Microsoft Project 2000

[Chris waller]

Several colleagues and I use Project 2000 during our working day. We have
noticed that there appears to be an intermittent fault. That is some days you
can make changes to dates etc and days later you can go back to the same
project and it hasn't retained the changes. I thought at first it was a
problem with me not saving the work, but I have had a colleague sat and
watched what I have done and they have witnessed me saving the file only to
have the changes disappear. I have since learned that people in other areas
at work are experiencing the same kind of problem. Is anyone at Microsoft
aware of the problem and is there a fix or is it a glitch with our own
system? Was the install corrupted or do we need to change some settings in
order that this will work correctly again? As I am new to Microsoft Project I
do not know if it was set up correctly when it was installed or whether we
have to change some of the defaults so that it works in a way that is
compatible with the way we work. I would be grateful for views on the matter.

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

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[Chris waller]

Jan,

Thanks for your reply but I don't understand. I am sorry about the delay in
replying to you, but I can only access this disscusion group from home, but
the problem is with Project at work. If it is not too much trouble could you
let me know what the problem is and any solution there might be.

Chris

 

[JulieS]

Hello Chris,

The first thing that catches my attention is your mention of making
changes to dates. You should not (except in *very* rare
circumstances) be typing in or changing dates manually. Project is a
scheduling program and as such, its purpose is to calculate a schedule
and it does that by changing dates.

For example, if you type in a start date, you set a Start No Earlier
than constraint. If that task is linked to other tasks and the
schedule leading up to your task changes, the start date will possibly
be changed if the schedule requires it -- if the predecessors dates
change past the original date.

It is difficult to more detailed troubleshooting with the information
you've provided, but I suggest, as you are new to Project, that you
may want to invest some time reading more about how project functions.
Fellow MVP Mike Glen has an excellent series of tutorials on MS
Project. You can access Mike's tutorials at:
http://project.mvps.org/mike's_tutorials.htm

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

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional information
about Microsoft Project

 

[Chris waller]

JulieS,

I will certainly give the tutorial a go. Thanks once again for the info.

 

[JulieS]

You're most welcome Chris. Glad to have helped and thanks for the
feedback. Do post back with any other questions, but I think Mike's
articles will help immensely.

Julie

JulieS,

I will certainly give the tutorial a go. Thanks once again for the
info.

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