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Posted: 06 Mar 2009 12:25 PM PST

DL

Just curious. Why did you post the MS KB315046 for concerning MacAfee

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How can I disable MS Document Imaging?

Posted: 06 Mar 2009 06:57 AM PST

I would go to the Programs area of Control Panel, open the Office XP "Add or
Remove Features" area and change the feature state of "Microsoft Office
Doent Imaging" under the Office Tools tree to Not Available. That should
restore file associations as well.

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"DL" wrote:
 

How to add & save a new font color in Word 2007

Posted: 03 Mar 2009 07:22 PM PST

Milly -

The color is:
RGB
Red 0
Green 0
Blue 225

(if that helps- I don't know if it has name).

Oh and why does a (saved) Word doent take so long to open?
Opening up Word it self is quick, but when I create a doent, then open it
later it takes 30 seconds or so to open.

Thx.

Office 2007 ignores XP Theme settings

Posted: 03 Mar 2009 01:45 AM PST

Office 2007 was designed to work with Windows Vista, not an 8 year ol
operating system.

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Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Waldy asked:

| "neo [mvp outlook]" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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|| Sorry to say this, but no.
|
| OK Thanks. It begs the question however, why Microsoft created a
| product that is not compatible with their own operation system?

Product KeyI

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 05:30 PM PST

Leroy

Where do you get that info from? You cannot do that.If the OP got this from school
then it is most probably a Office Enterprise which needs to be installed. It is a
Volume License Edition which Educational Institutions,Companies and the US Armed
Services are selling through their Home Program

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Office Home & Student trial edition

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 04:28 PM PST

If you read the warning, even Microsoft says not to use the utility with
Office 2007.

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MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"confused" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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possible bug

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 03:26 PM PST

This is a charity open licensed version of office 2007 pro plus. I have
upgraded 40 computers, and all 4 that had office 2002 with outlook 2003 all
had this same problem. the other machines had only office 2003 and I had no
problems with those.
Leroy: I did not receive any error messages during the install, and i was
running the install as local admin, so there shouldn't be problems with user
rights..


"Peter Foldes" wrote:
 

can't acticvate the product key

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 05:49 AM PST

Double check the digits. Bs and 8s look alike, Ds and Os or 0s.

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"nibal" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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cross setup

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 12:36 PM PST

I am using MS Office 2000 on all 3 computers, the o/s is Microsoft windows
XP PRO, can you describe exactly what i have to do IE, make all default to
z:\files\*.*
then set user deffinitions to not allow change, edit what
registry key or keys?

thank you, as this is very helpfull to me to know how to do, but i need
exact information so i dont have to reinstall everything again on all
computers therefor starting from scratch again

"DL" wrote:
 

How to fix "Wait for ...to configure..." at startup

Posted: 26 Feb 2009 11:09 PM PST

Hi

I Don't think you did right thing by renaming that file. Rename it back to
whatever it was.
Ofice 12 has a new feature, that is, it repairs itself as Ofice setup files
will always be there.

To fix your issue
start > run >
and just type this 1 at a time
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Options /v NoReReg /t
REG_DWORD /d 1
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Excel\Options /v NoReReg /t
REG_DWORD /d 1
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Option s /v NoReReg /t
REG_DWORD /d 1
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\PowerPoint\Opt ions /v NoReReg /t
REG_DWORD /d 1.

The stdole32.tlb problem with XL will still b there.
to fix that, make XL unavailable and available.

Sri


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Removing original download package to free up disk space

Posted: 26 Feb 2009 10:24 AM PST

Thanks TXGuy for the response...very clear and helpful.

"TXGuy" wrote:
 

Are there any Linux liveCD that have mcelog enabled? - Forums Linux

Are there any Linux liveCD that have mcelog enabled? - Forums Linux

Are there any Linux liveCD that have mcelog enabled?

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 06:20 AM PDT

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:49:12 -0700, Ant wrote:
 

For an "old" install, it seems reasonably up-to-date.
 

My guess is no: dependency issues; mainly, no 64-bit anything, hardware
or software. But I've been wrong before. ;-)
 

I'm sure that's why. If you check, I'll bet you'll find 64-bit libraries
have been installed. On Fedora, they are in /lib64 and /usr/lib64, but
Debian may be different.

Stef

Now, my Debian thinks I have SCSI for my old IDE/ATA drives afterinstalling Kernel 2.6.32-4?

Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:55 AM PDT

On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:55:14 -0400, Pascal Hambourg <fr.eu.org> wrote:
 

I have to agree it probably won't cause any problems, with most
partitioning tools. Some distributions, such as Mandriva, do
include gui partitioning tools (diskdrake), that do use the info
from the kernel, to decide what parameters to pass to the actual
partitioning tools.

I have not tested using such a tool, with a drive with more than
15 partitions, to see what will happen.

Risking messing up the chain of extended partition tables, is something
I'm very cautious with. I have had the fun of rebuilding partition
tables and chains, when a user managed to mess things up.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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Dovecot Configuration

Posted: 22 Apr 2010 01:24 PM PDT

Keith Keller wrote: 
I have, and I have been trying to figure out why there is no connection
to the database:

dovecot: Apr 24 18:32:01 Error: auth-worker(default):
sql(Webmaster,0.0.0.0): Password query failed: Not connected to database

(real IP number removed)

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apt-get's update and upgrade don't tell me about newer Kernels?

Posted: 22 Apr 2010 06:56 AM PDT

["Followup-To:" header set to alt.os.debian.]
On 2010-04-22, Ant <comANT> wrote: 

Did you add backports to your sources.list? I think you have to
manually select a backported kernel.

Reinstalling Linux from another distro

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 09:33 PM PDT

On Apr 19, 4:44am, Steve Hayes <net> wrote: 

Good morning, Steve. Nvidia controllers are, in and of themselves, an
issue. nVidia publishes a funky driver toolkit that installs a little
kernel widget, moves aside your system's "Mesa" libraries that handle
OpenGL, and replaces them with nVidia's own closed source libraries,
in order to enable all those splufty cool nVidia features but avoid
publishing the actual specifications. I personally consider this rude
as heck, and unstable, but you've got the hardware you've got.

Also, while your particular monitor may not be listed in the
configuration tools, it should be possible to look up from your
manufacturer core characteristics to set up a "custom" monitor
configuration. These include:

Vertical. (known as refresh rate typically 60 Hz for an LCD monitor,
more like 50-70 for CRT's.)
Horizontal (known as scan rate, depends a lot on the monitor)
Maximum resolution (depends on physical monitor)

You should be able to manually enter those. If your video card is not
correctly detected, or too limited, it won't be able to use the
highest settings for the monitor, but most nVidia integrated chipsets
should do reasonable 1200x1024, minimum. What driver is listed in /etc/
X11/xorg.conf for the video controller?

Does Debian's OpenOffice packages really require Java? Its Java seemsto conflict with Sun JRE for Mozilla's Web browsers?

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 11:44 AM PDT

Ant wrote: 

well somehow I made it use backports for everything, not just what I
probably needed.

So I got a later sound library that fixes some issues with VLC I think.
Which I needed for something else..

If you don't need the latest you don't HAVE to use ALL the backports.

slow internet connections

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 07:07 PM PDT

On 15 Apr 2010 01:26:14 GMT, GrailKing wrote: 

DNS problems can be isolated by hard coding different DNS values in
/etc/resolv.conf. Just change the first nameserver ip and try another
look up. Values to use for testing:

208.67.222.222
8.8.8.8
4.2.2.1

For some sites, it does not hurt to verify ISP to ISP connections/Latency.
http://www.internetpulse.net/

Microsoft CRM - Active Directory user deleted bevore CRM Data switched to other user...

Microsoft CRM - Active Directory user deleted bevore CRM Data switched to other user...

Active Directory user deleted bevore CRM Data switched to other user...

Posted: 14 Nov 2005 02:05 AM PST

But you cant just recreate a user with the same name??

how to personalize form "cancel order"

Posted: 12 Nov 2005 04:23 AM PST

In the field "reason for the state" it only appears a value: "without
money", it wanted that they appeared but values in th picklist.

Thanks

Valentin Collado

"Matt Parks" <com> escribió en el mensaje
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you 

MS CRM 3.0 (HELP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2005 02:20 PM PST

How entirely helpful of you.

add access database

Posted: 11 Nov 2005 12:20 PM PST

To be honest, I would probalby sit tiht at this point and wait for v3.0. As
John said, it will allow you add new entities, so it is possible that you
can just roll the functionality into the app natively.

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"John O'Donnell" <com-nospam> wrote in
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its hard to say without a lot more details but what you are asking is
definately doable and should not be a huge amount of work.

it is possible to add an interface into crm that accesses data in an
external database. Alternatively you could also potentially host the data
inside of crm.

in fact with v3 this becomes a real possiblity due to the ability to add
entities.
"Wes" <com> wrote in message
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Service case report

Posted: 11 Nov 2005 06:54 AM PST

ok if your upgrading to CRM v3 forget crystal

as you know CRM 3.0 has moved to SQL Reporting Services. As your moving to
CRM 3.0 you need to invest your time getting up to speed on SRS with CRM


"Andrew Hussey" <com> wrote in message
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Unable to see updated values in CRM

Posted: 11 Nov 2005 06:46 AM PST

Thank you John, that answers my question. I'm now getting the dreaded
snap-in errors that people seem to get when running the tool. It seems
like I'm going to have to give the user who did the CRM install a
license from another user since we are using them all so I can run the
tool. That is unless someone knows how to use the deployment manager
without using the installer login. My login should have full rights on
the domain, SQL server database file and also has the admin role in CRM.

Merging CRM and Outlook

Posted: 10 Nov 2005 05:26 PM PST

Yes. The SFO client allows you to access CRM from within Outlook. It can
also enable the linking of Contacts between CRM & Outlook.

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"CONTROL Guru" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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No. If I do that will it interface the two applications?
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"Niths" wrote:
 
and 
CRM? 

Data Migration w/DTS - EXT Files - What settings

Posted: 10 Nov 2005 03:05 PM PST

How exactly are you rying to load the _Ext tables? By default, these
records are created by triggers on the main table. These record should then
either be deleted and then recreated by your own procedure or they should be
updated in place with appropriate values. The key is for the ID on the 2
tables to be the same.

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"Darryl Henderson" <microsoft.com> wrote in
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I'm doing a CRM data migration with the Data Migration Foundation (DMF) and
SQL Data Translation Services (DTS). Account and Contact only, but with many
custom fields. The DTS packages for Account and Contact work fine and with
fast load (property option) off create the triggers that create the ID's
(Account or Contact ID - plug number) -into the EXT files (for the custom
Account and Contact fields) but I can't get the DTS package right to load
the
Common Data Format (CDF) _EXT tables over the trigger loaded ID data.

I can force the data in but the Migration procedure ignores them.

Any nobody know what the property settings should be for creation of the
main (Account) and custom (Account_Ext) table imports (DTS's)should be. Any
ideas?

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CRM 3.0 and action pack

Posted: 10 Nov 2005 01:16 PM PST

Not sure when the bits will make it into Action Pack. It would depend on
the lead time needed for getting bits included in the Action Pack shipments.

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Thanks for the answer. Any dates?

"Matt Parks" wrote:
 

Synchronize all contacts

Posted: 10 Nov 2005 12:30 PM PST

Thanks Bullitt for the first issue of importing all CRM contacts idea.

For the second issue that I want to see all contact in the "All Contacts"
list whent I want to send CRM-Email, I use an Exchange Server mailbox, so I
don't use the pst file. How can I do?

Thank you for help,
DK.

"Bullitt Fitzhugh" wrote:
 

Deployment Manager: Snap-in failed to initialize on 2003/CRM1.2

Posted: 10 Nov 2005 05:36 AM PST

Have you granted a license to the admin user that you used when you
performed the install?

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"ib" <com> wrote in message
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This has been asked before. So I apologize if I am repeating the same
questions. I've made a significant research on this discussion group
w/o any success prior looking for a help here. Also, that is my first
experience with Microsoft Business Solution products installation. So
please excuse me if I sound to novice or too stupid ?

I've installed Windows 2003 Server Standard and then CRM 1.2 w/o any
problems. Then when I try to bring up Deployment Manager. It gives me
an error message "Snap-in failed to initialize.", Actually i get 3
messages like that.

Also, Application Even Viewer shows a few identical errors
"dmLog: IsCRMSysAdmin : WhoAmI failed.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp."

I checked on all CRM services and they are running under the user name
I have installed CRM and am logged on when trying to open DM.

I've spent a few days researching and reinstalling the server a couple
of times but it seems like I am getting stock at the same spot. Please
is there anybody who could get me out of this nightmare :) ?

Microsoft Word - getting 2003 files to open

Microsoft Word - getting 2003 files to open

getting 2003 files to open

Posted: 03 Apr 2015 03:07 PM PDT

I had office 2003, and several files saved using this format. I recently downloaded 2013 version and uninstalled the 2003 since it will no longer be used or supported. However, none of the 2003 files are opening. What did I do wrong, and how can I get my files to open? 

How Do You Highlight or Find Specific Cross-reference For Endnotes in the Document?

Posted: 03 Apr 2015 01:04 PM PDT

I have a large document, and I used the endnote functionality and cross-referencing functionality in MS Word to write my references. Now I would like to delete one of my endnotes (reference #2) and would like to find all cross-references associated with it so I can delete them also. Is there an easy way to do this?

On a related question, is there a way to highlight all endnotes and cross-references associated with them--all together? I'm aware you can use the options>advance>field shading option but I think that only works for the cross-references, not the endnotes. Thanks!!! 

Red x in word document

Posted: 03 Apr 2015 12:22 PM PDT

I'm converting a web version of an agenda into a word doc. Everything converts properly except it always shows a red x in a box at the top.  There is no image in the web version.  I've had this tested by others and they don't get the red  x.  It only occurs for me.  I have Office 365.  Does anyone know what could be causing this?

Microsoft Word

Posted: 03 Apr 2015 08:34 AM PDT

I made a BIG mistake and accidentally deleted "Word". I use it nearly every day! I tried restoring and it restored everything back to 2011, I thought. But it still doesn't work. When I pull up my programs, it isn't there. Now it says there were "no previous programs"....What else can I do? I can't find the original hardware. My computer is a Dell. My model is an Inspiron 560. I got it about 4 yrs. ago.

How to open .docx file from OneDrive on Android?

Posted: 03 Apr 2015 06:14 AM PDT

HI,

I have a number of .docx files saved on One Drive I would like to view on my Android phone, but I can not open any of them.

These files do not have passwords and I have not added any protection to them myself. I don't need to edit them, just view them.

Office Mobile states that it can't open digitally protected files!?!?! Seriously, why?

I have tried using Kingsoft Office which I have added One Drive to, but it keeps asking me for a password? I haven't added a password, what's going on?

Microsoft Word 2013 and Onedrive for Business, Read-Only Mode issue.

Posted: 02 Apr 2015 08:41 PM PDT

Hello,

I am using a Microsoft Surface Pro 3, Windows 8.1, and I have the Onedrive for Business 2013 desktop folder installed on my desktop. Any Word file opened from the Onedrive for Business folder opens as a "Read-Only" file, including ones I created on this computer, which means that I cannot save my files under the same name. 

I went into the Onedrive for Business folder and checked the files properties, the read-only box is not checked for any of the files. I just want to be able to save my documents without having to save as something different. What can I do?

Thank you

Replace upper-case acronyms with small caps in MS Word

Posted: 02 Apr 2015 05:35 PM PDT

I have a 200-page MS Word file with several acronyms spread all over the text, and they are all upper-case. I want to replace every acronym with four or more characters with a small caps version of it.

Example:

  • NATO should become ɴᴀᴛo,

but

  • NHS should remain NHS.

Is there any way to do that (semi-)automatically in MS Word 2010?

What is the command line to tell office to start or open a file? - Microsoft Office forums

What is the command line to tell office to start or open a file? - Microsoft Office forums

What is the command line to tell office to start or open a file?

Posted: 26 Feb 2009 11:33 PM PST

To add, if using Office 2003, there is an option outlined on MS Office 2003
FAQ's site to add the two options to your start menu. You can then drag
these to your desktop (if you want)


"Will Pittenger" <neveranyspam.com> wrote in message
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I use Outlook not express how do I move my mail to win live mail

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 06:26 PM PST

Actually I am using Windows Mail not Windows Live Mail on my new computer.


"Catbirder" wrote:
 

Incomplete Office 2007 install? Where are .NET PIAs for Excel? Need VSTO?

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 10:28 PM PST

Doing a change from ARP for Office won't do much - it will offer you a viiew
of the installed features in a treeview. You can see the .NET
Programmability choice, and cancel out without doing anything.

I generally trust Microsoft product installations - from my experience
they're fine - but you're right, setups often don't get the attention they
deserve and are thrown togetherin a rush at the end of the development
cycle.

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Cannot uninstall/reinstall Office Small Business 2007 - error code 25004

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 06:38 PM PST

Thanks DL -- I'll check into these things. Appreciate the response. -- Sam

"DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
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missing ACADP9.CHM

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 12:36 PM PST

Sry, Office 2000 onto XP. The folder states it is there, yet my computer does
not see it.

"DL" wrote:
 

Office 2007 student & home service desk edition & product key ques

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 08:13 PM PST

Origonally posted by Bob Buckland MVP

The Service Desk Edition is a retail product intended for use by locations
such as retailers to use to support the sales and service of the Office 2007
product. It isn't intended for general sale to the public as I understand
it.

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Upgrade Office Small Business 2007

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 03:46 AM PST

See if this helps to uninstall your trial
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218/en-us
You need to uninstall any trial before you attempt to install from cd/dvd

If you dont select the upgrade option when installing 2007, Outlook 2007
will not install unless you first remove outlook 2003
IMO not using the upgrade option is a mistake, and not worth the extra
hassle
(2003 components not included in SB2007 will remain)

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Installing Office after doing recovery process on PC

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 03:40 AM PST

Good to hear

"jon" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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? Install Office 97

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 10:22 PM PST

That makes a lot of sense. It's just as well there was Office Home and
Student installed on the PC as otherwise I would have had to buy a full
version; my full version was Office 97 and I had upgrades after that.

Regards,

David W

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How do I start task A before tasks B & C Microsoft Project

How do I start task A before tasks B & C Microsoft Project

How do I start task A before tasks B & C

Posted: 14 Mar 2006 03:40 AM PST

Hi,

You must make B and C dependant on A (FS), and set A's constraint to As Late
As Possible.
HTH

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A, I 
FF, 
until 
BOTH 
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predecessors. 
other 
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Mark project plan as readonly

Posted: 13 Mar 2006 05:38 PM PST

Under File, Save as there is a Tools button in the top right corner.
Click on it and select General Options
Enter a write password. That way anyone can open it, but only someone with
the password can save it.

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resource available from dates

Posted: 13 Mar 2006 05:34 PM PST

Sorry, never seen this. When yoiu set Available To in the first lmine,
Available From on the secind line becomes D+1, but the way you put it, never
seen.
Do not hesitate to send the file if you want me to look at it

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'available 
Am 
options 

Resource planning (hours need per week, per project)

Posted: 13 Mar 2006 02:07 PM PST

In article <com>,
Justin <microsoft.com> wrote:
Justin,
See below 
Leveling and contouring are two completely different things. In your
initial post you mentioned something about a resource starting at x%,
ramping up to y% and then back to x%. That contour might relate to
either a "Bell" or "Turtle" shaped assignment profile. Contours can also
be custom generated by directly massaging the Work field in one of the
Usage views.

Leveling on the other hand is a Project function wherein Project
attempts to move the schedule around to eliminate overallocated
resources. Tasks can be given a priority level to help the leveling
algorithm know which tasks should not be moved and which can be moved.
Leveling can be done on various timescales (e.g. day-to-day,
week-to-week, etc.). The message you saw relates to Project detecting
overallocation of a resource and therefore suggests that that resource
should be leveled 
It sounds like you are confusing contour profiles with leveling. See the
answer to question 1.

John
Project MVP 

Timescale distortions

Posted: 13 Mar 2006 12:35 PM PST

Jack,
Thanks for your reply. I wish this was the case, that I had the wrong
format, unfortunately I think I do. The dates work fine for the beginning of
the timescale and then changes as you look to the end of the timescale. In
addition, the timescale is correct until you print it out. That is to say,
what you read on the screen is changed when you print it out.
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"JackD" wrote:
 

Resources with multiple calendars

Posted: 13 Mar 2006 12:28 PM PST

Ah... That helps somewhat. I still can't convince Project that it needs to
do something different with a task that uses a resources that has a different
calendar than the project.

Where do I go to find the answers to questions like this? It's very
frustrating to try to use Project and have it do non-intuitive things to me.

Jack

How To Track Estimated Time but Create A Window Of Time to Do It

Posted: 13 Mar 2006 12:19 PM PST

There are several ways one could handle your scenario. Duration, first of
all, is the time that elapses between when work is first done on the task
and when it is complete. It is NOT the "window" in which you might do the
task. Duration is always a period of observable physical activity. In the
case of your phone call, whenever you make that call you're not going to be
doing anything else at the same time and you're not going to keep the other
party on the phone for 2 days. You're going to make the call, talk for 30
minutes, and then you're done. That's a 30 minute duration task with you
working on it 100%, doing .5 man-hours of work. If you have in hand all the
information you need to carry out the conversation on Monday morning you
could make the call as early as Monday 8am. You need to have done it
sometime before the end of the day on Tuesday. My preferred way of handling
that would be to show the call as a 30 minute duration task, perhaps with a
Start No Earlier Than contraint of Monday 8am, and a finish Deadline of
Tuesday 5pm. The only time I'd show it as a 2 day duration task would be if
I intended to have it done in little bits and pieces spread out over the two
days with the first little piece starting Monday at 8am and the last bit
finishing Tuesday at 5pm. If the nature of the work was such that you could
spread it out over two days, it started on Monday at 8am and you finished it
Tuesday at 5pm, doing it so the work actually did spread out over the two
days, it would be a 2 day duration (16 hours) task with 0.5 hours of work
and you would be working on it at a rate of little over 3%.

HTH

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"Na Tanya" <Na microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Multiple resources on task need to be scheduled the same time

Posted: 13 Mar 2006 11:38 AM PST

Hi,

First, do use leveling, it is nonsence to use a software and not use part of
it.
Leveling has an option (see below in the leveling window) "Leveling can
adjust individual assignments on a task": check that off.
The parameter also exists on task level: insert the column "Level
Assignments"

HTH

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Start / Finish Date Calculation Erros

Posted: 13 Mar 2006 11:25 AM PST

Sometime anomolies in start and end dates when moving files between
computers can be traced to the hours per day settings on the Tools Options
menu, Calendar page.

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Time scaled Baseline does not roll up

Posted: 13 Mar 2006 11:00 AM PST

I'm using the latest version, Project Pro 2003 SP1 (11.1.2004.1707.15).

This is isolated to just one project, other projects are copying the project
summary task time scaled data appropriately to the Baseline time scaled data.

For Rick, when I refer to time scaled data, I am referring to the right side
of a Usage view. When I am referreing to table data, I am referring to the
left side. The table view is reporting baseline correctely the time scaled
view is not but only incorrectly at the project summary task. All other
summary tasks are copied appropriately.

Greg



"Rod Gill" wrote:
 

problems with work contours

Posted: 13 Mar 2006 10:12 AM PST

If you want the result, better consider the solution :-))

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Links ignore logic

Posted: 13 Mar 2006 09:40 AM PST

It's a good idea to have to option set to automatically recalculate rather
than relying on F9 in the future.


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Generic schedules

Posted: 13 Mar 2006 09:23 AM PST

Also, through Format, Timescale, you can show D1.... D50 as a timescale
label.
HTH

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Roll-up tasks by person?

Posted: 13 Mar 2006 07:55 AM PST

In article <com>,
Ali <microsoft.com> wrote:
 

Ali,
I've never used the rollup macro but a quick look at the code shows it
basically identifies rolled up tasks at the summary level (i.e. creates
what I mentioned in the original response). Not what you want.

And yes, from time to time in the newsgroup users have requested various
ways to show multiple things on a single line. Most of them relate to
showing more detail at the summary level, similar to the rollup macro.
For your specific need, it must be done outside of Project.

John

Inserting a Time Scale

Posted: 13 Mar 2006 07:40 AM PST

In article <com>,
Michael <microsoft.com> wrote:
 
Michael,
Sounds like you're all set.

John 

Critical Path through multiple Projects

Posted: 13 Mar 2006 07:21 AM PST

In article <com>,
BigFish311 <microsoft.com> wrote:
 

BigFIsh311,
It's been a long time since I worked with critical path in a
consolidated master (way back to Project 4.x) but there is [generally]
always a reason for Project showing what it does. I agree it would be
much better to actually see your file and play with it a bit. I would be
willing to do that if you don't mind sending it via e-mail although I
may not be able to look at it for a several hours. If you want to send
it, here is my address.

If you decide to send it, please detail the area of question.

John
jensenj6atatcomcastdotdotnet
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Updating hammock tasks

Posted: 13 Mar 2006 07:07 AM PST

No, Dale - you said the hammock runs for the duration of the project. The
project summary task would seem to do exactly what you wanted. If you must
have another hammock, you will have to enter Actual data like %Complete as I
don't see how Project can determine this. It would seem to be possible to
use vba to achieve this result: try the developer newsgroup if you want to
do down this route.

Mike Glen
Project MVP

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