copy picture not pasting all cols of data

[Paul]

I have set up numours columns in project that are required by our reporting
board. All cols need to be showing including the gantt in Powerpoint as part
of the reporting pack. I've tried everything from selecting rows, to date
ranges etc etc but as I have more cols than I can fit on screen not all copy
over.

Is there any solution for this??

regards

Paul

 

[Rob Schneider]

How many columns you talking about? There is a practical limit to what
the "copy picture" can effectively do. are you better off printing the
PDF to an Adobe PDF image or something?

 

[Paul]

thanks for getting back so quickly...

14 cols of data and simply can't get them all on screen.

not heard of this PDF thing before... what is this?

 

[Rob Schneider]

14 is an awful lot of horizontal space, along with the Gantt Chart. I
doubt you could make it happen.

Your goal is to get all this in PowerPoint. I suspect this won't work
(despite the fact that the executives want it).

Buy yourself a copy of Adobe Acrobat (see more at www.adobe.com). Read
more about Adobe PDF at Wikipedia. Create an Adobe PDF file, printing
to say A3 (11x14 inch) "paper". Try (and you may not succeed as 14
columns is a lot) to get it all on the Adobe image that you dispaly on a
screen. Capture the screen and paste the screen into PowerPoint. I
suspect it will unreadable, but at least you might be able to get the 14
columns into the image.

I have to say I think you are on a loser. PowerPoint not meant as a
container for this sort of thing. Requires a lot of costly time wasting
to get it to work.

Invest in a printer that prints on big pieces of paper.

 

[Paul]

thanks - I guess we are on to a damp squib here.

Powerpoint is the medium as the pack contains all the action/issue/risk logs
as well.

Just we have adobe and going to have a play around in a mo.. if there is any
joy I'll submit a method.
thanks

 

[Rob Schneider]

ah. been there done that. I make a living a weaning teams from using
these sort of high-cost/low-effective tools. Just 'cause you have a
hammer, and the hammer worked last time, doesn't mean using a hammer is
in our best interest..

Action logs (should be resourced tasks in the plans or at least notes on
tasks).
Issues (should be limited to be questions or where help req'd ... too
often they are crutches for escalating) ... use a collaborative database
(SharePoint good for this).
Risks. SharePoint good for this. All risk actions (mitigation actions
that are agreed, funded, and assigned) should go into the Plan and
managed from there, not the risk log. When risks "come true", change
request the pre-thought-about (right?) contingency plan into the Plan.

The Plan (in Project) becomes the home for all the good stuff.

good luck.