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| March 18, 2009 | Keeping Users of Microsoft® Office Project Connected. | ||
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Note to Members! Is your company expanding its team of project and portfolio managers? Hire the best! Send a link to the job opening on your company's website to kvantine@mpug.com and we'll include it in the exclusive MPUG Career Center. MPUG WebNLearns Apr 2, 2009 Advanced Tips & Tricks Apr 15, 2009 Microsoft Project for the Intermediate User Apr 24, 2009 "More Tips and Tricks" May 20, 2009 Microsoft Project for the Advanced User MPUG Chapter Meetings Mar 18, 2009 Toronto
Mar 19, 2009 New York City Mar 20, 2009 Twin Cities Apr 1, 2009 Southeast Michigan Apr 8, 2009 St. Louis Apr 10, 2009 Paris Apr 16, 2009 Connecticut Apr 17, 2009 Twin Cities Apr 28, 2009 London May 1, 2009 Melbourne May 5, 2009 Central Indiana May 13, 2009 St. Louis Sponsored Events Next Chapter Leader Webcast, Apr 7, 2009, Noon EDT. On the agenda:
MPUF Discussion "What prevents a task from baselining? I have tasks a single day and greater in duration without any resources assigned that won't baseline..." To participate in this MPUG Microsoft Project Users Forum discussion, sign in at MPUG.com with your MPUG username and password, then head to MPUF here: http://www.mpug.com/ membercenter/pages/mpuf.aspx Jobs Project Manager, Subway World Headquarters, Milford, CT Project Manager, Data Integration, Addastaff Consulting, San Francisco Project Scheduler, CH2M Hill, Las Vegas Project Engineering Manager, Kollsman, Merrimack, NH Project Manager, AAI Corp./Textron Systems, Hunt Valley, MD Log in with your MPUG membership to gain access to the Career Center. MPUG Resources MPUG Home Join MPUG Microsoft Office Project 2007 site MPUG 1143 Northern Blvd., #315 Clarks Summit, PA 18411 |
 The Case of the Broken Task in Microsoft ProjectBy B. Sai Prasad, PMP, MCTS A few months ago, a colleague expressed concern to me that when a task’s duration was reduced, the start and finish dates for subsequent tasks weren't reflecting the change. When the duration of the "Plan" task was reduced to one day, the "Build" task was still reflecting the old start date. Why?... Sponsored by Pcubed  
Ask the Expert: Importing Data from Excel into ProjectBy Marc Soester, MVP Richard J. writes, I'm using Microsoft Project to import data from Microsoft Excel but some of the data isn't appearing in Project, seemingly at random. This may be because there are 305 rows of data to import. Is there a limit to the amount of data you can import into Project from Excel or can you think of another reason why seemingly random data won't be imported? Answer: I'm sure there's a limitation regarding the number of rows that can be imported from Excel into Project, but it's in the thousands... Sponsored by Microsoft Project Conference 2009  11 Reasons to Attend the Microsoft Project Conference If you're immersed in Microsoft Project and Project Server for your work, you'll definitely want to head to Microsoft's Phoenix bash, the Microsoft Project Conference 2009 September 14-17. Here are 11 reasons to attend...
Featured Event: Apr 15, 2009 WebNLearn: Microsoft Project for the Intermediate User -- Learn from the MVP This session explores ways to use Microsoft Project to become more efficient at managing your projects, including: shortcuts for updating your project plan; creating calculated fields and indicators to easily find areas for improvement on your plan; creating views and tables that will automate managing your schedule; creating custom fields that let you filter, sort, and group tasks to manage work packages and deliverables; and creating visual reports of your schedule using Excel and Visio. Presented by Pcubed.
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CorporateOwnerRegistration.aspx ($495 for a team of five).
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