Project 2013 Advanced

Lesson 2 – Using More Customization Features

Project 2013

U SING THE O RGANIZER TO C USTOMIZE T EMPLATES

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Discussion

Elements that you customize for one project, such as tables, filters, or views, are stored in the file in which they were created. If you want to make these customized elements available in all other project files, you must copy them to the global.mpt file. The global.mpt file contains elements that are available to all Microsoft Project files, including tables, filters, views, and reports.

You can use the Organizer to manage customized elements. The Organizer lists all the customized elements in the open project file and all the elements in the global.mpt file. The Organizer provides buttons for copying, deleting, and renaming elements.

NOTE You can copy a customized element in the current file to another file by opening the desired file and then opening the Organizer dialog box. Select the appropriate tab and use the < element > available in list below the ‘Global.MPT’ list box to select the open project file. Then, copy the customized element from the current file to this file. NOTE To delete an element, select it and then press the [Delete] key. To rename an element, select it, select the Rename button, enter the new name, and then select OK . When you copy a customized element to the Global.MPT file, you should make sure that the customized element does not have the same name as a standard element. If it does, the standard element is overwritten and permanently changed for all files. To prevent this problem, it is a good idea to give a custom element a custom name.

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Procedures

1. Select the View ribbon. 2. Select the Organizer command. 3. Select the desired tab.

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