data. See also organizing project data
copying and pasting into Project, 256–59, 275
exporting from any view, 248
importing address book information, 57
importing Excel, 35, 265–69, 275
organizing for stakeholder review, 197
saving to text file with Export Wizard, 272–73
sorting in view, xxxi, 197–202
data maps, 245–46
data templates, 352. See also templates
Data Templates Definition dialog box, 352
date format, 160
dates. See also finish dates
changing in all linked sharer plans, 403
displaying and changing on timescale, 292, 299
entering deadlines, xxvii, 144–47
status, xxxix, 298, 382, 383, 493
deadline indicator, 145
deadlines
checking project finish date, xxx, 192–95
defined, 487
entering dates for, xxvii, 144–47
limiting scheduling flexibility with constraints, 144–45, 152
missed deadline indicator, 145, 326
removing from tasks, 147
resolving missed, 324–29
Deadlines and Constraints pane, 131
default settings
constraint start and end times, 132
task relationships, 124
view, 86
work contour type, 163
Define Group Interval dialog box, 204
delays
delayed tasks, xxxv–xxxvi, 302–8
starting assignments, xxix, 161–62, 170
deleting
custom toolbars and maps, 378–79
items from global templates, 378–79
deliverables, 36, 476, 487
dependencies
defined, 487
between projects, xlii, 412–16
destination programs, 255, 487
Detail Gantt view, 133–34
displaying
buttons on toolbars, 7
cost indicators, xl, 385–87, 388
cost variances, xxxvi, 309–10
dates on timescale, 176, 292, 299
details from multi-project view, xliv, 455–61
Earned Value form, 387
Office Assistant, 374
overbudget resources, xxxvi, 312–13, 320–21
summary tasks only, 310
task’s baseline costs, 310
Tasks pane, 34
Variance table, xxiv, 110, 307
docked toolbars, 375
documents
creating library for, xlv, 470–71
types of associations for, 469, 472
uploading to library, 472
drawing on Gantt charts, xxiv, 92–94, 104
Drawing toolbar, 93, 94
drilling into portfolio details, xliv, 455–61
driving constraints, 323
duration, 36–39. See also tasks
abbreviations for, 37
changing for task contouring, 165
checking plan, xxi, 51–53
defined, 487
effort-driven scheduling and, 81
elapsed, 37, 487
entering actuals for tasks, xxv, 116–17
entering task, xx, 38–39
fixed, 140, 152, 488
making accurate, 39
managing project constraints, 478–81
overview, 36
project triangle model and, 323, 477
reducing with additional resources, 77–78
reducing subtask, 326–27, 329
relationship to costs and scope, 478–81
rescheduling and changing values of, 140–44
as scheduling formula component, 76
unaffected by materials allocation, 83
Duration column in Gantt Chart view, 87–88