Errata for Microsoft® Project 2000 Step by Step

Remove Reference To Evaluation Software This book no longer includes the Project 2000 Evaluation. The last item in the Using the CD-ROM section of the Table of Contents on page v should be removed.

Remove Reference To Evaluation Software This book no longer includes the Project 2000 Evaluation. The last paragraph on page xiii should be removed.

Project 2000 Evaluation Version Expired After installing the Project 2000 Evaluation software, you may receive an error that the software is expired. To work around this problem, manually reset the FirstBoot registry entry to 1. To do this, follow these steps: NOTE: This workaround allows the Evaluation version to run successfully during the allotted time frame. Setting the FirstBoot setting back to 1 after the evaluation period has expired does not allow the Evaluation to work for an extended period of time.Click Start, and then click Run.In the Open box, type "regedit" (without the quotation marks).In the left pane of Registry Editor, navigate to and select the following subkey (folder): HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Office/9.0/MSProject/Options/General In the right pane, double-click the FirstBoot entry.In the "Value data" box, delete the "0" and type "1" (without the quotation marks), then click OK.On the Registry menu, click Exit. You can now run the Evaluation version properly during the allotted time frame.

Incorrect Instructions On pages xiv and xvii, the steps under "Installing the Practice Files" and "Using the Multimedia Files" are incorrect. Please refer to the readme.txt file on the CD-ROM for the correct steps.

Remove Reference To Evaluation Software This book no longer includes the Project 2000 Evaluation. The entire "Installing the Evaluation Software" section starting on page xviii should be removed.

Remove Reference To Evaluation Software This book no longer includes the Project 2000 Evaluation. The image item near the bottom of the back cover should be removed.Microsoft Press is committed to providing informative and accurate books. All comments and corrections listed above are ready for inclusion in future printings of this book. If you have a later printing of this book, it may already contain most or all of the above corrections.

Incorrect Step On page 28, under "Lesson Wrap-Up", in step 1, remove the last sentence. Remove: "Save the file with a baseline."

Incorrect MOUS Objective On page 32, remove the MOUS objective icon.

Should Include MOUS Objective Icon In Margin On page 34, the icon for the MOUS objective PROJ2000-1-5 should be noted in the margin next to the topic "Estimating Durations".

Incorrect MOUS Objective Listed On page 46 the MOUS icon includes the incorrect MOUS objective. Change: "PROJ2000-4-3" To: "PROJ2000-1-14"

Lead Time And Lag Time Descriptions Reversed The second sentence in the second to last paragraph on page 110 has lead time and lag time reversed. Change: "Lead time is entered in positive units, lag time in negative units (for example, -2 days or -50%)." To: "Lag time is entered in positive units, lead time in negative units (for example, -2 days or –50%)."

Incomplete MOUS Objective On page 138, there should be two objective numbers listed under the MOUS icon. Change: "PROJ2000-3-2" To: "PROJ2000-3-2 PROJ2000-1-20"

MOUS Icon Should List Only One Objective Two MOUS objectives are listed on page 165, for PROJ2000-1-3 and PROJ2000E-1-5. Objective PROJ2000-1-3 should be removed.

Incorrect Description On page 165, the last sentence should refer to the Resource Graph view. Change: "In this split view, the Resource Usage view appears below the Gantt Chart view." To: "In this split view, the Resource Graph view appears below the Gantt Chart view."

Incorrect Reference to "Resource" In the paragraph under step 7 on page 186, change: "Microsoft Project scrolls vertically to Resource 2," To: "Microsoft Project scrolls vertically to Task 2,"

Missing Step On page 281, in step 1, add the following step above the sentence "The Resource Information dialog box appears". "On the Standard toolbar, click the Resource Information button."

Tasks Are Not Effected On page 293, in the 2nd bulleted item, change the last sentence from: "Tasks from inserted projects are affected." To: "Tasks from inserted projects are not effected."

"Pre-Production" Should Be "Production" In the first bulleted item on page 323, change: "... task and then to the 'Pre-Production' summary task." To: "... task and then to the "Production" summary task."

Incorrect Page Listed For "Effort-Driven Scheduling" On page 423 in the Index, under "Task types", the entry for effort-driven scheduling should refer you to page 114. Change: "effort-driven scheduling and, 14" To: "effort-driven scheduling and, 114"