Course Specifications
Course number: 084726
Software: Microsoft Office Project Professional
Course length: 1.0 day(s)

Course Description
Microsoft Project: Level 2 is the second course in the Microsoft Project series. In Microsoft Project: Level 1, you used your project management skills to create a complete project plan. This course will build upon that knowledge, and give you the opportunity to work with a project plan once it has entered the project implementation phase.

Course Objective
You will exchange project plan data with other applications, update project plans, create custom reports, and reuse project plan information.

Target Student
This course is designed for a person who has an understanding of project management concepts, who is responsible for creating and modifying project plans, and who needs a tool to manage those project plans. It is also intended for a person who has a basic understanding of Microsoft Project 2003.

Prerequisites
Students enrolling in this class should have:
• An understanding of project management concepts.
• Knowledge of a Windows operating system.
• Microsoft Project: Level 1.

Course Content
Lesson 1: Exchanging Project Plan Data with Other Applications
Topic 1A: Import a Task List from an Excel File into a New Project Plan
Topic 1B: Create a Custom Import Map
Topic 1C: Export Project Plan Cost Data into Excel
Topic 1D: Copy a Picture into a Word Document
Topic 1E: Save Project Plan Information as a Web Page

Lesson 2: Updating a Project Plan
Topic 2A: Enter Task Progress Information
Topic 2B: View Task Progress
Topic 2C: Split a Task
Topic 2D: Reschedule a Task
Topic 2E: Filter Tasks in a Project Plan
Topic 2F: Save an Interim Project Plan
Topic 2G: Create a Custom Table
Topic 2H: Add Custom Columns to a Table
Topic 2I: Hyperlink Documents to Tasks

Lesson 3: Creating Custom Reports
Topic 3A: Create a Custom Report
Topic 3B: Modify a Custom Report's Header and Footer
Topic 3C: Add a Picture to a Report
Topic 3D: Modify a Custom Report's Margins
Topic 3E: Print a Custom Report

Lesson 4: Re-using Project Plan Information
Topic 4A: Create a Project Plan Template
Topic 4B: Create a Custom Combination View
Topic 4C: Make Custom Views Available to Other Project Plans
Topic 4D: Share Resources
Topic 4E: Create a Master Project Plan