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Reply Fri 21 May 2010, 10:30Delegate Joyce said...

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Is there an easier way to change the task durations in my current plan from weeks/months to days without changing it individually?

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Reply Fri 21 May 2010, 11:19Trainer Andrew said...

RE: MS Project

Hi Joyce

Thanks for your question. Yes there is, it will save you a lot of time.

There is a macro that ships with Project designed to change all durations to the unit you prefer.

If you go to Tools > Macro > Macros highlight the Format_Duration macro and click run. It will ask you what duration you want to use and re-format all the task durations to the unit you selected.

Hope this helps.

Kind regards,
Andrew

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Link tasks using predecessor column - project

a. First, note ID number of the task you want to link to (predecessor). Then, in the predecessor column of the task you want to link to (successor), type the predecessor task's ID number.
b. The link will be a Finish to Start (the default type).
c. Or you can add in a code for a different relationship type
i. SS = Start to Start
ii. FF = Finish to Finish
iii. SF = Start to Finish
d. You don't have to type the task ID numbers in any specific order, but you must separate multiple tasks with commas.

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