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Microsoft Word - Opening documents created in older versions

Opening documents created in older versions

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 01:30 PM PDT

How do you open an oder version of word created on 11/10/1998?

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Can Someone Help With An Office / SharePoint Integration Issue?

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 01:20 PM PDT

After installing Office 2013, some SharePoint integration features that were previously working with Office 2010 are no longer working. Here is a list of the issues I am having.

  1. Checking out from SharePoint does not download a copy of the document to the specified drafts folder on my local machine. I did change the setting in Word 2013 to not save to the server, but to save to my local machine.
  2. When performing a Checkout & Edit in SharePoint, an Office document will open up with the yellow bar at the top telling me that I need to check out the document to edit it. Meanwhile, SharePoint shows the document is checked out to me. When I click the Check Out button in Office, it tells me someone already has the document checked out (duh, it's me!).
  3. I can workaround the problem in #2 by undoing my checkout in SharePoint and then clicking the Check Out button in Office. Office will then to proceed to checkout the document in SharePoint just fine. However, when I go to check in the document, Office tells me the document has been moved or deleted and will not allow me to check in the document.

Ultimately, all of these issues render Office useless to me and I had to downgrade back to Office 2010 in the meantime. I was wondering if anyone has seen anything like this before and what they did to resolve these issues.

"There was a problem sending command" hundreds of dollars for a crappy software

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 01:04 PM PDT

It is really pathetic that a company that charges hundreds if not thousands of dollars, cannot fix this problem. This is happening to thousands of people, and microsoft has no fix, besides the typical, did you try this? did you try that? Guess what We already tried everything, we have paid hundreds for this,we shouldn't be the ones looking for solutions and workarounds, the software should come without problems like this, is a paid program from billionaire company, you should come up with better software before inflating the prices, how ridiculous paying hundreds for a software that gives nothing but problems, and it just happens out of nowhere I have tried everything, every single solution out there, nothing, I have deleted that dde key, and all it did, was ruin office, it ruined it, I had to uninstall, and reintall, clean install, I even restore my pc to a previous point where i didn't have office installed, fresh install, same ****, same message, same problem Ironically, cheap free version like openoffice, don't have this problem, because they don't come up with that useless click to run process that all it does is slow down the pc, and cause problems

they tell you go to compatibility on office 12 or 15, guess what, we don't have the compatbility tab on winword.exe, so i cannot even edit the compatibility ANYWHERE

After reinstalling Office 2013 for Home and Business cannot save changes to autocorrect. Get error message that I don't have permissions.

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 12:56 PM PDT

Had to reinstall Office 2013 for Home and Business.  Auto correct in Word does not allow me to make changes.  Get error message that I may not have permissions.  Looked at properties and I am listed for all permissions.  

What Auto-numbering field do I use in the body of the document and in footnotes

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 12:50 PM PDT

Here is my situation.... We have documents where the lawyers would like to use auto-numbering for Exhibit Numbers (this way if they move text around they auto-number).  I was using AutoNumLgl without the trialing period but when we had two Exhibit Numbers within the same paragraph the number wouldn't update to the next.  I figured out I had to use the field code SEQ to achive this.  Please let me know if there is a different field code I should use.  All was going well until they had a footnote and needed an exhibit number in there.  It pasted in but when updated it says ERROR MAIN DOCUMENT ONLY.  What field code or numbering feature can I use for auto numbering achieve what they need?  FYI, after they add the numbering to all of their Exhibit numbers, they are book marking them and the using the cross-referencing feature. 

Trouble with setting line spacing to "exactly"--lines getting cut off

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 12:03 PM PDT

Hi there. I'm having trouble with a document. For our style guide I need to set the line spacing to exactly 14 points. I'm typing in Arial 12 point font. When I set the line spacing to exactly 14, the bottom half of each line gets cut off. 

If I go to the font dialog box and select "raised" then less of it is cut off, but this isn't ideal because (a) it still cuts off some of the line, and (b) I have to work with some equations and they won't be aligned properly, then.

To be clear, this is happening regardless of whether there is an equation in the paragraph I'm working with. It happens regardless of whether I use MathType or MS equation editor for the equations. 

If I can't get this fixed, we're going to have to go to LaTeX and if that happens, we won't be back to Word. This is impacting deadlines. Retyping the whole document with 250 equations would take days.

Help?!?

"Rotate" grayed out for pasted EMF image

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 12:01 PM PDT

I created a PDf of a ppt slide deck by using the 4-up feature of a PDF writer.  This eliminates the excessive white space that results from having Powerpoint print 4-up.  I now want to include the 4-up pages into the pages of a Word document.

From my past experience, trying to insert PDF images into Microsoft files is highly suboptimal because it seems to rasterize the content.  Besides, I don't seem to have the option of inserting a PDF file as an image into Word.  I suspect that such an (undesirable) route would entail the round-about process of inserting the PDF for each 4-up page as a rasterized image into Power and saving the rater image to a file for insertion into Word.  Yuck.

Instead, I saved the PDF as RTF so that I can select & copy each 4-up page, then paste as EMF into the destination Word file.  This works well BUT I can't rotate the pasted EMF image -- the rotate field is grayed out.

I tried rotating all pages in Acrobat, then saving as RTF, but when I open the RTF, it's the same as the one saved from unrotated PDF.  I also tried saving fro Acrobat to Word format rather than RTF.  The resulting file seems to be identical, and the resulting pasted EMF is still unrotatable.

(1) Normally, EMF is rotatable, is it not?  (2) What would cause the rotate field to be grayed out?  (3) Is there any way to achieve this inclusion of 4-up rotatable pages into a Word document without rasterizing?

I am in in a locked down environment, but I do have access to an old cygwin installation. Note that ghostscript tends to rasterize, so I'm hoping to avoid a solution involving ghostscript.

I can not print a word doc.

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 10:47 AM PDT

I cannot print a word doc from 2010 word.

THIS JUST BEGAN. No other word doc will print.

The printer feeds paper and prints but no ink hits the paper.

I need help.

creating subdocument 'Normal' style issues

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 10:00 AM PDT

I am creating subdocuments from a large master document.  I'm using the feature to break up our specification and make it more easy for my team to collaborate.  It's on the order of 500 subdocuments.  

I can easily create all of the subdocuments I need automatically.  However, the style features are not carrying over.  Although the formatting hasn't changed in the master document, the subdocument is formatted differently.  It doesn't appear to be related to the styles.  I think it has to do with the template.  For example, the styled fonts and tables match the master document.  However the Normal fonts do not match the master document.  Also, the Normal paragraph settings do not match the master document.  For example, I have the master document set to single spacing.  However, every subdocument is created with double spacing as default.  I also have the master document set to Arial size 10 for Normal font.  The subdocument is created with a Calibri size 11 font for the Normal setting.  

Is there a way I can choose the template that a subdocument is created from?  

Is there a way to make the Normal styling carry over from the master document to the subdocuments?

Thanks,
Jackson

Shortcut on office365 has been moved

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 09:41 AM PDT

I have just bought the surface pro 3 and downloaded office365.  It was working fine but now when i try to open any office program it tells me that the shortcut has been moved.  When i try to apply the fix it tells me that the OS doesnt support the program

Bibliography/Work Cited field won't show the information added to "non-recommended" fields in "Show all bibliography fields view".

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 09:14 AM PDT

Hi!

So, I have added information in fields that are not required/recommended for the type of source I'm adding, through the "Show all bibliography fields" option in add a new source. However, only the recommended fields (i.e. the ones with the red asterisk) are visible in the bibliography entry.

What is wrong?

I'm using Office 2013 on a Windows 8.1 machine: Vancouver style of referencing. I have also tried numerous other referencing styles. And, I have of course restarted word and updated the bibliography field.

Best,


Sofie

 

Apply a Table Format from Quick Tables to Existing Tables in a Document

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 08:58 AM PDT

I have a formatted table saved in Quick Tables.  How can I apply the formats to pre-existing table in a document?

There is a lot of documents and they all have multiple tables.  I have attached a new template to these documents, but am at a loss as to how to deal with getting the tables to have the new, correct format.

Thank you

Paul

Calculate future date 90 days out based on Date Picker Content Control date

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 08:36 AM PDT

Hello-

I have inserted a Date Picker Content Control in a table cell (in a Word 2013 document) and named it "startDate". I would like to add another table cell containing a field named "dueDate" that is 90 days later than the start date chosen by the user. The due date would vary based on the selected start date. Any suggestions?

adding new options to right click menu

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 08:23 AM PDT

I used to have more editing options when I right clicked in MS Word 2007. How do I add options such as "Boarders and Shading" into my right click menu? I cannot find instructions on how to add to this list for my ease of use.

Help for Teachers

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 08:14 AM PDT

Where has Learning Essentials for Teachers gone? This program was far more helpful than any other current applications Microsoft has created in the last 5 years. There has been no updates to the program and only a proposal demo appears on the site. 

Learning essentials for teachers allowed me to create wonderfully organized assessments that I have not been able to replicate since. When I browse the site for teachers, no add-on software to create tests and quizzes can be found. 

I would like to know where it went. and why it isn't still available?

Word 2007 inserted image size problem

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 07:28 AM PDT

Hi,
 I am trying to document a procedure that uses Netstat.
I run Netstat and do Alt Print Screen.
Then I open Paint and Edit > Paste the image
I file save the .jpg file in a  picture folder. It is 6032x4218 pixels.
I open the word document and use the insert picture .
It comes out about 2"x2" much too small to read.
I need help in getting the picture size about 7"x7" so it will fit on one 8 1/2"x11"page with a caption
Thanks
Frank C

permanently removing markups

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 05:33 AM PDT

I keep clicking Review?Show Final, then Save, but whenever I re-open the document, the change marks reappear.  I'm done.  Changes FINISHED.  How do I get the document to stay in Final?

Office 2013 comment-function

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 04:50 AM PDT

HI

With Office Word 2010 and older a comment was visible by [JS1], [JS2],...[JSx]. with 2013 its only [john smith]. There is no number anymore and therefore no way to differentiate comments without telling the page and line number. this is quit tedious when trying to discuss about comments when the person is not in the same room.

Is there a way how to get the comments of a person numbered?

Thanks.

Chris

Do font sizes appear on the program as they do when printed on to paper?

Posted: 13 Aug 2014 01:27 AM PDT

That is to say, if the screen shows a letter 5 cm wide, will it be 5 cm wide when it is printed out?

Date Format for Single Page document

Posted: 12 Aug 2014 11:21 PM PDT

Hi,

I have a one page microsoft word document that i need to add a date function in that can print every date for an entire year. So when i print, it would print 365 pages. How do I do this?

TIA

Word 2013 email merge as attachment prompts to allow for each email

Posted: 12 Aug 2014 10:59 PM PDT

Trying to do a mail merge to email from Word 2013.

If I select 'Mail Format' as HTML it works fine, all emails are sent out successfully without any prompts.

If I select 'Mail Format' as Plain Text or Attachment, I first get a message;

"A program is trying to access e-mail address information stored in Outlook" yadayada, with the option to Allow for up to 10mins.

After clicking Allow access for 10 minutes, I then get an individual Allow prompt for every single email, with a pause in between waiting for the progress bar to finish. The message in this prompt starts with;

"A program is trying to send an e-mail message on your behalf'

Surely Outlook should be smart enough to know by now that this is a user initiated email from mail merge in Word. Obviously it does as it recognised it correctly if selecting HTML, but fails if selecting Plain Text or Attachment.

Also yes my antivirus is up to date and yes antivirus status is listed as Valid in Programmatic Access Security in Outlook Trust Center.

How can I get this to work (preferably without third party applications)?

Can you automatically populate information typed into a Text Control box (form) into another part of the same document i.e. copying a number?

Posted: 12 Aug 2014 07:06 PM PDT

I am trying to create a form with a mix of Text Control, Drop Down and Date Picker boxes.  I aim to protect/lock the document. I would like the information that will be inserted/typed into 4 particular Text Control Boxes to be automatically populated/copied into another part of the document i.e. into 4 particular cells in a table.  The information will be in the form of numbers/digits I then need to add a formula at the bottom of the table to calculate the 4 automatically populated figures/digits. How do I do this please? I am not familiar with using bookmarks or references.

Microsoft Word Starter 2010--printing in landscape

Posted: 12 Aug 2014 05:32 PM PDT

I'm trying to print on a 8 x 5 card stock.  I cannot get it to print landscape altho I believe I've set both the printer and the page instructions to be on landscape.  Interestingly, when I tried a sample print on ordinary  8 x 11 stock it printed fine in landscape but it won't do it on the smaller size.  Help please.

MS Word 2010 problem

Posted: 12 Aug 2014 05:20 PM PDT

I can not use Word anymore. I keep getting an error message "problem sending command to program" and can't solve it. Any solutions?

How to extract phrases from Word 2013 file and write them to a new blank file

Posted: 12 Aug 2014 05:16 PM PDT

I recently purchased Word 2013 and am pleased it can handle my large Word file of 800+ pages with ease.  Apache OpenOffice freezes after loading about 400 pages.   I converted the entire file to font size 12 and highlighted important phrases/sentences by changing them to font size 16.  How can I extract these font size 16 phrases/sentences and write them to a new blank file for future reference?  Searching by font size merely sequences through the font size 16 text strings.  Is there an app that accomplishes this goal?  I think some other users would eventually find such an application useful too.  Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Unknown Source Hardware blocks printing and opening up documents

Posted: 12 Aug 2014 05:10 PM PDT

I have a VAIO Windows 7 laptop.

Recently I have cleaned up viruses from the laptop. I also have installed Avira antivirus program.

However I still cannot access my Microsoft Office Word documents using 2007 version.  I have everything else but that.  When I try to re-install the programs described below block me.  I am temporarily using Office 2013 which I cannot keep forever.

 There is still a Teredo Tunneling Pseudo Interface and an unknown device with a big yellow warning mark.

I believe these are blocking me and want to delete them, but do not know how.

Please help!!!

Also I would like to know how to delete unknown application programs from the default program's associate program and protocal types.

 In the future, how will I prevent these unknown sources (NO ads please)?

I have installed Avira antivirus program recently and I hope it's working.

Developer protection help

Posted: 12 Aug 2014 04:13 PM PDT

We have created a fillable document using tables and developer. I want to be able to tab between the cells when the document is protected is this possible

retrieve linux located in my pc but not reachable - Forums Linux

retrieve linux located in my pc but not reachable - Forums Linux

retrieve linux located in my pc but not reachable

Posted: 12 Oct 2006 01:57 PM PDT

boot into the rescue mode (you can achieve this by typing linux rescue
at the prompt that appears when you boot from the redhat install cd)

Skip any "Configure network interfaces" dialog that appears.


now type the following commands:

chroot /mnt/sysimage

grub-install /dev/hda (replace /dev/hda with your name of the hdd)

New 64-Bit Server (Centos 4.3, Dual CPU) HORRIBLY SLOW!

Posted: 12 Oct 2006 06:53 AM PDT

Frank -

While I agree with you that it would be nice to do an incremental
component-by-component test battery for every server one puts on the
line, I've never heard of any IT department having the staff resources
to do that kind thing for small systems. I've heard of that kind of
detail being paid to clusters and high-availability systems, though.
We don't build many white-box servers anymore, but, occasionally, we
try to stretch our dollars using what's in inventory. Pulled
components may get an extra life or two this way. We'll let a unit run
a week or so and check the logs for trouble before putting it into
production, but that's about all we can realistically hope to do.



On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 05:37:58 GMT, Marshall <net> wrote:
 

looking for internet radio app.

Posted: 11 Oct 2006 06:10 PM PDT

The guy upstairs wrote: 

I'm happy with streamtuner:

Suggests: streamripper, yelp
Description: A GUI audio stream directory browser
Streamtuner is a stream directory browser. It offers an
intuitive and unified interface to various streaming
directories through the use of a C/Python plugin system.

Grub Error 22 - Ubuntu / Win2k - Can't boot linux session

Posted: 10 Oct 2006 05:42 AM PDT

ToYKillAS wrote: 


--------------------------Reply to above post:

In order to fix the problem, you need to make sure of a couple of
things:

1. Is your harddrive an IDE or SCSI drive, in other words, is it hdX or
sdX?
2. Ensure GRUB knows where to look for the linux bootable kernel....
3. You need to know the naming conventions for GRUB. Instead of the
usual hda1 for the first partition on your drive, GRUB sees this as
hd0,0 where hd0 is hda, and hd1 would be hdb. (These are zeroes, not
ohs). GRUB needs to know where your root ( / ) partition is, so you
have to tell it "root (hd0,0)" for a root filesys on /dev/hda1.
Assuming you have an IDE drive (/dev/hda under linux) at the GRUB boot
prompt press 'e' to edit the entry for your linux partition. Ensure
the root line is : root (hd0,1)
This tells GRUB to look at /dev/hda2, your ext3 file system. (if you
have a scsi drive, change hd to sd in the root command above.

Ensure the kernel line is correct and points to your kernel. You can
also pass any boot parameters at this time to the kernel as well. One
important note on this is the root= parameter on this line. Your
kernel line should resemble the one below:

kernel /boot/<your kernel> root=/dev/hda2 [any parameters you wish to
pass]

once again, if you are using a scsi drive, change the hd to sd above.

Once you are sure that the parameters are correct, press 'b' to boot
your linux kernel.

If you receive any kernel panic errors, recompile the kernel. You will
most likely need a LiveCD to do this.

Once you are booted into your linux environment, you should review
/boot/grub/menu.lst and make the corrections for your linux kernel boot
instruction.

I use GRUB 0.97 on a Compaq Presario 2188CL laptop with a linux system
I built using LFS and BLFS from http://www.linuxfromscratch.org

If you really want to learn how a distribution is built, and know your
system from the inside to the STDOUT, read the LFS book. Then follow
the book (at least the section on GRUB if you want to continue using
UBUNTU).

CD drive not working

Posted: 10 Oct 2006 01:38 AM PDT


Muruganantham wrote: 

Hi Muruganantham,
Thanks , I would try.
Krishna.V.J.

How to enable thread-local storage?

Posted: 10 Oct 2006 12:58 AM PDT

Laurenz Albe wrote: 

Sorry I've been having problems with my news server (it keeps telling me
the posting failed, never saw it show up, so I tried another group
(sorry), got same results, and low and behold they both show up today...
normally it shows up with in 5 minutes... oh well. My apologies.

--
Stan

most secure way to start root session without requiring password

Posted: 09 Oct 2006 09:30 AM PDT

In comp.os.linux.setup Chris F Clark <theworld.com>: 
 

I don't know if it works now or not? Post the line(s) out of
/etc/sudoers and the error messages you get.

Good luck

BTW
Please quote context on reply, thx:
http://groups.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=14213

--
Michael Heiming (X-PGP-Sig > GPG-Key ID: EDD27B94)
mail: echo qr | perl -pe 'y/a-z/n-za-m/'
#bofh excuse 77: Typo in the code

Dual OS boot up

Posted: 08 Oct 2006 05:16 AM PDT

On Monday 09 October 2006 01:44 am, com
(com) spake thusly:
 

FC 5 Doesn't?

--
Scott
http://angrykeyboarder.com
© 2006 angrykeyboarder™ & Elmer Fudd. All Wights Wesewved

FC5 upgrade

Posted: 07 Oct 2006 06:43 PM PDT


Bill Marcum wrote: 

I did a "man gdm" and looked for the configs in the places they
specified, found none. I remember looking for xorg.conf. I only saw
older XF* or X11* configs...

I believe gdm wants to start at least once correctly before writing the
config.

Ben

why don't export commands work in bash_profile

Posted: 06 Oct 2006 06:50 PM PDT

com wrote: 

How are you running the script? If you run it in the normal way, a new
shell is started to interpret the script and the export commands effect
only that shell and processes started from it. If you want to run the
script in the current shell so that the export commands set variables
in the current environment you must use the "source" command to execute
the script.

--
Markku Kolkka
fi

can't mount DVD

Posted: 06 Oct 2006 01:07 PM PDT

luca wrote: 

Mmm. I got a DVD teh other day and it wouldn't mount either. Same error
message. The second DVD in the film did though. Both played OK on a DVD
player.

My conclusion is that some DVDs have enough crap in their header blocks
to screw a DVD drive.

If you are trying to rip a pre recorded, and it won't mount, I reckon
its copy protection..

 

How to Start Program at Boot-Time as Normal User

Posted: 06 Oct 2006 10:53 AM PDT

Ross enlightened us comp.os.linux-(ab)users with:
 

Another alternative to su examples would be fcron and fcrontab. It does
not only allow time-driven events, but specifications like "once on
startup".

--
vista policy violation: Microsoft optical mouse found penguin patterns
on mousepad. Partition scan in progress to remove offending
incompatible products. Reactivate MS software.
Linux 2.6.17-mm1,Xorg7.1/nvidia [LinuxCounter#295241,ICQ#4918962]

mount: RPC: program not registered

Posted: 05 Oct 2006 07:58 AM PDT

Hallo Steve,

Op 05 Oct 06 schreef S Smethurst aan All:
 
SS> NFS needs RPC and RPC needs portmap. Chech that these are
SS> running with as processes. Check what services are using rpc
SS> with rpcinfo -p as root on the server, or rpcinfo -b servername
SS> as root on another host. Is nfs among them?

This all seemed to be ok. I compared the system with the problems [A]
and another one where I *could* connect to [B]. Running rpcinfo -p "A"
gives the message: No programs registered.
In the meantime I upgraded A from Slacxkware 10.2 to 11.0, and now it
works perfectly well.
But I still would like to know what was wrong...

Groeten,

Hans.

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Run shell script from desktop icon

Posted: 04 Oct 2006 12:10 PM PDT

You can also do this:

right click somewhere on the empty desktop

Create New ->

Link to Application
Application
(Enter Command Ie. "xterm -e -hold ~/bin/my_script.sh")

If you want the xterm to hold till the script is done running.

FATAL: cannot change permissions of TTY

Posted: 04 Oct 2006 07:09 AM PDT

sathiya.rhce wrote:
 

We need a lot more details. Is the machine whining the SSH client, or
the SSH server? Which SuSE are you running, SLES 9 or OpenSuSE or what?
What does it say if you do "ssh -v -v username@targethost"? Have you
been modifying or playing with the installed OpenSSH?

Beating the dependency hell

Posted: 04 Oct 2006 05:41 AM PDT

On 6 Oct 2006 03:53:50 -0700, com
<com> wrote:
 

That's a nice idea.

The controls for Microsoft Project Web Access could not be downloaded correctly. Microsoft Project

The controls for Microsoft Project Web Access could not be downloaded correctly. Microsoft Project

The controls for Microsoft Project Web Access could not be downloaded correctly.

Posted: 21 Aug 2005 05:43 AM PDT


You're welcome, Asser :-)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP


Asser Maany wrote: 

Project tasks with no apparent dependencies

Posted: 19 Aug 2005 09:26 PM PDT

>For example lets take a testing cash task (summary task) and a 

At the level of detail you desire These are not tasks, so don't refer to them as such.
"Summary Duration of a Task Set" is what they should be called.

There is a behaviour of the GUI act of leveling that you should be aware of,
It involves splitting the screen so you have a RESOURCE view in one of the windows.
When a resource view is the active window the act of levelling resources can become more granular
as you can select to level only one or a few resources and not the whole project. I believe this
maybe overlooked and if so it would cause frustration as whole plans "Explode" before your eyes.
Not that the explosion is incorrect. Just that it can be too much to handle at once.

Step through a mocked up course of events that the assignments (resource/task pair) you
mention might go through, consider how you will time the recording of progress and task
switching for that resource.

Keep asking yourself what is really going on and what you can "KNOW" for certain about the
contributing effort of that resource within the recording of progress and task switching. Consider the timing of
when the you become in the "KNOW" as well. Once you reach the limit of frequency of gathering detail that is
theoretically possible, abstract the contribution of that resource to a generalization that fits what you can
actually rely upon, enforce or fit into a routine of Project Management.
Then once comfortable with your measurement/update frequency pattern, level away.

 

Not sure what you mean, Don't link to summary tasks, create a task called
management review assign your manager as a resource and make it a successor to
the last task contained IN the Summary task. Or if review is to occur after both cash and inventory
are complete then create two links to last task contained IN the Summary tasks.
Then "addressing review" tasks are dependent on the managers completion. I think this is an important point. There is a wholesale
handoff in responsibility here, lots of waste or efficiencies can happen at these junctions, they need to be specific.
Maybe call all the reviewing tasks something like "Review_<some other designation>" custom filter on "Review_%"
then you could show give your managers a combined schedule. Showing when they will be called to perform
reviews and depending on the known business behavior may be a good estimate. Record actual progress for them too
to see the damage any delayed reviews are causing. ;-) .


"Mike Glen" <glenATmvps.org> wrote in message news:%phx.gbl... 

How can I print a resource to do list

Posted: 19 Aug 2005 01:03 PM PDT

Thank you for the reply. However, I don't want to use a report, I just want
to print the Resource Usage view. I don't know if there is a setting that is
preventing me from printing it? Seems odd that I'm unable to do it.

"PlanetCon" wrote:
 

Inputting Costs

Posted: 19 Aug 2005 12:46 PM PDT

If I understand correctly, you pay resource A NOT by day rate, but fix sum on
approval of task completed.

So deposite is one activity or milestone, fix sum payable at completion.
Resource A is within one ACTIVITY, with fix sum payable "at end"


"Treisa" wrote:
 

how do i get a resources sorted on assignment tab in project 2000

Posted: 19 Aug 2005 12:24 PM PDT

You are a life saver (time saver in this case :)), Thank you very much. . .
Gary (PlanetCon)

"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:
 

Easy Way to Display Non-Working Time

Posted: 19 Aug 2005 11:57 AM PDT

Tim,

I've got a VBA module that I wrote (for Project 2000, so the objects
would need updating) that exports out of office time to a calendar-type
report in Excel. If you would be interested in this code, let me know
(kikos1 AT nationwide DOT com). You would need to do some modifications
to it, so hopefully you're familiar with VBA, or someone else there is.

Sarah

percentage time resources spent on project

Posted: 19 Aug 2005 11:55 AM PDT

In article <phx.gbl>,
"msnews.microsoft.com" <com> wrote:
 
I wondered why half the flowers in the garden were dead ;-)

"Average" work is somewhat open to interpretation. First, an average
implies the amount of work at a point in time (i.e. over a fixed set of
samples). Second, is the intent to look at average work planned or
average work accomplished (i.e. estimated Work versus Actual Work)?

Assuming you are interested in estimated Work at project completion,
then the first formula you presented in the original post should give
the answer. At any other point in time, Cumulative Work would need to be
substituted into the formula.

Although the basic formula is simple enough it becomes a little more
complicated because it requires data from two different parts of the
Project database. Total (or cumulative) Work for the project is a task
based field while total (or cumulative) Work for a resource is a
resource based field. To get the end result to appear on a resource
based view (e.g. Resource Sheet or Resource Usage view) a translation of
data is needed. If the project's total work remains constant (not likely
in the real world), a fixed value can be used in a custom field formula
on the Resource Sheet. However, in the more realistic case where the
total project work is dynamic, VBA will be necessary to "pull" the
project work value into the formula for entering the result onto the
Resource Sheet. Not a big deal, the following macro will do it. (Note:
the result is placed into spare Text1 field of the Resource Sheet)

Sub AveResUsage()
For Each R In ActiveProject.Resources
If Not R Is Nothing Then
R.Text1 = Format(R.Work / ActiveProject.ProjectSummaryTask.Work,
"##.0%")
End If
Next R
End Sub

If the average at a point in time is desired, the macro code needs to be
changed to pull timescaled data. Similarly if actual work values are
desired, the appropriate data must be used.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

text inside a gannt bar

Posted: 19 Aug 2005 10:25 AM PDT


ooooooops - I missed that one - sorry Pete :(


Mike Glen
Project MVP

Jan De Messemaeker wrote: 

Best resource assignment

Posted: 19 Aug 2005 07:13 AM PDT


Just a reminder to level "Priority,Standard" as otherwise your priorities
might not be taken into account sufficiently.


Mike Glen
Project MVP

Steve House [Project MVP] wrote: 

Popup warning indicators when in Tracking Gantt mode

Posted: 18 Aug 2005 09:36 PM PDT

That kind of automatic warning won't pop up but you could probably write
some visual basic to do it. The problem is Project doesn't really know much
about the current date and what needs to be done by it. If you display the
earned value tables you can get inications such as your looking for but it
still won't be an automatic popup.

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

"Andy" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I am having problems outdenting a task in MS Project

Posted: 18 Aug 2005 06:16 PM PDT

This is a known bug in Project 2003 as originally released and it has been
fixed in the service packs a long time ago. Go to the MS website, download
and apply the service packs (free download) and you'll be rockin' & rollin'.

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


"scott56hannah" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Tracking/Comparing Monthly Progress

Posted: 18 Aug 2005 02:57 PM PDT

In article <com>,
"Kristi F" <microsoft.com> wrote:
 

Kristi,
Ok, it' still "my bad". Although I indeed tested the formula last time,
it still isn't right for what you want to see. When I tested it I used %
complete values for last month were less then those of the current month
so the Gantt bar was shorter and everything looked fine. I neglected to
take into account the difference between Duration and the task span line
shown on the Gantt graphic. In other words the Duration field in Project
is given in working days but the display is in elapsed days because
non-working time (e.g. weekends) are included in the timescale display.
I should have use the function that adds working days instead of elapsed
days. The correct formula is:

Start10=projDateAdd([Start],mid([Text2],1,instr(1,[Text2],"%")-1)/100*[Du
ration])
In the case of this formula, Duration is in days (I have no idea why) so
the conversion factor (480 minutes/day) is not needed.

With regard to your follow-on question, I don't understand what you are
asking, but let me take a stab at an answer. Project normally works with
working time. Therefore Duration values are expressed in working hours,
days, months, etc. although elapsed time can be entered (e.g. "xxed" =
"xx" elapsed days). Project uses a normal default 5 day work week with 8
hour work days. Task Start and Finish dates are also calculated in terms
of working time based on the Project calendar. However, Project stores
time in its underlying database in minutes. When using time related data
in formulas or in VBA, conversion factors are often necessary to convert
the minutes to hours or days depending on what the formula is
calculating. Conversion of minutes to hours is straightforward (60
min/hr). Conversion of minutes to days or weeks is also straightforward
(480 min/day and 2400 min/wk), assuming the default 8 hour workday and 5
day workweek. Conversion to months becomes a little less straightforward
because the days in a month vary. If the default 20 day month
(Tools/Options/Calendar tab) is used then the conversion is 48000
min/mon). However when months are the desired dimension of the
calculation, many people don't expect the result they get (they think in
terms of calendar months) and become confused. That's one reason I
recommend Duration always be expressed in days.

Again, sorry for my shortcomings regarding the formula I posted.

John
At this moment I don't feel like an MVP

Unable to split a task

Posted: 18 Aug 2005 09:23 AM PDT


You're welcome, LTD :-)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP


LTD wrote: 

Is is better to categorize by task or job function?

Posted: 18 Aug 2005 08:09 AM PDT

John nailed it, just adding a note of clarification - IMHO, one should NEVER
use job functions or responsibility matrices as summary tasks.

The outline should look like...
Foundation
Dig Hole
Pour Concrete
Stucture
Erect Walls
Add Roof
Finish
Paint Walls
Polish Floors
Handover to customer

and absolutely not like ...
Labourer
Dig Hole
Sweep Floor
Carpenter
Build wall framing
Build rafters
Painter
Paint Walls
etc

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



"Griff" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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resources management

Posted: 18 Aug 2005 08:05 AM PDT

Hi,

You can't have your cake and eat it! You start by saying your test stands
are identical so for planning purposes which one does which test is
irrelevant. The guy on the floor can just load any available stand with the
next test can't he? An dfoir tracking, when teh test is done, you just tell
Project.
HTH

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Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
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