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Scott

I'm being asked how to model changes to a published project. A user wants to
create multiple models (projects) from the published project, play around
with these models, show them to mgmt, then choose one to become the published
version. Is anyting like this possible? (Offline feature ??)
Any direction is appreciated.
Scott
 
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Ben Howard

If you are using Project 2003, you can create different versions (the default
is .published). So, create Version1, Version2, Version3 and each time then
save with the new .VersionN number. This will allow comparison.

If you are using Project 2007, then save (but do not publish) the projects
and just call them a different name (eg ProjectV1, ProjectV2) (the version
feature that was in P2003 has been removed).

How to make the favourite verison the .published one, well, I think in 2003
you can overwrite an existing project with the same name, not sure what
happens to the WSS site though, it's not something I've checked in anger.

In P2007, there is a rename button, so you could do the same. Again, not
something I've done in anger. I guess one issue would be what happens to
existing work/time on a project, and whether it is handled correctly. The
safest option would be to remodel manually the existing project and then
delete the other versions so they don't clutter up the DB.

HTH,
 
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