What is the blue shading on the time fields?

[Jason]

I created a schedule in Microsoft Project 2007. and when I finished it a few
tasks had their start/finish dates and durations in blue. Any idea what this
means?

Thanks in advance,

Jason

 

[Eric M. Zenz \(MSFT\)]

Hi Jason -

You're witnessing the new Change Highlighting feature in action. This
feature highlights changes you make as well as those made by the scheduling
engine. We built this feature to help users feel more comfortable with the
effects of scheduling. You can turn it off in the View menu if you're so
inclined.

Cheers,

Eric Zenz (MSFT)

 

[Jayant Pant]

I was using MS Project 2003 and have upgraded to MS Project 2007 while
opening the old files the feature does not seems to be working for me. Can
someone please suggest how to get this work with old files.

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Jason,

Try opening the file in 2007 and then Save As... (perhaps identifying it by adding 2007 in the file name?). Now open it again and make some changes. It should work!


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Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP
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I was using MS Project 2003 and have upgraded to MS Project 2007 while
opening the old files the feature does not seems to be working for me. Can
someone please suggest how to get this work with old files.

 

[Jayant Pant]

Hi,

That option did not work for me, can you please suggest further.

Thanks

Jayant

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Jayant,

No, I have no other simple suggestion. Thus, we need to discover whether your project is at fault, whether it is Project at fault, or whether it's your PC. Does the symptom occur with other projects on this PC? Does it occur with this project on other PCs? Does it occur with other projects on other PCs?

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP


Hi,

That option did not work for me, can you please suggest further.

Thanks

Jayant

 

[Jayant Pant]

Hi Mike,

Actually the issue is occuring with all the projects that have been created
using MS Project 2003 and the issue is while opening the file on other system
aswell. While creating new projects the feature works absolutely fine.

Could this be due to compatibilty issues with files created in MS Project
2003 as the feature is introduced in MS Project 2007.

Thanks for your kind assistance.

Thanks and Regards

Jayant Pant

 

[JulieS]

Hi Mike,

I couldn't repro this either. I asked the OP a couple of questions
which s/he has not replied to. The post I replied to is below:
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After selecting a different date in MS Project 2007 application the changes
made on that specific date were not highlighted in blue.

Selected the option Show Highlighting Value under View , Made changes to
background Colour and Font , Repair MS Project

I was using MS Project 2003 earlier


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I am wondering if somehow the table has been corrupted, but try as I
might, I can't produce the same effect. Changing background color
doesn't seem to have any effect. My concern is the comment "after
selecting a different date" -- not sure what this means, but I rarely
like seeing it.

Julie