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excluding tasks from the critical path
I believe I've identified an exception to this argument in that a "hammock" task will assume a "critical path" and it should not. By defition the hammock task will move with the movement of other tasks and therefore doesn't change itself and thus should not be considered critical path. I have a project right ... 5 May 2008 15:27

Microsoft Project - remove resources allocation % for display?
I am the only person on the project that has Microsoft Project so I am working with hard copies and excel to distibute tasks. In this distribution, I would like to show the team who is assigned to what task but NOT what percentage of time is assigned. How to I remove the % displayed from the resource column on ... 2 May 2008 11:03

How do I stop a recurring document?
I need to be able to know when a recurring document has ended. How do I get it to flag me? to stop the payment. Also I need the system to tell me when something is overdue? ... 2 May 2008 11:03

how can i enter time-off that adjusts dates in the timeplan?
Hi, Im pretty new to using project. I've got all my info into the time plan, at the top i have entered all holiday periods so they are clear to see. When i have tryed to make these non working days they appear in the calender, but this does not adjust and allow for this time in the plan/gant chart - eg i want... 6 May 2008 15:09

How to color the task name; MSP2003
Hi, I changed the task name in blue from "font setting" and saved the project gantt, but it was not be applied after I reopen the gantt. Please advise me how to keep task name in color. Thank you in advance. Sara -- New project administrator ... 2 May 2008 08:42

Importing Progress Data from excel
I was wondering if anybody has figured a way to import progress information from an excel spreadsheet? I am working on Microsoft Project Professional 2007 and Excel 2007. Every week i would like to update % work complete from various project leaders' progress summary sheets which are produced in excel (necessary as pe... 5 May 2008 03:31

How do I change the project calander from 5 day to 7 day week?
I have a project that spans from May 06 to Jan 08. The project calander was initially set up with holidays as non work days and a 5 day work week. I want to change holiday non-work days to work days and change to a 7 day work week and reflect this in completed as well as in-progress and scheduled activities. ... 4 May 2008 17:22

Resource Usage view
I have a consolidated project with many subtasks linked into a main project. On the Gnatt Chart, the Task Name is always the file name that I have assigned to the sub project (ie. 100 - Job). However, when I bring up the Resource Usage view, the Project field is the full path of the sub project (ie. C:\Files\100... 2 May 2008 11:03

task hierarchy in My tasks
With Project Server 2007, is it possible to show the task Hierarchy in "My Taks" view or at least in the timesheet? In the past we were using Project Server 2003 and the team member had access to the task hierarchy. It is available in the task details, but, it means that you have to click on each task to see t... 2 May 2008 12:38

Resource Report Presentation to Upper Mgmt
I have 6 projects with the same assigned resources. Each Project Manager is not using the same naming convention and named the resources differently on their individual projects even though they are the same 30 people. By combining all 6 projects and renaming the resources to all be consistant I see that the re... 2 May 2008 10:16