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Defining working and nonworking time

Defining working and nonworking time

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Defining working and nonworking time

- Once you've set up calendars for your project and any special work schedules, it's time to get into the specifics of identifying working and non-working days and times. You'll also have to set a few project calendar options so Project knows how to convert durations to hours of work. So on the "Project" tab, click "Change working time." In this case, the calendar we want to work on is already here: "Office Relo," and it's the project calendar. Now one thing to look at before we get started is this calendar. You can see that working days are white cells, and the non-working days are grey cells. You can also see the cell you select, the working times appear on the right side of the dialog box. Well, the first thing to do is to go to the "Work weeks" tab. "Work weeks" are basically the schedules that people follow week after week. You can see here, there's a "Default" work week. The start and finish is set to "N/A" and that means it applies to all dates. When I click "Details," the…

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