how can i set up formula on ms project like ms excel

[jasmin]

i am a new user of microsoft project and i am still studying the goodness of
it. our general manage somewhat wanted me to create a column microsoft
project wherein i will formulate data and come out a computations just like
microsoft excel, i've been searching on help, books and other references but
i cannot find any other answer on what i wanted to do. can you help me on my
problem?

 

[Rod Gill]

Select Tools, Customize, Fields and select a date field. You can add a
formula there. So what do you need to calculate?

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi Jasmin,

Setting up calculations yourself before even knowing or understanding what
Project is calculating automatially seems like wandering around in the dark
without knowing the environment!

Still, here's some help.
Project's formulae are not "like Excel".
You can enter a formula in a custom field (the ones with a name ending on a
numeric) and that formula will be the same for all normal tasks; you can
have a different rule for the summary tasks.

The acces is as follows
Tools
Customize
Fields
(Select the field you wnt to put formula in)
Click the word Formula
There you can start.

Hope this helps,