It's fairly common for incomplete work to be put on hold and to resume a few months later. The Update Project box in Microsoft Project 2013 enables you to select a date on which incomplete work resumes. In this Microsoft Office tutorial, learn about shortcuts that give you a quick glimpse of project progress and about rescheduling unfinished work.
Every so often you need a way to quickly record project progress and reschedule incomplete work.…Suppose your project was put on hold for a few months and you want to reschedule…the unfinished work now that the project has resumed.…Another alternative is to tell Project to record progress as if everything…happen just the way you planned.…To reschedule work go to the Project tab and then click Update Project.…Then in the Update Project dialog box select the option for Reschedule…uncompleted work to start after, then you enter the date that you want to resume.…
So in this case let's say its December 1, 2014. I'm going to reschedule the…entire Project, so that means anything that's incomplete will get rescheduled.…When I click OK you can see that there are gaps, and if I scroll over when we get…December 1st you can see the taskbar start to reappear; so everything is…rescheduled to start at December 1.…When you use this approach you need to check your schedule specifically for…manually scheduled tasks, because you'll have to move those, you might also want…
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4/18/2013- Choosing the right Project edition
- Creating and saving projects
- Setting up calendars
- Creating individual and recurring tasks
- Linking and timing tasks
- Assigning tasks to resources
- Viewing your data differently with sorting, grouping, and filtering
- Fine-tuning the project schedule
- Understanding baseline, schedule, and actual values
- Reporting on the project status
- Sharing projects<br><br>
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Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome57s
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1. Working with Project
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Using the Ribbon4m 19s
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Finding commands3m 49s
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2. Setting Up Project Files
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Setting up calendars2m 45s
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Setting basic options5m 27s
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3. Creating Tasks
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Creating a manual task2m 31s
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Creating a milestone task1m 25s
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Creating a recurring task4m 18s
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Creating a summary task4m 8s
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Displaying summary tasks2m 30s
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4. Linking and Timing Tasks
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Linking tasks5m 51s
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Adding lag or lead time2m 46s
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Viewing tasks and task links4m 57s
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5. Creating Resources
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Understanding resources2m 16s
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Creating a work resource8m 45s
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Creating a cost resource3m 21s
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6. Assigning Tasks to Resources
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Finding overallocations3m 56s
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7. Working with Views
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Choosing a view4m 50s
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Working with a table3m 1s
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Using the Timeline view5m 17s
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Sorting tasks and resources4m 27s
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Grouping tasks and resources4m 45s
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Modifying task bar layout2m 48s
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Modifying text formatting2m 52s
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8. Fine-Tuning the Project Schedule
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Reviewing the critical path3m 53s
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Splitting a task2m 7s
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Adjusting a work contour2m 53s
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Leveling resources4m 54s
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Inactivating a task2m 41s
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9. Tracking and Managing a Project
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Adding tasks to a baseline5m 54s
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Updating the schedule8m 45s
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Assigning overtime4m 35s
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Updating costs2m 15s
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Rescheduling unfinished work3m 45s
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10. Viewing and Reporting Project Information
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Using earned value5m 12s
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Printing views and reports4m 22s
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11. Sharing Projects
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Saving to other formats5m 27s
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Importing and exporting5m 47s
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Conclusion
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Next steps56s
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