Microsoft KB Archive/97831

= Importing a Project outline structure =

Article ID: 97831

Article Last Modified on 1/18/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007
 * Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007
 * Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003
 * Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003
 * Microsoft Project 2002 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Project 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 4.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 4.1a
 * Microsoft Project 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 3.0a
 * Microsoft Project 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 1.1 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Project 3.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Project 4.0 for Macintosh

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SUMMARY
When you import files from a different application to Microsoft Project, you can include information that will allow Microsoft Project to generate a project outline structure for the imported file.



MORE INFORMATION
You cannot directly import the Outline Number field from a file saved in a format other than the standard Microsoft Project format. However, it is possible to import a different field that will correctly generate the same outline structure.

Microsoft Project uses a task field called &quot;Outline Level&quot;, in conjunction with the order tasks are imported, to determine where tasks fall in a project outline structure. Tasks with Outline Level=1 are at the highest level in the project outline. Tasks with Outline Level=2 are subordinate to level 1 tasks, level 3 tasks are subordinate to level 2 tasks, and so on, for example:

A comma separated values (CSV) file contains the following text:   1,Summary Task 1 2,Task A  2,Task B   2,Summary Task 2 3,Task C  3,Task D   1,Summary Task 3 2,Task E  2,Task F If this file is imported into Microsoft Project using a task table with Outline Level and Name as its first two fields, the tasks will be imported with the following outline structure:      Outline Level     Name --        1       1 Summary Task 1 2         1.1 Task A         2          1.2 Task B         2          1.3 Summary Task 2 3            1.3.1 Task C         3             1.3.2 Task D         1       2 Summary Task 3 2         2.1 Task E         2          2.2 Task F NOTE: The Outline Number and name indentation are shown to clearly illustrate the structure.

Additional query words: prj2000 1.10 3.00a PRJ PRJ2002 PRJ2003 PRJ2007

Keywords: kbinfo kbusage KB97831

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