Microsoft KB Archive/314585

= PRJ2000: Error Message When You Try to Enter a Task in Microsoft Project: The Value Is Not Valid =

Article ID: 314585

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q314585



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to enter a task in Microsoft Project, you may receive an error message similar to the following:

The value is not valid. This is not a valid duration, or is outside the range for this field.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if you have the time separator (delimiter) set as a space. A space is not a valid time separator character when you enter time values.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, change the time separator to a space after each of the times has been entered in Microsoft Project. To do this, follow these steps.

NOTE: Ensure that all of the times for your current project have been entered before you perform these steps.

NOTE: Because there are several versions of Microsoft Windows, the following steps may be different on your computer. If they are, see your product documentation to complete these steps.


 * 1) Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
 * 2) Click the Date, Time, Language and Regional Options tool.
 * 3) Click Regional and Language Options, and then click Customize.
 * 4) Click the Time tab.
 * 5) Place the pointer in the Time separator box, and then press the SPACEBAR key.
 * 6) Click Apply, and then click OK.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB314585

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