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Exploring VBA Part III: Using VBA to Integrate Microsoft Project with other Microsoft Tools – Transcription

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Ira Brown’s session, Exploring VBA: Microsoft Project’s Macro Language Part III, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. Yo...Read More

Gantt Chart Wizard: A Blast Out of the Past

Background I was recently reading the latest posts in the Project Standard and Professional user forum, when I found a recent reply to a question that was originally posted in March 2011. I was greatl...Read More

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MS Project: An Ever-Evolving Solution

From DOS to Windows 10 I started using Microsoft Project (MSP) in its earliest DOS beginnings around 1986, and it reminded me of Microsoft’s Excel. In other words, I initially felt Project was a subse...Read More

Importing Data from Excel to MS Project

MS Excel is a generic tool that can be used in many situations. In terms of project management, it is an average tool for preparing project schedules, at best. It is generally believed that MS Project...Read More

Best Practices for Integration of Microsoft Project and Excel

Introduction This article discusses Microsoft Project and Excel integration points, specifically in the following areas: Why Bother with Excel? First things first! My view is that Excel has become the...Read More

Demystifying Custom Reports (Part 1)

As a new project manager, you will eventually have to write a project report. There is just no away around it! As an experienced PM, you may have already done thousands. Fortunately for all of us, MS ...Read More

Run Microsoft Project on a Mac

Over the years many folks in client sites have noticed the glowing apple on the lid of my laptop and knowing that I’m running Microsoft Project have asked me: “How the heck do you do that?...Read More

6 Practical Scenarios Where Excel Import is Useful

I’m a software engineer by education. In 1997 I was working for a software development company, managing small software projects with the help of a small team. In the same year, I was introduced...Read More

Ask the Experts: Bothersome Behavior of the New Version of My Old Friend

Ellen from Wheaton, IL asks: Why does Microsoft Project 2010 have some bothersome behavior?! Answer: Like an old friend or co-worker that you spend many hours a day with, Microsoft Project brings both...Read More

Certification Insider: Exchanging Data between Programs

Projects use people — and lots of ’em. And where you have people, you need communication. That means you, the anointed project manager, spend a lot of time gathering information from other...Read More

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