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Organizing different summaries in Calender
Hi there, I have a Gantt chart with (2) summary level assemblies. I have colored the font so the tasks under each are clearly differentiated. The tasks for each summary overlap in time. When I look at the calender view, none of the colors from the Gannt show up, and I would have to color each individual tas... 2 Jun 2008 12:40

ctrl+F2 not working on my project
Hi everyone, I'm having what seems to be the most basic of problems, however it is still too complicated for the Microsoft techs, it seems. For some reason, when I select more than one task and try to use ctrl+F2 to link them, the linking doesn't occur. similarly, pressing ctrl+shift+F2 doesn't unlink ... 31 May 2008 12:29

Expanding and Contracting (+ and - signs) not formatted correctly
This is a strange question, as it does not affect the functionality of the product, however, it is driving us nuts (the small things seem to do that). When you have created your project plan and have a subtask associated with a task, you get the nice little + and - sign next to the task to indicate a subtask e... 29 May 2008 12:49

New Timeboxing Software goes into final BETA - Join now
New software application to manage Timebox projects is now in final BETA. To join the program visit: http://www.timeboxmanager.com ... 29 May 2008 13:21

PWA 2003 - unable to edit actual work fields
I am new to MS Project support. A user is trying to edit the Actual Work boxes in ther Timesheet view, but none of the boxes are editable (shaded yellow instead of white). I'm guessing the time period was inadvertently closed. How can it be reopened? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. ... 29 May 2008 13:21

Copy Flag 20 field from Resource to Gantt
Anyone got an idea on how to copy the resource flag 20 field to the gantt flag 20 field. I need to share the same info with both DBs. Thanks, CLV ... 29 May 2008 12:18

Resource Drop Down in Task Info
Hi All, Unfortunately I entered my resources randomly and they appear in the same random order in the resource drop list in the 'Task Info' dialogue box (in GANT view). Is there anyway to reorder the resources listed in the drop down box? Regards. Bill. ... 30 May 2008 11:54

Reporting: What SHOULD percentage complete be?
Hi all, Using 2003 standard, roughly 30 projects with durations of 6 mo to 8 years, and a shared resource pool of around 25 (personnel only at this point). I currently use a customized To Do task list, exported in Excel format, to mine the following columnar data for each project (from left to right): Task... 29 May 2008 12:49

Weeks in Local OLAP Cubes
A question from Norway! I work as a project planner for an organization that has a dozen project and most of the resources work on more than one project in the same week. I have one Project 2007 plan for each project and have assigned generic resources to all plans. I've also generated one Local Resource Us... 4 Jun 2008 11:17

Grouping by Custom Outline Codes
Clearly MS don't intend Construction Planners and Schedulers to use their 'planning' package. Proper Planning packages such as Primavera and PowerProject allow the use of extremely versatile coding structures to group and sort tasks into logical layouts. One improvement they have made to the outline codes is... 29 May 2008 05:57