Project 2007 - Advanced

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Course Description

This course considers the more advanced features of Project 2007 and how to make practical use of them, including Gantt chart customisation, resource pools, costing, importing and exporting with drawings and working with multiple projects.
1 Day
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Prerequisites

To ensure the successful completion of the Advanced course, the completion of the Intermediate course or equivalent knowledge is recommended.

Using Advanced Views

Using the Gantt Chart View
Using the Tracking Gantt View
Using the Network Diagram
Adjusting Time Scales
Changing Your Font

Formatting the Gantt Chart

Formatting Individual Bars
Formatting Categories
Adding Text to Bars
Adding Text Boxes to a Chart

Customizing how Project Looks

Adding Menus
Customizing Menus
Showing and Hiding Toolbars
Customizing Toolbars
Creating Toolbars

Setting Project’s Options

Changing the Calendar or Date Format
Changing your User Name and Undo Levels
Setting Time Units
Enabling AutoSave
Setting Calculation Options
Security Options
The Interface Tab and Scheduling Options

Tasks

Setting Fixed Duration Tasks
Modifying Fixed Tasks
Adding a Hyperlink to a Task
Using the Tracking Toolbar

Project Costs

Setting Currency Options
Entering Costs
Using Cost Rate Tables
About Fixed Costs
About Cost Resources
Viewing Costs
Manually Updating Costs

The Work Breakdown Structure Code

Understanding the WBS Code
Assigning a WBS Code to a Task
Viewing the WBS Code of a Project
Customizing the WBS Code

Importing and Exporting Files

Importing a File
Exporting a File
Using Custom Maps
Exporting a Gantt Chart

Adding a Drawing

Using the Drawing Toolbar
Drawing Two Dimensional Shapes
Drawing Lines
Drawing Arrows
Drawing Polygons

Editing a Drawing

Changing the Order of Shapes
Modifying Drawing Properties
Cycling the Fill Color
Attaching a Drawing to a Task

Updating and Filtering Your Project

Updating Tasks
Updating the Project
Applying Custom Filters
Creating Progress Lines
Displaying the Progress Line
Interpreting a Progress Line
Editing or Removing Progress Lines
Formatting a Progress Line

Tracking Progress

Using the Project Guide
About Status Indicators
Tracking Overdue Tasks with Filters
Tracking Completed Tasks
Tracking Tasks by Grouping

Versions of Microsoft Project

Project 2007 Standard
Project 2007 Professional
Project Server 2007
Comparing Project Professional, Standard, and Server

Working with Resource Pools

Starting a Resource Pool
Linking a Project to the Pool
Creating a Resource Pool from Multiple Projects
Unlinking a Project from a Resource Pool
Updating a Resource Pool

Working with Multiple Projects

Types of Multiple Projects
Inserting Sub Projects
Unlinking or Removing Sub Projects
Consolidating Projects
Consolidating Projects Using the New Window Command
Using Project Workspaces

Working with Multiple Projects, Part 2

Viewing a Master Project’s Critical Path
Saving Baselines for a Master Project
Saving Baselines for a Consolidated Project
Viewing Information for Inserted Projects