Subprojects indenting

[Nick Mirro]

Project 2003 pro

I created a master project and then inserted projects into it as
subprojects. Each additional inserted project indents in the Task Name
column progressively further to the right, causing widening of the Task Name
column. Outdent does not work.

Project summary task was visible on each inserted project prior. How can I
prevent this indenting?

Nick

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

Outdenting SHOULD work.
Preventing is by closing (- sign) the project above before inserting a new
one.

HTH

 

[Nick]

Closing the (-) did it. Thanks.

Hi,

Outdenting SHOULD work.
Preventing is by closing (- sign) the project above before inserting a new
one.

HTH

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Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
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[TKT]

Hi There,

I've tried the suggestion below and it worked fine....BUT, what am I doing
wrong that the subproject seems to be linked under the project before it?
Meaning: the main heading of the diff. subproject does not indent all the
way to the far left as it's own stand-alone project?

It indents to the left, but not all the way.....(??)

Please advise and thank you,
~TKT

 

[John]

Hi There,

I've tried the suggestion below and it worked fine....BUT, what am I doing
wrong that the subproject seems to be linked under the project before it?
Meaning: the main heading of the diff. subproject does not indent all the
way to the far left as it's own stand-alone project?

It indents to the left, but not all the way.....(??)

Please advise and thank you,
~TKT

TKT,
I found the following method works best when inserting subproject in a
master. Either insert all subprojects at once, insert a new subproject
above existing subprojects (it can dragged and dropped after insertion),
or collapse existing subprojects prior to inserting new subprojects.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

 

[TKT]

Hi John,

Thank YOU so much! Project MVPs are the best....y'all are AWESOME!!!
~TKT

 

[John]

Hi John,

Thank YOU so much! Project MVPs are the best....y'all are AWESOME!!!
~TKT

TKT,
Aw, twern't nothing, but you're welcome.

John
Project MVP

 

[James]

I have something similar that is a problem. I too have a master project file
and have inserted multiple sub-projects. At this point in time, they are
aligned along the left side of the Task Name field. I now want to go back
and indent some of the sub-projects and this is not working. If I select one
of the inserted projects and click on the outdent arrow, the screen flickers
once and nothing happens [no error messages]. Any help on this would be
greatly appreciated.
James

 

[John]

I have something similar that is a problem. I too have a master project file
and have inserted multiple sub-projects. At this point in time, they are
aligned along the left side of the Task Name field. I now want to go back
and indent some of the sub-projects and this is not working. If I select one
of the inserted projects and click on the outdent arrow, the screen flickers
once and nothing happens [no error messages]. Any help on this would be
greatly appreciated.
James

James,
Yes that is correct. Once the subprojects are inserted into the master
one subproject cannot be made a part of another, which is effectively
what you are trying to do by indenting a subproject. However, by using
the process that my original "fix" was designed to overcome, the
indenting can be achieved.

Create a new master and insert those subproject that you want at the
primary outline level (i.e. "1"). Then "explode" each of those
subprojects so all the subtasks appear. Now insert the subprojects that
you want to be indented at whatever point in the existing subprojects.

Hope this makes sense and hope it helps.
John
Project MVP

 

[James]

Thanks, I will give it a try.
James

I have something similar that is a problem. I too have a master project file
and have inserted multiple sub-projects. At this point in time, they are
aligned along the left side of the Task Name field. I now want to go back
and indent some of the sub-projects and this is not working. If I select one
of the inserted projects and click on the outdent arrow, the screen flickers
once and nothing happens [no error messages]. Any help on this would be
greatly appreciated.
James

James,
Yes that is correct. Once the subprojects are inserted into the master
one subproject cannot be made a part of another, which is effectively
what you are trying to do by indenting a subproject. However, by using
the process that my original "fix" was designed to overcome, the
indenting can be achieved.

Create a new master and insert those subproject that you want at the
primary outline level (i.e. "1"). Then "explode" each of those
subprojects so all the subtasks appear. Now insert the subprojects that
you want to be indented at whatever point in the existing subprojects.

Hope this makes sense and hope it helps.
John
Project MVP

 

[John]

Thanks, I will give it a try.
James

James,
You're welcome.
John

I have something similar that is a problem. I too have a master project
file
and have inserted multiple sub-projects. At this point in time, they are
aligned along the left side of the Task Name field. I now want to go
back
and indent some of the sub-projects and this is not working. If I select
one
of the inserted projects and click on the outdent arrow, the screen
flickers
once and nothing happens [no error messages]. Any help on this would be
greatly appreciated.
James

James,
Yes that is correct. Once the subprojects are inserted into the master
one subproject cannot be made a part of another, which is effectively
what you are trying to do by indenting a subproject. However, by using
the process that my original "fix" was designed to overcome, the
indenting can be achieved.

Create a new master and insert those subproject that you want at the
primary outline level (i.e. "1"). Then "explode" each of those
subprojects so all the subtasks appear. Now insert the subprojects that
you want to be indented at whatever point in the existing subprojects.

Hope this makes sense and hope it helps.
John
Project MVP