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Microsoft
Project in One Day
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Are you sometimes frustrated
when using Microsoft Project 2000TM?
With each new version of this software there are an increased number of
features. How many are you using? We have selected three features you
will want to know about to increase your productivity when using this
software.
Microsoft Project 2000TM is a registered trademark of
Microsoft Corporation.
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· Hard Coding Task ID's
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Problem
- After entering all the project tasks into the software, setting the
dependencies, adding milestones, and summary tasks, you elect to sort the
tasks in some way and lose your original task structure.
Strategy - Insert two columns: "Outline Number" and a
"Text Field". Copy the Outline Number values into the Text
Field before doing any sorting.
Solution - Click in the Task Name column. On the tool bar select Insert : Column. In the Field
Name box scroll down to the Outline Number field and select
it. Then select OK.
Repeat the Insert : Column
and this time scroll down to the Text Field 1 column (or another
Text Field if #1 has been used), select it and type the words "Task
Number" in the Title Field.
Highlight the Outline Number column, copy and paste it into the Task
Number column. You may now delete the Outline Number column.
The current outline number is now "hard coded" to each task
giving you the opportunity to resort the tasks into their original order
by sorting on the Task Number column.
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· Using the Fill Down Feature
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Problem
- Do you ever find yourself wondering how to fill in a column of data
with the same value?
Solution - With the data element you want to repeat entered into a column
in the uppermost cell where the data will be repeated, select that cell
and the cells below in that column. On the tool bar select Edit : Fill : Down and the
data element will appear in the column where the cells were highlighted.
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· Linking Tasks, Five Ways
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Be
careful about linking Summary Tasks. If you do, you will find yourself in
the predicament of having to finish all the tasks under the previous Summary
Task before starting any of the tasks in the suceeding Summary Task. A
better way is to link tasks together and avoid any links to a Summary
Task bar.
Here we show you five ways to link tasks using either a mouse or the
keyboard. To learn the five ways to link and unlink click on the Full
Story below.
Full Story
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· Using the Go To Button
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Have
you ever lost sight of the time bars in your Gantt Chart and could not
find them? Use the Go To Selected Tasks button. You will find it
on the tool bar. It looks like someone's finger pointing at a time bar on
a Gantt Chart.
First, have a Gantt Chart view open.
Second, click your mouse on the task you want to view.
Third, click on the Go To Selected Task button and the timebar
will appear.
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· Previous Newsletters
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A
copy of this and previous newsletters may be found online at the link
below.
If you are interested in having us present our Microsoft Project in One
Day course to employees at your company, please contact us today.
See Previous Newsletters
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