Article ID: 86346 - Last Review: January 18, 2007 - Revision: 3.4

Differences in feature capacities for Microsoft Project 1.x - 2003

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SUMMARY

This article lists some of the feature differences between Microsoft Project versions 1.x, 3.x, 4.x, 98, 2000, 2002, and 2003.

Version:

  2000/2002/2003    98       4.x     3.x     1.x           Maximums
  ----              ----     ----    ----    ----          --------
  *                  *       9999    9999    2000          Tasks per project
  *                  *       9999    9999    2000          Resources per project
  n/a                n/a     249     249     255 (v. 1.0)  Subprojects per project
  n/a                n/a     n/a     n/a     150 (v. 1.1)  Subprojects per project
  60,000,000         10,000  100     100     20            Max resource units on
                                                           an assignment
  50                 50      20      20      9             Max open windows at one time
  998                1000    80      n/a     n/a           Max files in consolidation
  *                  *       1000    1000    500           Tasks a resource can 
                                                           be assigned to
  *                  *       20      20      20            Entries on View or Table menu
  65,535             65,535  10      10       5            Levels of outlining
  999                999     80      20      20            Projects that can share
                                                           a resource pool
  1,400              1,400   250     250     50            Exceptions per calendar
  nolimit            nolimit 100     100     20            Successors or predecessors
                                                            per task
  nolimit            nolimit nolimit n/a                   Project Links
  nolimit            nolimit nolimit n/a     n/a           OLE Links
  nolimit            nolimit nolimit n/a                   DDE Links
  nolimit            nolimit nolimit n/a                   DDE Names
  255                255     255     255     80            Characters in table field
  255                255     255     255     n/a           OLE objects per task/resource
  64000              3500    3500    n/a     n/a           Custom Bar formatting
  64000              7500    7500    n/a     n/a           Custom cell formatting

* Limited by the amount of memory available to Microsoft Project.

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More information on specifications and limits for Microsoft Project 98, Microsoft Project 2000, Microsoft Project 2002, and Microsoft Project 2003 is available in Help. To locate this information, follow the steps below appropriate for your version of Microsoft Project:

Microsoft Project 98

On the Help menu, click Contents and Index, and then click the Index tab.
Under "Type the first few letters of the word you're looking for", type limits.
In the list of index entries, click limits in Microsoft Project, and then click Display.

Microsoft Project 2000 and Microsoft Project 2002

On the Help menu, click Contents and Index, and then click the Answer Wizard tab.
Under "What would you like to do?", type limits, and then click Search.
Under "Select topic to display", click Microsoft Project specifications.

Microsoft Project 2003

On the Help menu, click Microsoft Project Help.
In the Project Help pane, type limits under Search for, and then click the Search icon.
On the Search Result pane, click Project specifications.

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Tips for Working with Files

The following tips are ways to work with files to prevent problems from occurring:

Work with files locally instead of over a network connection to avoid network interference when you save the file or update it.
Make sure all scheduling messages are turned on. To do this, click Options on the Tools menu, click the Schedule tab, and then click to select Show scheduling messages. If you enter data that causes scheduling inconsistencies, the messages will alert you. Make sure you resolve these conflicts before you save the file.
When you have a lot of formatting to do, change the format of the task category instead of individually formatting cells. The maximum number of cells that can be formatted is 64000 cells.
Always maintain clean backup copies of your files in case of problems. Save each file with a new file name and then store the files on a server that will be backed up on a regular basis.

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