When opening saved file, colors in bar go back to original

[Leon]

I have changed colors (navy blue, green, maroon, yellow, etc.) on the bars in
the Gantt Chart (depending on resources, responsibilities, etc.). Once I
reopen the file a day or so later, all the colors in the bar go back to a
light blue. I can actually see the original colors for half a second, and
they just suddenly go all to light blue. Is this a bug, and if so, is there a
fix?

Thanks!

 

[JulieS]

Hi Leon,

We need a bit more information about what your set up is.

Are you using Project Server?

What release of Project are you using?

What service pack do you have applied (check Help > About Microsoft
Office Project).


I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

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about Microsoft Project

 

[Leon]

Hi JulieS,

I am running Project 2007 Trial on a workstation. Please let me know if
there is any more info you need to help me solve this issue.

Thanks!
Leon

 

[JulieS]

Hi Leon,

Thanks for the additional information that you are using Project 2007
trial version. I haven't seen what you are reporting.

You note that you have modified the bars based upon "resources and
responsibilities".

Did you modify individual bars (Format > Bar) or types of bars (Format >
Bar styles)?

Did you use custom fields to calculate information (Flag fields)? If so,
please let us know which fields and how you are using them -- formulas
etc.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

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about Microsoft Project

 

[Leon]

Thanks Julie,

Let me be more specific:

Colors of bars have been changed manually, by clicking each individual bar
and changing the color based on specific criteria. No formulas have been
used, just manually double clicking each bar and changing the color. Once
that is done, the file is saved and closed. But once I reopen the file, I am
able to see the original formatted bar colors for a quick second, but they
all suddenly change to light blue (which I think is the standard, since once
I select all the columns and bars and go to format >bar styles, that color
comes up)..strange though what is going on...do you think there is a conflict
with any other software?

Thanks for your help!

 

[JulieS]

Hi Leon,

Sorry for the delay in replying. I'm sorry but I am not able to
reproduce what you are seeing. Is this happening with all files or just
a single file? If you create a new file, does it happen? It's possible
the problem is with a single file or with the installation of Project.
Let us know how many files this affects. If you would like, go ahead
zip the file and send to me by email. I'll take a look and see what I
can see.

My email address is passport 6847 at maine dot r r dot com.

Remove the spaces and replace the dot with a . and the at with an @.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional information
about Microsoft Project