Plan without dates

[Fred Newton]

I've copied and pasted this from a posting by jdonnici, but was unable
to find the solution he referred to in his original posting as you
can't scroll back more than 3 months, his posting being dated 1st May
2003. Our requirement id for 150-200 tasks and we'd rather not have
to go through and reschedule the all, given that they are not all
interdependant

"What I'd like to do is display a plan with a "relative" timescale
across
the top. Instead of showing dd/mm/yyyy as the project start date (as
it does now), i'd like it to be "Day 1". This may be some thing we use
for a couple of
weeks and I don't want it to appear as if work was actually started on
dd/mm.
Instead, I'd like it to be more of a "once you've got a scenario you
like
(tasks, resources, and durations), we can schedule the actual dates in
from
there."

I think my explanation sounds more complex than it is... I just want
to zoom
in and see Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, etc... and zoom out to see Week 1,
Week 2,
etc., Month 1, Month 2, etc.

Bottom line... Can the timescale be formatted without having actual
dates in
it?"

Can anyone point me in the right direction please.

TIA
Fred Newton
Zurich Financial Services.

 

[JackD]

Doubleclick on the timescale
scroll down in the "label" box until you find one that says "week 1 from
start" or similar.
You will still have dates on your tasks (no way around that) but the
timescale will count from the start of the project.

-Jack

 

[Steve House]

Adding to Jack's answer - you'll need tentative dates but they don't have to
be engraved in granite. Go ahead and pick a likely date and schedule based
on it - you shouldn't be inputting any dates except the project start date
anyway - and then when you have a firm date use the "resechedule project
start" macro on the analysis toolbar to update the original start to the
date you'll actually use.

Steve House
MS Project MVP

 

[Fred Newton]

Steve/Jack,

Many thanks, now why didn't I think of that? Ho Hum, no substitute for
experience is there.

Have a good one
Regards
Fred

 

[JackD]

Steve/Jack,

Many thanks, now why didn't I think of that? Ho Hum, no substitute for
experience is there.

Have a good one
Regards
Fred

Sometimes the obvious is overlooked, especially in something so complicated
as Project.
Glad to have been of help.

-Jack