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Conditional Task Length

Posted: 11 Jun 2004 11:41 AM PDT

It is possible, but it is a bit kludgy.
Do this.
Insert one of the number fields (number1, number2 ...)
Insert one of the duration fields
Let's imagine you are using Number1 and Duration1 for this example
right click on the header of the duration1 column
select customize.
click on the formula button
enter
[Duration]*[Number1]
click ok.

Now set the value in Number1 to be .2

Now copy the value in the duration1 cell
Go to the duration cell for the other task
From the edit menu select "Paste Special"
Make sure that the "Paste Link" radio button is selected.
Click OK.

Now when the first task changes in duration, the second task will change as
well.

-Jack


"Erik L" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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n/a error

Posted: 11 Jun 2004 10:02 AM PDT

I have an example of how to work around this on my website:

http://masamiki.com/project/customfieldFAQ.htm

-Jack

"Gérard Ducouret" <fr> wrote in message
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PERT Chart Problems

Posted: 11 Jun 2004 08:01 AM PDT

Have you tried Format/Layout Now?

It would seem that you can best avoid corruption and bloat by using
File/Save As... rather than a simple Save, as that process is supposed to
tidy up the bits left over from editing etc.

And keep saving backups :)

Mike Glen
Project MVP

Ron T wrote: 

#error to be removed

Posted: 11 Jun 2004 07:28 AM PDT

Mike is correct. There is no way to have a number field be blank. It is
always 0 or some other value.
If you want a blank field then you must use a text field.

-Jack

"Mike Glen" <glenATmvps.org> wrote in message
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How can...

Posted: 11 Jun 2004 04:40 AM PDT

Thank you very much Gérard Ducouret.

It really helped me.

Have a nice day

Scheduling - %Completes and Actuals

Posted: 10 Jun 2004 03:30 PM PDT

Ivivanti,

Click View>Task Usage (or Resource Usage) and you'll get a timescaled
view on the right side with the tasks and resources on the left. It
looks and functions just like a timesheet. You can enter the Actual
Work in the appropriate spaces (on a daily or weekly basis) in the
timescaled part on the right. (You may have to right-click in this
section and select Actual Work if it's not visible.) This will
automatically enter the correct Actual Start date. After you enter the
timescaled Actual Work, adjust the Remaining Work as needed in the
left side.

Sarah
sarah_kiko@(removethis)cinfin.com

Deleted projects in shared resource pool

Posted: 10 Jun 2004 09:02 AM PDT

Thanks for the advise. I ended up creating a new resource
pool and am changing the sharer files individually. Works
OK.

--Ken 
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Posted: 10 Jun 2004 01:33 AM PDT

Hi ea,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :-)

You might like to see FAQ Item: 11. Hidden Column.

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

ea wrote: 

how to undo the manipulation several time

Posted: 09 Jun 2004 11:00 PM PDT

No, it can't. Unfortunately, you only get one shot.

Sarah

Adjust_Date micro

Posted: 09 Jun 2004 11:34 AM PDT

Sorry, you must have a start date in the template, or any project for that
matter!.


Mike Glen
Project MVP

Majid wrote: 

Linking two schedules in Project

Posted: 09 Jun 2004 07:53 AM PDT


"Peggy" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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change I make to one schedule is also made to the other schedule?

Master Projects and Cross-Project Linking
Using master projects to provide rolled-up reports across multiple projects
and create external dependencies between tasks in different projects is
valuable when using Microsoft Project Professional as stand-alone
applications, but does not work as well when all projects are integrated
into a common repository like the Project Server database.

Note . Master projects are not recommended to be used in Project Server,
especially if you want to use them to provide cross-project reporting or if
you plan on publishing assignments from the master project. Not allowing
master projects to be published to Project Server is recommended.

Because of the way projects are stored in the Project Server database and
the way that this affects project-to-project interaction, project managers
should avoid saving projects to the Project Server database that would
normally be considered to be master projects in Microsoft Project
Professional. Saving master projects and their sub-projects may cause
double-counting of resource assignments and ultimately produce inaccurate
Project Web Access views.

Project Server provides several useful alternatives to the traditional
master project:

· Administrative projects - allows users to simulate traditional
master projects in Microsoft Project Professional using projects saved and
published to the Project Server database.

An Administrative project is a project without any tasks or resources that
have been saved or published to the Project Server database from Microsoft
Project Professional. To create external dependencies or retain familiar
reports, you should create local master projects on your client computer in
Microsoft Project Professional by inserting projects checked out from the
Project Server database. Users can then save the sub-projects (inserted
projects) back to the Project Server database while saving the master
project to their local computers. Using this method will allow users to work
with master projects in a familiar way and will help maintain accurate
enterprise project and resource data in the Project Server database

· Enterprise Outline Codes - allows organization to add custom
elements into cross-project reporting that traditional master projects
cannot do as well. Using the Enterprise Global Template to define custom
Enterprise Outline Codes can help provide better reporting results for
project data.

· Portfolio Analyzer - provides users with better reporting and
data results across projects than the traditional use of master projects
can.

Microsoft Office Project 2003 has two administrative options that affect
what project managers can take relative to master projects.

· To allow master projects to be saved to Project Server.

· To allow master projects to be published to Project Server



1.1.1 Cross-Project Links
Cross-project linking enables project managers to link tasks in one project
to tasks in another project.

Microsoft Project Professional supports true cross-project linking. The user
can include a path and filename in the Predecessor and Successor fields,
followed by a slash and the usual relationship syntax.

For example, if <>\1 Exabyte Desktop Drive.Published\24FS+3d is entered in
the Predecessor field, then the predecessor has ID 24 in the project server
stored project plan 1 Exabyte Desktop Drive.Published and the relationship
is Finish-to-Start with 3 days of lag.

1.1.2 Cross-Project Linking Terminology
The term internal is used to describe those tasks that exist in a project.
External relates to those tasks outside of a project. Use of either of these
terms depends on the specific project in question. To avoid confusion, this
discussion assumes the active project is the internal project unless stated
otherwise.

When an external link is created in the active project, replicated tasks are
created in both the external and active projects.

The term ghost task is used to refer to an external (replicated) task,
however, an external task is not displayed with the ghost task formatting in
the active project if the parent of the external task has been inserted into
the active project.

One project gets an external successor task and the other gets an external
predecessor task. When either project is displayed alone (for example, does
not contain the other as an inserted project), the external task is
displayed with special light gray ghost formatting so it can be easily
distinguished from other tasks.

If an external task is displayed as a ghost task in the active project, it
gets its own ID in the active project (not necessarily the same ID it has in
its parent project). A predecessor ghost task is inserted just before the
corresponding internal successor task, and a successor ghost task is
inserted just after the corresponding internal predecessor task. However, if
a ghost task representing the external task already exists, then that ghost
task is used to represent the external task in all the relationships it may
have with tasks in the active project. In other words, if two tasks in the
active project both have the same external predecessor, there is only one
ghost task representing that external task in the active project.

Figure 183 illustrates the relative use of the terms internal and external,
in relation to cross-project linking.



Figure 183. Internal- External task links

From the perspective of 1 Exabyte Desktop Drive.Published task 55 is the
external link.

The task in each individual project that represents an external task is also
called a ghost task.

1.1.3 Linking Between Projects
There are two ways to link information between Microsoft Project
Professional files: by using dependency links between project files, or by
using object linking and embedding via Copy/Paste Special.

When a project relies on a task that is in another project, cross-project
links can be used to create a dependency between them. When a dependency
between tasks in different projects is created in this way, any changes to
the start or finish dates of the external task are automatically reflected
in the successor task of the other project.

When links between only certain fields of information need to be created,
links between fields in two project files can be pasted by using the Paste
Special command instead. For example, where the same job descriptions and
pay rates exist in two projects, but the tasks occur in both projects, the
Paste Special command enables the user to connect the selected fields in the
two plans so that the information stays synchronized.

1.1.3.1 To Create a Dependency Between Tasks in Different
Projects
1. Open both projects - the file containing the task you want to link to
and the file containing the task you want to link from. (If necessary, you
can search for your file.)

2. In the Window menu, click Arrange All.

3. Use the mouse to drag a link between two tasks.

or

4. In the Task Name field, click the task for which you want to create a
task dependency to an external predecessor.

5. Click Task Information and then click the Predecessors tab.



Figure 184. Creating cross project task dependency

1. In the ID field, type the full path of the project location, the
project name, and ID number of the external predecessor, separated by a
backslash, for example: <>\Project1.published\1 for Task ID 1 in a project
plan stored as Project 1 (Figure 184).

2. To change the dependency to a type other than finish-to-start, select a
different dependency type in the Type field.

3. To enter lag time for the dependency, enter a value in the Lag field.

4. To enter lead time, enter a negative value in the Lag field, such as -2
for two days of lead time.

1.1.3.2 Task Dependency Dialog Box
The Task Dependency dialog box is displayed by double-clicking a link line
in a consolidated or stand-alone project.

There are two versions of the Task Dependency dialog box, one version if the
link does not involve a ghost task (but may involve inserted external
tasks), and a different version for a link between an internal task and a
ghost task.

To display a Task Dependency dialog box, double-click a link line between
two tasks that are not ghosted (Figure 185).



Figure 185. Link between two internal tasks

For a link between an internal task and a ghost task, the full path and
filename of the ghost task are appended in parentheses after the ghost task
name (Figure 186).



Figure 186. Link from a ghost task to an internal task

1.1.4 Editing Ghost Tasks
If a cell of a ghost task is double-clicked, Microsoft Project Professional
opens the external project, if it is not already open, and places the cursor
at the top of the file. If the file is already open, double clicking the
ghost task will activate that file and place the cursor at the proper task.

The cross project link can be edited in either project.

The ghost task can be deleted from the internal task's project. This removes
the link and removes the ghost task from the internal project. This action
has no affect on the external task in the external project except to remove
the cross-project link (and the appropriate ghost task) when that project is
updated. For example, deleting a ghost task breaks the link, but does not
delete the task record from the parent project.

1.1.4.1 Synchronized and Editable Ghost Fields
Some information in a ghost task is synchronized with the information in the
external project, and some information is editable in the internal project.
In general most fields are synchronized except for custom fields, notes, and
baseline fields (so that the user can set a baseline in the internal
project) and some fields are only used to show assignment fields.

Cost and work fields are synchronized, but they are not included in rollup
calculations because they are not counted against the internal project.
Also, fields that are synchronized are not editable because the
synchronization would wipe out any edits.

The following split table shows what information is synchronized with the
information in the external project. It also shows what information can be
edited in the internal project. The X at the end of some of the field names
in the table is a placeholder for numbered fields. For example, TextX means
Text1, Text2, and so on.



Name
Sync
Editable

Name
Sync
Editable

Actual Cost
Yes
No

Marked
No
Yes

Actual Duration
Yes
No

Milestone
Yes
No

Actual Finish
Yes
No

Name
Yes
No

Actual Overtime Cost
Yes
No

Notes
No
Yes

Actual Overtime Work
Yes
No

NumberX
No
Yes

Actual Start
Yes
No

Objects
No
No

Actual Work
Yes
No

Outline Level
No
No

Baseline Cost
No
Yes

Overallocated
No
No

Baseline Duration
No
Yes

Overtime Cost
Yes
No

Baseline Finish
No
Yes

Overtime Work
Yes
No

Baseline Start
No
Yes

% Complete
Yes
No

Baseline Work
No
Yes

% Work Complete
Yes
No

BCWP
No
No

Predecessors
No
No

BCWS
No
No

Preleveled Finish
Yes
No

Confirmed
No
No

Preleveled Start
Yes
No

Constraint Date
Yes
No

Priority
Yes
No

Constraint Type
Yes
No

Project
Yes
No

Contact
No
Yes

Recurring
No
No

Cost
Yes
No

Regular Work
Yes
No

Cost Rate Table
No
No

Remaining Cost
Yes
No

Cost Variance
No
No

Remaining Duration
Yes
No

CostX
No
Yes

Remaining Overtime Cost
Yes
No

Created
No
No

Remaining Overtime Work
Yes
No

Critical
Yes
No

Remaining Work
Yes
No

CV
No
No

Resource Group
No
No

DateX
No
Yes

Resource Initials
No
No

Assignment Delay
No
No

Resource Names
No
No

Duration
Yes
No

Resource Phonetics
No
No

DurationX
No
Yes

Resume
Yes
No

Early Finish
Yes
No

Rollup
No
Yes

Early Start
Yes
No

Start
Yes
No

Effort Driven
Yes
No

Start Variance
No
No

External Project Name
No
No

StartX
No
Yes

Finish
Yes
No

Stop
Yes
No

Finish Variance
No
No

Subproject File
No
No

FinishX
No
Yes

Subproject Read-Only
No
No

Fixed Cost
Yes
No

Successors
No
No

Fixed Cost Accrual
Yes
No

Summary
No
No

FlagX
No
Yes

SV
Yes
No

Free Slack
Yes
No

TeamStatus Pending
No
No

Hide Bar
No
Yes

TextX
No
Yes

Hyperlink
No
Yes

Total Slack
Yes
No

Hyperlink Address
No
Yes

Type
Yes
No

Hyperlink Href
No
Yes

Unique ID
No
No

Hyperlink SubAddress
No
Yes

Predecessors Unique ID
No
No

ID
No
No

Unique ID Successors
No
No

Indicators
No
No

Assignment Units
No
No

Late Finish
Yes
No

Update Needed
No
No

Late Start
Yes
No

WBS
Yes
No

Level Assignments
No
No

Work
Yes
No

Leveling Can Split
No
No

Work Contour
No
No

Leveling Delay
Yes
No

Work Variance
No
No

Linked Fields
No
No






1.1.4.2 Formatting Ghost Tasks
To allow formatting of the ghost tasks, the following items are included in
the following dialog boxes:



View
Dialog box
Item
Default formatting

Calendar
Text Styles
external task
Color: Gray

Calendar
Bar Styles
external task
Color: GrayBar Type: BarPattern: Hollow

Gantt
Text Styles
external task
Color: Gray

Gantt
Bar Styles
External (Show For)
Color: GrayBar: Light Dither

Network Diagram
Text Styles
external task
Color: Gray

Network Diagram
Box Styles
external task
Color: GrayBox: Dotted Box

Task Sheet
Text Styles
external task
Color: Gray

Task Usage
Text Styles
external task
Color: Gray

Task Report
Text
external task
Color: Gray

Crosstab Report
Text
external task
Color: Gray


1.1.4.3 Gantt Chart Wizard
The Gantt Chart Wizard - see The Gantt Chart Wizard page 431 - preserves
ghost task formatting, but provides no options to change it. Formatting for
ghost task bars must be carried out using the Format Bar or Format Bar
Styles menu commands.

1.1.5 Baseline Information for Ghost Tasks
Unlike all other information about the ghost task, the baseline information
comes from the internal project rather than the external project.

An external task has two independent sets of baseline field values. One set
is in its parent project, and the other set is in the internal project. This
allows the user to see how much the ghost task has moved or changed from the
last time the internal project baseline was set.

1.1.6 Cross Project Linking Options
The View tab of the Options dialog box available in the Tools menu contains
options to control how links are updated when files are opened, as well as
whether or not ghost tasks are displayed .(Figure 187).



Figure 187. Cross-Project Linking Options in Tools Options View tab

The first two settings, Show external successors and Show external
predecessors, determine if the ghost predecessors or successors are
displayed as tasks or hidden in the current project. This setting does not
impact the predecessor or successor fields of the linked internal task that
show the external links as text.

If the parent project of an external task is inserted into the active
project, then the external task is not displayed as a ghost task, but is
instead displayed as any other task in an inserted project.

If the Show Links Between Projects dialog box on open option is ON
(selected) then the Automatically accept new external data option is
disabled and unchecked. If Show Links Between Projects dialog box on open is
OFF (not selected), then the Automatically accept new external data option
is enabled and this option can be turned ON or OFF.

If the Show Links Between Projects dialog box on open setting is ON, then
Microsoft Project Professional displays the Links between Projects dialog
box whenever the file is opened, but only if there has been a change to an
external task or link. If this setting is OFF, then Microsoft Project
Professional does not display the dialog box on file open even if there have
been changes to the external tasks or links. In that case, choose the Links
between Projects command from the Tools menu to display the dialog box.

If Automatically accept new external data is ON, then Microsoft Project
Professional automatically accepts any new external link information without
prompting the user. Because it automatically synchronizes the data, if
Microsoft Project Professional cannot find the external link (because the
link was removed or the project file was moved), then the external task is
deleted.

By default, the first three checkboxes are ON.

These options are saved per project and cannot be saved globally.

1.1.6.1 Behavior on Open
Suppose there is a link between a task in project Test1 and a task in
project Test2, and project Test2 is opened. Various scenarios are discussed
as follows.

· If project Test1 is already open in memory, then the linked
task in project Test2 reflects the current information from project Test1,
and Test2's ghost in project Test1 reflects the current task data of that
task in project Test2.

Provided calculation is ON, any open project reflects the current data of
the external tasks and links.

· If project Test1 is not currently open, then Microsoft Project
Professional looks for the external data in the external project (which
would cause the project to be loaded in the background). If this external
data is different than the current data stored in the first project being
opened (project Test2) then Microsoft Project Professional displays the
Cross-Project Links dialog box that shows all external links. Those links
that have changed can be easily found by looking in the Differences column.

When opening the project, it looks for the external data in the external
project. Any changed data automatically is updated in the current project
without prompting from the user.

When opening the project, it does not look for the external data. If the
Links Between Projects dialog box is displayed, at that point it looks for
the external data.

The Tools menu, Links Between Projects command is used to see the
cross-project links.



Figure 188. Links Between Projects dialog box

The Links Between Projects dialog box (Figure 188) displays all the
cross-project predecessors and successors for the current project with
information about what changed in the current project. This dialog box also
shows links whose source project cannot be found, or whose source task
cannot be found.

From this dialog box it is possible to repair broken links, choose to accept
or refuse new data concerning a cross project link, and edit or delete a
cross-project link (and thus the ghost task as well).

When the dialog box is displayed, if it hasn't already retrieved the
external information, it opens up all the external projects in order to
obtain this external information.

The dialog box has one tab that shows the External Predecessor tasks and
another that shows the External Successor tasks.

If an internal task has a predecessor and successor external link, then that
task appears on both tabs.

· Task. Shows the internal and ghost task pair that constitutes a
cross-project link. The internal tasks are aligned to the left and have an
ID number. The ghost task is indented under it. On the same line as the
ghost task is Type, Date, % Complete and Difference information. The name,
type, date and % Complete fields reflect the old information for example,
the information stored in the current project. The differences field is used
to inform the user what data has changed in the external project and its new
value. The current project's internal data on the external task and
cross-project link changes to this new value when the user accepts the
change.

· Type. Shows the link type and any lag or lead information about
the external link.

· Date. Either the start date or the finish date of the external
task. If the link is connected to the start date of the external task, then
the date is start date. If the link is connected to the finish date of the
external task then the date is the finish date of the external task. It uses
the date format selected in the Internal project.

· %Comp. Shows the % Complete value for the external task.

· Differences. Provides information about what has changed in the
external task from the external project since it was last updated in the
internal project, or it lets the user know that the external task or project
file could not be found. If more than one piece of information changed, then
the changes are listed on separate lines.

Kinds of information displayed in the Differences column:

o Name to <new name> is displayed when the task name changed.

o Finish to <new finish> is displayed when the finish date changed
and the link depends on the finish date.

o Start to <new start> is displayed when the start date changed to
a new date X and the link depends on the start date.

o Type to <new type> is displayed when the link type changed.

o Link Deleted is displayed when Microsoft Project Professional
detects that the link is deleted from the other project.

o Task Not Found is displayed when Microsoft Project Professional
cannot find the external task within the external project.

o Project Not Found is displayed when Microsoft Project
Professional can find the project file or DSN but not the project name
specified. The user can use the Browse dialog box to find a renamed or moved
project.

o File Not Found is displayed when it cannot find the project file
or DSN. The user can use the Browse dialog box to find a moved or renamed
external project file.

o File Located is displayed when a File Not Found or Project Not
Found condition has been manually corrected. Note that if there are any
changes in the file that it finds, it automatically accepts them.

o None is displayed to indicate that no changes have been made to
the external task or link.

The Accept button accepts all the changed information for the selected task.

The All button accepts the changed information for all links in the dialog
box.

The Browse button lets the user repair the path for an external project file
that may have been moved or renamed.

The Delete Link button deletes the selected cross-project link and removes
the external task from the current project.

1.1.6.2 Deleting External Links
In Microsoft Project Professional, it is possible to delete external
predecessor links to files that cannot be found. The dialog box shown in
Figure 188 will appear enabling the user to delete the external link or
relocate the file.

1.1.6.3 Project Calculations
No project is recalculated unless it is opened.

Suppose that project A has links to project B and B has links back into A,
and only project B is opened. Microsoft Project Professional reads in dates
from project A (provided the user says it's ok to update links). Microsoft
Project Professional does not recalculate tasks in project A, even though
their predecessors in project B may have changed.

All the appropriate projects must be reopened before everything can be
recalculated.

1.1.6.4 Circular Loop Detection
The definition of a circular loop or circular task relationship in Microsoft
Project Professional is when a series of task links, link back to the first
task in the series. Circular links are not allowed in Microsoft Project
Professional as they will cause Microsoft Project Professional to stop
calculating field values and therefore must be avoided.

If the user tries to create a circular link loop in a single project,
Microsoft Project Professional can detect this condition and does not allow
the link to be created. This is more difficult to detect and solve when the
links are spread among a number of different projects.

It is possible to create such loops by creating links while not having all
the projects open. For example, assume that x, y and z represent single
tasks in projects A, B and C. If x is linked to y and y is linked to z, and
then B is closed, and link z is linked to x, a circular link is created.

x -> y -> z -> x

Microsoft Project Professional only detects such loops among currently
opened projects.

Baseline date

Posted: 09 Jun 2004 07:32 AM PDT


Oren,
I don't have Project 2003 server but I doubt it will give the
information you want particularly if you are updating the same baseline.
Since Project 2003 has multiple baselines, I suggest you save each
update as a separate baseline, then you will have each date saved.

If you need more than 10 baselines, I suggest you either set up a custom
field to track baseline dates either manually or automated with a macro,
or perhaps use an Excel spreadsheet to track the baseline date data.

Hope this helps.
John

Percent Work Complete

Posted: 08 Jun 2004 09:13 AM PDT

Hi Julie,

Notwithstanding Gerard's answer. % Complete refers to the DURATION of a task. % Work Complete refers to the WORK (hours assigned via resources). Example: A task of 5 days DURATION might contain 40 hours of WORK. For most practical purposes, those hours would be approtioned equally across all 5 days (ie, 8 hrs/day). If at the end of day 1, the resource has only done 4 hrs WORK, then your % Complete is 1/5 days = 20%, and your % Work Complete is 4/40 = 10%. If on day 2, your resource still only does 6 hrs work (lazy git!!), then your % Complete is 2/5 days = 40%, and your % Work Complete is (4+6)/40 = 25%. At the end of day 2, your analysis would read: 40% of the DURATION has elapsed, but only 25% of the WORK has been done. Someone has few long days ahead of them if they want to finish the task on time!!

You do have to be a bit wary, though, owing to the fact that your % Complete does change as you extend or shorten the duraton of the task, and it is also dependent upon your Task Type. Moreover, when amending the task duration, the WORK that you have assigned to that task might also change, depending upon HOW you amend the task duration, in conjunction with the Task Type.

Hope this helps.

James.

"Julie" wrote:
 

Microsoft Word - 5 page document, need three different types of header/footers., I can only seem to create two different headers

Microsoft Word - 5 page document, need three different types of header/footers., I can only seem to create two different headers

5 page document, need three different types of header/footers., I can only seem to create two different headers

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 01:40 PM PDT

I am using Word 2003 at work   and 2010 at home.  I have an existing document (company product literature that uses "Different first page" as the option for header and footer. The company is changing artwork and wants a different unique header/footer on page 1, a different h/f on pages 2-4 and the same header on 5 but a 3rd unique footer on the last page (page 5).  I've added section breaks at Pages 1 (bottom) and page 4 (bottom) as it instructs, but when I go to add the header and footers on page 1, they repeat on page 5. If I change the setting on page 5 to remove "different" first page, then I get the header/footers repeating from pages 2-4 on page 5....  Neither version seems to have any clear ability to do anything other than different first page or alternate even/odd pages.   Thanks in advance

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Posted: 10 Mar 2013 04:22 AM PDT

comprei um pc novo que vem com o Windows office 2010 mas para entrar o pc pede que seja ativada uma chave para o produto, tem um problema, eu não vejo essa chave em nenhuma parte

como eu faço para ativar o office?

The page number in my document commes immediately after the last line of the text, which looks untidy. How do I create a two line space between text and page number?

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 04:07 AM PDT

The page number in my lengthy document commes immediately after the last line of the text, which looks untidy. How do I create a two line space between text and page number?

create lines numbered inside table

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 04:21 PM PST

How can i create the lines numbered for a text inside the table? When i try it does so for text outside the table only.

 

Thanks

 

Michele

Suddenly document shows paragraph symbols, dots between words, little arrows all over. How do I get rid of these?

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 11:52 AM PST

I don't know what's suddenly happened, and I want to get rid of the marks.

Cannot open protected Word document. Error message 'The password is incorrect' althoughpassword cracking software confirms the password is the one I put in place.

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 01:11 AM PST

I have a Word document which is password protected and which I cannot now open. I bought a password cracker which identified the password ( the one I put in place) but that password does not open the document. I get the error message 'The password is incorrect'. Any help would be appreciated. This is an important document. I suspect it may have something to do with using different versions of Office on the home network. I have Office 2003 and Office 2010. I does not open on either. I am using Windows 7 64 bit.

how do I change Word from UK English to American English

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 08:50 PM PST

In other than American English the @key produces " annd vice versa. how do I correct that on my UK English keyboard?

Hotmail bounces invites from Gmailers - Microsoft Office forums

Hotmail bounces invites from Gmailers - Microsoft Office forums

Hotmail bounces invites from Gmailers

Posted: 03 Jul 2004 02:30 PM PDT

I'm sure someone has a good reason for sending this to every newsgroup they
can think of, but I'm frankly not the least interested.

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Cannot get around prompt for CD (Office 2000)

Posted: 28 Jun 2004 08:56 PM PDT

Hi Julie,

Windows in place upgrades can be such 'fun'. :(

There are no entries for 2000 series products in Add/Remove Programs?

What is the exact error message you're getting?

Are you using the current version of the Cleanup Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301&FR=1
and the current version of MSI?

This article may help in removing Office 2000 manually
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;219423&FR=1

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<<"Julie" <com> wrote in message news:phx.gbl...
Client upgraded the operating system on their computer which has
Office 2000 Small Business Edition from Win98 to Windows 2000.
As usually happens, they now get bombarded with prompts for the
Office installation CD whenever they try to use any Office program.
And, as is usually the case, they no longer have that CD. However
they do have the installation CD for Office 2000 Premium that was
used for a machine that has since been junked, so it seemed like a
likely candidate to install in place of the SBE.

In the past, I've been able to resolve this dilemma by using the MSI
cleanup utility from Microsoft. But when I run it on this machine,
there are no entries shown at all for Office. And Eraser2k doesn't
solve the problem either.

So what can I do? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks. >>
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MS Office System Products MVP

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Office 2000 install prompt when 2003 is already installed.

Posted: 28 Jun 2004 04:39 PM PDT

Thanks for your help. I believe that I have resolved the
issue. 
in message news:22c4d01c45d69$1760b6e0$gbl... 

new product key

Posted: 27 Jun 2004 06:00 PM PDT

Hello Diane,

Thanks for your help, I will try it that way.

Best Regads,
Perry

 

Office 2003 & Office 97, Specifically Access 97

Posted: 27 Jun 2004 03:18 PM PDT

Linda Daniels,
Not sure if it will help the situation, but you may have a look at this:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301&Product=ofw2k

I have never used it to remove configuration information for trial versions of Office 2003, but it may be worth a look.
It does not list Office 97, only 2000 and up so if you use it, it would have to be for the trial version related files.

Chris Schatte
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"Linda Daniels" wrote:
 

reply

Posted: 27 Jun 2004 02:53 AM PDT


1. Click on "Start" and click on "Run".

2. Found out that the CD drive was the D drive.

3. Created a verbose log file using "d:\setup.exe /l*v!
c:\setuplog.txt." The
installation wizard pops up and installation begins.

Result:
=======
Installation progresses and completes successfully.

Office 97 & Office 2003

Posted: 26 Jun 2004 09:34 PM PDT

I downloaded the MSVBVM50.EXE file and ran it. But, I
still have a problem with Office 97. When I try to run
setup from the CD, still get the error message. "Set up
cannot access the required initialization file E (E is the
CD) OS/System/OLEAUT32.DLL. It sounds like the OS can not
read the OLEAUT32.DLL file on the Office 97 CD. Any more
ideas. Really need to reinstall Access 97. When I ran
the CD (Office 97), after uninstalling Sample Office 2003,
Office 97 installed all fiels except Access 97 program.
If you try to open the database created in Access 97 they
will not open and get error message " No license found on
this computer, guess because Access 97 will not load from
the CD setup wizard?? Help. 
scid=kb;en-us;175459 if 
article. 
97 
97 
You. 

Office Professional Ed 2003 problem

Posted: 26 Jun 2004 03:37 PM PDT

Andrew,
Here is the end user license agreement:
1. GRANT OF LICENSE. Microsoft grants you the following rights provided that you comply with all terms and
conditions of this EULA:
1.1 Installation and use. You may:
(a) install and use a copy of the Software on one personal computer or other device; and
(b) install an additional copy of the Software on a second, portable device for the exclusive use of the primary
user of the first copy of the Software.
The above is the part concerning installation.
You can view the entire eula on your system, in any Program go to:
Help/About Microsoft Outlook (or any)/click on "View the End User License Agreement"
or on Microsoft Office Online view here:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/eula/en.mspx
choose your version.

Chris Schatte

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Error Installing Office2000...HELP!!!

Posted: 26 Jun 2004 01:55 PM PDT

Method #1:
1. Clean the cd with warm water and soft cloth

Method #2:
1. Create a flat on another system on the network
2. Map a network drive path over to the shared flat folder
3. Install from the shared flat

Method #3:
1. Have customer burn a copy of the original media
2. Install from the burned media

NOTE: Burned media is typically not supported except
in a corporate
environment. However, the method of creating a burned cd
will allow the files to
decompress and copy across the disk, thereby allowing the
reading of the disk to
proceed more freely. This has been witnessed in several
cases where the burned
media the customer created would install without error
when the original Microsoft
media errors out to the compression of the cab files.

Lost CD-key

Posted: 26 Jun 2004 10:09 AM PDT


"Sam Tigger" <com> wrote in message
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positive results instantly. 
is relatively old 

Hmm, not much help, bunkie: Vague reference to contact,
lie about MS interest, false "instantly" claim, nothing to
verify and zero contacts. If the OP was able to lose the
key, how would the OP know anything about what you -claim-
to know all about! So, uhhh, where's the value in your
post:? Other than your success at trying to -look- like you
know something you don't.

Or are you farting into the wind? That one gets my vote.

Pop
 
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THANK YOU MILLY STAPLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: 26 Jun 2004 09:12 AM PDT

because everyone love just ya, sam!

G.

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this NG 
asked: 

Office does not recognize it's own docs

Posted: 23 Jun 2004 05:49 PM PDT

Courtney

I tried disabling the antivirus and it made no
difference. Is there anything else I can try?

Thanks.
 
now open the files, 
macro virus. 
message 
way 
message 
has 
message 

Windows XP Service pack 1 cd WHAT???

Posted: 23 Jun 2004 08:32 AM PDT

download office xp1 from microsoft website 

Some Screen Tips Are Missing

Posted: 21 Jun 2004 09:27 PM PDT

<<Thanks, Bob. It's not quite as convenient as the old screen tips were,
but I suppose I'll have to manage with it. (Why would Microsoft get rid of
a nice feature like screen tips for dialogs, especially after all of us have
gotten used to it??)>>

It turned out that only a tiny fraction of our customers were using them and
they were surprisingly hard to program and keep accurate. (However, most of
us techies were in the fraction that loved them. :-( )

We're investigating better alternatives for this for our next version.

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Program Manager
Assistance and Worldwide Services

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


 
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Office 2003 Pro. In all applications (Word, Powerpoint, 
menus (where there have always been Screen Tips in the past). 
leave the cursor over) "Screen Tips", there's no screen tip. 
Options "Show Screen Tips on Toolbars" and "Show Shortcut Keys 
Options > View and checked "Show Pop-up Description for 
online help files and all the books on the shelves of two large 

Calculating Custom fields Microsoft Project

Calculating Custom fields Microsoft Project

Calculating Custom fields

Posted: 09 Jun 2004 12:20 PM PDT

On top of this, you may encounter problems when one calculated field refers
to another.
Imagine what happens when one calculates before the other.
I suggest that you write the formula for C so that it is independent of A
and B.
For example if:

A = [Finish]-[Start]
B = [Baseline Finish] - [Baseline Start]

then I'd write C so that:

C = 100*([Finish]-[Start])/([Baseline Finish] - [Baseline Start])

-Jack

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HELP for old 95 user with Resources for 2003

Posted: 09 Jun 2004 11:04 AM PDT

 
options and the schedule 
decimal 
crashed and I have 
but I had to 
get the Resources 
software I can't get the 
actual crew size. How 
number for the Resource 

How do some of the column relationships work?

Posted: 09 Jun 2004 08:48 AM PDT

Jack,

Thanks for the lead but I am looking for some sort of diagram or a design doc.

I have been using MS Project for about 5 years now and I am aware of how the fields work but at times I would input some updates and Project goes and makes some obscure changes like if I update the % complete and the end date Project changes my duration from 4 days to 1.67. Now in the past I didn’t really care I went back and manually changed it back to what it was supposed to be. But now I took a position where the front end of the project is driven by an excel spreadsheet and tracking the overall progress is done in Project. So before I can link all the cells and have the inputs updated by several team members I want to understand some of MSP calculation methods.

I would appreciate any additional help


"JackD" wrote:
 

mail merge

Posted: 09 Jun 2004 05:52 AM PDT

Cathy,

I suggest posting this request in microsoft.public.word newsgroup. This
newsgroup is for Microsoft Project which is a scheduling software.

-Jack

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merge, 
can anyone help thanks.

Error in Project calculation?

Posted: 08 Jun 2004 01:53 PM PDT

Thanks a lot, Sarah

The split view that you suggest is indeed a great way to
work and have the best overview of all parameters. I also
like to add the Work column up in the Gantt part.

I can see the logic applied by Project is indeed the way
you describe. The "fixed work" is fixed also at resource
level rather than only at task level (which is what I expected).





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| Jerry,
|
| When you're going to make changes like this to your schedule, I would
| suggest that you split the screen and show the Resource Work view of
| the Task Form on the bottom part, with the Gantt Chart on the top.
| Select the task in the Gantt, then in the bottom you can adjust the
| resources individually. If you initially have one resource assigned at
| 100% for 16 hours, then add another resource without making any other
| changes, Project assumes that the two resources will split the work,
| so each gets 8 hours. Then you tell Project that the second resource
| is only available 25% of the time, so Project schedules that resource
| at 2 hours per day. The 8 hours then takes that resource 4 days to
| accomplish.
|
| Sarah
|
| > | "Jerry" <com> a écrit dans le message de
| > | news:phx.gbl...
| > | > I am new to Project, and it might be my lack of knowledge, but:
| > | >
| > | > If I have a task (fixed work, effort driven) of 16 hours work, and
| > assign
| > | > 1 person 100%, MS Project correctly calculates duration of 2 days.
| > | > If I add a second person at 100%, duration is (correctly) set to one
| > day.
| > | > But if I assign first person 75%, and the other 25%, the duration
| > | > is 4 days! Should be 2, shouldn't it? A bug?

Formatting cells for word wrap

Posted: 08 Jun 2004 01:35 PM PDT

Hello Hall,

You can do it for the whole project : select the whole project with a mouse
click on the grey square at the top left of the project sheet.
Then do the same way that you did for a single row : drag the bottom line
downward with the mouse.

Gérard Ducouret [Project MVP]
PragmaSoft ® - Paris

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Help on Custom Formulas

Posted: 08 Jun 2004 01:16 PM PDT


"RTG Manager" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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formulas, such as ProjDateDiff and Date Diff? Nothing appears in the online
help or the manual (Inside Out Project 2003).

Besides the help that Gerard mentioned you can find a couple of common
questions and answers here:

http://masamiki.com/project/customfieldFAQ.htm

-Jack

Creating TBD dates with in MSP

Posted: 08 Jun 2004 11:51 AM PDT

Rob,

Thanks for the note. But if you saw my original post the problem is that the plan is scheduled for 2 years and all tasks are identified but the LOE’s are not. So in the project plan I need to put a “TBD”

Thanks for any additional help.


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saving export map

Posted: 08 Jun 2004 11:42 AM PDT

Jeff,
Yes, you can. With a small VBA procedure that you can write by automatic
recording :
Tools / Macro / Record new macro
Do the job as usual...
Tools / Macro / Stop recording

Gérard Ducouret [Project MVP]
PRagmaSoft ® - Paris

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How to see all notes on screen at one time

Posted: 07 Jun 2004 10:04 PM PDT


Martin,
The method Rod suggested will work fine as long as there are no line
feeds in the Notes text or the total number of characters in the Notes
field is 256 characters or less. If there are line feeds or more than
256 characters, you will need to either manually copy and paster, use an
export map, or create a VBA macro to get the complete text of the Notes
field to another application (e.g. Word, Excel, etc.).

John

Compatibility between MS Project 2000 and 2003

Posted: 07 Jun 2004 04:06 PM PDT

Haven't tested that, but haven't heard of any problems. The worst Project
2003 standard problem has been that on some PC's you've been unable to out
some tasks. There is however a hotfix for that problem now if you encounter
it.

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2003 
2003 

Conditional Task

Posted: 04 Jun 2004 08:07 AM PDT

IMHO, a project schedule is just that - a plan of what you are actually
going to do. So how to handle the contingency scenario? Decide whether it
is most likely that you'll need to restore one or more servers or not and
build your plan based on that assumption, but with the understanding that
you may have to modify it later if circumstnaces evolve differently. Same
sort of idea as planning to drive from point A to point B via C but with an
alternate route through D in mind if road construction forces a detour
enroute.

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MS Project Trainer/Consultant
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