Office 365 Microsoft Project for Faculty/Staff

Create a project in Project
In Project, you can: Create project plans. Build project teams and allocate resources. See different views of task and resources. Measure...
Fri, 14 Jun, 2019 10:31 AM
Add new tasks
Insert a task between existing tasks Select the row below where you want a new task to appear. Select Task > Task. Type the task n...
Fri, 14 Jun, 2019 10:30 AM
Create recurring tasks
If you have a task that will happen every couple of days or every month — any regular schedule, really — Project can help you create it as a recurring tas...
Fri, 14 Jun, 2019 10:29 AM
Add a milestone
Before your project gets rolling, you will probably want to mark its major goals with milestones. Create a milestone with zero duration The ...
Fri, 14 Jun, 2019 10:32 AM
Link tasks in a project
Link tasks Choose View > Gantt Chart. Hold down Ctrl and select the two tasks you want to link (in the Task Name column). Choose T...
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Change a task duration
You can change a task’s duration at any time to reflect the actual amount of time it needs. Choose View > Gantt Chart. In the Duration column...
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Create and work with subtasks and summary tasks
In Project, an indented task becomes a subtask of the task above it, which becomes a summary task. A summary task is made up of subtasks, and it shows the...
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Inactivate a task
When you inactivate a task, it stays in the project plan, but does not affect resource availability, the project schedule, or how other tasks are schedule...
Fri, 14 Jun, 2019 10:41 AM
Copy and paste from Word, Outlook, or PowerPoint into Project
Copy a task list in Word, Outlook, or PowerPoint For example, your boss might send you a draft plan in Word that looks like this: In Word, Outloo...
Fri, 14 Jun, 2019 10:45 AM
Sync with a SharePoint tasks list
Sync with a new SharePoint site These steps assume you have a project open in Project, but you haven’t made a SharePoint site for it yet. In Proje...
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