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Converting Projects to Power Point Microsoft Project

Converting Projects to Power Point

Posted: 18 Mar 2005 10:26 AM PST

Hi Jim,

You don't mention which version of Project you are using but in Project 2003
on the Analysis toolbar there is a Copy Picture to Office Wizard which steps
you through the process. If you don't have Prj 2003, I agree with Joel's
recommendation. Set up the view (Gantt chart etc.) how you want it to appear
and use the Copy Picture button on the Standard toolbar. If you have more
tasks than fit on a single screen you can select all tasks before clicking
the Copy Picture button to capture more tasks than appear.

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie

"Jim Pringle" wrote:
 

Is there a stand alone Reader for MS Project Files?

Posted: 18 Mar 2005 06:27 AM PST

I have never sent mpp files as too many can make changes to YOUR plan so I
only send PDF files. So, in your case, just print your Gantt, etc to a PDF
and mail it.

"adlib2" wrote:
 

Trying to do the impossible - or is it possible!!??

Posted: 17 Mar 2005 09:15 PM PST

How about a hyperlink? It might not link to task 10, but it can link to a
FORM which could say, PLEASE SEE TASK 10.

"Rod Gill" wrote:
 

How do I distribute task time evenly between Start date and finish date?

Posted: 17 Mar 2005 07:52 PM PST

That would tend to create a mess. You are mixing duration and work. A task
doesn't do an hour a day, a resource does. Assign a resource to the task
then:
Select Window, Split
In the lower task form set task type to fixed duration and edit the work to
be 10h
Click OK

You should then get what you want.

--

Rod Gill
Project MVP


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Project prompts user to log on again when idle for a while

Posted: 17 Mar 2005 04:13 PM PST

May have found a simple solution. Set project pro to save every x minutes.
Though no actual project is open, it seems to keep it active. I'll let it
idle over the weekend to see if its still the case.

"Rob" wrote:
 

Having troubles assigning percentage of time for resources on a t.

Posted: 17 Mar 2005 03:29 PM PST

Hi Laura,

If you create your 10 day duration task. Split the screen (Window>Split) to
show the Task Form at the bottom. In the Task Form, select Mary from the
drop down list and enter 10% in the units field. Click OK. Project will
calculate the work based upon the 10 day duration and Mary's assignment units
of 10%.

You are correct, if you initially assigned Mary at 100% and then dropped her
assignment units to 10% it will expand the duration, but if you initially
assign her at 10%, you should be all set.

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie

"Laura" wrote:
 

Strange Behavior

Posted: 17 Mar 2005 12:11 PM PST

I was simply treating projected as "original".
I'd agree that you need baseline, actual and "forecast" where forecast would
be the start of tasks in the future. As you pointed out, actual is =
forecast for completed tasks. Better to just skip the term projected and use
baseline when baseline is what is meant. :-)

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Posted: 17 Mar 2005 11:51 AM PST

Hi Tom,
Glad to see you discovered the problem. You're welcome for what assistance
I could provide. Please let us know if we can helps again in the future.
Julie

How do I include level of effort type activities in Project?

Posted: 17 Mar 2005 11:13 AM PST

Dale,

Thank you for the quick response. :)

I think I want to have my cake and eat it too. ;)

Project takes those level of effort hours and distributes them equally
across all days - which I understand. I'm using filtering to find available
resources for new task assignment, and these level of effort people aren't
showing up in the filter results - because they aren't available for 100%
allocation on that particular task day. These resources with level of effort
tasks need to be available for 100% allocation on any given day, with the
"missing" level of effort "effort" to be made up on another day. Instead,
they show up as over-allocated on those days.

Anyone with a fork? :)

Diane

"Dale Howard [MVP]" wrote:
 

Monte Carlo for Project 2002-2003

Posted: 17 Mar 2005 10:20 AM PST

Yes I figured. That's why I'll only post once. The good news is that my tool
might help sell more copies of Project. Microsoft might like that. I've
emailed the 100 words to your mvp account.

Thanks,
Mark


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__________________________________________________ _______
Mark Durrenberger, PMP
Principal, Oak Associates, Inc, www.oakinc.com
"Advancing the Theory and Practice of Project Management"
__________________________________________________ ______

The nicest thing about NOT planning is that failure
comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by
a period of worry and depression.

- Sir John Harvey-Jones
"Mike Glen" <glenATmvps.org> wrote in message
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Need help tracking Actual Hours

Posted: 16 Mar 2005 08:29 AM PST

If an [Actual Finish] date exists for a task then by definition all of the
work on it has been completed, has it not? And if it's completed it's 100%
complete. The [Work] field holds how much work it is *forecast* to take to
finish the task if it hasn't been done yet and how much work it *did* take
to finish it if it is completed - it is not a static record of the initial
estimate but rather a calculated amount of what was or will be required.
The only time the task is finished is when [Actual Work] >= [Work]. Posting
an [Actual Work] > [Work] will result in the [Work] field being recalculated
so it equals the Actual. But if the [Actual Work] is then edited to read
less than the [Work] field, the [Work] does *not* get recalculated again to
the lower value and again by definition there is still work to be done and
the task hasn't finished. The BASELINE Work is the field that holds the
original planned work and at any time, including after completion, both
[Work] and [Actual Work] can be less than, equal to, or greater than the
[Baseline Work]. Thus the Baseline is where you should be looking for your
projected values.

Just out of curiosity, why have you set all the tasks to "fixed work?" Not
that it might not be true some of the time but the task type should always
be a reflection of reality. If you have Joe assigned to a task with a
duration of 2 weeks and then he comes back to you and says "You know, I
think that's going to take me 3 weeks instead" wouldn't that usually mean
the total man-hours that the task is expected to take should be revised
upwards? If I go update the duration of a fixed work task from 2 weeks to 3
weeks in response to Joe's memo, its total work estimate won't change
(that's what "fixed" means). Instead it will show Joe now has a few hours
free time every day that can be assigned to other things which I doubt is an
accurate picture of reality.
--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


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