Microsoft KB Archive/65975

Printing Task and Resource Reports with Assignments

PSS ID Number: Q65975 Article last modified on 03-15-1995

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= SUMMARY =

If the Assignments check box is turned on when printing a Task or Resource Report (from the File menu, choose Print Report), the assignments will print in the order that they were created.

NOTE: This behaviour does not occur in later versions of Microsoft Project.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The following are the steps to re-create this behavior when printing a Resource Report with Assignments:


 * 1) Enter two tasks in a new project.
 * 2) Assign a resource to Task 2 and then assign the same resource to Task 1.
 * 3) From the File menu, choose Print Report, select Resource, and then select Edit.
 * 4) Under Assignments, click the Schedule check box.
 * 5) Choose the OK button, and choose Print.

Notice Task 2’s assignments are shown before Task 1’s assignments.

The following are the steps to re-create this behavior when printing a Task Report with Assignments:


 * 1) Enter a task into a project. Add two resources to the Resource Sheet.
 * 2) Assign Resource 2 to Task 1, then assign Resource 1 to the same task.
 * 3) From the File menu, choose Print Report, select Task, and then select Edit.
 * 4) Follow Steps 4 and 5 above.

Notice that the second resource’s assignments are shown before the first resource’s assignments.

= WORKAROUND =

To make it possible to print resource and task assignments in ID order, save the file in the .MPX format, reopen, and then save in the .MPP format.

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