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Microsoft Word - Do I need permission to use SmartArt objects in a published book?


Do I need permission to use SmartArt objects in a published book?

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 02:58 PM PST

I have written a book and used SmartArt visuals throughout the book which have been customized to reflect my unique content.

Do I need Microsoft's permission to use these images in my book.

Thanks for your help.

P

Difference between Office 2010 and Office Home & Student 2010?

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 02:54 PM PST

Is there a difference between Office 2010 and Office Home & Student 2010?  I installed Office Home & Student 2010  to eliminate compression of images.  Numerous posts indicate that these steps ... "Stop compression: File -> Options -> Advanced  -> Image Size and Quality -> check Do not compress images in file" ... will fix the problem.

My images are still being compressed.  Is there a difference?

Office 2013 Windows Explorer preview pane isn't working

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 02:46 PM PST

For some reason when I click on Word 2013 documents the preview of the document in the Preview pane is not displaying Docx documents properly. It looks like Wingding font. The preview pane works properly for Doc files though.

I have no idea where to start in order to solve this problem. Is there some file that I need to download or restore in order to restore functionality of the preview pane with docx files? Any tips would be appreciated. I've already tried reinstalling the program multiple times and it didn't work. For whatever reason Office does not completely uninstall and leaves behind settings in places I do not know how to locate.


Docx file (Word 2007+): http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn289/Lurkero/WR-DOCX-Preview.jpg


Doc file (Word 1997-2003): http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn289/Lurkero/WR-DOC03-Preview.jpg


Word 2013 - Cross Reference from Word 2010 Docx Disappear

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 02:39 PM PST

We are testing Office 2013 and we found bug in which if you have a Word 2010 docx with cross references and try to open it with Word 2013 the cross references disappear. Office 2013 32 bit was been fully patched, and the test was conducted on Windows 7 64 bit SP1 Professional. This is stopping us from migrating to Office 2013. Is this a workaround? Is this fix or patch for this bug. Please don't tell me this is by design, because Word 2010 cross reference worked but now it's broken in Word 2013.

This bug was reproduced on 2 PC's with Windows Professional 64 bit SP1,  Dell Optiplex 790, 4GB RAM,

Microsoft Word 2013 (15.0.4667.1000) MSO (15.0.4667.1001) 32-bit

Thanks

Spellcheck Hotkey?

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 02:26 PM PST

The title basically states my question. What is or how do I assign a hotkey for spellcheck in Word?

Why do I get little squares in my ms word 2013 document

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 11:42 AM PST

I just purchased Word 2013 yesterday, and I've noticed every time I use an apostrophe in a contraction or use quotation marks, word replaces them with tiny square boxes.

Need 3 section Breaks in Word 2010

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 10:09 AM PST

Preface:

I've read a number of post and how-to's online including this one... Working with Sections 

I program in many languages from assembly to C++ and everything in between... so I'm not new to computers ... nor to MS Word.

But Word's section breaks escape me even after hours of reading and experimenting... maybe I'm having a bad week?

No matter what we try we have problems... page numbers of new section do not start with one... unexpected blank page shows up when book is printed throwing off facing pages... you name it.

Hit the Reset Button:

Now we have removed all Section Breaks... (then the first page showed as page 2... so then we inserted a "continuous section break" and then deleted it to clear the hidden data at the end of the now section- less file) so now we have a clean file and the pages are numbered correctly 1 through 120.

Now we want to insert the section breaks...

And at this point I just want kind soul to tell us how to do this.

Given:

- a document for a 120 page 6x9 book to be printed on both sides with headers and footers... and page numbers only in the footers.

- there are 3 sections to the book... each section will start with page number one.

Here is the layout we want:

Book Page Section Page Page Side (Right Hand or Left Hand page)

1 1 Right
2 2 Left

--- Section Break 1 ---

3 1 Right
4 2 Left
...
15 13 Right

--- Section Break 2 ---

16 1 Left
17 2 Right

--- Section Break 3 ---

18 1 Left
19 2 Right
20 3 Left
...
120 102 Left (Last page)

The Questions:

1 - What should each Section Break be? Continuous, Next Page, Odd, or Even?

2 - Should it be (as we have been doing) at the bottom of the last page in each Section?

3 - In which order should we create the Section Breaks? Section 1 first or Section 3 first?

4 - Do new sections have to begin (relative to the entire document) on an even numbered page?

Thanks for any help !!!!!!!!!!

How do I maintain relative links between a Word and Excel document?

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 08:45 AM PST

I have created a Word document that is directly linked to data tables and graphs in an Excel document.  I want to email these to someone externally so that the links are maintained (ie if they keep them in the same folder, the same as I had them, then because they have the same place relative to one another on the new computer as they did on mine the links continue to work.)   Basically I need the links to be relative rather than absolute.  

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Mark

Can't change height/width of image in Office 2010 ... worked in Office 2007

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 08:40 AM PST

For an image that has been inserted, Format -> Height up/down does not work ... unless I resize the image with a mouse.  Then it does work.

This was never a problem with Office 2007.

Compression is not disabled, Word 2010

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 08:00 AM PST

With these steps ... Stop compression: File -> Options -> Advanced  -> Image Size and Quality -> check Do not compress images in file.

Then ... Insert -> Picture -> select a .bmp file -> Insert button.

The .bmp loses resolution.  Any suggestions?

CDRW's that open as read only

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 07:48 AM PST

How can I  edit CDRW's that open as read only

Hanging indents in MS Office for iPad

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 07:46 AM PST

In order to create a properly formatted bibliography, my students need to have the ability to set up hanging indents in MS Office.  They are using the MS Office Word app for the iPad.  Are hanging indents available?  They all have personal OneDrive accounts.

alphabetizing bulleted lists

Posted: 30 Nov 2014 09:09 PM PST

I have a plain, non-bulleted list that includes some items with bullets. When I hit the alphabetize button it alphabetizes the bulleted items the same way as the rest, instead of keeping them in their section. For example:

dog

  • beagle
  • hound
  • terrier

cat

horse

Turns into this after I alphabetize:

  • beagle

cat

dog

horse

  • hound
  • terrier

How do I get it to keep the bulleted part within its own list?

Reset the spell check's "ignore all" button?

Posted: 30 Nov 2014 08:10 PM PST

I had just opened a document created in a text editor in Word 2003 so I could run it through the spell checker.

While doing so, I had a lot of things to hit the "ignore" button for as they weren't words but codes or special one-use abbreviations.

However, I accidentally hit "ignore all" for a mispelled word that I don't know the correct spelling for, and I couldn't get Word to bring it up again when I ran the spell checker a second time.

Quitting Word and reopening the file worked, but is there an easier way to reset the "ignore" button?  It's not a big deal to quit and reload with 99.9% of the documents I edit, but I recall the final Capstone project for my college degree took quite a while to load as it was over 150 pages with lots of tables, diagrams, and a few charts and graphics, and back in 2007 I was part of a collaboration to update the user's manual for a program we supported which also took a bit to load due to there being as many screen shots in the manual as a Microsoft Press training book (at least for the MCSA & MCDST for XP, and the MCTS and MCITP for Vista, 2008, 2010 and 7).

How to restore a document after format by filtered web page (Word 2013)

Posted: 30 Nov 2014 06:01 PM PST

I have a document which I edited and saved as a filtered web page and now can't get back to the original even using a previously backed-up copy.

Here's what happened.

My wife, on her PC, created five documents in Word 2013, each one a page of content and layout of a web site we're plannng to make.

I copied the docs to my PC (also Word 2013) using a flash drive and displayed each in turn, and they all looked the same as on her PC.

I then edited the first doc and for a trial saved it as a filtered web page.  As I didn't like the result I then deleted it and tried to copy and re-open the first doc from the flash drive.  It displayed in the same way as the filtered web page, even though the copy on the flash drive had not been edited.On her PC I then saved her original page one doc with a completely different file name, transferred it to my PC and that also now takes on the layout of the filtered web page on my PC, but not on hers.

How do I get back to a point where I can display the page one on my PC as it appears on hers?

More complex "If/then" options in Microsoft Word 2010

Posted: 30 Nov 2014 05:41 PM PST

I'm trying to figure out how to get Microsoft Word's mail merge function to work in the following way.

Currently, I have a Word document configured in the following way:

{IF { MERGEFIELD What_Color_Apples } = "Red" "The apple is not yellow" "The apple is yellow" }

So if the data file says the apple is red, the document will read "The apple is not yellow", whereas if the data file says the apple is yellow, the data file will read "The apple is yellow".

What I'm trying to do is deal with more than two options. That is, if the data file has red or green, I want it to say one thing, whereas if it is yellow, I want it to say another thing.

Right now the way I have it set up is to do multiple if/then statements in the following way.

{IF { MERGEFIELD What_Color_Apples } = "Red" "The apple is not yellow" "" }{IF { MERGEFIELD What_Color_Apples } = "Green" "The apple is not yellow" "" }{IF { MERGEFIELD What_Color_Apples } = "Yellow" "The apple is yellow" "" }

This seems like a workaround. It also gets to be burdensome where there are 120 options, as in my case, so I have to set all 120 out.

Hopefully that makes sense. I'm not sure I know the terminology well enough to make the question entirely clear, except by using the simple examples I used above.

Table of contents dialog when printing

Posted: 30 Nov 2014 04:33 PM PST

Word 2007. When I print a document that has a table of contents the dialog box "update table of contents" appears just before printing, even though I have not made any changes to the document. How can I stop the dialog box from appearing?

Strange behavior of Word 2013

Posted: 30 Nov 2014 03:51 PM PST

I'm writing my master thesis. I have used both my own computer, with Word 2013 and the computers at school with Word 2010.

The strange behavior now is that when I open the document in Word 2013 and print view, only the first 12 pages are showing. Rest of the pages (have 60 pages in total) are not. If I switch to outline view, everything shows. If I open it in Word online, everything is good. When I open it in Word 2010, everything is just fine. However, Word 2013 in print view is not. Does anyone know what can be the reason for this behavior?

I have pictures, tables, equations, custom margins, headings. I have used sub-documents. I have tried to figure out if there is something special content that causes this, but I am able to move text around using the navigation pane. Nevertheless, I will only show the first 12 pages whatever the content is.

Has anyone else experienced anything like this?

Rules and Alerts - Microsoft Exchange

Rules and Alerts - Microsoft Exchange


Rules and Alerts

Posted: 24 Jan 2008 09:12 AM PST

Wow.. thats quite a utilitie, is there a way with that utilitie to pull up
all instances of users rules that foward thier e-mails

"Mark Arnold [MVP]" <org> wrote in message
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Accessing Exchange from the Internet

Posted: 23 Jan 2008 05:32 PM PST

Thanks Lanwench for the response.

Sam

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Exchange Message gets delivered multiple times to the mailbox

Posted: 23 Jan 2008 12:27 PM PST

mtj7009 <nospam> wrote: 

What happens if you disable cached mode, or use OWA? 



Public Folder Post as IPM.POST instead of IPM.NOTE even after fix

Posted: 23 Jan 2008 12:25 PM PST

Hello Customer,

Thank you for posting here. Let's also thank Mark for the input.

Based on my research, I suggest you try to install the following hotfix to
see if it help:

Update to permit the caching of incoming SMTP messages as IPM.Note in
Exchange Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832492

I hope these steps will give you some help.

Thanks and have a nice day!

Best regards,

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PDF attachments being detected as Application/Octet-Stream instead of application/pdf

Posted: 23 Jan 2008 07:09 AM PST

In article <usenet.com>,
lan says... 

They found, as was suggested, that the PDF definition was missing and
added it.

We've actually started to see a number of people using exchange that
have this broken, interesting, but it seems to have come from people
that were running Exchange 2000 previously and upgraded to 2003.

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Shared Inbox showing messages that don't exist

Posted: 22 Jan 2008 05:28 PM PST

There is only one information store on the system.
Do you mean to create a new store and move it to there?

"Alstar" wrote:
 

Exchange 2003 -> 2007 Migration

Posted: 22 Jan 2008 03:56 AM PST


"Mark Arnold [MVP]" <org> wrote in message
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Dont worry about it Mark, it always helps to be clear on these things
especially with this kind of thing. Thanks again.


POP3 CLIENTS CAN VIEWTHE MAIL DUPLICATION

Posted: 20 Jan 2008 09:43 PM PST

jithesh mp <jithesh microsoft.com> wrote: 

This could very easily be a client-side problem or connectivity issue. I
really discourage POP use; Exchange is very expensive to use as a simple
POP3 server. It's much better to use Outlook & MAPI (and for remote users
RPC over HTTP and/or OWA).


owa public folder button doesn't work

Posted: 20 Jan 2008 07:16 PM PST

I figured it out. I had the wrong variable for the Default Public Store
under ESM Mailbox Store properties. I changed the mchHomePublicMDB
variable using the ADSI edit tool and that fixed it. Thanks for your input.

"alstar" wrote:
 

EX2K3 Testing

Posted: 20 Jan 2008 04:04 AM PST

What are you trying to test?

Funtionality? Use loadsim
Performance? Use Jetstress


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Exchange 2007 and boot.ini settings

Posted: 18 Jan 2008 07:56 AM PST

OK, so none of the USERVA=3030 and no /3GB stuff is required.? Thanks! As I
said it just seems like everything regarding tuning the Exchange 2007 is
based off the Exchange 2003 articles.

"John Fullbright" wrote:
 

Operating in a mixed Ex2003 and Ex2007 environment

Posted: 17 Jan 2008 07:07 PM PST

I know the Exchange 2007 can handle both "flavors" of OWA, and the intent is
to migrate everyone to the Exchange 2007 eventually, but due to budget
issues, we can't migrate everyone yet. I don't want to send (potentially)
all 4500 Exchange 2003 users through an Exchange 2007 system with only 160
Ex07 client access licenses.


"Oliver Moazzezi [MVP]" <co.uk> wrote in message
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how to create dial-tone server BEFORE disaster strikes?

Posted: 17 Jan 2008 12:15 PM PST

With a lack of application leve l tion in Exchange 2003, you'll end
up relying on third party tion. tion can be host based or SAN
based. Many of the host based options have benn mentioned already. If
you're on a SAN, don't forget to talk with your vendor about SAN based
options as well. Either way, make sure you understand the MS support policy
for tion of exchange 2003 data:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/895847/en-us


"daveberm" <com> wrote in message
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On Jan 21, 10:48 am, RAM <com> wrote: 

This can be a single-node cluster, it does not have to be a full
cluster. As far as third-party solutions, they are XOSoft,
DoubleTake, Neverfail and SteelEye Technology (my company).

David A. Bermingham, MCSE
Director of Product Management
http://www.steeleye.com


Moving from Hosted email to in house

Posted: 17 Jan 2008 07:36 AM PST

Yes. telnet should be enough to test it I'd think

Peter Lawton

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publishing calendar information on internet

Posted: 17 Jan 2008 04:36 AM PST

Hi Leif,

We both are in the same country (DK). :-)

Can you please give me some tips on which programs are these?

Mvh

Ali


"Leif Pedersen [ MVP]" <dk> wrote in message
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Office 2007 Trial ? - Microsoft Office forums

Office 2007 Trial ? - Microsoft Office forums


Office 2007 Trial ?

Posted: 02 Jan 2008 01:08 PM PST

I installed Office 2007 - and located the ''convert" instructions - they are
as you stated.
Thanks.

"Jerry" <com> wrote in message
news:phx.gbl...
I just looked at the Office Pro 2003 evaluation kit and it stated that to
upgrade to the full product I just had to purchase a retail version and
enter that valid product key.

Is not the same statement on the 2007 evaluation kit?

"BChat" <net> wrote in message
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Installing Office 2003 in Vista premium.

Posted: 02 Jan 2008 07:26 AM PST

Yes I know, but did you try it?

"BirgerH" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Upgrading from Windows 2003 to 2007

Posted: 02 Jan 2008 02:02 AM PST

Its a delta copy :)

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Office 2003 update - SKU017.CAB not found

Posted: 02 Jan 2008 12:35 AM PST

Thanks - did the trick - much appreciated

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:
 

Slimming Office 2007 footprint thru custom install

Posted: 01 Jan 2008 01:50 PM PST

An informative reply need as informative question

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No office program will start afer installation

Posted: 01 Jan 2008 12:49 PM PST

For validation I was meaning Vista permissions, not that installation was
not a valied MS one
Is there anything shown in Event Viewer?
If you boot into safe mode it doesnt help?

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what can i download that would be a qualifying product

Posted: 01 Jan 2008 10:51 AM PST

yes that worked thank you so much, happy new year
--
could really use your help or advise, thanks.


"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:
 

Not Responding, ... Word 2000

Posted: 31 Dec 2007 05:29 PM PST

Warning Sign in Detail is as follow:
"A problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows."

"Problem Signatgure.
Problem Event Name: App Hang B1
Application Name: WINWORD.EXE.
Application Version: 9.0.0.27.17
Application Time Stomp: 36f08fb3
Hang Signature: Office

and more below, ....

Thanks,


"JoAnn Paules" <com> wrote in message
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Windows Installer error messages

Posted: 31 Dec 2007 02:01 PM PST

Thanks JoAnn.

They are Windows Installer error messages re: "...cannot find two files:

MSBCM.MSI
MainSP2ff.msp

David

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:
 

Fixing corrupted installation

Posted: 31 Dec 2007 08:35 AM PST

"Gy Moldova [MVP]" wrote:
 
Tried that, and still the same result. I now have a service request in to
MS, and have received instructions on how to manually uninstall O2007 from
Vista, which I've done. But the re-install still fails due to failure to find
upgradable product, regardless if I point it at earlier version media or have
an earlier version actually installed.
Thanks for your responses, and Happy New Year!
--
-TedMi

urgent help!

Posted: 31 Dec 2007 08:30 AM PST


still getting the same error, please help, urgently as i have to update my
shop stocks.

thanks,
simarpreet singh

"Simarpreet Singh" <com> wrote in message
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Help, please - vista & office 2002!

Posted: 29 Dec 2007 09:42 AM PST

Thank you, Gy, I'll give it a go when I get stuck again. Right now
office is "behaving" so I'll leave well enough alone.

"Gy Moldova [MVP]" wrote:
 

problems installing any linux distro - Forums Linux

problems installing any linux distro - Forums Linux


problems installing any linux distro

Posted: 05 Mar 2008 05:42 AM PST

On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:42:17 -0800, giaino wrote:
 

You should have seen the error. Either disable APIC in your BIOS or boot
the install kernel with the "noapic" argument.

Does kernel 2.6 include an NSA backdoor?

Posted: 04 Mar 2008 04:19 PM PST

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Chris Mattern
<gwu.edu>
wrote
on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:30:30 -0000
<gwu.edu>: 

Linux does have a protocol -- an implied one.
Communications with the Linux kernel are done using a
callgate/trap mechanism; the mechanisms vary between
processors but Linux is clearly creating a protocol, at
least at the call/return level. For example, to open a
file one has to go through the callgate with the parameters
of filename, open mode, and creation mode. (Most app
developers use higher levels which eventually go through
libc's open() call.)

Depending on the callgate mechanism parameters are in
the registers or on the stack, and additional parameters
may be needed either in registers or on the stack; for
example, in Linux/x86 one has to pass a call identifier
(__NR_open, or the constant 5; these are defined in
/usr/src/linux/asm-i386/unistd.h and correlate with a
dispatch table deep in the kernel) in %EAX. The actual
callgate is INT 80H (or int $0x80 in gas syntax).

There are some issues in binary compatibility which I'd
have to look up but at one point Linux was able to run
old SCO Unix binaries.

Parts of this protocol have been standardized, at
the libc level; for example, POSIX.1-2001 specifies
what open() shall be required to do.

X also has a protocol; one big difference between Linux
and X is that X goes a little deeper, specifying the
actual packets. Since the Linux callgate doesn't bother
with packets to do the actual call, no one's gone to that
detail, although in the case of Linux one can specify
packets of variable size (because of pointers), if need be.

It is far from clear how one would infiltrate the Linux
protocol, though an alternate entrance is available,
namely network packet processing. At this point (AFAIK)
the only leveraging (FSVO) was to crash a running kernel
using the teardrop attack.

This Linux protocol can and has been leveraged; the most
obvious application was UML, which could be construed as
"a linux executable emulating a linux system running a
linux kernel". (QEMU and VmWare run at a lower level,
as I understand it. Note that UML also means "universal
modeling language", which can get a bit confusing.)

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Torvalds Was Wrong (was: Problem with vim)

Posted: 03 Mar 2008 08:58 PM PST

Tom Newton wrote:
 

By the above two paragraphs you seem to be defining yourself as "An
Irritating Troll" "Some merely post drivel, or tirades against
netnannies and netcops, often at a BI of over 20. In general they
cause little real damage to newsgroups." Vide: Subject: 3.2 and
Subject: 4.2 http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killfile/anti_troll_faq.htm

You don't really expect us to believe that you haven't read every word
of all the responses to you, do you?
 
 

This is you having "something on the ball?

--
Two Ravens
"Tom Newton, surely the William Topaz McGonagall of
alt.os.linux.slackware, and now, seemingly, comp.os.linux.setup
and comp.os.linux.misc. as well!"

ODE -- The Other Desktop Environment

Posted: 02 Mar 2008 10:12 AM PST

+-------------+
| DO NOT FEED |
| THE TROLL |
+-------------+
|
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|
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Debian Etch new install - no DVDROM.

Posted: 01 Mar 2008 08:23 AM PST

On Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:07:24 +0000, araminska wrote:
 

You can't. It was a crude way to verify that the hard drive was a SATA
drive and that you know the difference. (You'd be surprised how many
people get confused: SATA? SCSI? IDE?)

Okay. one SATA hard drive: sda. Why do you have your IDE DVD drive set
as a Slave? If you have no other IDE drives/devices, it should be a
Master, and, if it's a Master on the Primary IDE controller, it should be
hda.

Make the change, if it is the only IDE drive and edit its listing in
fstab to reflect this. Verify that it is hda. And make a symbolic link
from /dev/cdrom --> hda, if there is a /dev/cdrom device. Reboot and see
if it works.

Stef

how do I import/copy tasks from one project file to another? Microsoft Project

how do I import/copy tasks from one project file to another? Microsoft Project


how do I import/copy tasks from one project file to another?

Posted: 24 Nov 2005 04:22 AM PST

what I should have mentioned is I'm replacing existing info. I'm able to copy
everything but the predecessors, once they go in the dates get messed up. I'm
doing something wrong?

"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:
 

Booking Type - Propose resource

Posted: 23 Nov 2005 07:40 PM PST

Dale Howard ,
Sorry, next time i wll post Project Server questions to the
microsoft.public.project.server newsgroup.

I think my question have some problem.
I see the below information in microsoft project 2003
"Note that a resource's booking type applies to all their assignments in the
project"

So may i know have any way can set the resource booking type like this.
example:
if i have a project has 3 task. and today date is 15/oct/2005
task 1 - 01/oct/2005 - 9/oct/2005 - resourceA (committed)
task 2 - 10/oct/2005 - 19/oct/2005 - resourceA (committed)
task 3 - 20/oct/2005 - 30/oct/2005 - resourceA (Propose)

I will post my question to microsoft.public.project.server newsgroup.

Thanks,
Ng


"Dale Howard [MVP]" wrote:
 

Changing Project Default Settings in an Existing Project

Posted: 23 Nov 2005 11:49 AM PST

Hi Bob,

If you want to change the week in Tools, Options, just do it. It will only
influence the display of the tasks where you explicitly used the week as the
unit to be displayed.

In the macro add within the loop
Job.effortdriven=false
But if you have already done the multiplication don't do it again :-))

HTH

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Cost per task

Posted: 23 Nov 2005 09:03 AM PST

Hi,

Yes. Insert the Cost line in the Resource Usage View.
HTH

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Project specific calendar format change

Posted: 23 Nov 2005 08:25 AM PST

You're welcome mikejw. Thanks for the feedback.
Julie
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Equipment Resource definitions

Posted: 23 Nov 2005 08:19 AM PST

As Gerarrd said - but note, the Server is a Work resource, not a material
resource. I meantion that because some people think "material" means
"inanimate." But that's not true. Material resources are used up and
incorporated into the delieverable. Your server isn't - it is performing
work that contributes to the task's deliverable, just like a person, but it
isn't used up in the process.

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Project diagram view

Posted: 23 Nov 2005 07:48 AM PST

You're welcome, Jimmy :-)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP


jimmyharris80 wrote: 



constraining tasks by hour

Posted: 23 Nov 2005 07:08 AM PST

I don't know - whenever I see Project being used simply to draw pictures of
a pre-existing schedule I have to wonder why you've spent $1500 for a
product and then only use it to do what could be done just as well by
spending $10 for a wall calendar and box of Magic Markers. At the very
least I'd suggest using it as a reality check, using it to independently
generate a proper schedule in order to confirm whether your pre-existing
master schedule is truly workable, to identify where the potential
bottlenecks may lie in it, and where you might change it to be more
efficient. I think of Project's role as telling ME the best schedule I can
expect to HAVE, given what needs to be done and the assets I'm able to
deploy to achieve it, rather than me telling IT the schedule we're expecting
to work. When you doing the work, building a proper schedule where Project
is calculating the task dates rather than merely parotting the dates you've
input will let you dynamically monitor the downstream effects of actual work
as it's being done so you can keep your "troops" deployed most effectively.
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using a definite time frame for a task

Posted: 23 Nov 2005 04:30 AM PST

Mark the task non-effort driven, fixed duration.

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Modified Resource Usage View

Posted: 23 Nov 2005 01:58 AM PST

Thanks for the quick response. However this does not quite satisfy what I am
looking for. You see the excel generated by your suggestion provided me with
the following report format.
14-Nov-05 15-Nov-05 16-Nov-05 17-Nov-05 18-Nov-05
Resource A
Actual Work 8 hrs 8 hrs 8 hrs 8 hrs 8 hrs
Resource B
Actual Work 8 hrs 8 hrs 8 hrs 8 hrs 8 hrs
Resource C
Actual Work 8 hrs 8 hrs 8 hrs 8 hrs 8 hrs
Resource D
Actual Work 8 hrs 8 hrs 8 hrs 8 hrs 8 hrs
Resource E
Actual Work 8 hrs 8 hrs 8 hrs 8 hrs 8 hrs
Resource F
Actual Work 8 hrs 8 hrs 8 hrs 8 hrs 8 hrs

The format that I need would look like this:
14-Nov-05 15-Nov-05 16-Nov-05 17-Nov-05 18-Nov-05
Resource A
Task 1 0 0 2 hrs 3 hrs 0
Task 2 8 hrs 8 hrs 6 hrs 5 hrs 8 hrs
Resource B
Task 2 0 1 hrs 1 hrs 0 2 hrs
Task 3 2 hrs 0 0 1 hrs 0
Task 4 6 hrs 7 hrs 7 hrs 7 hrs 6 hrs
Resource C
Task 4 2 hrs 3 hrs 0 0 8 hrs
Task 5 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 0
Task 6 3 hrs 5 hrs 5 hrs 5 hrs 0
Resource D
Task 2 4 hrs 4 hrs 4 hrs 4 hrs 0
Task 3 4 hrs 4 hrs 4 hrs 4 hrs 8 hrs
Resource E
Task 4 3 hrs 2 hrs 6 hrs 0 0
Task 6 5 hrs 6 hrs 2 hrs 8 hrs 8 hrs
Resource F
Task 1 2 hrs 0 8 hrs 8 hrs 8 hrs
Task 3 1 hrs 0 0 0 0
Task 4 2 hrs 0 0 0 0
Task 5 3 hrs 8 hrs 0 0 0

or the following format may do as well
Name Task Name Date Actual Work
Resource A Task 1 11/16/2005 2
Resource A Task 1 11/17/2005 3
Resource A Task 1 11/18/2005 1
Resource A Task 2 11/14/2005 8
Resource A Task 2 11/15/2005 8
Resource A Task 2 11/16/2005 6
Resource A Task 2 11/17/2005 5
Resource A Task 2 11/18/2005 7
Resource B Task 2 11/15/2005 1
Resource B Task 2 11/16/2005 1
Resource B Task 2 11/18/2005 2
Resource B Task 3 11/14/2005 2
Resource B Task 3 11/17/2005 1
Resource B Task 4 11/14/2005 6
Resource B Task 4 11/15/2005 7
Resource B Task 4 11/16/2005 7
Resource B Task 4 11/17/2005 7
Resource B Task 4 11/18/2005 6
Resource C Task 4 11/14/2005 2
Resource C Task 4 11/15/2005 3
Resource C Task 4 11/18/2005 8

Any suggestions?

Thanks

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Albert


"Gérard Ducouret" wrote:
 

Converting Finish Variance to total Calendar days

Posted: 22 Nov 2005 07:30 PM PST

Dear Harris and Manmeet

Thank you very much for your helpful response.

Dan

"Haris Rashid" wrote:
 

Rolling up Red, Green, Yellow

Posted: 22 Nov 2005 07:24 PM PST

Hi Glenn,

When you will introduce conditions between fields of several taks you will need VBA.
Formulas are restricted to comparing fields within the task
HTH

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"Glenn" <com> schreef in bericht news:phx.gbl...
Perfect Gerard!

I was actually using a text field, initially, and wondered how to utilize the rollup feature. I didn't think about trying a number field, but since you mentioned it, it makes perfect sense!

I'm going to take another step... not only will I show red, green, yellow based on completion and date. I will use a number or text field, where I can use it to override the automated settings for tasks that have plenty of time to finish, but have issues that won't allow it to complete on time. This will then show a yellow flag until I discontinue the override.

An example of this would be where if a task is "Install router". Eventhough the date may be a 2 months out and the router can be shipped in 3 weeks and the indicator shows green, If I know the rack can't be installed in time to install the router, I want the ability to force a yellow flag indicator for the task "Install router". Now I need to figure-out how to automagically change the flag to yellow on the "Install router" task, if I force a yellow flag on the predecessor task "Install rack".

I love MS Project! It never ceases to amaze me with it's abilities!!

Glenn
"Gérard Ducouret" <fr> wrote in message news:O%phx.gbl...
Hello Glenn,
You don't say what kind of field you used to these Red, Yellow and Green symbols.
If you used a Number(x) field and if the Red color matches the greatest value, in the Customize Field dialog, for Summaries and groups, select Report : Maximum
Hope this helps, tell us if that work,

Gérard ducouret
"Glenn" <com> a écrit dans le message de news:%23Z%phx.gbl...
I've created a text field formula that allows me graphical indicators to show whether a task is on track.

How do I have the summary row show a specific indicator based on the subtasks below? Although I think I want it to show the worst indicator of the subtasks, I want the flexibility to change as necessary.

Example:

1 ysis (summary row - how do I show RED, based on the below?)
2 Interview Client (subtask - done ontime, GREEN)
3 Create ysis doent (subtask - not done, due yesterday, RED)
4 Review with Resources (subtask - due tomorrow, YELLOW)

Thanks in advance for any assistance
Glenn

General Comment on Custom Functions

Posted: 22 Nov 2005 04:45 PM PST

I would love to know how as well

Majid


"Haris Rashid" wrote:
 

Time Sheet Updates using specific hours per day

Posted: 22 Nov 2005 04:21 PM PST

hi,

you seem to have set a constraint on your task. A task starting on Oct 3
with 10 days duration should finish on Oct 14. Since you have the finish date
of Oct 19 you might have a constraint such as "Finish As Late As Possible",
etc.

When a task is first created, the percent complete is zero percent. As soon
as you enter actual duration, remaining duration, or actual work (which
affects actual duration), Project calculates percent complete as follows:

Percent Complete = (Actual Duration / Duration) * 100

If the % Complete field is set to a value greater than zero, the Actual
Start field is set to the scheduled start date if you have not yet entered an
actual start date. If the % Complete field is set to 100, the Actual Finish
field is set to the scheduled finish date.

If you type a value in the % Complete field, Project automatically
calculates actual duration and remaining duration. Likewise, entering a value
in the Actual Duration or Remaining Duration field automatically recalculates
the other fields.

You can control whether changes to total percent complete are distributed
through the status date or to the end of the task's actual duration so far.
On the Tools menu, click Options. On the Calculation tab, select or clear the
Edits to total task % complete will be spread to the status date check box.

When you enter percent complete, Project might adjust actual and remaining
work around the current status date. If you prefer, you can leave these
tracking fields in the project as originally scheduled, even if completed
work is shown in the future or remaining work is shown in the past. On the
Tools menu, click Options. On the Calculation tab, clear the Move end of
completed parts after status date back to status date and Move start of
remaining parts before status date forward to status date check boxes.

To set the status date to a date other than today's date, click Project
Information on the Project menu, and then enter the date in the Status date
box.

Regards,
-----------------
Haris
http://www.manage-systems.com
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"Grant" wrote:
 

smart predesessor pasting

Posted: 22 Nov 2005 02:13 PM PST


John wrote: 

I always caution people about having multiple tasks with the same name.
It can lead to a great deal of confusion, both in the Network Diagram
and in a sorted or filtered Gantt. It can be hard to tell with "Review
Drawings" you're looking at if there are several of them. If you ask on
here, someone will have a VBA macro that puts the appropriate summary
task name, if they're unique, into the task name. So your tasks would
be "Preparation Review Drawings" and "Final Review Drawings", etc. Can
save a lot of headaches down the road.
Hope this helps in your world.

Custom report showing dependencies' % complete, estimated complete date, and actual complete date

Posted: 22 Nov 2005 02:11 PM PST

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

anewton,
Sure, just write me direct - I receive a fair amount of "off-list"
queries.

John
Project MVP
mjensenatattheriverdotdotcom
delete obvious redundancies

How do I get my Visual Basic "New Project" dialog box back?

Posted: 22 Nov 2005 08:29 AM PST



"John" wrote:
 

How do I set a project task effort to be a percentage of other tas

Posted: 22 Nov 2005 08:20 AM PST

Oops,

http://www.andythevikingfordham.com/

One hundred ......and forrrrrrtttttyyyyyy! cheer cheer



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Is there a way to lock a completed task in MS Project 2003?

Posted: 22 Nov 2005 07:31 AM PST

In article <com>,
Dan Bridy <microsoft.com> wrote:
 

Dan,
Whew! I'm glad you won't have to shoot anybody either - I hate when that
happens - it's just so messy.

Seriously, you're welcome.

John

Dealing with Effort and Duration

Posted: 22 Nov 2005 06:35 AM PST

I like your approach!!!!! <grin>
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"John Sitka" <com> wrote in message
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Disable field after entry

Posted: 22 Nov 2005 05:07 AM PST

Hi Trev,

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


Trev wrote: 



Track Actual Hours without changing Start-Finish Date

Posted: 21 Nov 2005 04:37 PM PST

Are you tracking *duration* hours or *work* hours? They are very different
measures. Duration is time and there absolutely positively cannot be more
than 24 duration hours in a day, at least on this planet. Work, OTOH, is
actually "man-hours" and when two people work together for 24 hours, they do
a total of 48 man-hours of work.

Do you really have 24 hour workdays? That means that when a task begins it
doesn't stop until it's completed AND the resources assigned to it work on
it for the entire period of time. If a task lasts 72 hours, that means that
the crew that works on it doesn't rest, eat a meal, take a break or a nap,
or get any time off whatsoever for the entire continuous 3 days. It does
NOT mean that you have people coming and going with some guys working days,
others nights, etc. The 24 hour calendar says that if Joe is assigned
to that task, he joins the task when it starts and doesn't leave for any
reason until it's finished days later. Machines might do that but people
don't - they need at least to sleep and eat a little while out of each day.
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large plots for resource useage

Posted: 21 Nov 2005 01:58 PM PST

Mike,
Thanks but that's not it. I can go boack without any other changes and
make the plot size 30" x 50" (without changing the columns) and it works.
There must be some undoented plot length for data !?
It's really weird, as the backgound plots out fine. The actual data just
gives a '#' and stops filling in the data. I think its a limitation by
number of columns or plot length. It would seem like it would stop plotting
everything instead of just the actual work data.....
If you think of anything let me know but this is no show stopper.

Thanks

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Eddie A


"Mike Glen" wrote:
 

Charts and Graphs

Posted: 21 Nov 2005 12:48 PM PST

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

motor_mouth,
Oh sure, now the whole story comes out ;-)

The Resource Graph view in Project is by resource rather than by task
assignment so you are probably not going to get the information
directly. There are a couple of options. The option I would chose (and
have used on some of my projects) may be a little advanced because it
involves using a VBA macro to export the necessary data to Excel and
then plotting it in a manpower curve. However, an equivalent process can
be used without a custom VBA macro. Starting from the Task Usage view,
use the "yze timescale data in Excel" untility/add-in found on the
"ysis" toolbar (I would export the Work field). Once the data is in
Excel, use Excel's charting capability to develop the graph you want.

Just for reference you might want to consider using a rolling average
instead of exact monthly values when it comes to reviewing manpower
needs, (I used a 3 month rolling average), otherwise you will end up
with hiring/layoff spikes that don't reflect reality.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

Deadline vs. Must Start On

Posted: 21 Nov 2005 11:34 AM PST

Tools menu, Customize, Fields - create a flag field with a formula that
tests for the condition you're monitoring and choose "graphical indicators"
in the dialog box as the results display.

I wonder at the logic of looking at start date with respect to a deadline.
Deadlines describe the required completion date for the task. Checking to
see if a task is started by 90 days before its deadline really only makes
sense if the task requires 90 days to do. The duration of a task is your
best-guess estimate of how long it will actually take to complete the task
once it starts. Comparing a start date with a deadline only gives you useful
information if the time frame you're looking at compares the start with the
deadline minus the duration and it will only be 90, 60, or 15 days if the
task duration also happens to be 90, 60, or 15 days respectively. What
counts is not that it starts 90 days ahead of deadline but rather that it
has started by whatever you have determined is the latest date it should
start so that it can finish by the deadline. Best practice suggests that
when a resource is assigned to a task they will be expected to start it on
the date you have scheduled it to start and work on it full-time until it
has finished. The duration of the task is not how long they are allowed to
finish it - it's your best estimate of how long you think it should take
them to finish it.
--
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