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  1. PDQBach

    Can anyone tell me how to do this?

    > I will continue to manage my projects via task durations And I will sleep soundly tonight knowing that your projects are in good hands!
  2. PDQBach

    Custom Report Please Help

    Which version of Project are you using? And do you mean that you want to customize one of the pre-defined standard reports or do you want to customize one of the pre-defined Visual reports? (I'm guessing that you want to change one of the standard reports and I'm hoping that it isn't one of...
  3. PDQBach

    Can anyone tell me how to do this?

    You're actually asking two questions here. 1. Create the task Make sure the following columns are displayed: Duration, Work, Resource Names, Type. If you have a resource assigned, delete the resource. In the Work column enter: 2 hours In the Duration column enter: 3 days In the Resource...
  4. PDQBach

    pmp simulator free download link

    I never saw a good one. Get the late Rita Mulcahy's books if you're looking for an excellent resource.
  5. PDQBach

    Technique for choosing project

    In a nutshell, departments propose projects to the Projects group. Projects are then defined as mandatory (usually to meet changed legal requirements) and optional. The optional projects undergo a cost benefit analysis and the results are compared to a hurdle rate and those that pass under...
  6. PDQBach

    Gantt Chart View vs. Tracking Gantt View

    @Julie I've been reading a number of your posts in various threads. You have been giving consistently excellent advice ... you're a real asset here. In this particular thread, I thought your comment about a "rolling wave" was an especially subtle understanding of the environment in which the...
  7. PDQBach

    MS Project Custom Duration Field

    You'll need VBA to do that. But ... here's a workaround that sorta works: 1. Set Start1 so it equals Start 2. Set Finish1 to it equals Start + Duration + Number1 Now set your Gantt Chart to use Start1 and Finish1 when drawing the Gantt lines. I say "sorta" because when you use predecessors...
  8. PDQBach

    Filtering- find tasks that include a particular resource in subtasks?

    Now that I fully understand your request, Julie is absolutely right.
  9. PDQBach

    Import/Export Dates with Excel

    @Julie ... I'm pretty sure it has to do with the date formats. If he's using (as I do) "ddd mmm d, yy" ("Fri Apr 6, 12") then it gets copy-pasted as a text field; if he uses "mm/dd/yy" (4/6/12) then it gets copy-pasted as a date field -- there may be other formats that copy-paste as dates, I...
  10. PDQBach

    Conditional Formatting of Cell Colours 2007

    This should be posted in the MS Project forum.
  11. PDQBach

    Import/Export Dates with Excel

    In P2010 Open the file Click on File > Options In the new display click on "General" On the right locate "Date format" and select the second one ("1/28/09") Note: This is a global setting and all other projects will open with their dates in this format. Click on OK Copy&paste from P2010 date...
  12. PDQBach

    Filtering- find tasks that include a particular resource in subtasks?

    Open the file and display the Gantt Chart view If it isn't already on, turn on AutoFilter. If it isn't already displayed, display Resource Names column Create a new filter Click on View > the filter drop down > New filter In the popup: Name: PDQBach Show in menu: check mark...
  13. PDQBach

    Customize Successors & Predecessors ID

    So, using my example above, you want something like this (with the ID as the first data element and the task name as the second data element in each row): ID Task Name ==== ========= 2000 A 2100 B 2110 C 2120 D 2200 E 2210 F 3000 G Ain't gonna happen. The ID field is dynamic...
  14. PDQBach

    Customize Successors & Predecessors ID

    What is CSI numbering? Could you give us an example of what MSProj does and then the same tasks with your desired approach. You could probably get away with simply calling the tasks A, B, C, etc.. (no need for great detail) the IDs would, for MSProj, be 1, 2, 3, etc., and the successors (no...
  15. PDQBach

    How to make MS Project file completely free of VBA macros?

    How about renaming the file extension from .mpp to .dat and sending that file. Or put the file into a zip file and changing the extension on that file to .dat In either case, when the client gets the file, change the extension back to the correct one. If that doesn't work, try deleting all...
  16. PDQBach

    Best Practice for Entering Task Estimates?

    I almost always need to get both simply because it is an exceptionally rare occasion where someone works exclusively on a deliverable for a given period of time (and, therefore, duration and work are the same). I need work so I determine the project cost (work * fully encumbered resource cost)...
  17. PDQBach

    MS Project 2007 - Macro button grayed out

    I really hate it when uninstall-reinstall is the answer that works ... it's just so unsatisfying. Glad you got it to work for you.
  18. PDQBach

    MS Project 2007 - Macro button grayed out

    It's not clear to me what you mean. What happens when you press Alt+F8? What happens when you click on Tools > Macro > Macros?
  19. PDQBach

    Extending project duration

    This is *not* the way I would go about managing the project. C. Northcote Parkinson's first law of economics is is particularly germane here. In fact, your approach is so unacceptable that Project (which allows you to do so much) doesn't have the built-in functionality to let you do that...
  20. PDQBach

    Switching to Gantt Chart Rearranges rows

    @Julie ... so often when I read your advice, I think "Damn, *that* is what I should have said." @MasterKent ... what Julie said!

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