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Posted: 15 Jan 2006 08:56 AM PST

You're welcome, Docschmo :-)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP


Docschmo wrote: 

Military Time - 24 hour clock

Posted: 14 Jan 2006 10:17 AM PST

Hi SheriTingle,

Project will accept an entry of 13:00 without any change required. It will
display as 1:00 pm however.
You can change the format to military time through the Control Panel >
Regional and Language options. On the Regional Options tab click the
Customize button. In the Customize Regional Options click the Time tab and
select the date form HH:mm:ss or H:mm:ss.

This will apply to all programs.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.
Julie
"SheriTingle" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Working Days and Non-Working Days

Posted: 14 Jan 2006 07:55 AM PST

In article <com>,
"Mike" <microsoft.com> wrote:
 

Mike,
Depending on how many of the non-working days you want to be working,
you can use one of two approaches. Either go to Tools/Change Working
TIme and make the necessary modifications, or select a 24 Hours Calendar
for your project.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

Relationship of Task Type and Effort Driven

Posted: 13 Jan 2006 12:56 PM PST

Hi BJH,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :)

You might like to have a look at my series on Microsoft Project in the
TechTrax ezine, particularly #11 - Task Types, at this site:
http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc or this:
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMFrame.asp?CMD=ArticleSearch&AUTH=23
(Perhaps you'd care to rate the article before leaving the site, :)
Thanks.)

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

BJH wrote: 

Project file as a web page

Posted: 13 Jan 2006 11:23 AM PST

Hi Abe,

Make sure some of the Gantt Chart is actually showing on the screen.


Mike Glen
Project MVP



Abe wrote: 

MS Project lacks basic project management features!

Posted: 13 Jan 2006 08:29 AM PST

Hi Ace,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :)

I think the problem exists because of a different understanding of the word
"Project". In MS Project's design is the universal definition of a project
being a unique undertaking with a clearly definable start and finish,
requiring the management of money materiel and men. It thus uses the
Critical Path Method for project scheduelling.

In your case, you seem to be running a production line of some sort. MS
Project is designed to help plan and schedule for production of the first
bird house or wedding cake, but not a series of them. For that you need
production software of some sort. That does not mean you can't use Project
for what you're doing, but you will run in to the sorts of problems you're
seeing. There's no inventory control, no means of Project guessing which
resource to use (you have to do that) and certainly no optimization
facilities other than trial and error. MS Project is just not designed for
that.

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

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

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

Ace Frahm wrote: 

Hide the Duration, Start & Finish data of Project Summary Tasks?

Posted: 13 Jan 2006 05:56 AM PST

Yes! (Assuming your background is also white!)

Mike Glen
Project MVP



Trevor Rabey wrote: 

is it possible to make the link lines run diagonally

Posted: 13 Jan 2006 12:16 AM PST


Garath wrote: 

It's not possible in Project to make the link lines diagonal in the
Gantt view. That's what the Network Diagram is for. Unfortunately, it
is not formatted very well in default settings and is confusing. A bit
of playing with it to simplify it makes a big difference.
Hope this helps in your world.

Project 2003 reporting experiences

Posted: 12 Jan 2006 10:12 PM PST

Thanks Rod - I appreciate your feedback.

Would you consider this task (as I outlined previously) difficult for
someone with only basic visual basic scripting knowledge, more importantly
would I need high VBA skill levels to take this on?

Thankyou.

Nick

"Rod Gill" wrote:
 

Admin projects - Use and best practice

Posted: 12 Jan 2006 03:03 PM PST

Hi Nock,

Try posting on the server newsgroup. Please see FAQ Item: 24. Project
Newsgroups. FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information
can be seen at this web address: http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

Mike Glen
Project MVP


Nock wrote: 

Truly Zoom Out Columns--See all Tasks on One Screen

Posted: 12 Jan 2006 01:56 PM PST

Hi Cory,

Could you possibly filter the project to show summaries only? Or perhaps
different outline levels? At least this would give the overview without the
detail, which you woul'd be able to decipher anyhow.


Mike Glen
Project MVP



Cory Siansky wrote: 

Extracting data from Project Server

Posted: 12 Jan 2006 01:21 PM PST

Hi John,

Next time, try posting on the server newsgroup. Please see FAQ Item: 24.
Project
Newsgroups. FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information
can be seen at this web address: http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

Mike Glen
Project MVP


johnschmitt wrote: 

Is it possible to customize Network Diagram boxes?

Posted: 12 Jan 2006 11:06 AM PST

You're welcome and thanks for the feedback.
Julie
"Baggy" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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How to keep duration and work fixed

Posted: 12 Jan 2006 10:22 AM PST

Tools, Options, Schedule type and select default task type. However in over
a decade of using Project I still find Fixed Units to be the most flexible
type.

--

Rod Gill
Project MVP
Visit www.msproject-systems.com for Project Companion Tools and more


"MikeR" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Displaying a full calendar year although Project is smaller

Posted: 12 Jan 2006 09:17 AM PST

Hi Darren,

You're welcome and thanks for the feedback.

Don't feel silly at all. It's somewhat of an odd place to put it. Most
would look in the Page Setup dialog box.

Julie

"Darren Broadhead" <microsoft.com> wrote in
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Can't change row height in standard Gantt Chart

Posted: 12 Jan 2006 08:21 AM PST

Hi Dave,

You are very welcome and thanks for the spirited feedback. ;-D

Julie

"Dave_in_Delaware" <microsoft.com> wrote in
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Rebaselining tasks

Posted: 12 Jan 2006 07:30 AM PST

Hi Dave,
You're welcome and thanks for the feedback and clarification. I have tried
to quickly reproduce the problem you describe and have been unable to. I am
using Project 2003 with SP2 installed. You can check your installation SP
by choosing Help > About Microsoft Office Project. On the top line of the
dialog box, after the Microsoft Office Project release information you
should also see Service Pack info.

I don't know of any option that would cause a rebaseline to change the %
complete of any task.

I'll keep hacking about and if I can reproduce the problem I'll post again.

Julie
"Dave" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Are there any UK MSP focus groups?

Posted: 12 Jan 2006 05:37 AM PST

Hi Betina,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :)

As a Brit, I regularly attended the original Project User Group (PUG) which
was started in the UK and was very active. However, it has since been taken
over by the later MSPUG in the sUSA. It is now just a chapter of the MSPUG
and, as far as I know, is now defunct in the UK. If you find any active
PUGs in the UK, I would like to know :)

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

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

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

jspargo wrote: 

MS Project linking from other .mpp source file

Posted: 12 Jan 2006 05:29 AM PST

Hi Frank,

You're welcome for the assistance thus far and thanks for the additional
information.

If you only wish to show information on "main" tasks in one file, it may be
a whole lot easier to just work with filters in the one file to filter out
the tasks you don't wish to see. Take a look at the filter called Summary
Tasks.

You can also choose which level of tasks (Outline Level 1 - the "main" or
top level summary tasks, Outline Level 2 - next level tasks down, etc) by
selecting the Outline level from the Show drop down on the Formatting
toolbar.

Again, if this is only from one project, it is much more efficient to work
with just the one file. If you want to see "main" tasks from several files,
you can create a master through Insert > Project and still use the filtering
or Outline level option as needed.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie

"Frank" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Who, how & where can actual hours be entered for a missing resourc

Posted: 11 Jan 2006 03:11 PM PST

I appeciate the information and will try it.
Thanks

"Dale Howard [MVP]" wrote:
 

How do I set a What-If scenario based on 150% remaining work?

Posted: 11 Jan 2006 11:19 AM PST

In article <googlegroups.com>,
"IMAFriend" <net> wrote:
 

Doug,
In Project Work and Duration are two separate things. Duration is the
time span during which a task is performed. In Project it is usually
expressed in working time (assuming a normal calendar with 8 hour days
and 5 day weeks). On the other hand, Work is the total effort expended
by one or more resources to actually accomplish the task. If a single
resource is assigned full time to a given task, then and only then, the
Duration and Work will be the equal. So adding 50% to the remaining
workload is not necessarily the same as adding 50% to the remaining
duration.

Trying to read between the lines, it sounds like your boss simply wants
to capture the original plan so it can be compared to the current
working schedule as the plan is executed. This is called baselining and
any good planning/scheduling application (e.g. MS Project) has this
feature built-in. It also sets up the basis for classical earned value
metrics. None of this requires any customizing of spare fields.

You might be interested in fellow MVP, Mike Glen's series on Project
lessons and techniques. A link to Mike's lessons can be found on:
http://project.mvps.org/links.htm

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

Task Bar Sizes

Posted: 11 Jan 2006 10:02 AM PST

In article <com>,
"RA" <microsoft.com> wrote:
 

RA,
You're welcome.
John 

MPP files

Posted: 11 Jan 2006 09:21 AM PST

Hi RJS and Babar,

Just to clarify. Project Professional is not required -- Project Standard
will do. It will need to be installed on all machines (home and work) to be
able to read the Project (MPP) files.
Julie
"Babar" <com> wrote in message
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scheduled work till the status date

Posted: 11 Jan 2006 05:11 AM PST

You're welcome Michael and thanks for the feedback.
Julie
"Hans Wurst" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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