SUMMARY
When you use Microsoft Project, you may have questions
about how to perform a task or about how to troubleshoot a problem. This
article discusses resources you can use to find the answer to your question.
The following resources contain useful product information:
- The Microsoft Knowledge Base
- The Microsoft Project Help files
- The Answer Wizard
- Sample files
- Readme files
- The Microsoft Project manual
- The Microsoft Project Visual Basic manual
The Microsoft Knowledge Base
The Microsoft Knowledge Base includes thousands of articles that
answer common questions about using Microsoft Project. The articles contain
technical information regarding a wide variety of basic and advanced-level
product issues and problems. The variety of content available makes the
Knowledge Base an excellent resource for topics of any level of complexity.
To access the Knowledge Base, visit the following Microsoft Web
site:
For
additional information about how to use the Microsoft Knowledge Base, click the
following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
129725
Obtaining Knowledge Base articles on the world wide Web
Boolean operators
Boolean is an adjective that describes a logical relationship
such as implied by the logical operators AND, OR, and NOT. Use the following
Boolean operators to qualify your search:
- AND (logical conjunction)
- OR (logical inclusion)
- XOR (exclusive or)
- NOT (logical negation)
Microsoft Help files
On the Help menu, you can access online help by using the
Answer Wizard tab, the
Contents tab, the
Index tab, and the
Find tab. These tabs list
Help topics that contain specific words or phrases that you enter. Each of
these access methods occupies a separate tab, in Help.
Help allows
you to search for a usage topic, to browse through a list of topics, or to
search for specific words and phrases instead of topics.
Use online
Help to find more information regarding a specific topic or to browse the
topics and get a better idea of what information is available. You can also use
context-sensitive Help to view information that pertains to the task at
hand.
The Help files must be installed in order for you to access
them. If Help is not installed, run the Setup program again and click
Add/Remove to install the files.
For additional information about how to
install Help, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
120802
Office: How to add/remove a single Office program or component
To access Help double-click the
Help button on the
Standard toolbar, or on
the
Help menu, click
Microsoft Project Help
Topics.
Another component of Help is the Tip of the Day. The
Tip of the Day displays tips with helpful information about using Microsoft
Project. You can choose to display a Tip of the Day each time you start
Microsoft Project. To access this feature at any time, click
Tip Of The
Day on the
Help menu.
You can access online
information and forums for Microsoft programs on the Microsoft Network. To do
this, on the
Help menu, click
The Microsoft
Network, and then click the forum that pertains to the type of
information that you want. Click
Connect to connect to the
forum. For more information, look up Microsoft Network in Windows 95 online
Help.
How to find information in Help
To search for information about a specific topic, start Help,
click
Index, type the description of the Help topic, click
Display, and double- click the topic that you want to be
displayed.
To browse through a list of Help topics, start Help, click
the
Contents tab, select an item to view, and then click
Open.
To get context-sensitive Help, click
Help in a dialog box while that dialog box is open.
The Answer Wizard or the Office Assistant
The Answer Wizard, or Office Assistant in Project 98, allows you
to type a description of the task at hand; Microsoft Project then lists online
Help topics that can assist you with your task.
This feature is
especially useful if you are a new user and you do not know what commands or
tasks are called. It is also useful if you need to go directly to information
that helps you to complete the task at hand.
How to access the Answer Wizard or the Office Assistant
The Help files must be installed for you to access Answer Wizard.
If Help is not installed, run the Setup program again, and then click
Add/Remove to install the files.
To access the
Answer Wizard, double-click the
Help button, or on the
Help menu, click
Answer Wizard.
In
Microsoft Project 98, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard
toolbar. If Microsoft Project Help is not installed on your computer, please
see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
120802 Office: How to add/remove a single Office program or component
How to find information in the Answer Wizard
After you open the Answer Wizard or Office Assistant, type a
question in your own words; for example, type
Tell me how to start a
project, and then click
Search to find information
about how to view the tutorial and other Help topics for Microsoft
Project.
In the Answer Wizard, to go directly to information that
helps you to complete the task, double-click a topic listed under "How Do I."
Or, to understand the task better, double-click a topic listed under "Tell Me
About."
To type in a new question once you have searched for a topic,
click Help Topics.
Sample files
Sample files for Microsoft Project are examples that you can use
to help you create and enhance your own work. The sample files must be
installed in order for you to access them. If they are not installed, run Setup
again and click Add/Remove to install the files.
Where the sample files are located
The sample files are installed in the locations listed in this
section. Note that the folder names will be different if you did not select the
default locations during Setup.
Microsoft Project sample files
WinProj folder
Global.mpt
NOTE: Global.mpt contains sample macros that are extensively commented
and cover advanced programming topics. To access the macros in
Global.mpt, on the Tools menu, click Macros.
WinProj\Examples\Analyzer folder
Analyzer.mak
Global.bas
Strings.bas
Aboutbox.frm
Greeting.frm
More.frm
Most.frm
Projlist.frm
WinProj\Examples\Batch folder
Batch.mak
Public.bas
Def.frm
Main.frm
WinProj\Examples\Inflate folder
Inflate.xlm
WinProj\Examples\Timetrak folder
Timetrak.mak
Global.bas
Splash.frx
Options.frx
Taskinfo.frx
Gridfunc.bas
Main.bas
Reslist.bas
Schedule.bas
Options.frm
Splash.frm
Taskinfo.frm
Timetrak.ico
Readme files
The Readme files are installed to the Microsoft Project folder
that is listed in this section. Note that the folder name will be different if
you did not select the default location during Setup.
Note Microsoft Project 98 only includes Database.wri and
Setup.wri.
WinProj folder
Convert.wri
Database.wri
Mpxfile.wri
Plotters.wri
Samples.wri
Setup.wri
Tmpltwiz.wri
Vba_pj.wri
The Microsoft Project manual
The "User's Guide for Microsoft Project for Windows 95 and
Windows 3.1" manual has been redesigned to help you find the information you
need to complete your tasks quickly in Microsoft Project 4.0 and 4.1.
How to find information in the manual
The easiest way to find information in the manual is to look in
the Contents at the front of the book for the title that pertains to the task
at hand. The Contents lists fifteen broad categories that describe functional
uses of Microsoft Project.
If you do not find a topic in the
Contents, flip to the back of the book and look in the Index. If you are not
sure what the task is called, take a guess as to the name of the task or
feature, find the word and turn to the page referenced in the Index.
If you cannot find any pertinent information, broaden your criteria and look
for words in the index that relate to the broader topic.
The Microsoft Project Visual Basic manual
The
Introduction to Visual Basic for Application, Project Edition is a guide to using the Visual Basic programming language in
Microsoft Project. To obtain the book, call Microsoft Project Technical Support
at (425) 635-7155 and request part 098-58004. If you are outside the United
States, contact the Microsoft subsidiary for your area. To locate your
subsidiary, see the Microsoft World Wide Offices Web site at: