Microsoft Office Project 2003 : step by step

This practical, hands-on tutorial expertly builds your skills with Microsoft Office Project 2003—one step at a time! With STEP BY STEP, you work at your own pace through easy-to-follow lessons and practice exercises to learn exactly the tools and techniques you need. Discover how to develop a project plan with tasks, resources, and assignments; create reports; manage multiple projects and dependencies; and track progress and costs while making real-time adjustments. Plus youвЂTMll learn about improvements in team collaboration using SharePointв„ў Team Services, Project Web Access, Project Server, and more. The book also makes a great on-the-job desk reference. The companion CD includes a 60-day trial version of the Prjoect Standard 2003 software, as well as demos of Project Standard and Enterprise Project Management. The CD also gives you practice files you can use as you learn, and the Microsoft Office System Reference pack, which contains templates and clip art, and eBook ofStep by Step, and four other eBooks: the Microsoft Office System Quick Reference; the Insider's Guide to Microsoft Office OneNote 2003; the Microsoft Computer Dictionary, Fifth Edition; and Introducing the Tablet PC. Designed for beginner and intermediate level users, STEP BY STEP puts you in charge of developing the skills you need, exactly when you need them!

Experience learning made easy—and quickly teach yourself how to manage project resources, schedules, and scope with Project 2003. With STEP BY STEP, you can take just the lessons you need, or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction—building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them!

• Learn how to develop and present your project plan
• Master the tools for managing schedules and resources effectively
• Identify critical paths and manage multiple dependencies
• Track progress and costs—and make real-time adjustments
• Work better together—coordinating projects online with Microsoft Office Project Server 2003
• Plus, sharpen your project management skills with the quick course in the Appendix!

Practice your skills using the files on CD!

Your Microsoft Office System Reference Pack on CD includes:

• Twenty-five templates straight from the Microsoft Office team
• Microsoft Office System Quick Reference eBook
• Insider’s Guide to Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 eBook—describes new notetaking features in Office
• Microsoft Computer Dictionary, Fifth Edition, eBook—10,000+ entries!
• Introducing the Tablet PC eBook
• Complete STEP BY STEP eBook
• Skill-building practice files

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Explains how to use the project management software to organize schedules, create Gantt charts, track budgets, reduce waste, and prepare customized reports with multimedia effects.