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Naming a project

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Reply Mon 17 Nov 2008, 09:59Delegate Emma said...

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Naming a project

how do you give a project a name that will then appear on the top of the page?

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Reply Wed 26 Nov 2008, 16:43Trainer Andrew said...

RE: naming a project

Hi Emma

You can give your project a title by going to file > properties and entering a name in the title slot. This value is used in your project summary task and in reports.

I hope this is helpful - let me know if you need any further information.

Kind regards,
Andrew

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