Microsoft KB Archive/43623

Duration/Work Unit Values Lost When Exporting

PSS ID Number: Q43623 Article last modified on 03-09-1995

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WINDOWS | MACINTOSH

= SUMMARY =

Microsoft Project for Windows and Macintosh exports data to applications whose file formats are not text (e.g. .XLS, .WK1, .WKS) as numbers so that they may be useful for computations. When such data is brought back into Project, it is treated as if it were intended to be entered in the default units. Therefore, when exporting data from and to Project, the Duration and Work Unit numbers may change.

= MORE INFORMATION =

If you want your data (e.g 5ed) to be treated as it was originally entered, either adjust the defaults within Microsoft Project for Windows or append the “d”, “ed”, “f”, “w”, etc. suffix to the data before bringing it back into Microsoft Project. Otherwise, Project looks to the default setting in Preferences to determine what the unit type is.

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