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Select the tasks you want to rebaseline, then go to Tools, Tracking, Save Baseline and save the new baseline for the selected tasks only.

Carla

Changing the default options will only change future objects that you create not already created objects. It might be easier to either recreate the calendar using the new defauts or to go to the Change Working Time dialog box and change the start times by selecting the entire month and redefining the start times. You would have to do this for every month you want to use, probably better than doing this by task. If you are redefining the start times and you are deviating from the 8 hour default hours in a day you would have to adjust the hours per day, hours per week in tools options to synchronize with what you are defining in your base calendar, otherwise Project will be calculating your start and finish dates based on an 8 hour day.

Carla

If you go to the Resource Information dialog box on the General tab you can display different units of availablilty by resource.
See attached screen example.

Carla

HI,

I would just copy and paste the Task name column from your Excel spreadsheet. You don’t have any values for predecessors, or duration. Projects defaults will probably let you copy and paste the start dates, but will automatically apply constraits to every task in the list. I think if you had a value for duration and predecessors you would have a successful import. If you are using hard dates for start and finish you are defeating the purpose of the software. Project is designed to dynamically reflect changes to a project plan and cascade those changes to all tasks the change will affect.

Carla

If you have Develop Application on Level 1, then Manage Development on Level 2 under Develop Application, then have the subtask list on Level 3 under Develop Application then as the subtasks adjust both Summary tasks in Level 1 and Level 2 will adjust accordingly.

Carla

Looks to me from the screen captures you attached that you are copying data from a custom table. If so you must paste it into the same custom table in the new project file. If you are pasting it into the Task entry table it will just go into the fields in the task entry table. In the Plan file select View ==> Tables <> to see what the named table is. It is one I do not recognize from the list defined by the application. Open the new blank file and Select View ==>Tables ==> More Tables and select the same named table from the list and Click apply. Copy your data into the same named table and it should keep the same field headings.
If the table is not in the More Tables list of the new file return to the original file and select Tools ==> Organizer.
Select the Tables Tab.
Select the table in question from the list of tables on the right and click the copy button to put the custom table into your Global.mpt file on the left. This will make this table available to all other project plans you create on your local PC. Then create the new file and do the copy and paste.

Carla

Do you just want a separate file or do you want the separate piece to be linked to the main file? If you just want a separate file if you just select the group of tasks you want to create a separate file from and paste them into a new file it will take the tasks selected and all the related information from the dependancies to the resources. If you want master project subproject setup post back and I will provide some direction.

Carla

I have used the Project forms and have found the tab order is dependent on the order you put objects on the form. I was not able to find any properties that let you set tab order.

Carla

To Insert Project Title and Date in the lower left ( in the Legend area) in Print preview go to Page Setup and select the Legend tab. In the left tab it will automatically put the Project Title and Current Date. The Project Title is taken from what you enter in Project properties in the title field. If you want this information below the legend tab go to Page Setup and select Footer. In the left tab select from General dropdown Project Title. From the buttons in the dialog box there is one for Current date or Project Start date is in the General dropdown. If you do not enter a title in Project properties it will use the file name in place of the title.
If you save a baseline you are not saving a separate file. You are copying and pasting all the current values into baseline tables so depending on how you look at it you are capturing the original values or version for later use. These values are usually used for comparative analysis to determine if you are where you should be based on the original plan. If you are wnating to create something for backup purposes you would need to save a copy of the file.

Carla

To pull the most recent record from a similar situation I use a top values query with just 1 return or “top value”. sometimes it is a little difficult to manually put a number in the top values drop down. I think I just type in a one and hit enter.

Carla

It is very hard just to find enough screen for a single Gantt Chart. You have a copy picture button in your toolbar that will give a snapshot of what you see on your screen. Copy picture usually does not work well if your version of office is different than your version of Project. I usually use a print screen if I want a Gantt Chart image. You can also print to a .pdf file. Some versions of Project only let you print to the default printer so you have to make the Adobe printer the default before you try to print the file.

Carla

You can increase the height of the row by draging from the dividing lines between the ID’s or to change multiple rows select the rows you want to adjust and drag the bottom row down to increase it’s height. look for the double headed arrow.

Carla

You could create a shared resource pool to view resource allocations accross multiple projects. Here are the basic steps
Create a plan called Resource Pool as a file dedicated to storing your resources and add your available resources to the resource entry table
Open the Sharer file and select Tools, Resource Sharing, Share Resources — this will bring in and make available the resources in the pool file.
I would recommend using a dedicated file for storing your resources. If you have resources in the sharer files they consolidate into one single resource list. It is easier to manage with a dedicated file.

Carla

Do you use Groupwise as your email program?

Carla

John,

There are a very limited group of users in this database, only 7 and they notice if the number is not sequential as soon as they enter the first field of information. Two of the users know how to open the reset seed form and enter the next sequential number. This has worked well for about 4 years. This problem appeared when the database was migrated from Access 97 to Access 2000. The future plan is to migrate this backend to SQL Server before the end of the year so I think this should solve future problems.

Carla