Lynda - Working with Custom Fields and Formulas in Microsoft Project

Size: 260 MB | Duration: 1h 22m | Video: AVC (.mp4) 1280x720 15&30fps | Audio: AAC 48KHz 2ch

Genre: eLearning | Level: Intermediate | Language: English

Follow along with project management expert John Riopel as he shares his tips for working with custom fields and formulas in Microsoft Project. John begins with a primer on custom fields, including a tour of custom field categories and tips for choosing the correct field type and editing built-in fields. He then delves into working with fields and functions in Project for a variety of purposes, including finding in-progress tasks exceeding the original duration and editing text that is based on other fields. Finally, John covers graphical indicators, walking through creating a graphical indicator, getting tests in the correct order, and choosing effective indicators for your project. Note: This course was designed in collaboration with Bonnie Biafore.

Topics include:

* Touring custom field categories

* Working with enterprise fields

* Creating lookup tables

* Choosing custom fields

* Using custom fields to edit built-in fields

* Importing fields and formulas

* Creating formulas to edit text based on other fields

* Creating graphical indicators

* Choosing effective indicators

* Importing indicator criteria