April 2013
Beginner
808 pages
27h 46m
English
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Understanding the Types of Templates
Project 2013 has two types of templates. Here’s what each one does:
Global template. This template acts as a storage facility for built-in and customized Project elements, such as views, tables, groups, filters, and calendars. It also contains the settings for Project options that determine how the program behaves, such as which task mode it uses when you create new tasks. If you customize the ribbon and Quick Access toolbar (Chapter 22), those changes are kept in the global template, too. Project attaches the global template to every new Project file you create. That way, built-in elements, customizations, and settings are available whenever you work on a Project file.
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If you use Microsoft Enterprise Project Management tools (Project Server and Project Professional), you’ll also have an enterprise global template. This template is like the mother of all global templates—a global global template. This template attaches to every Project file that someone checks out, so they get the standards setup by your organization as well as the most up-to-date, enterprise-wide customized Project elements. Once a project is published to Project Server, you must use the elements from the enterprise global template.
Project template. This type of template does double-duty. You can store customized elements in a project template, just like you do in the global template. You can also save some settings, like scheduling options or calculation options, in this ...
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