Microsoft KB Archive/115242

= PRJ: Merged .MPX File May Change Outline for Unmatched Tasks =

Article ID: 115242

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 4.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 4.0 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q115242



SYMPTOMS
The outline structure for unmatched tasks may be different than the source file when you merge files using the .MPX file format.

NOTE: This behavior is different from Microsoft Project version 3.0.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
  From the File menu, choose New. Add the following tasks so that they have the structure listed below:     ID    Name     Unique ID   Outline Level 1    1         1              1      2     2         2              2      3     3         3              2      4     4         4              3                     From the File menu, choose Save, and name the document TEST1.MPP. Choose OK.  From the File menu, choose New. Add the following tasks so that they have the structure listed below:     ID    Name     Unique ID   Outline Level 1    a         1              1 2    b         2              2 3    c         3              2 4    d         4              3 5    aa        5              1 6    bb        6              1  From the File menu, choose Save As. Change the name to TEST2.MPX. Choose OK. Close TEST2. (You do not need to save your changes). Open and merge TEST2.MPX into TEST1.MPP.</li></ol>

After the files are merged, project TEST1.MPP resembles the following: <pre class="fixed_text"> ID    Name     Unique ID   Outline Level 1    a         1              1 2    b         2              2 3    c         3              2 4    d         4              3 5    aa        5              3 6    bb        6              3 In Microsoft Project version 3.0, task IDs 5 and 6 would be at outline level 1 (because this is the level they had in the original file). Microsoft Project version 4.0 uses its "smart insert" feature to indent the unmatched tasks (IDs 5 and 6) to at least the same level as the last task in the project.

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