Book description
Take your Microsoft Project experience to the next level! This supremely organized reference packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and handy workarounds for Project 2003 in concise, fast-answer format.
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Table of contents
- Microsoft® Office Project 2003 Inside Out
- A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
- Acknowledgments
- We'd Like to Hear from You!
- About the CD
- Conventions and Features Used in This Book
- About the Authors
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1. Project Fundamentals
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1. Introducing Microsoft Project 2003
- Using this Book
- Using Microsoft Project—An Overview
- What's New in Microsoft Project 2003
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Learning As You Go
- Getting Started with Office Online
- Working with the Project Guide
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Getting Help
- Search for a Specific Topic
- Browsing Help Contents
- Getting Help for Project Fields
- Getting Help for Dialog Boxes
- Surfing the Web for Project Assistance
- Teaching Yourself Microsoft Project and Project Management
- Joining Project Communities
- Finding Project Downloads
- Setting Your Preferences for Project Assistance
- Reporting Crashes
- Working with Project Smart Tags
- Working with the Sample Database
- 2. Understanding Projects and Project Management
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1. Introducing Microsoft Project 2003
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2. Developing the Project Plan
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3. Starting a New Project
- Focusing the Project Vision
- Creating a New Project Plan
- Entering Tasks
- Sequencing and Organizing Tasks
- Organizing Tasks into an Outline
- Setting Up Your Work Breakdown Structure
- Adding Supplementary Information to Tasks
- 4. Viewing Project Information
- 5. Scheduling Tasks
- 6. Setting Up Resources in the Project
- 7. Assigning Resources to Tasks
- 8. Planning Resource and Task Costs
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9. Checking and Adjusting the Project Plan
- Working with the Critical Path and Critical Tasks
- Bringing in the Project Finish Date
- Reducing Project Costs
- Balancing Resource Workloads
- Changing Project Scope
- Reviewing the Impact of Changes
- Obtaining Buyoff on the Project Plan
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3. Starting a New Project
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3. Tracking Progress
- 10. Saving a Baseline and Updating Progress
- 11. Responding to Changes in Your Project
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4. Reporting and Analysis
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12. Reporting Project Information
- Establishing Your Communications Plan
- Setting Up and Printing Views
- Generating Reports
- Revising a Built-in Report
- Building a Custom Report
- Generating Reports from Project XML Data
- Publishing Project Information to the Web
- 13. Analyzing Project Information
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12. Reporting Project Information
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5. Managing Multiple Projects
- 14. Managing Master Projects and Resource Pools
- 15. Exchanging Information Between Project Plans
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6. Integrating Microsoft Project with Other Programs
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16. Exchanging Information with Other Applications
- Copying Information
- Embedding Information
- Linking Information
- Hyperlinking to Documents in Other Applications
- Publishing Project Information to the Web
- Creating Project XML Data
- Importing and Exporting Information
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17. Integrating Microsoft Project with Microsoft Excel
- Copying Between Microsoft Project and Excel
- Embedding Between Microsoft Project and Excel
- Linking Between Microsoft Project and Excel
- Importing and Exporting with Excel
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18. Integrating Microsoft Project with Microsoft Outlook
- Exchanging Task Information with Outlook
- Building Your Resource List with Outlook
- Exchanging Workgroup Messages
- Sending Project File Information
- 19. Collaborating Using E-Mail
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16. Exchanging Information with Other Applications
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7. Managing Projects Across Your Enterprise
- 20. Understanding the Project Workgroup and Enterprise Model
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21. Administering Project Server and Project Web Access for Your Enterprise
- Configuring Your Enterprise and Workgroup
- Managing Users and System Security
- Administering the Enterprise Resource Pool
- Establishing the Enterprise Portfolio
- Standardizing Enterprise Project Elements
- Setting Up Team Member Timesheets
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22. Managing Enterprise Projects and Resources
- Connecting to Your Project Server
- Working with Enterprise Projects
- Building Your Enterprise Project Team
- Collaborating with Your Project Team
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23. Participating On a Team Using Project Web Access
- Getting Started with Project Web Access
- Working with Assignments
- Tracking Progress on Your Assignments
- Reviewing Task and Project Information
- Setting Up E-Mail Reminders and Calendars
- Managing Risks, Issues, and Documents
- Managing Resources in Project Web Access
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24. Making Executive Decisions Using Project Web Access
- Getting Started with Project Web Access
- Working with Views and Fields
- Analyzing Your Project Portfolio
- Analyzing Resource Information
- Examining Projects Using Portfolio Analyzer
- Running Scenarios Using Portfolio Modeler
- Setting Up E-Mail Reminders and To-Do Lists
- Managing Risks, Issues, and Documents
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8. Customizing and Managing Project Files
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25. Customizing Your View of Project Information
- Customizing Views
- Customizing Tables
- Customizing Fields
- Customizing Groups
- Customizing Filters
- Working with Outline Codes
- Sharing Customized Elements Among Projects
- 26. Customizing the Microsoft Project Interface
- 27. Automating Your Work with Macros
- 28. Standardizing Projects Using Templates
- 29. Managing Project Files
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25. Customizing Your View of Project Information
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9. Programming Custom Solutions
- 30. Understanding the Visual Basic Language
- 31. Writing Microsoft Project Code with Visual Basic for Applications
- 32. Working with Microsoft Project Data
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10. Appendixes
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A. Installing Microsoft Office Project 2003
- Installing Project Standard and Project Professional 2003
- Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 Setup Issues
- Enterprise Project Management System Requirements
- B. Field Reference
- C. Online Resources for Microsoft Project
- D. Keyboard Shortcuts
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A. Installing Microsoft Office Project 2003
- E. Index to Troubleshooting Topics
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Microsoft® Office Project 2003 Inside Out
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2003
- Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
- ISBN: 9780735619586
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