Formatting Subprojects

[Beckie Lenz]

I have several subprojects that have "special" formatting, such as color
coded milestones and milestone types.

When I load them into the Master project, all of the special formatting is
removed and I get the default formats.

Is there a way to force the master project to load the formatting of the
various subprojects?

 

[John]

I have several subprojects that have "special" formatting, such as color
coded milestones and milestone types.

When I load them into the Master project, all of the special formatting is
removed and I get the default formats.

Is there a way to force the master project to load the formatting of the
various subprojects?

Beckie,
Well yes and no. Be aware that subprojects inserted into a master do not
actually become part of the master. Rather, the master contains a
pointer to each subproject file. The view as seen in the master however
is unique to the master. This allows the master file views to be
uniquely formatted. Therefore, if you want to replicate subproject
formatting in the master, you will either need to re-create that same
formatting for master views or a much easier approach would be to use
the organizer and copy the view with special formatting to the master
file. You might want to give the customized view a separate name - it
just keeps things a little more flexible.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP