Project 2007 Foundation

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Course Description

You need to gather information about the various tasks involved, resources required to accomplish the tasks, and the overall cost in order to plan a project. Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 acts as a tool that assists you in managing your projects. In this course, you will create and modify a basic project plan.
1 Day
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Prerequisites

Students should be familiar with using personal computers and have used a mouse and keyboard. You should be comfortable in the Windows environment and be able to use Windows to manage information on your computer. Specifically, you should be able to launch and close programs; navigate to information stored on the computer; and manage files and folders.

Starting Out

What is Microsoft Office Project 2007?
What is a Project?
Why use Project 2007?
What’s New in Project 2007?

Meeting Project

Opening Project 2007
Interface Overview
Menus and Toolbars
Shortcut Keys
Dialogue Boxes
Using the Project Guide Task Panes
Closing Project 2007

Using Project

Menu Overview
Using the Standard Toolbar
Using the Formatting Toolbar
Using the Project Guide

Managing Project Files

Opening Project Files
Saving Project Files for the First Time
Re-Saving a Project File
Switching Between Open Projects
Closing Project Files

Getting Help in Project

Using the Help Menu
Using the Help Window
Using the Type a Question Box
Getting Help in a Dialogue Box

Creating a Project

Planning your Project
Entering Project Information
Setting Working Time
Using the Project Guide

Creating Tasks

Entering New Tasks
Changing a Task’s Duration
Moving a Task
Inserting a Task
Deleting a Task

Editing Tasks

The Task Information Dialogue
Task Types
Setting Milestones
Creating Recurring Tasks
Creating Sub Tasks
Creating Summary Tasks

Setting Constraints

Types of Constraints
Creating a Constraint
Setting Task Deadlines
Constraints versus Deadlines

Creating the Project Calendar

Calendar Types
Setting up the Calendar
Creating a New Calendar
Changing Calendar Views
Adjusting the Time Scale

Setting a Project Baseline

Baseline Basics
Saving a Baseline
Viewing a Baseline
Clearing a Baseline

Setting an Interim Plan

Setting an Interim Plan
Viewing an Interim Plan
Clearing an Interim Plan

Setting the Critical Path

What is the Critical Path?
How Does Project Determine a Critical Path?
Viewing the Critical Path
Shortening the Critical Path

Basic Editing Tasks

Checking Spelling
Selecting Text
Cutting, Copying, and Pasting
Using Undo and Redo
Inserting Page Breaks

Changing Your View

Using Zoom
Using the View Bar
Using Basic Views
Using Advanced Views
Using the Find Dialogue

Using Page Setup

Setting Page Options
Setting Margins
Setting Headers
Setting Footers
Modifying the Legend
View Settings

Printing a Project

Using Print Preview
Using Print Commands
Using the Print Dialogue
Using the Project Guide to Print your Project