Can two people edit an MS Project file simultaneously?

E

EProject

I may be in a situation where a great deal of work has to be entered into MS
Project, and there is another person besides myself who can do it. Is there
anyway to allow us both to access the same file and save changes to it at the
same time, as unwise as that may be?

Thanks for the help!
 
J

JulieS

Hi EProject,

Sorry no. Only one person can have the file open with read-write access
necessary to make and save changes.

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I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for FAQs and more information about
Microsoft Project.
 
R

Rob Schneider

EProject said:
I may be in a situation where a great deal of work has to be entered into MS
Project, and there is another person besides myself who can do it. Is there
anyway to allow us both to access the same file and save changes to it at the
same time, as unwise as that may be?

Thanks for the help!
Click to expand...

As others said, no it can't. And there area a lot of good reasons why
that is so.

However, all is not lost. You can break up the project plan into
multiple files. Say make individuals the lead for taking care of
specific files. Then each can work on their own part and even work
simultanously (but on their own parts). Make these individual projects
"subprojects" in a "master" that pulls the entire programme together
into what "looks" like a single file for when you want the overall view.
 
E

EProject

Thank you all!

Rob Schneider said:
As others said, no it can't. And there area a lot of good reasons why
that is so.

However, all is not lost. You can break up the project plan into
multiple files. Say make individuals the lead for taking care of
specific files. Then each can work on their own part and even work
simultanously (but on their own parts). Make these individual projects
"subprojects" in a "master" that pulls the entire programme together
into what "looks" like a single file for when you want the overall view.
Click to expand...
 

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