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Mal Leadbetter 👤 Member for 24 years 9 months
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That will one of the options.



At the moment its more to do with multiple projects, resources, consolidated files, calculated fields, export to Excel etc etc.



I can use MSP to do all of the above, but would like to know more of pitfalls, tips & tricks.



We are not in a MSP Server environment yet, but could see that happening at some stage in the distant future



I suspect sucj a reference book only existing the heads of people who have done the above, but no harm in asking



Cheers

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Darren Kosa 👤 Member for 18 years 3 months
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Mal,



How advanced do you want to get?



You could try VBA Programming for Microsoft Office Project by Rod Gill.



Regards,



Darren

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Mal Leadbetter 👤 Member for 24 years 9 months
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Darren / Brad



Thanks for the replies



Am in same position. Have been using PowerProject for last 4 years. However, a change in the situation with regards to our contract and services means a change in planning software as MSP is their standard planning package.



Therefore, no point in knocking it blah blah. Its what I have to use. Therefore, need to develop a greater understanding of the more adavanced features.



Anyone else with other suggestions



Cheers

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Darren Kosa 👤 Member for 18 years 3 months
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Brad,



True, it’s no Primavera but it serves a purpose for projects that don’t want to, or can’t afford to spend a great deal of money on planning applications.



From a selfish point of view I wouldn’t want to go back to MS Project or Primavera if I’d been using PowerProject for four years, but I guess you’ve got to play the hands you’re dealt.



Regards,



Darren

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Darren Kosa 👤 Member for 18 years 3 months
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Hi Mal,



I’ve always found Dynamic Scheduling: With Microsoft Office Project 2003 by Eric Uyttewaal to be a useful reference. It’s MS Project 2k3 rather than 2k2, but I don’t think there’s a great deal of difference between the versions.



Special Edition Using Microsoft Project 2003 by Tim Pyron is pretty good as well, but probably aimed at the new/intermediate user.



I’m sure Paul Harris also has a book(s) out for MS Project, but I haven’t read any so can’t recommend them.



Regards,



Darren

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