Course outline for
Upgrading To Project 2007

Section 1: Getting Started

Lesson 1.1: Starting Out

What is Microsoft Office Project 2007?

Why Use Project 2007?

What's New in Project 2007?

Why Upgrade?

Our Favorite Features

Interface Overview

Step-By-Step

Lesson 1.2: Creating a Project

Planning your Project

Creating a Project

Entering Project Information

Setting Working Time

Using the Project Guide

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 1.3: Creating Tasks

Entering New Tasks

Changing a Task's Duration

Moving a Task

Inserting a Task

Deleting a Task

The Task Information Dialog

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 1.4: Creating the Project Calendar

Calendar Types

Setting up the Calendar

Creating a New Calendar

Using Calendar View

Adjusting the Timescale

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 1.5: Getting Help in Project

Using the Help Menu

Using the Help Window

Using the Type a Question Box

Getting Help in a Dialog Box

Step-By-Step

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Section 1: Case Study

Section 1: Review Questions

Section 2: Costs and Resources

Lesson 2.1: Resource Basics

Creating a Resource List

Assigning Work and Material to a Resource

Using the Resource Information Dialog Box

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 2.2: Working With Tasks

Task Indicators

Task Calendars

Using Change Highlighting

Using the Task Drivers Pane

Assigning a Resource to a Task (Gantt View)

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 2.3: Project Costs

Entering Costs

Using Cost Rate Tables

About Fixed Costs

About Cost Resources

Viewing Costs

Manually Updating Costs

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 2.4: Updating and Filtering your Project

Updating Tasks

Updating the Project

Applying Custom Filters

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 2.5: Tracking Progress with the Project Guide

Opening the Project Guide

About Status Indicators

Tracking Overdue Tasks with Filters

Tracking Completed Tasks

Step-By-Step

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Section 2: Case Study

Section 2: Review Questions

Section 3: Creating Reports

Lesson 3.1: Basic Editing Tasks

Checking Spelling

Selecting Text

Cutting, Copying, and Pasting

Using Undo and Redo

Inserting Page Breaks

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 3.2: Creating Reports

Using the Reports Dialog Box

Creating a Pre-Defined Report

Creating a Custom Report

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 3.3: Creating Visual Reports

Opening the Visual Reports Dialog

Choosing a Report

Editing a Report

Creating a Template

Modifying a Template

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 3.4: Saving Cube Data

Choosing the OLAP Cube

Using the Field Picker

Saving the Cube

Saving a Database

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 3.5: Using Other Reports

Using the Copy Picture Feature

Using the Copy Picture to Office Wizard

Creating a Report with the Project Guide

Creating a Report from a View with the Project Guide

Step-By-Step

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Section 3: Case Study

Section 3: Review Questions

Section 4: Advanced Topics

Lesson 4.1: Project Versions

Project 2007 Standard vsProject 2007 Professional

Description of Project Server 2007

New Features in Project Server 2007

Comparing Project Professional, Project Standard, and Project Server

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 4.2: Using Resource Pools

Starting a Resource Pool

Linking a Project to the Pool

Unlinking a Project from a Resource Pool

Updating a Resource Pool

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 4.3: Using the Organizer

Opening the Organizer

Copying Project Elements

Renaming Elements with the Organizer

Deleting Elements

Step-By-Step

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The Custom Forms Toolbar

Modifying a Form

Using the Edit Menu

Using the Item Menu

Creating your Own Form

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 4.5: Using Project with other Applications

Inserting Objects

Importing Data from Outlook

Exporting Data to Outlook

Saving a Project as XML

Step-By-Step

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Section 4: Case Study

Section 4: Review Questions

Index