Article ID: 169381
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
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
This article was previously published under Q169381
SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project, when you enter a new value in the Actual Cost field, this value may be added to the total cost.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs if the Actual costs are always calculated by Microsoft Project option is not selected. When this option is not selected, actual costs are added to the total cost. Microsoft Project uses the following formula to determine total cost:
Total Cost = (Remaining Work * Resource Costs) + Fixed Cost + Actual Cost
NOTE: To locate this option, click Options on the Tools menu, and then click the Calculation tab.
Additional query words: PRJ2002 PRJ2003 PRJ2007 prj2000 prj98 always calculate actual work total PRJ
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