Baselines are an important part of the overall management of your project schedule. As mentioned earlier, baselines give you a set of numbers for your project against which you can compare progress as you move forward into the actual doing of your project. Without a baseline, you will not have any way of knowing whether your project is meeting expectations. This section covers how to save the baseline for your project.
Saving The First Baseline
Click the Tools, Tracking, Save Baseline menu item.
Select Baseline from the drop-down list.
Select Entire Project.
Click OK.
Saving Additional Baselines
Click the Tools, Tracking, Save Baseline menu item.