Assigning a custom calendar in MS Project 2003

[djoliver1]

Hi: I'm trying to assign a custom calendar as a default for all projects I create or even for all tasks inside a project. Selecting that calendar under Project Information does nothing. When I create a new task under that project and look at the calendar field on the Advanced tab of Task Information, it is blank. I can select all tasks and assign a company holiday calendar and that will work for those tasks. But if I create a new task, the calendar field will be blank for that task. What can I do to ensure that new tasks automatically get the custom holiday calendar assigned to them? I'm using MS Project Professional in a Project Server environment, but I'm creating stand-alone .mpp projects which are not stored on the server. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
djoliver1

 

[Lilliabeth]

The calendar won't display in the Task Information dialog box unless you assign a calendar other than the default. Have you tested to see if your holidays are recognized by your tasks?

--Lilliabeth

 

[djoliver1]

Actually, I discovered the problem. The place to assign a custom calendar to a project is Project Information, which I originally assumed. The reason why it wasn't working was simply because the custom calendar I assigned had holidays for 2010, which is why I didn't see any non-working days on holidays for tasks in my schedule, whose tasks are all in 2011. Thanks for answering. This problem is resolved.