====================================================================== Microsoft(R) Product Support Services Application Note (Text File) WP0581: UPGRADING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ====================================================================== Revision Date: 4/93 No Disk Included The following information applies to Microsoft Project for Windows(TM), versions 3.0 and 3.0a. -------------------------------------------------------------------- | INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT AND ANY SOFTWARE THAT MAY | | ACCOMPANY THIS DOCUMENT (collectively referred to as an | | Application Note) IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY | | KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO | | THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A | | PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The user assumes the entire risk as to the | | accuracy and the use of this Application Note. 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Microsoft Project version 3.0 also brings you PlanningWizards that can guide you from starting a project to setting preferences and leveling resources. You can now have up to 9,999 tasks and an equal number of resources per file. The multiple-page print preview allows you to view up to 32 pages together on the screen, and fit-to-page printing is now available for users with PostScript(R) printers. In addition, you can have up to 10 levels in an outline, which means you can be twice as detailed when you construct your project. Other new utilities include a spelling checker as well as a graph module that you can use to create custom graphs from project information. Microsoft Project version 3.0 now supports dynamic data exchange (DDE), which enables both cross-project task linking and information sharing with other applications, such as Microsoft Excel for Windows. Microsoft Project version 3.0 also supports object linking and embedding (OLE). This feature allows you to update a Microsoft Project version 3.0 Gantt chart that is embedded in a Microsoft Word for Windows document simply by double-clicking the chart object. 2. Q. I understand that there is a maintenance release of Microsoft Project version 3.0 for Windows. What are the specific issues that this maintenance release resolves? A. The Microsoft Project version 3.0a maintenance release corrects problems that occur when you are: - Saving files that share a common resource pool - Using the Rollup option in the Gantt chart view - Linking data in the Percent Complete field with the Paste Link command - Calculating the number of weeks in a year If you are using Microsoft Project version 3.0 and you save files that share a common resource pool, you may receive a general protection (GP) fault or an unrecoverable application error (UAE) (depending on the file sizes and the number of times you save them). While these errors do not normally result in a loss of data, we suggest that you obtain the maintenance release that corrects these problems. When you are using the Rollup option in the Gantt Chart view, if more than one bar or symbol is rolled up for any single task, you may receive a GP fault or a UAE when you close print preview or when you print your document. This problem is corrected in Microsoft Project version 3.0a. In Microsoft Project version 3.0, when you link a value from another application by choosing the Paste Link command to paste the value in the Percent Complete field, the link is not established. With Microsoft Project version 3.0a, you can paste and link successfully. In Microsoft Project version 3.0, when you calculate the number of weeks in a year, the numbering begins with the week that January 1 occurs in, even if January 1 is the last day of the week. In Microsoft Project version 3.0a, the first week of the year is redefined as the first week that includes more than 4 days of the new year. To obtain Microsoft Project version 3.0a for Windows, call Microsoft Consumer Sales at (800) 426-9400. 3. Q. What are the minimum hardware and software requirements for Microsoft Project version 3.0 for Windows? A. To run Microsoft Project version 3.0, you need the following: - An IBM(R)PC/AT(R) or compatible, or PS/2(R), with an 80286 or higher processor. - 2 megabytes (MB) of RAM is the minimum requirement; 3 MB is strongly recommended. - A hard disk with 8.1 MB of available hard disk space. - MS-DOS or PC-DOS versions 3.1 or later. - Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.0 or later running in standard or 386 enhanced mode. - An IBM-compatible EGA, VGA, 8514/A, or Hercules(R) graphics card or other high-resolution graphics card compatible with Windows version 3.0 or later. - A mouse is optional but highly recommended because some Microsoft Project version 3.0 features require a mouse. - A 5.25-inch or 3.5-inch high-density disk drive or a 3.5- inch low-density disk drive. Microsoft Project version 3.0 ships on 5.25-inch, high-density (1.2 MB) disks and 3.5-inch, high-density (1.44 MB) disks. A 3.5-inch, low- density (720K) disk set is available through a coupon in the Microsoft Project version 3.0 package or through Microsoft Consumer Sales at (800) 426-9400.