Task duration increments by strange amount

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Paul

Using Microsoft Project 2000, Windows 2000. I have a fixed units task
that I try to drag out the right edge of, thus increasing its
duration. As I drag it out, it increases by half days until it gets
to 33d. Then in increases as 33.44, 33.88, 34.38, 34.88, and so on.
Why would it suddenly do that instead of the expected 33.5d, 34.0d,
34.5d, 35.0d? It behaves well upto 33.0d.
 
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salgud

Using Microsoft Project 2000, Windows 2000. I have a fixed units task
that I try to drag out the right edge of, thus increasing its
duration. As I drag it out, it increases by half days until it gets
to 33d. Then in increases as 33.44, 33.88, 34.38, 34.88, and so on.
Why would it suddenly do that instead of the expected 33.5d, 34.0d,
34.5d, 35.0d? It behaves well upto 33.0d.
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I have no idea why Project is doing that. I stopped "dragging" Gantt bars
years ago, when I discovered the behaviors Project does. Don't get me
wrong, I'm a big fan of GUIs and use most graphic features of most of the
software I use. But not on the Gantt. Too much trouble. In the time it's
taken you to try this out, get confused, fool with it, post a query here,
and get an answer, you could have finished scheduling your project. IMO,
you're better off entering the duration exactly as you want it and move on.

Hope this helps in your world.
 
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