Microsoft KB Archive/148900

= How to find technical information about Microsoft Project =

Article ID: 148900

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q148900



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:

http://support.microsoft.com/search

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:

http://www.microsoft.com/worldwide/

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