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Microsoft Word - Table of Conents

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 02:38 PM PDT

I am formatting a 60 page report and have created a table of contents. I have linked all of my headings and subheadings appropriately (with styles) however only about 90% of the headings show up in the table of contents. For example It will show:

Chapter 1 :
    1.1
         1.1.1
         1.1.3
    1.2
    1.5 

As per the example above it will be missing some of the headings periodically! So strange. I have unlinked the headings and relinked, I have updated the table of contents, deleted it and reloaded it. I can't seem to figure out why some are missing. I have showed this issue to friends and family and no one can seem to find out what is wrong. I have also been on the phone with Microsoft tech support - and the person disconnected with me over the phone  and on the remote  computer help that they were giving me after they admitted they could not figure out what was wrong. Not sure why they disconnected. Maybe someone here has ran into this issue before? If anyone can help I would really love to hear from them!

Thank you!

 

Problems with BOX Add-in in word 2013

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 12:23 PM PDT

My PC came back from the shop with the new Office 2013 installed and I have been trying to use the BOX ADD-in to save a copy of my files to the cloud.  Office seems to allow the add-in, but i am having trouble with setting a default location in BOX.  It will allow me to choose a default file and save it, and it may work for an hour or two, but then for no apparent reason, it will have changed and save my file elsewhere.  How can i fix this?

Copy and paste pictures from one doc Layout options Word 2010

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 11:35 AM PDT

Hi team,

When I copy and paste a picture from one doc to another in Word 2010, the picture is always pasted as In Line with Text (the source format) and yet, my Options are set to Insert/Paste pictures using Top and Bottom.

In Word 2007 I was always able to do the above without changing the paste options each time (for a new picture). In fact, I find the Copy and Paste options very annoying and unpredictable in Word of everything. there's no consistency.

Just like we can no longer lasso and entire set of text boxes and an associated picture unless the picture resides on a canvas, Word no longer seems to supports this paste option--or is this another "design feature." (MS needs to learn the difference between design features and major annoyances.)

I'm probably missing something here, but if not, my next post will ask how I can revert to Word 2007. Word 2010 seems so buggy!

Thanks.

- Lee

Inserting Symbols in Word 2010

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 10:23 AM PDT

This question involves something so simple it's almost embarrassing.  I want to insert a symbol in my Word 2010 document.  The usual way is Insert | Symbol | Symbol, I think.  But when I click on Insert and hunt for Symbol I can't find it.  A few websites I looked at seem to have Symbol in the same group, tab or whatever we call it, as Quick Parts.  But if so I can't see it.  I use German characters (symbols?) quite a lot since at least Word 2003 where I learned to insert umlauted letters such as Ää by pressing Ctrl-Shift+: and then the letter.  So where can I find the Symbol Menu/Dialog?  Or did I lose it somewhere?

Office 2013. Word opens only 2 pges of my 45 page file. File size 1.6 MB but only shows two pages

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 09:43 AM PDT

What should I do to repair Word, as when I try to open a file that I know is 45 pages and 1.6 MB, word indicates there are only two pages. When I download the file from my email, it opens correctly the first time and in protected view, but when I try to open the file again after closing it, only two pages appear. What should I do?

WORD DOCUMENT BUTTONS

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 08:56 AM PDT

Hopefully I can explain myself properly. So here goes. I bought a computer and it had ms office 2007 installed, but I've always used 2003 version on my old PC and i'm starting to figure it out slowly, but what has stumped me is the page breaking and to "disable" certain buttons so that my page numbering works. First I'll explain what i used to do with my 2003 version. I produce lengthy transcripts for court purposes with many witnesses during the day. A days testimony usually comes out to approximately 175 pages and as i said, 4 to 5 witnesses. So our format is we have to distinguish their names in the header under the page number as a new witness takes the stand. In 2003 version I would just click on page break, next page, then before i do anything in the header I have to click the "disabled" button that's highlighted so that i can indicate "continue numbering as previous" and then type in the new witness's name. The problem i'm having is where is that "disable" button or the "highlighted" button so i can start a new person? After I hit the page break next page i can't find to do that and I've tried just typing the name in but then the headers before that page revert to that person and so does the numbering. So i need to disable so i can start a new person. Also, when i save my document I'm saving it as 97-2003 version of word, but i still can't find that button. Thank you very much for your help in advance. I hope you understand what i'm trying to say.

Also, one other thing, when a witness is interrupted during testimony we have to put in four trailing dots at the end, but my dots are compressed together. I want the dots to be spread out. Any suggestions on this as well? This 2007 word version has stressed me out and i have the mind to just get someone to take this off my PC and install the 2003 version. It seems i'll never learn it. 

 

Word 2010 ribbon customization lost/reset

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 08:30 AM PDT

I have been trying to customize the ribbon in Word 2010, initially by moving the default groups around within the default tabs.  I moved groups in the Home tab first, and clicked OK to save the changes, which worked.  I then selected the Page Layout tab, opened up the customization again, and moved groups in the Page Layout tab.  When I clicked OK, these changes worked, but Word had reset the Home tab groups back to the installed defaults.

What does appear to work is to expand all the default tabs when in customization by clicking on all the + signs, when Word seems to remember everything I've done before.

I'm running a plain version of Word 2010 on Windows 7 with all the latest updates applied.  There are no add-ins installed.  Has anybody come across this, or have any suggestions about why its happening and how to solve it?  I do not want to have to resort to learning XML, just use the UI.

Need a reader to read Word files

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 08:29 AM PDT

I need a basic app or some software that will read an open Word File. I tried Natural Reader, but it skipped portions of the document. I tried Window-Eyes and it was overly complicated and was reading everything--all cursor motions, etc. I tried Windows Narrator, and it's reading everything on the screen. All I need is to have a Word document read to me aloud so I can proofread it against another file. Any suggestions appreciated. I wasn't sure if I need to post this in the Word category or the Windows category.

URGENT, when I print my thesis, its pages go from hundreds to thousands...can't export it anyhow!

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 07:05 AM PDT

It's many time I'm writing my thesis and I'm really near the discussion and I have to print it, of course.

The fact is it is impossible: as soon as I go in the print layout its pages are duped thousands of times and go from hundreds to thousands pages completely messed up. I think that's a problem with fields but I can't understand which one (s), where and how to solve. I can't export it by any means. Sorry but that's completely unexpected and really highly urgent issue.

I tried also with two different PCs with Word 2013, no luck.

When you save, close and open the document, or work with it, everything is alright.

Is there a way to don't care about fields for printing? The option is disabled....

Thanks.

Word 2002 and Security

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 05:11 AM PDT

Hi,

I still use Word 2002, but security updates are no longer available.

The programme may be vulnerable to attacks.

Is there a way that I can secure the programme to make any attacks less likely?

Thanks

Bottom half of page in Word is blocked and I cant see it

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 01:32 AM PDT

Hi,

It started with Outlook - when I opened an email, the bottom half of the window was grey and there was nothing I cud do, including resizing the window, etc.  Then the same happened to Word, see screenshot:

When I restarted the machine (a new Windows 8.1 Dell i7 laptop), the problem was initially gone, but now it happened again.

Pls advise asap

Office 2013, strange files in C:\ Root

Posted: 05 Apr 2014 09:27 PM PDT

Hello, I have a question about Microsoft Office 2013. Today I checked the root of my C:\ drive and had these tt2 files installed. The time is when I installed Office 2013. I am wondering if these are okay and why they were installed here. I'm worried that they might be infections even though scans reveal nothing. 

Thank you. The pic is small but the files are like, WindowsLEELAWAD.tt2, WindowsMSJHBD.tt2, etc.

Selecting Text--Sometimes it makes it white and unreadable

Posted: 05 Apr 2014 08:38 PM PDT

Hello, Hive Mind:

This is a small, trivial problem. But it bugs me a little, and I fear it might someday become bigger.

Recently, something changed in my Word docs. When I select text to edit it, normally there's a black background, with the words in white. It's easy to read and I can see whether I've selected the right text quickly and effortlessly. This is still the way it works most of the time.

However, on certain text, selecting it instead creates a white background, with almost completely grayed out letters. It is very difficult to read what I've selected to make sure I'm cutting or re-formatting the right parts. I have to slow down and double check by looking at either side of the selection to make sure I've got the right portion, and it takes a few extra seconds. It's a real annoyance and an inefficiency.

I have no idea what caused this to suddenly start--I'm assuming there is something in the underlying formatting to make it react this way. Any suggestion on how I can make the problem go away?

Thanks.

Dave Culbertson

how to combine table of figures and index together

Posted: 05 Apr 2014 08:35 PM PDT

I want something like:

cookie....32,p23,15,m34,t22

the letters stand for:

p = picture

m = map

t = table

none = text

Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2013 won't even load...

Posted: 05 Apr 2014 08:23 PM PDT

Hello, everyone,

I recently had my Windows 8 laptop repaired (cracked LCD, warped CD drive and hard drive cover plate), and when I received it, my files were still intact. However, when I attempt to open them (or any files), I can get no response from Word, PowerPoint, or Excel, not even an error message. I wish I could say I had tried something, but I don't even know where to start.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

double footnote number

Posted: 05 Apr 2014 06:50 PM PDT

One of my footnote numbers is double 4546 and when it is deleted it just moves down to the next footnote.  How do I edit the double number. Thanks

Split a Word Document by Word Count

Posted: 05 Apr 2014 06:24 PM PDT

I have a Word document that "counts" from 1 to 1,852,083, with the numbers separated by a semicolon and a space. Is there a way that I can split it by word count, having 16,384 "words" (numbers) in each document while retaining the semicolon-space separation in each document?

Help with Word 2013 Bibliography format

Posted: 05 Apr 2014 05:33 PM PDT

Somehow I have changed the format of the bibliography.  Whenever I update it or delete it and put it back in the paper it is double spaced Instead of single spaced.  I don't know how I did this and cannot figure out how to change it back.  Please help.  Thanks.

Word VBA Create Bookmark That Refers to Selection

Posted: 05 Apr 2014 04:34 PM PDT

Hello,

I am creating a macro from Excel that loops through the worksheets and copies and pastes the data to Word.

As soon as I paste the data into Word, I would like to bookmark the entire table that is selected after pasting. 

I have tried this, but it doesn't work:

        With t 'table range
        .Tables(1).AutoFitBehavior (wdAutoFitWindow)
        .Tables(1).Select
         End With
         MsgBox "Table has been formatted"
         
         tRange = Selection.Range
         
    'Add bookmark that refers to the newly copied table that has the same name as the worksheet in Excel
    With ActiveDocument.Bookmarks
        .Add Range:=tRange, Name:="Test"
        .DefaultSorting = wdSortByName
        .ShowHidden = False
    End With

Thanks in advance!

where is Ms word in windows 8 after install

Posted: 05 Apr 2014 12:04 PM PDT

I have a machine with win 8, I installed MS word 2010 and all I get is Microsoft Project Professional 2010, then I go to the metro tiles and all I see is "Microsoft project 2010" Microsoft office language" "Microsoft project server 2010" "MS office 2010 upload center" and "Microsoft clip organizer" Where is Ms Word? I've typed in Microsoft word into the search and nothing pops up, there is no Ms word program to be found on my PC.

Office 2003 with Access 2000 - Microsoft Office forums

Office 2003 with Access 2000 - Microsoft Office forums

Office 2003 with Access 2000

Posted: 24 Jul 2006 03:42 AM PDT

Well the MS advice for running two versions of office/components is to
install earliest first update then install later versions. And to install
into seperate folders.
Unfortunately Office2k installs by default into the Office Folder, whilst
later version install to a version Specific Folder.
Having said that I have run an Access2k at default location with Office2003
installed without a problem.
So you should be just able to install Office2003 with whatever method you
use to roll out, ensuring that the install doesnt remove Access2k (This will
only be an option if your Office2003 includes Access2003)
Be aware if Office2003 features Access 2003 you might want to ammend any
Access2k shortcuts prior to install as these will be overwritten.

"nik" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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to 
install 
to 
there 

My PC back Up Routine

Posted: 23 Jul 2006 08:24 PM PDT

I use a similar back up regimen, using DriveImage 7.0 to my USB 200GB
external hard drive about once a week. I have GoBack as my first line of
defense with DI 7.0 as my emergency repair. I back up my Quicken banking
info on my other USB drive on a daily basis.
--

Darrell R. Schmidt
B-58 Hustler History: (see below)
http://members.cox.net/dschmidt1/


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the functions of keys on my keyboard have transposed

Posted: 22 Jul 2006 07:28 AM PDT

It sounds like your keyboard thinks it's for another language.

Use start and settings to go to the control panel.
Choose Regional and Language Options.



--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




"toronto" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Import profile

Posted: 21 Jul 2006 04:51 PM PDT

The rules are in the .pst, the account settings in the registry and your
signatures in a folder under Application Data.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Rayo K asked:

| Then there is no way to recover my rules, account settings ,
| signatures, etc.?
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Create a new profile and configure it to use your saved .pst file.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Rayo K asked:
||
||| I recently had to reformat my hard drive and reinstall all my
||| software including Office 2003. I want ot restore my old profile,
||| dta files, and rules. I ahve a backup of all the files btu I can't
||| figure out how to get outlook to recognize the old profile. How do
||| I do this?

Bundling all updates together

Posted: 21 Jul 2006 11:38 AM PDT

Fabulous! That could be just what I was looking for!

:-) Cheers.

Regards and thanks.

JP
---


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Office 2003 Unattended Installation Problems

Posted: 21 Jul 2006 11:23 AM PDT

I've used both a unc path, local path etc. Each time I couldn't run the
install.

Ted

"neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:
 

lost my activation after removing a trial version of Office

Posted: 20 Jul 2006 10:03 PM PDT

*That* is the information I needed. :-)

When you install it you should be prompted to activate by telephone. Select
that. Call them and explain the situation. They will help you.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




"dena" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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need a product code to reinstall after crash

Posted: 20 Jul 2006 07:58 PM PDT

A workaround is to download Open Office from
http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.3/index.html and use it to open your
older Office files.


"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" <com> wrote in message
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Word 2003 corruption

Posted: 20 Jul 2006 01:14 PM PDT

Well, it was not the "normal.dot" it was the "Send to laserfiche.dot"

http://www.laserfische.com/

This is a program that allows us to scan paper documents into a server on
our network. A few people have the Administration tools on their machines so
they can take a PDF file and scan into the database. I guess Laserfische
uses Word somehow to do this? I don't know, I have to look into it more.

But in C:\documents and settings\user\application data\microsoft\templates

Where Normal.dot is located, there is also a file called: Send to
Laserfische.dot

When we deleted the Send to laserfishe.dot, Word started working again.

wait, our developer just found an article on the Laserfische website about
this exact problem.

==================
In certain situations, the Send to Laserfiche feature may prevent the mouse
from functioning correctly in Microsoft Word 2003.
Resolution
The "Send to Laserfiche.dot" template is corrupted and is incorrectly
affecting Microsoft Word 2003. Delete the template and restart Word 2003. The
template will be automatically regenerated the next time you start Word.
To delete the template
Close all instances of Microsoft Word 2003. Use the Windows Task Manager to
verify that there is no WINWORD.EXE process still running.
Browse to C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Application
Data\Microsoft\Templates.
Delete the "Send to Laserfiche.dot" file.
=====================================



"Tim" wrote:
 

How can i get this ? File: A2561405.CAB

Posted: 20 Jul 2006 10:44 AM PDT

Did you try Google?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




"nally" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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shortcuts bar - how remove office shortcuts bar

Posted: 20 Jul 2006 03:04 AM PDT

Scaring it away was going to be my next suggestion!

Cheers, Charlie -

Chris

"hitwithahammer" wrote in message 

install office2003 pro. from backup

Posted: 19 Jul 2006 02:52 PM PDT

By reboot it is assumed you mean reinstall?
Depends what 'exactly' you mean by 'backup'
If you mean you used the default backup app, allmost certainly you would
only be able to recover data files.

"com" <microsoft.com> wrote in
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Office Shortcut Bar Not Launchinng on Start-up

Posted: 19 Jul 2006 09:35 AM PDT

Many thanks for the info. Greg, especially the KB link. You wouldn't believe
how long I've worked on this, on and off (only a small problem, but I don't
like loose
ends)!

I've tried the '... start when you next start Widows'/Yes thing, but it
hasn't changed or introduced any icons anywhere. There's still only the one
I copied from the Start Menu in All Users/Startup - but since it looks like
it's not an apocalyptic event in itself, I'm going to just leave it (as it
does work).

Note that I was never asked about automatic start up of the bar when I first
launched it from the Start Menu shortcut, though, only when I manually close
it down. Still, it seems okay, so, okay then.

Thanks again, Greg,

Chris


"Greg Lindsay [MSFT]" <com> wrote in message
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Office 2007 Silent Installation

Posted: 19 Jul 2006 02:46 AM PDT

Thanks Bob, Your answer solved my problem.. you've really hit the spot :)
Cheers :)

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:
 

Two Applications listening one serial port - Forums Linux

Two Applications listening one serial port - Forums Linux

Two Applications listening one serial port

Posted: 01 Feb 2006 09:42 AM PST

Becouse it is a server with only a serial port.
And....signal splitter... Where do i find it?


En com del 1/2/06 19:10, "Nico
Kadel-Garcia" <net> escribió:
 

Windows to Linux - HELP!

Posted: 31 Jan 2006 08:25 PM PST

 

For some applications it is easy to switch. There are applications for
which Linux is more complete and works better than Windows. For some
applications it is a bit more difficult, you either must force yourself
to adjust the way you work to be effective in the idiom of unix,
sometimes you must be willing to use bleeding-edge software, and
sometimes you must accept that there are situations where Linux simply
will not work, such as in the case of incompatable hardware where the
manufacturer does not want linux support to exist, or in cases where
the application you want to run is tightly bound to a particular OS,
won't run under emulation, and has no alternative.
 

Winmodem is one of those cases where you might not be able to solve the
problem at all. There are drivers for some modems, but for many,
there's no support at all, not even experimental support. AMR 'modems'
are the worst. They aren't modems at all, rather, they are an
accessory to some sound device that has a switching capability so that
it can be used on a phone line. Even worse than the DSP-based
windmodems, these aren't even related to modem devices. And the
software support does not exist.

I don't know exactly what hardware you have. Have you tried a 5.10
Ubuntu? or a late version of Knoppix? Those distros do a pretty good
job of detecting hardware, and I personally find Ubuntu to be the
overall best distribution ever for general purpose usage.

I use linux because I prefer it. For my applications, the platform has
superior features and performance to Windows. But I still have not
100% migrated (and I've been running linux since 0.99pl1). I have no
real alternative to ASIO-based digital audio/VST hosts, although some
of the experimental stuff coming out is fairly promising. The only
other issues have to do with certain types of media. For example I
have yet to see a linux-based DVD player that's any good, and even the
bad ones are so difficult to deal with that I don't bother. And there
are some applications that I run under VMWare, having no alternatives.

On that subject, I'm happy to report that the applications I run under
VMWare actually run better than the same applications on the same
machine natively under Windows. I have not come to any conclusions
about why this is, but it's true, and I was quite surprised.

I've digressed from your specific topic, and I apologize. But the idea
of a user who is very experienced in both Windows and Linux, and
experienced in computer organization in general, is very interesting to
me. None of these systems have any real mystery to me -- I've
developed applications and system level software on all these
platforms, and I'm decades into my career. So that's where my
perspective on migrating comes from.

usb sound cards + laptop?

Posted: 31 Jan 2006 11:34 AM PST

Nicholas DePetrillo <org> writes:
 
 
 
 
 
 

Unfortunately the ALSA and the manufacturer idea of standard compliant can
be different. The manufacturers seem to think that "We can make it run on
Windows" is equivalent to "standards compliant". Also for some they require
a firmware upload. So once the firmware is uploaded the card will run fine,
uploading the firmware can sometimes be a chore (it used to be on 2.4
kernels and early 2.6 that the usb bus drivers had a bug making it very
difficult to upload firmware, The bus would crash if it was reset. I think
this is now solved. But it indicates that "standards compliant" may not be
the whole story)

recommend wireless card for fedora core 3 (Dell Latitude C640)

Posted: 30 Jan 2006 09:23 PM PST

tell me the truth!




"F. Baker" <mit.edu> ????
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HEY NEWBIES...LET ME HELP...

Posted: 30 Jan 2006 04:18 PM PST

> Not smart enough to be Peter. He doesn't know that you invoke ghod to avoid 

Are you still here? I told you once, GET THE FUCK OFF MY SCREEN.

And "ghod" isnt a word. Go fucking look it up, you tool.

Debian Sarge: Intermittent random crashes

Posted: 30 Jan 2006 06:45 AM PST

com wrote: 

Is it compatible with your hypothesis that on the SAME machine Windows
XP works *smoothly* whilst Debian Sarge keeps *crashing*?

Do you know if there's a document on the web that reports (almost) ALL
the possible causes of such intermittent crashes on Linux?

The situation seems extremely complicated in order to isolate the source
of this bad behaviour...

About "power supply swapping": I'm not an electrician: could you explain
me what you intend with that expression, please?

Many thanks!

Where are the config files for the VNC server ?

Posted: 30 Jan 2006 03:17 AM PST


"Kam Oe" <com> wrote in message
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Sorry, I lost track.

Take a good look at that init script's contents: I suspect you need to set
the VNCSERVERS to be associated with a specific X session and username, so
that the session is associated with that user, but I can't test it from here
right now.

Linux 2.4.x - reduce size of /lib libraries in ramdisk

Posted: 29 Jan 2006 04:16 PM PST

com wrote: 

Ad 1: man strip

Ad 2: What is xconfig? About dietlibc: Search for it with your favourite
search engine. dietlibc comes with a script that compiles and links
the C files properly. You have to adjust the Makefile to use that.
Maybe you can get away with setting the CC environment variable for
make.

Ad 3: Again, a web search will lead you to it.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

httpd config issue with documentroot

Posted: 29 Jan 2006 03:23 PM PST

In message <net>
"Roger N. Clark (change username to rnclark)" <net> wrote:
 

First - I'm not a webserver expert.

However, I do remember finding in one of the config files a list of the
files which can be offered if a bare directory it given in the URL - so when
the browser sends www.bbc.co.uk the server adds / and then any of index.htm,
index.html and anything else you care to put in this list, that it can find
in the directory at the root of the site.

It strikes me that if a stray / has crept into the list, or possibly if the
list is empty, then you could see the above behaviour being a possible
result.

As I said, I'm no expert, but I'd look at the config files very carefully.

--
Alan Adams, from Northamptonshire
freeserve.co.uk
http://www.nckc.org.uk/

leveling and actuals Microsoft Project

leveling and actuals Microsoft Project

leveling and actuals

Posted: 17 Apr 2005 10:48 PM PDT

Pffft.

I wouldn't know but we will check on that ASAP. Yes, it problably is the
work done on Nonworking hours that is moved by Project. (again negative
comment left out).

we see no solution except changing 600 calenders ;-( that will be a no go
for sure.
Fortunately the totals add up and reports are correct.

This definately is a nice lesson learned:
1. import actuals in MPP files
2. publish, and overwrite actuals (through republish)
3. turn on managed time periodes (cannot be done earlier as then it's not
possible to overwrite/insert past actuals
4. change calenders.

or perhaps PDS but we lack the knowledge.

Thanks


"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:
 

arrow keys don't move from active cell to adjacent cell

Posted: 17 Apr 2005 01:47 PM PDT

You're welcome, Catherine :-)
We've all been there!

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP





Catherine wrote: 

Project Summary: Can I omit final phase?

Posted: 17 Apr 2005 05:10 AM PDT

Hi Spinner,

I'm not sure what you're after. Any project can show the Project Summary
via Tools/Options.../View tab - at the bottom right. The project summary
measures the working time duration between the start of the first task in
the project to the end of the last task. Equally, all other summaries
measure from the start of its first task the end of its last task. What you
could do is to insert a new task just under the project summary task and
indent all but the last phase, which will give you a summary of the first 6
phases.


Mike Glen
Project MVP





Spinner wrote: 

leveling actuals

Posted: 16 Apr 2005 11:06 AM PDT

Hi,

See my other post.
This makes me absolutely certain it's not "leveling", it's the nonworking
days in the calendar.
People always blame leveling for calculations it never does...
HTH
--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/
+32-495-300 620
"Arlo" <microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
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in 
so 
resources. 
Level 
get 
actuals!! 
starts 

OT: suggestions on free Gantt software

Posted: 16 Apr 2005 10:03 AM PDT

Inside every 1 year project is a 2 year project bursting to get out!! Inside
a 5 year project is a ........ well it may never finish!

There is a significantly better chance of the project finishing if it was
broken down into 10 six month projects. Each sub-project should deliver some
business value.

--

Rod Gill
Project MVP


"Steve House [Project MVP]" <send.hotmail.com> wrote
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Print Gannt/Entry Table View without numbering the first page only???

Posted: 15 Apr 2005 06:14 PM PDT

Hi abqhusker ,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :)

You could print page 1 and then change the headers and print the rest.
Select the pages to print in the File/Print dialog.

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: http://www.mvps.org/project/

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP



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Project 2002 weighing subtasks

Posted: 15 Apr 2005 02:22 PM PDT

A fact of life you have to deal with is Project uses duration as its key
metric. Duration is the length of time from when work begins until work
ends. It is not the same thing as work and relates to work by way of the
resource's effort units. When you have a summary tasks with several
subtasks, its duration is from when the earliest subtask begins until when
the latest subtask finshes. As such your weighting of the contribution of
subtasks has no meaning when taken simply as it stands. You can't say that
THIS 10 day task contributes 10% of the duration of the summary while THAT
10 day task constributes 30%. What you can say is that task A requires X
hours of work, Task Y is 1.5X hours of work, Task Z is 3.5X hours of work
etc which gives you ratios I think you're looking for. But the fact that
Task Y contributes 15% of the total work on the summary task does not mean
necessarily that it contributes 15% of the duration of the summary task.
The effort units of the resources assigned, the resource calendars
controlling when each task takes place, and the linking between the various
subtasks will also enter into that equation. For example, it's completely
possible that your 5 subtasks aren't linked sequentially and so will take
place concurrently. If that was the case, the summary task duration is
going to equal the duration of the longest running task, most likely your
Task 5 if all the resources are assigned 100% and have the same calendar,
and so in that sense Task 5 would contribute 35% of the work but 100% of the
duration.
--
HTH

Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


"RachelN" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Planning without start and finish dates

Posted: 15 Apr 2005 10:50 AM PDT

Yes, so don't print start and finish dates! Just select Format, Timescale
and change the labels to Week1 etc. You also need to remove dates form
Milestones by selecting Format, Bar Styles..

--

Rod Gill
Project MVP


"hidden" <com> wrote in message
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Copy Existing Project into Template

Posted: 15 Apr 2005 07:33 AM PDT

Adding a note to Gerard's answer. You say you want to copy % complete.
Almost everything you say you want to include in the tmeplate makes sense
except that. A template is a device to create a NEW project file wimilar to
this one without having to re-invent the wheel. Since a new file is (should
be) created before any work is done on the new project, one should not
include any baseline or actuals - costs, % completes, start or finish dates,
etc in the template as that information only goes in after the new project
is finalized and for actuals, after work begins.
--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


"roadkill" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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show deleted tasks compared to baseline

Posted: 15 Apr 2005 01:48 AM PDT

Hello Arlo,
Instead of deleting these tasks, I'ld set their Duration to 0, so their Work
and Cost would be set to 0 too.

Gérard Ducouret

"Arlo" <microsoft.com> a écrit dans le message de
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Report of estimated % complete.

Posted: 15 Apr 2005 01:39 AM PDT

BCWS represents the amount of work that should have been done up to the
status date, expressed in terms of its expected costs. BCWP represents the
amount of work that actually WAS done up to the same status date, also
expressed in terms of what you planned to pay for it. ACWP is the amount
you actually DID pay to get that work done. It's broken down this way to
allow you to track performance against both schedule and budget
independently. BAC is Budget At Completion, the total expected cost of
doing all the work. It's the same number as Baseline Cost. So BCWS/BAC
represents the % Work Complete you should have achieved by the status date.
BCWP/BAC represents the % Work Complete you actually did achieve by the
status date. BCWP/BCWS give you SPI, Schedule Performance Index - <1 means
you're behind and >1 means you're ahead.

For consistency, make sure you understand there is a very big difference
between % Complete and % Work Complete. % Complete refers to duration but %
Work Complete refers to, well, work. How could they be different? It
happens whenever you have work contours. You have a task that starts Monday
at 8am and finishes Friday at 5pm. It's applying paint where there has to
be overnight drying time between coats. The resource puts in 1 hour each
day on Mon, Tue, Wed, and Thur applying the initial coats and then does all
the finish work on Fri taking 8 hours. Duration is 40 hours, total work is
12 hours. It is now 5pm Thursday and everything is on schedule. % Complete
= 4d/5d or 80%, % Work Complete = 4h/12h or 33% % Physical Complete -
essentially meaningless concept in this case IMO.
--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs



"DaveFusion" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Formula Not working at the customize enterprise project Field Leve

Posted: 14 Apr 2005 05:38 PM PDT

Hi Dale,

Hit the F9 key and it doesn't work. Is there a difference in formula
calculation method from tasks to projects view? I just want a summary rollup
of the indicators from tasks to projects view in PWA. Each task has it own
results through the indicator from red, yellow or green. I want a summary
rollup view in PWA that indicates a red or yellow if only one red or yellow
in the tasks is shown. This will indicate to mgmt that they need to drill
down further on the project. If it is green in PWA then that means all tasks
are green.

-Napone



"Dale Howard [MVP]" wrote:
 

Can you convert a Microsoft Project doc. into PDF form?

Posted: 14 Apr 2005 04:53 PM PDT

Hi sdblondy,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :-)

Please see FAQ Item: 16. Project Viewer.

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: http://www.mvps.org/project/

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :-)

Mike Glen
Project MVP


"sdblondy" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Leveling after updating tasks

Posted: 14 Apr 2005 02:28 PM PDT

Scott ,

First of all you have to ensure that your project's status date is the same
date as the week ending date of the time you are entering. Second of all you
have to level after entering actuals. Hopefully you're dependencies are OK.
I have seen Project push an end date by as much as 3 months after entering
actuals and then when you level the date comes back in. So that you don't
get too confused when entering actuals turn off your Auto Calculation. Enter
your actuals. Then turn it back on and level.

"com" wrote:
 

Phone number to call

Posted: 14 Apr 2005 01:25 PM PDT

Shaun,

There is a BUG in Project 2002 and 2003 whereby baselining selected tasks
does NOT calculate right. Our company has gotton a hotfix for Project 2003
and at that time Microsoft was NOT sure whether or not they were going to
implement into 2002. Below is the link to the hotfix. To baseline change of
scope items highlight the task you want and select Tools, Tracking, Save
Baseline. Check the Selected Tasks check box and check the first item only -
To all Summary Tasks. Here is the link to the hotfix that fixes the selected
tasks calcuation issue for Project 2003 -
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=891203
"Shaun" wrote:
 

Completion of tasks in MS Projects

Posted: 14 Apr 2005 11:10 AM PDT

Adding a comment to Jan's answer - if you're asking because you need to
preserve your original estimates of the work after you update the task with
actual work, that's what a baseline is for. If you save a baseline before
beginning to post actual performance (as you should), after entering the
actual work into a task the Work field will show what it actually took to
complete the task while the Baseline Work field will hold what you
originally thought it was going to take.

--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs

"Amanda" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Why is it not good practice to link to summary tasks?

Posted: 13 Apr 2005 01:21 PM PDT

I agree totally with Jack D and Pratta - Project was made to be very
flexible. The allow dependencies to summary accounts in case you want to do
a very high level plan that is not resource loaded. If you have a REAL plan
, no matter the planning tool, you DO NOT want to have dependencies on
Summary accounts. To better understand this you need to understand the
leveling engine and how it works. Use summary accounts FUBAR the leveling
engine.

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