Index_D

D

dangles, 733

data maps, 382–385

Data screen, 412, 418, 418, 420

Data Source Name column, 403

Data Template Definition dialog box, 328–329, 329

Data Templates dialog box, 328–329

data tracking planning, 500–501

data types, 670–672

databases

defined, 733

exporting to, 416–420, 417–419

importing from, 399–404, 400, 402–403

for Server, 462, 465, 498, 498

Date Boxes tab, 320, 320

Date data type, 671

Date Format setting, 339

Date Range dialog box, 361, 361

Date Range filter, 344–345

Date Shadings tab, 320, 320

dates

in Calendar view, 318–320, 319–320

for projects, 93–94, 94, 98

for resource availability, 164, 164

selecting, 98, 167–168

Day by Day setting, 217

days in projects, 97

deadlines

defined, 733

setting, 149

death marches, 7

Decimal data type, 671

declaring variables, 673–674, 674

default calendar, 96–97, 96

Default E-mail Message setting, 497

Default Method for Reporting Progress on Tasks setting, 491

Default property for buttons, 701

Default Task Information map, 383

default task types, 191, 191

Define Code Mask dialog box, 642

Define Current Tasks setting, 492

Define Custom Form dialog box, 649, 649

Define Group Interval dialog box, 350, 350, 644

Define New Report dialog box, 377, 377

Define New View dialog box, 340–341, 341

defining projects, 40–43, 40–43

definition stage in project cycle

characteristics of, 5–6

defined, 733

Definition tab, 366, 366

Delay table, 336

delays

defined, 733

for tasks, 141–144, 142–143, 223

Delegate Tasks Wizard, 548–549, 549

delegating

defined, 733

tasks, 548–549, 548–549

Delegation tab, 548, 548

deleting

categories, 481

constraints, 148

custom fields, 638

Gantt chart information, 323

links, 286

macros, 618

Organizer for, 606–607, 607

properties, 105

resource pools, 291

resources, 525

security templates, 483

split tasks, 145

subprojects, 281, 281

tables, 339

tasks, 117

user accounts, 475

views, 486

deliverables, 7, 733

dependencies

defined, 733

external, 250–251, 251

Description column, 403

design in project cycle, 6–7

Detail Gantt view, 221, 222

Detail Styles dialog box, 331, 331

Details tab, 366–367, 367

Detect and Repair help, 83

deterministic estimated duration, 257

development stage in project cycle

characteristics of, 7–8

defined, 733

reviewing, 448–449

dictionaries for spell checking, 124–125

digital certificates, 623–624

direct costs, 733

Directories and Address Books screen, 297

Directory or Address Book Type screen, 296

display issues in macros, 618–619

display options for fields, 637–638, 637–638

displaying graphics areas, 431–432

DlgLinkExcellCell form, 723–724

Do/Loop While loops, 679

Do Until loops, 680

Do While loops, 679

document library

defined, 734

in Web Access, 580–581, 581

DocumentProperties object, 706

documents

attaching to tasks, 114–115

inserting, 433, 433

properties of, 704–705, 705

Documents Center, 580, 581

Documents tab, 539, 580

Does Not Contain test, 347

Does Not Equal test, 346

Double data type, 670

Double Peak contours, 202, 203

downtime, hiding, 358

drag-and-drop, 136–137

Draw menu, 374

Drawing toolbar, 372, 372

drawing tools, 371–372, 371–372

for drawing objects, 372

for formatting objects, 372–374, 373

drivers, ODBC, 401–402

driving resources, 734

DSN Name field, 403

duration

in assignments, 178–181, 178–181

defined, 734

estimates for

PERT for, 257–262, 259–263

refining, 155

of split tasks, 145

of tasks, 45–46, 45, 111–112, 112

duration compression, 734