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P6 Layout Bug

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Sun, 2008-11-30 08:54
Christopher Nicolas
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Sometimes when I open a file the layout is completely fine, other times it doesn’t completely work - only happens when the programme has ’indented’ group and sort for some activity codes.

Any reason? How do I fix this?
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Tue, 2008-12-02 08:56
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David Podmore
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Yep, I see where you’re coming from.

An obvious question but is the "To level" set to the correct number of levels?

More importantly, did you remember to save the layout once it was fixed? The number of times I’ve forgot.... ******!
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Tue, 2008-12-02 08:52
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Christopher Nicolas
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David,

I wish I could explain it simply!

I am using Activity Codes, not WBS. Lets say I have 5 levels of coding with a 6th level as 5.1, a 7th level as 5.1.1. What happens is sometimes the group and sort only works for 5 levels and drops out 5.1 and 5.1.1. Its strange. Every now and then it mucks up and. I have figured out a way to resolve it but it isn’t permanent.

Regards
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Tue, 2008-12-02 08:42
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David Podmore
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Hmmmm, I can’t say I’ve seen this and wee always use indenting for wbs and code breaks. Can you explain what you mean by doesn’t work?

I am assuming you are sure you are applying the same layout each time yet get different results.

David
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