FreeLists / webproducers / [webproducers] Re: preferences file for MS Project

[Chris Hartley <chris.hartley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greg's right - this is not a registry problem, but a "feature" of MS
Project.  The logic behind MSproj is derived from the dark ages of project
management, so it doesnt all make sense...

For whatever reason, you have to set the working hours up TWICE.

Part One:

Select the "Change working time" tab, under the tools menu.  This allows you
to alter:
- The working day: start and end, lunchtimes.
This appears to suggest that you have altered your working hours (number of
hours per day).  This is not the case!

- The calendar: you can designate days as working/ non-working.
This is so you can set-up your project calendar to include Bank Holidays/
Public Holidays/ Company Awaydays (if only, in our present economic climate
;-) and so on.  The calendar doesn't have public holidays built in because
they fall on different days each year, and differ from country to country.

PART TWO
To ensure that your project is set up with the right number of hours per
day, click on the OPTIONS button at the bottom of the "Change working hours"
box.  This pops-up the "calendar" part of the "OPTIONS" tools.  Change the
working hours here to 30, and the hours per day to 7.

If you do both of these you should find that your project file behaves
itself.

cheers

chris

Interactive Producer
Design Bridge Digital Media
http://www.designbridge.co.uk

> From: "Greg Glaser" <gglaser@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: webproducers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 17:00:55 -0600
> To: <webproducers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [webproducers] Re: preferences file for MS Project
> 
> 
> Believe it - MSP is like a spreadsheet that failed freshman algebra. It's
> definitely not a registry problem. Anyway...
> 
> This is a tough one. I couldn't duplicate the problem exaclty but I was able
> to see 6/1 or 7/1 splits on a 7h or 8h day, respectively. I've got a couple
> ideas, though:
> 
> 
>> Deleting GLOBAL.MPT won't necessarily eliminate the 'bug.' Some of the
> settings, like calendar, will be saved along with the program (there's a
> similar example in Excel - you can select an option that hides zero values,
> but that setting is saved with the file. The *feature* is from the global
> template, but the *setting* is in the file).
> 
>> You might check the task's start time by selecting the task and going to
> Tools|Check Working time. If this dialog box doesn't have "default Calendar"
> selected it might be the cause of your problem.
> 
>> Double check your resource's Units - they might be more or less than 100%
> after the calendar change. Adjusting to 100% could bring it in line.
> 
>> Did you save the file? At any time before you changed the default calendar
> (manually or by deleting global.mpt) did you save a baseline? You might try
> removing the baseline so you can manipulate the start date.
> 
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> g
> -----Original Message-----
> From: webproducers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:webproducers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Maia Gemmill
> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 3:55 PM
> To: webproducers
> Subject: [webproducers] Re: preferences file for MS Project
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/6/01 4:26 PM, "Greg Glaser" <gglaser@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> The master template is called GLOBAL.MPT. It's easiest to use windows file
>> explorer to search for it. You can delete it - MSProj will create it if it
>> can't be found in the expected place.
>> 
>> Almost everything else lives in the registry, but you might want to be
> more
>> specific about your troubles before you head in there...
> 
> OK, here's my head-pounding, hair-pulling issue. Hearst Interactive Studios
> officially works a 35-hour week (7-hour days). A while ago, I set the
> default calendar time to 35 hours per week. For some reason, though, when I
> enter tasks into Project, it stretches tasks out onto an additional day. I
> haven't created a totally fresh Project file for a while, but I don't
> remember seeing this frustrating behavior before...
> 
> Here's what happens:
> 
> 1. Create task, with duration of one day.
> 2. Enter single resource, assigned 100%
> 3. Look at Task Usage view: task is assigned for 6 hours on day one, and 1
> hour on day two.
> 
> I tossed the Global.mpt file, and now we're back to a 40 hour week, but the
> funky task usage persists, only now it's 7 hours on day one and 1 hour on
> day two.
> 
> What am I missing? There has to be some option or preference that I clicked
> ages ago and don't remember. I can't believe that Project is *this*
> brain-dead without interference from the user. ;)
> 
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> Maia Gemmill * Production Manager
> Hearst Interactive
> 959 eighth avenue
> new york ny 10019
> t:  212.649.2336   f:  212.957.8524
> mgemmill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
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