Microsoft office project 2007 inside out

Your All-in-One Resource; Acknowledgments; About the CD; What's On the CD; System Requirements; Support Information; Conventions and Features Used in This Book; Text Conventions; Design Conventions; Project Fundamentals; Chapter 1: Introducing Microsoft Office Project 2007; 1.1 Using This Book; 1.2 Using Microsoft Project--An Overview; 1.3 What's New in Microsoft Office Project 2007; 1.4 Learning As You Go; Chapter 2: Understanding Projects and Project Management; 2.1 Understanding Project Management Basics; 2.2 Understanding Project Management Processes; 2.3 Facilitating Your Project with Microsoft Project; 2.4 Working with the Project Stakeholders; 2.5 Keys to Successful Project Management; Developing the Project Plan; Chapter 3: Starting a New Project; 3.1 Focusing the Project Vision; 3.2 Creating a New Project Plan; 3.3 Entering Tasks; 3.4 Sequencing and Organizing Tasks; 3.5 Organizing Tasks into an Outline; 3.6 Setting Up Your Work Breakdown Structure; 3.7 Adding Supplementary Information to Tasks; Chapter 4: Viewing Project Information; 4.1 Understanding Project Information Categories; 4.2 Accessing Your Project Information; 4.3 Rearranging Your Project Information; 4.4 Arranging Your Microsoft Project Window; 4.5 Navigating to a Specific Location in a View; Chapter 5: Scheduling Tasks; 5.1 Setting Task Durations; 5.2 Establishing Task Dependencies; 5.3 Scheduling Tasks to Achieve Specific Dates; 5.4 Setting Deadline Reminders; 5.5 Creating Milestones in Your Schedule; 5.6 Working with Task Calendars; 5.7 Seeing Feedback on Scheduling Changes; Chapter 6: Setting Up Resources in the Project; 6.1 Understanding the Impact of Resources in the Project Plan; 6.2 Adding Resources to the Project; 6.3 Removing a Resource from the Project; 6.4 Identifying Tentative, Generic, or Budget Resources; 6.5 Setting When Resources Are Available for Work; 6.6 Adding Detailed Resource Information; Chapter 7: Assigning Resources to Tasks; 7.1 Assigning Work Resources to Tasks; 7.2 Assigning Material Resources to Tasks; 7.3 Assigning Cost Resources to Tasks; 7.4 Reviewing Assignment Information; 7.5 Changing Resource Assignments; 7.6 Contouring Resource Assignments; Chapter 8: Planning Resource and Task Costs; 8.1 Working with Costs and Budgeting; 8.2 Planning Resource Costs; 8.3 Planning Fixed Task Costs; 8.4 Reviewing Planned Costs; 8.5 Setting Up and Reviewing a Project Budget; 8.6 Setting a Different Currency; Chapter 9: Checking and Adjusting the Project Plan; 9.1 Working with the Critical Path and Critical Tasks; 9.2 Bringing in the Project Finish Date; 9.3 Reducing Project Costs; 9.4 Balancing Resource Workloads; 9.5 Changing Project Scope; 9.6 Reviewing the Impact of Changes; 9.7 Obtaining Buyoff on the Project Plan; Tracking Progress; Chapter 10: Setting a Baseline and Updating Progress; 10.1 Saving Original Plan Information Using a Baseline; 10.2 Updating Task Progress; 10.3 Updating Actual Costs; Chapter 11: Responding to Changes in Your Project; 11.1 Monitoring and Adjusting the Schedule; 11.2 Monitoring and Adjusting Costs; 11.3 Monitoring and Adjusting Resource Workload; Reporting and Analyzing Project Information; Chapter 12: Reporting Project Information; 12.1 Establishing Your Communications Plan; 12.2 Using Views to Report Project Information; 12.3 Generating Text and Visual Reports; 12.4 Running Reports for Your Requirements; 12.5 Revising a Built-In Report; 12.6 Building a Custom Report; 12.7 Saving Project Data Fields; Chapter 13: Analyzing Progress Using Earned Value; 13.1 Generating Earned Value Data; 13.2 Reviewing Earned Value Data; Managing Multiple Projects; Chapter 14: Managing Master Projects and Resource Pools; 14.1 Structuring Master Projects with Subprojects; 14.2 Consolidating Project Information; 14.3 Sharing Resources by Using a Resource Pool; Chapter 15: Exchanging Information Between Project Plans; 15.1 Linking Information Between Project Plans; 15.2 Copying and Moving Information Between Projects; 15.3 Copying Project Elements by Using the Organizer; Integrating Microsoft Project with Other Programs; Chapter 16: Exchanging Information with Other Applications; 16.1 Copying Information; 16.2 Embedding Information; 16.3 Linking Information; 16.4 Hyperlinking to Documents in Other Applications; 16.5 Importing and Exporting Information; Chapter 17: Integrating Microsoft Project with Microsoft Excel; 17.1 Copying Between Microsoft Project and Excel; 17.2 Embedding Between Microsoft Project and Excel; 17.3 Linking Between Microsoft Project and Excel; 17.4 Importing and Exporting with Excel; 17.5 Producing a Visual Reportttttt of Project Data in Excel; Chapter 18: Integrating Microsoft Project with Microsoft Outlook; 18.1 Exchanging Task Information with Outlook; 18.2 Building Your Resource List with Outlook; 18.3 Sending Project File Information; Chapter 19: Integrating Microsoft Project with Microsoft Visio; 19.1 Creating a Visual Report of Project Data in Visio; 19.2 Presenting Microsoft Project Data with Visio; 19.3 Exporting Data from Visio to Microsoft Project; 19.4 Representing Project Data in a Visio Diagram; Managing Projects Across Your Enterprise; Chapter 20: Understanding Enterprise Project Management; 20.1 Who's Who in Enterprise Project Management; 20.2 Understanding the Components of EPM; 20.3 Understanding the EPM Workflow; Chapter 21: Administering Your Enterprise Project Management Solution; 21.1 Logging On and Off; 21.2 Managing Users and Permissions; 21.3 Administering the Enterprise Resource Pool; 21.4 Establishing the Enterprise Portfolio; 21.5 Standardizing Enterprise Project Elements; 21.6 Setting Up Team Member Work Pages; 21.7 Managing Pages, Views, and Reports; 21.8 Managing and Maintaining the Server; Chapter 22: Managing Enterprise Projects and Resources; 22.1 Connecting to Your Project Server; 22.2 Working with Enterprise Projects; 22.3 Building Your Enterprise Project Team; 22.4 Collaborating with Your Project Team; 22.5 Creating Proposals and Activity Plans; Chapter 23: Participating on a Team Using Project Web Access; 23.1 Getting Started with Project Web Access; 23.2 Working on Your Assignments and Updates; 23.3 Submitting Text-Based Status Reports; 23.4 Logging Time Using Timesheets; 23.5 Setting Up E-Mail, Reminders, and Calendars; 23.6 Managing Resources in Project Web Access; Chapter 24: Making Executive Decisions Using Project Web Access; 24.1 Getting Started with Project Web Access; 24.2 Viewing Project Portfolio Information; 24.3 Working with the Project Portfolio; 24.4 Working with Resource Information; 24.5 Analyzing and Reporting on Project Information; 24.6 Setting Your Alerts and Reminders; Customizing and Managing Project Files; Chapter 25: Customizing Your View of Project Information; 25.1 Customizing Views; 25.2 Customizing Tables; 25.3 Customizing Fields; 25.4 Working with Outline Codes; 25.5 Customizing Groups; 25.6 Customizing Filters; 25.7 Sharing Customized Elements Among Projects; Chapter 26: Customizing the Microsoft Project Interface; 26.1 Creating and Customizing Toolbars; 26.2 Creating and Customizing Menus; 26.3 Creating and Customizing Forms; Chapter 27: Automating Your Work with Macros; 27.1 Understanding Macros; 27.2 Creating Macros; 27.3 Running Macros; Chapter 28: Standardizing Projects Using Templates; 28.1 Understanding the Template Types; 28.2 Working with the Project Global Template; 28.3 Working with Project Templates; 28.4 Closing a Project; Chapter 29: Managing Project Files; 29.1 Opening Project Files; 29.2 Saving Files; 29.3 Saving and Opening with Different File Formats; 29.4 Safeguarding Your Project Files; Installing Microsoft Office Project 2007; Setting Up Project Standard or Project Professional 2007; Understanding Issues for Project Server 2007 Setup; Online Resources for Microsoft Project; Microsoft-Sponsored Resources; Independent Resources; Keyboard Shortcuts; Index to Troubleshooting.

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