Dual Display for MS Project

[John G.]

I would like to be able to view the data columns on one display and the Gantt
chart on another. I understand dual display requires a compatible video
card. However, does MS Project 2000 supports this type of configuration?

Thanks.

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

John G --

I you have dual monitors and extend your Windows desktop, you can display a
separate Microsoft Project window on each monitor. To create the second
window, click Window - New Window in Microsoft Project, select the view you
wish to see, and then click OK. Drag the new window to the second monitor
and you are in business. Hope this helps.

 

[Paul Milton]

Hi Dale / John G and whoever else is out there:

Dale, I came across your response to JohnG way back in 2006 and you had a
solution for his issue.

I tried it but it didn't work for me. here is my story:


I have DELL Latitude D820's running an ATI dual monitor video cards thru (2)
DELL 19 inch flat panels.

I am running XP Pro/Office2003/Project2003

The dual monitors work great (this is a common setup for us).

I tried the solution you offered, but I don't get the option of opening a
new project in a new instance.
They are listed as Project1:1 and Project1:2.

I get them in overlapping windows, not in separate windows that I can drag
to the 2nd screen.

If I click File/New project, I get Project2,m but they are all in the same
window.

How can I get 2 separate projects on 2 separate monitors?

Thanks

Paul

 

[Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]]

Paul:

Try: Window > New Window

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[Jim Spiller]

I think the issue here is that Project will not run multiple instances. You
can only have one instance of Project running, unlike other MS programs such
as Word which will run another instance of the program for each open
document. This allows it to work in dual monitor mode, with a separate doc
in each. In Project you can open multiple files but they are all opened
within the one instance of the program. I think the best you'll be able to
do is to run the one instance of Project spread across both screens, open
multiple projects and tile them to fit into each screen (Window-Arrange
All).

I'm fairly sure this is the case, however, if anyone has a different answer,
please post it as we have a customer with the same issue and this was the
only solution we could come up with.

 

[Paul Milton]

Thanks Jim -

I found that out while poking around when "arrange all" tiled them over each
other.

if they could bee seen on 1 screen, then 1 big screen would work too, then
tile them side by side.

I appreciate your quick response too.

Cheers.


Paul

 

[Jeremy]

This still applies in Office 2007 Standard? Why? Will this be fixed in Office
2010?

 

[Jim Spiller]

This applies to all versions of Project up to 2007. Don't know about 2010...