Microsoft Project 2003: Advanced

Course Overview

This course enhances the knowledge and skills of existing Project users.

On completion of the Microsoft training course, Microsoft users will be well equipped to use Project

Related Courses

• Microsoft Project 2003: Introduction for Beginners (1 day)
• Microsoft Project 2003: Introduction for Beginners (2 day)
• Microsoft Project 2003: Intermediate

Audience

Existing Project users who wish to work with multiple projects or customise the project environment.

Skills Gained

Course participants gain a thorough knowledge of working with multiple projects, shared resources, customising their working environment and exporting project information to other applications.

Prerequisites

Completion of the Project 2003 Introduction course or similar experience in the workplace. A period of the practical use of Microsoft Project before attending the course would be valuable.

Course Outline

Resource pools

• Creating a resource pool
• Analysing work across multiple projects

Levelling on multiple projects

• Reporting on multiple projects
• Working with multiple projects
• Consolidating projects
• Linking projects

Costs

• Creating custom formulas
• Utilising spare cost fields
• Reporting costs

Customising the project environment

• Creating templates
• Creating tables
• Creating filters
• Creating custom views
• Creating custom forms

Exporting to other Microsoft applications

• Exporting pictures to PowerPoint
• Exporting data to Excel
• Exporting data to Access

Managing the working environment

• Customising buttons and command bars
• Recording and running a macro