Microsoft Project 2013 Tutorial Video - Beginners / Advanced

Create a new Microsoft Project 2013 file from blank or by importing Excel or SharePoint, or templates, then set auto scheduling and save with older format options.

Enter tasks into the project file and assign durations in minutes, hours, days, weeks, or months to auto-schedule start and finish dates and display a Gantt chart.

Learn how to make a task inactive in Microsoft Project 2013, so it doesn't affect the Gantt chart or project progress, and how to reactivate it later.

Master spellcheck in Microsoft Project, fix or ignore typos, add to dictionary, and format the task pane by adjusting font, color, background, and columns for the Gantt chart.

Navigate large Microsoft project Gantt charts using control g to jump to tasks or dates, and use scroll to task and lock scrolling to bring the selected task into view.

Learn to navigate the gantt chart in Microsoft Project 2013 by changing date zoom levels, from hours to years, using shortcuts, view options, and print considerations.

Explore how the same project data appears in three views—gantt chart, calendar, and network diagram—by switching views in the task ribbon, examining task details, durations, milestones, and dependencies.

Add a cost type to the resource sheet in Microsoft Project 2013, a cost-only resource for manual allocation costs with code, group, and prorated accrual.

Assign resources to tasks in Microsoft Project 2013 using the resource names column, the assign resources dialog, or the task information dialog, and understand cost types and unit calculations.

Activate split view in Microsoft Project 2013 to see information and drill down into task and resource details; use the bottom pane for costs, predecessors and successors, resources, and notes.

Learn to create recurring absence patterns in the standard calendar, adding holidays and non-working days as exceptions to protect your project schedule.

Create a custom calendar in Microsoft Project 2013 by copying the standard calendar, set a part-time Monday–Friday 9:30 to 14:30, and apply it to your resources.

Move the project start date from January to August 1st 2013 and update calendars. Save a baseline to compare actual progress with the planned start, duration, and cost.

Change the current date in a Microsoft Project file, customize the today line via Gantt chart grid lines, and visualize time progress with a red dotted current date line.

Master printing setup for Microsoft Project 2013 views, adjusting page size, orientation, margins, header and footer, and column selection for Gantt charts and tracking Gantt, then export to PDF.

Export built-in and custom reports to pdf to share project progress as snapshots. Email a ptf document and view it on a pda reader, noting pagination differences.

Explore the master project concept in project 2013, a project file that inserts subprojects, links tasks and dependencies, and shares a centralized resource pool for multi-project management.

Open the master file and its resource pool at the same time to access all resources across subprojects. Update or refresh the resource pool so changes are visible to others.