Date Format Keeps Changing

If you open a new project, create exactly all of the conditions you want, then using the "Organizer" copy this view to your global project it should then pick that up when you next start a new project. I haven’t tested this but it sounds as though it should work!

Mark,
If you want to always enter the task duration in hours or days, click Tools, Options, Schedule, set the Display duration in ... and click Set default then OK
If you want to set up the date format, go to Tools, Options, Display and change the date format; then save your project; MS Project should display the date in the same format the next time you start a project
Alexandre

Thanks Will & Alexandre. I have looked at both of your replies and they have enlightened new options hidden in the depth of MSP. However, it appears I didnt explain the problem well enough.

I have 2 projects open at the moment using the gantt view displaying es & ef dates. One plan is is a long term plan and thus want the date format as dd-mmm-yy (say) whilst the other plan is a shutdown and I need to see the above date in hours eg dd-mmm-hh say.

Now when I go to one of the projects and change the format using Tools, Options, View and Date Format. However, the other project now has the same format which I don’t want to change. This makes no difference if one of the project’s is closed and the re-opened.

So I want a project to keep its own date format rather than be person specific. I hope that helps.

Mark,
alas! this is a MS Project level option, not a project level option
the only thing you could do to make your work easier is to record a macro that would change the date format in a snap.
Alexandre

Hi Alexandre,

> this is a MS Project level option

What do you mean by this?

Cheers,

Mark

PS I usually use P3 but our client wants us to use MSP. I don’t think my company will pay me for a training course as I am a contractor here and they treat us like scum!

Mark,
I understand what you mean by "I am a contractor", I have the same experience her ein France.
Have a look at the Options dialog box, you will notice that some options are said "MS Project" and others "Project xyz"; the date format is a MS project view option.
Cheers