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  Microsoft(R) Product Support Services Application Note (Text File)
                WP0581: UPGRADING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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The following information applies to Microsoft Project for
Windows(TM), versions 3.0 and 3.0a.

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1.  Q. What new features are included in Microsoft Project version 3.0
       for Windows?

    A. One of the new features of Microsoft Project version 3.0 is a
       customizable toolbar in which some of the most frequently used
       commands, such as printing and previewing, are just one mouse
       click away. With the new macro language in Microsoft Project
       version 3.0, you can define your own buttons and assign them to
       commands or to macros.
       
       Microsoft Project version 3.0 also brings you PlanningWizards
       that can guide you from starting a project to setting
       preferences and leveling resources. You can now have up to
       9,999 tasks and an equal number of resources per file. The
       multiple-page print preview allows you to view up to 32 pages
       together on the screen, and fit-to-page printing is now
       available for users with PostScript(R) printers. In addition,
       you can have up to 10 levels in an outline, which means you can
       be twice as detailed when you construct your project. Other new
       utilities include a spelling checker as well as a graph module
       that you can use to create custom graphs from project
       information.
       
       Microsoft Project version 3.0 now supports dynamic data
       exchange (DDE), which enables both cross-project task linking
       and information sharing with other applications, such as
       Microsoft Excel for Windows. Microsoft Project version 3.0 also
       supports object linking and embedding (OLE). This feature
       allows you to update a Microsoft Project version 3.0 Gantt
       chart that is embedded in a Microsoft Word for Windows document
       simply by double-clicking the chart object.

2.  Q. I understand that there is a maintenance release of Microsoft
       Project version 3.0 for Windows. What are the specific issues
       that this maintenance release resolves?
   
    A. The Microsoft Project version 3.0a maintenance release corrects
       problems that occur when you are:

       -  Saving files that share a common resource pool
       
       -  Using the Rollup option in the Gantt chart view
       
       -  Linking data in the Percent Complete field with the Paste
          Link command
       
       -  Calculating the number of weeks in a year
    
       If you are using Microsoft Project version 3.0 and you save
       files that share a common resource pool, you may receive a
       general protection (GP) fault or an unrecoverable application
       error (UAE) (depending on the file sizes and the number of
       times you save them). While these errors do not normally result
       in a loss of data, we suggest that you obtain the maintenance
       release that corrects these problems.

       When you are using the Rollup option in the Gantt Chart view,
       if more than one bar or symbol is rolled up for any single
       task, you may receive a GP fault or a UAE when you close print
       preview or when you print your document. This problem is
       corrected in Microsoft Project version 3.0a.
   
       In Microsoft Project version 3.0, when you link a value from
       another application by choosing the Paste Link command to paste
       the value in the Percent Complete field, the link is not
       established. With Microsoft Project version 3.0a, you can paste
       and link successfully.
   
       In Microsoft Project version 3.0, when you calculate the number
       of weeks in a year, the numbering begins with the week that
       January 1 occurs in, even if January 1 is the last day of the
       week. In Microsoft Project version 3.0a, the first week of the
       year is redefined as the first week that includes more than 4
       days of the new year.
   
       To obtain Microsoft Project version 3.0a for Windows, call
       Microsoft Consumer Sales at (800) 426-9400.

3.  Q. What are the minimum hardware and software requirements for 
       Microsoft Project version 3.0 for Windows?
    
    A. To run Microsoft Project version 3.0, you need the following:
    
       -  An IBM(R)PC/AT(R) or compatible, or PS/2(R), with an 80286
          or higher processor.
       
       -  2 megabytes (MB) of RAM is the minimum requirement; 3 MB is
          strongly recommended.
       
       -  A hard disk with 8.1 MB of available hard disk space.
       
       -  MS-DOS or PC-DOS versions 3.1 or later.
       
       -  Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.0 or later
          running in standard or 386 enhanced mode.
       
       -  An IBM-compatible EGA, VGA, 8514/A, or Hercules(R) graphics
          card or other high-resolution graphics card compatible with
          Windows version 3.0 or later.
       
       -  A mouse is optional but highly recommended because some
          Microsoft Project version 3.0 features require a mouse.
       
       -  A 5.25-inch or 3.5-inch high-density disk drive or a 3.5-
          inch low-density disk drive.
       
Microsoft Project version 3.0 ships on 5.25-inch, high-density (1.2
MB) disks and 3.5-inch, high-density (1.44 MB) disks. A 3.5-inch, low-
density (720K) disk set is available through a coupon in the Microsoft
Project version 3.0 package or through Microsoft Consumer Sales at
(800) 426-9400.

