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| January 13, 2010 | Keeping Users of Microsoft® Office Project Connected. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Note to Members: Book Giveaway! Do you have a work-related resolution for the New Year? Share it at editor@mpug.com by January 31 and be entered into a drawing for one of seven project management books, including The Project Success Method by Clinton Padgett and Cheetah Project Management by Michelle LaBrosse. MPUG WebNLearns Jan 15 The Power of Microsoft Project 2010 Feb 11 Get a Shot of Microsoft Project MPUG Online Certificate Program
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 Forecasting Schedule Issues with a Deadline Dashboard By Sam Huffman, PMP Whenever possible, I recommend that you use deadlines in Microsoft Project instead of constraints. The use of a Deadline Dashboard enables the user to see schedule and deadline problems before they jeopardize the project. With a Deadline Dashboard we can't predict the future, but now we can see schedule vulnerabilities...
Sponsored by ProjectNation  Ask the Experts: Printing Notes in a Project  By Ellen Lehnert, PMP, MCT, MCITP
Amit of Boston, MA asks, "During class you are encouraging us to use the three sets of notes in Microsoft Project to help journalize information of how a project was performed. Is there a report to print these notes in a format that's easier to read?"
Answer: Good question -- and a good idea. Printing the notes can be accomplished from the standard print options as well as print options within the reporting modules of the system. You also might consider an export of the notes to Excel as a method of creating the desired reports. Let’s start with an understanding where the notes can be entered and where they can be seen without customization... Featured Event: Jan 22 Germany Project Professional/Server 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010 Microsoft EPM consultants Mike Wubbold and Arne Zwirner will cover two topics: First up, innovations in Project Professional 2010 and Project Server 2010; next, new features of SharePoint Server 2010 and Office 2010. Attendees will have the opportunity to share their own expectations for this next generation of applications.
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