planned vs real Hi, I have ms project 2003; I entered all the planned expenses of the team, but at the end of the week I know exaclty how much was expensed, how can I enter this new information and then compare planned expenses vs real expensed? Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137653
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    - chaning the work hours during a project Hi, I have next situation: In the project the team will work for three weeks just 6 hours instead of 8, how can I do that in MS Project 2003, I mean, the deffault are 8 hours for all the project but just for three weeks the team will work 6 hours. Thanks! Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137651
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    - how do I convert my project schedules into a fishbone chart? I have used MS project to plan a upcoming product. I would like to have a view of the major mile stones in a fishbone display format.. How can I do this in MS project. Any help or pointers will be greatly appreciated. thanks sre Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137648
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    - Excavating old Project versions I have an old .mpp It is either MS 1995 or 1998. I can't open it and I desperately need the info. I'm too close to retirement to waste time on this one (or get fired) HELP! Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137644
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    - Project 2000 - GANTT Chart View Hi there, I have a GANTT chart that shows multiple projects within a programme. Some of the projects have common tasks such as 'admin' or 'research' and I want to sort/print/view the chart showing only specific types of work. For example, I want to print the chart showing only all of the 'admin' tasks only - is this possible? Hopefully someone can help. Gratefully Ian. Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137636
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    - Start/Finish Dates I'm relatively new to MS Project. I have a baselined schedule. While updating the schedule, should I leave the start and finish dates the same if the date has passed. Or should I update the schedule with a new anticipated start or finish date? Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137635
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    - Multiple timelines What is the best way to creat a project with multiple items? I have approx 16 vehicles that are all coming in at different times, but each will have the same number of tasks for each and the time to complete each task will not vary by vehicle. Can you help? I am fairly new at using project. Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137634
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    - How can I insert a new task in project if the option is grayed ? I am trying to insert a new task into the middle of an existing chart, but the option to insert a new task is grayed out. It will let me add one to the bottom of the chart works, but how can Insert lines in the middle? Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137622
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    - Visual Report for Earned Value I try to use Earned Value numbers. I can see them in the views and in the "old" report. But when I try the new Visual Report sometimes thera are no values, and the week numbers are wrong??? Please help! Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137620
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    - MS Project 2007 Won't run I've tried several times to install Project Pro 2007 on Vista Ultimate. The install says it completed, but when I try to run it, the program goes into this loop where it's configuring, then the splash screen appears, and then it configures again, and finally says it couldn't configure because there isn't enough memory. I have 2 gigs of Ram, 28 gigs of HD space and nothing else is running except bloated Vista. Any ideas? Everything else in Office installed and runs fine, including Visio. Erik Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137604
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    - Project 2003 SP2. Operation failed saving as HTML When trying to save a Project as a web page using the export wizard, it gets down to the point where it will try to create the HTML page and then we get a Operation Failed. Any ideas on what to try? Thanks. Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137602
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    - "Show" on toolbar in Resource Usage view, dropdowns not available When in the Resource Usage view (Filter: Resource-Work, Table: Work, Group By: No Group), the Show toolbar dropdown options of Outline Level 1, ect. are greyed out and not available. When in this view for a particular Resource Name, I would like to expand/contract the displayed assignments(as displayed withthe +/- box next to the name) using this toolbar option. Why is this option not available? Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137598
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    - Project 2003 file to XML for RSS feed use Hi, We have someone who has developed a calendar of events using Project 2003. We want to be able to make this into an XML file that can be read by an RSS feed reader. We successfully saved as XML but when we put it through the reader we get a message saying there are no items to display. We are using the feed reader called KlipFolio. I have also tried to open it in Internet Explorer and it just shows all the code. If you can help please let me know or if anyone out there has successfully made a Project into an RSS feed I would like to hear how you accomplished it. Thanks Joyce Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137597
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    - Unknow error about resources We were trying to Edit the resource Bety but we couldnâ??t. The following errors were showed: In the Manage Userâ??s and in the Central Resources screens: Unknown error: Solve the problems with Windows SharePoint Services. As we couldnÂ´t edit the resource, we checked it out (I donÂ´t remember how) then we tried to delete it but it wasnÂ´t allowed: â??The resources could not be excluded because some of them are checked-outâ??. Then weâ??ve tried to check it back in but the resource wasnâ??t showed in the list "Force Check-in..." How can I solve this problem? IÂ´ve already looked up in the http://support.microsoft.com and this is what I've found: â??An enterprise resource is checked out by a system process such as the Active Directory Resource Pool Synchronization(example), and the resource is not correctly checked back in. When this occurs, the resource does not appear on the Force Check-in Enterprise Objects page. This condition makes it impossible to check in the resource from Project Web Access.â?? Thank you for any kind of help! Adrianay Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137568
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    - expenses Hi, I have MSProject 2003, how can I handle expenses such as: aifare, meals, car rental, etc? thanks!!! Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137566
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    - Free Slack Can anyone please help me understand how to calculate Free Slack. Is it the same as calculating Slack for tasks with Predecessors or is it something else? -- SwapnaK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SwapnaK's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=48275 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=962817 http://forums.techarena.in Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137554
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    - Conditional headers Hi, A bit of a long shot I suspect, but, I want the header to change dependant on which filter is used for a report. So if the report is about civil work then I want the Civil engineer's name to show in the header etc. I have the names against the activities but since they change from one activity to the next, then simply adding in that field does not seem to return the name in the header. I suspect it is because the header does not know which of the many values in the field to return. Any ideas to have a IIF([Text1]="Civil', "Joe B loggs,"") in the header? Regards DavidC Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137541
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    - Need syntax to link ghost tasks I am trying to link tasks in two separate projects, both saved and published to Project Server. I am using Project Professional 2007. The instructions in MS Project Inside Out say to type, "<>\[projectname].mpp.published\[tasknumber]" or "<>\[projectname].mpp.published1\[tasknumber]" (depending upon the enterprise version control protocol?) into the ID field of the Task Information window in the Predecessors tab. I have tried every variation of this that I can think of, with no success. Does anyone know how to link tasks between two separate projects? Thanks, Dave Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137539
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    - Newbie to Project and forums need help Hello, I am new to the forums and only recently started using MS Projec 2003. I am wondering how I would go about the following: First a bit of history, we track our projects from a single date thi date really is not a start or a finish but more of a work date. When we do this we go forwards and backwards in time by using + and d Example say our project is supposed to start on 1 Jan 08, before tha can start we must start a test plan and many other steps. So our Finish date (for lack of better things to call it) is 1 Jan 0 our Test plan is built - 120 days so that would be 1 Sep 07. Likewis we do a report that is due + 90 days so that would be 1 Apr 08. How would I use this as a formula to calculate the dates these need t start for me. I envision a task sheet with fields labled Task Name Duration Lag/Lead Start Date Finish Date Where Duration would be typed in and lead to a finish date based on th Lag/Lead column inputting to the Start date Example Task Name Test Plan 20d -120d (calculated Finish dat -120d = 1 Sep 07) 21 Sep 07 Any ideas on how to build the formula and put it into a column? I apologize, if this has been asked a zillion times and also for m newbie'sm Cheers -- Kevli ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevlin's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=4829 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=96243 http://forums.techarena.i Tag: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? Tag: 137534

When I open my project files the date displayed on the Gantt chart is months
in the past. I've been using shift-ctrl-F5 to jump to the current day of a
task but I would prefer if the Gantt chart opened displaying the current
day... Is this possible?

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Re: MSP 2000 - how to display current day when opening a project file? by JulieS

JulieS
Fri May 09 16:48:24 CDT 2008

Hello Davidd,

You can place the following lines of code in a Visual Basic for
Applications (VBA) module in the file:

Private Sub Project_Open(ByVal pj As Project)
EditGoTo Date:=Now()
End Sub

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional information
about Microsoft Project

"davidd" <davidd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:92ECD036-64C7-4D48-806D-DA62599F35B6@microsoft.com...
> When I open my project files the date displayed on the Gantt chart
> is months
> in the past. I've been using shift-ctrl-F5 to jump to the current
> day of a
> task but I would prefer if the Gantt chart opened displaying the
> current
> day... Is this possible?
>
>

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