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> I will continue to manage my projects via task durations And I will sleep soundly tonight knowing that your projects are in good hands!

Which version of Project are you using? And do you mean that you want to customize one of the pre-defined standard reports or do you want to customize one of the pre-defined Visual reports? (I'm guessing that you want to change one of the standard reports and I'm hoping that it isn't one of...

You're actually asking two questions here. 1. Create the task Make sure the following columns are displayed: Duration, Work, Resource Names, Type. If you have a resource assigned, delete the resource. In the Work column enter: 2 hours In the Duration column enter: 3 days In the Resource...

I never saw a good one. Get the late Rita Mulcahy's books if you're looking for an excellent resource.

In a nutshell, departments propose projects to the Projects group. Projects are then defined as mandatory (usually to meet changed legal requirements) and optional. The optional projects undergo a cost benefit analysis and the results are compared to a hurdle rate and those that pass under...

@Julie I've been reading a number of your posts in various threads. You have been giving consistently excellent advice ... you're a real asset here. In this particular thread, I thought your comment about a "rolling wave" was an especially subtle understanding of the environment in which the...

You'll need VBA to do that. But ... here's a workaround that sorta works: 1. Set Start1 so it equals Start 2. Set Finish1 to it equals Start + Duration + Number1 Now set your Gantt Chart to use Start1 and Finish1 when drawing the Gantt lines. I say "sorta" because when you use predecessors...

Now that I fully understand your request, Julie is absolutely right.

@Julie ... I'm pretty sure it has to do with the date formats. If he's using (as I do) "ddd mmm d, yy" ("Fri Apr 6, 12") then it gets copy-pasted as a text field; if he uses "mm/dd/yy" (4/6/12) then it gets copy-pasted as a date field -- there may be other formats that copy-paste as dates, I...

This should be posted in the MS Project forum.

In P2010 Open the file Click on File > Options In the new display click on "General" On the right locate "Date format" and select the second one ("1/28/09") Note: This is a global setting and all other projects will open with their dates in this format. Click on OK Copy&paste from P2010 date...

Open the file and display the Gantt Chart view If it isn't already on, turn on AutoFilter. If it isn't already displayed, display Resource Names column Create a new filter Click on View > the filter drop down > New filter In the popup: Name: PDQBach Show in menu: check mark...

So, using my example above, you want something like this (with the ID as the first data element and the task name as the second data element in each row): ID Task Name ==== ========= 2000 A 2100 B 2110 C 2120 D 2200 E 2210 F 3000 G Ain't gonna happen. The ID field is dynamic...

What is CSI numbering? Could you give us an example of what MSProj does and then the same tasks with your desired approach. You could probably get away with simply calling the tasks A, B, C, etc.. (no need for great detail) the IDs would, for MSProj, be 1, 2, 3, etc., and the successors (no...

How about renaming the file extension from .mpp to .dat and sending that file. Or put the file into a zip file and changing the extension on that file to .dat In either case, when the client gets the file, change the extension back to the correct one. If that doesn't work, try deleting all...