Project 2007 Solution Center

How-to articles - Project 2007

• Setup or repair quits unexpectedly with no error message when you try to setup or to repair Office 2007 or Office 2003
  Describes a problem where the installation setup or repair quits unexpectedly and you do not receive an error message.
• A summary of the support boundaries for Office programs that run on 64-bit versions of Windows operating systems
  This article documents the support boundaries for customers who run Office on 64-bit versions of Windows operating systems.
• How to change the product key for Office XP, for Office 2003, and for the 2007 Office system
  Describes how to change the product key for Office XP, for Office 2003, and for 2007 Office programs and suites.
• How to obtain a volume license key for enterprise editions of Office 2007 and Office 2003
  Describes how to obtain a volume license key for enterprise editions of Office 2007 and Office 2003 System products.
• The types of files and add-ins that the security level settings can affect in Office 2003 and in Office 2007
  Explains that the security level settings in Office can affect some types of files and add-ins. This article also describes some exceptions to the security settings in FrontPage 2003, Word 2003, and Excel 2003.
• The location of Readme files that are included with Project 2007, Project 2003, Project Server 2007, and Project Server 2003
  Describes where to find the Readme files that are included with Project and Project Server. Provides steps to view a list of the Readme files.
• How to enable the Memory Diagnostic test for 2007 Office products on a Windows Server-based computer
  Describes how to enable the Memory Diagnostic test that is included with Office Diagnostics. By default, Memory Diagnostic is disabled on Windows Server-based computers.
• How to publish a project plan from an earlier version of Project to a server that is running Project 2007
  Describes how to publish a project plan from an earlier version of Project and to keep the actual work that was reported by your resources.
• How to install and to repair 2007 Office features
  Provides step-by-step instructions about how to install and repair 2007 Office programs and features.
• How to programmatically start Microsoft Project Professional from an Office program by using the Shell function in a VBA macro
  Describes how to programmatically start Microsoft Project Professional from an Office program by using the Shell function in a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro.
• How to reset personalized menus in Office 2007 programs
  Describes how to reset a menu in the Microsoft Office 2007 programs that are listed in the "Applies to" section back to its default first-run condition.
• How to determine which version of a 2007 Office product is installed
  Provides two methods that can be used to determine which version of a 2007 Office product is installed on the computer.
• How to apply Windows XP themes to Office COM add-ins
  Explains how to select and apply Windows XP colors schemes to customize the appearance of COM add-ins for Visio 2003. Includes sample Visual C++ 6.0 codes and Visual Studio .NET codes.
• How to view partial information from a resource pool in Project
  This article describes how to view partial resource information for projects that share resources from a resource pool. For example, if 20 projects share resources from a resource pool, how to view resource data for only 10 of those projects.
• How to print crosstab report with either work or material resources in Project
  In Microsoft Project, in crosstab reports with task details, when you include resource assignment details, both work resource assignments and material resource assignments are displayed. This article describes how to print a crosstab report with task...
• How to view error signatures if an Office program experiences a serious error and quits
  Explains how to view the error signatures when an Office program experiences a serious error and quits.
• How to display a custom Gantt bar in the print legend
  Microsoft Project allows you to format individual Gantt Chart bars. However, these custom changes are not displayed in the print legend. If you want the legend to display a sample for your customized Gantt Chart bar, you must create custom bar styles.
• How to hide text in a cell
  Sometimes you may want to hide the text in a particular cell or set of cells without deleting the data or removing the columns in Microsoft Project.
• How to print a Gantt Chart view without table information
  It is possible to print a Gantt Chart view without any table information. To do this, you must apply a table that has all the column widths set to zero. Note that a Gantt Chart view always requires some table to be applied.
• How Microsoft Project wraps text in a table column
  Lists the four conditions that must be met for Microsoft Project to wrap text in table fields. Text wrapping in a table field depends on the type of field, the text entered, the row height, and the column width.
• Definition of Microsoft Project constraints
  Each constraint type in Microsoft Project can be defined as a formula using the following conventions: ES = Early Start of the activity LS = Late Start of the activity EF = Early Finish of the activity LF = Late Finish of the activity SS = Scheduled...
• How to customize the My Places bar in both the Open and the Save As dialog boxes in Office
  Provides a guide to add items to and remove items from the My Places bar that appears in both the Open and the Save As dialog boxes in Microsoft Office programs. Also explains how to change the settings of the My Places bar.
• Description of the Office Activation Wizard
  Provides general information about the Office Activation Wizard and the reduced-functionality mode in Office XP, in Office 2003, and in Office 2007.
• How to customize Office for Terminal Services
  Describes customizations that should be made when you install Office XP Office 2003 or Office 2007 on a computer that has Terminal Services installed.
• How to use Office programs with the Norton AntiVirus Office plug-in
  Explains how to resolve low performance issues, the inability to open Office files, or the inability to install some Office programs when you use the Norton AntiVirus plug-in in Office.