Project 2010: Project Permissions
March 4, 2010
Other Users Need Access to My Projects Consider this scenario. As a project manager you create your project and now you’re ready to let others collaborate with you and so you ask yourself “how do I let others get access to my project?” By default,... Read more...
Early Project 2010 Feedback and Issues – Part 2
March 2, 2010
Thanks for all the feedback everyone has sent in so far. Here are some of the tops items we’re seeing. Fixed Issues - Print Preview: The text says “Print Enter Project” instead of “Print Entire Project”. This issue by far we have heard from... Read more...
Tips and Tricks: See work at a glance with the Calendar View
February 25, 2010
Whether chiseled onto ancient stone walls, or hung from your kitchen wall, calendars are often the preferred way to view the progress of events, tasks, and even entire projects. So, too, with the Calendar view in Project 2007 and Project 2010. If... Read more...
Project 2010: Working with Text
February 23, 2010
Project 2010 makes it easier to work with text in your project plan. In this post I’ll cover how: The “Add New Column” interface allows you to easily add and insert columns Autocomplete saves you time and keystrokes when entering text data... Read more...
Tips and Tricks for Project Show filtered tasks with other tasks
February 18, 2010
Sometimes, when filtering tasks, wouldn’t it be great if you could see filtered tasks with all the tasks, at the same time? Maybe you want to view filtered tasks within the context of all tasks. For example, Knowing which tasks have deadlines and which... Read more...
Project 2010: Introducing Millions of Colors
February 11, 2010
While Shakespeare said “Truth needs no colour”, we decided this wasn’t true for Project 2010. With Project 2010, no longer are you limited to 16 colors. We now support 32-bit color which simply put means you have millions of colors to choose between.... Read more...
Task Statusing and the new Grid
January 28, 2010
A few weeks back Patrick Conlan posted an overview of some of the Time Tracking investment areas for Project Server 2010. Today we are going to drill in on one such investment area, namely the Statusing feature area. This screenshots used for this example... Read more...
Tips and Tricks: Change the table quickly
January 26, 2010
Tables consist of columns that show specific information about task and resources. Here’s a quick way to turn the tables on your project. Right click the Select All button in the upper left-hand corner of any Project view that uses a table, such as... Read more...
Project 2010: Copy and Paste
January 25, 2010
In this post I’ll cover improvements to an everyday command in Project: copying and pasting data. Though paste likes to keep a low profile, in fact it’s the fourth most commonly used feature in Project. And while Project and Project Server offer... Read more...
Project 2010: Introducing the Backstage view
January 20, 2010
Hi, it’s Jon K again. In this post, I’ll introduce Project 2010’s new Backstage view. The Backstage view is the new experience seen when you click on the File tab in Project 2010. While the other ribbon tabs focus on things you do in your project... Read more...