Print Multiple Project Files

[clariedarie3468]

Hi:
I am a new user to Project 2000 and am just now doing the KeyStone Learning training CD's. One major item I'd like to tackle right away is finding out if there is a reasonable way to print out multiple (lots and lots)projects without opening each one individually and doing a "File, Print." This is a huge time-consuming project (haha) each week. I had great luck at this site when I ran into a roadblock using Crystal Reports (ugh!) and have high hopes for a response! Thank you in advance for any insight. My fingers are crossed (hard to type this way, though.)
Clare

 

[PDQBach]

The short answer: no.

The long answer: why? If you have lots of small projects and only one person managing the project plans for all of them, put all the plans into a single project plan and manage them there.

If you need to break them out to separate print pages, click on the first task of the group of tasks that were formerly in a separate Project file and click on Insert | Pagebreak. Now ... go into print preview and print only the pages ("projects&quot that you want to print.

This approach also has the advantage of putting all your resources into a single file (you will find resource pools work but can be extremely slow).

You could also explore Master and sub-projects but each sub-project file is still opened when you open the master project file. Your only "saving" is that you have to click File | Open only once -- a trivial saving.