Re: Taking a plan offline

From: Michelle (Michelle_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 10:52:38 -0800

Thanks Dale-
I don't have an option to save offline when I launch a
project through PWA. I see save online but it is greyed
out. I am connected to the server and use 2003.
Any suggestions?
>-----Original Message-----
>Michelle --
>
>By what you say in your question, it sounds like you are
not correctly
>working with a project in Offline mode. Instead, it
sounds like you are
>saving your project as an .mpp file, which is a local
file rather than an
>offline file.
>
>The Offline mode is meant for users who travel away from
their network
>connection, such as while on an airplane, but still need
to work with their
>enterprise projects. To save a project in Offline mode,
open the enterprise
>project while connected to Project Server, and then click
File - Save
>Offline. When you are traveling away from your network,
do the following:
>
>1. Launch Microsoft Project Professional
>2. In the Project Server Accounts dialog, select your
regular user account
>(not My Computer)
>3. Click the Work Offline button
>
>While working in offline mode, click File - Open and you
will see your
>offline project listed in the Open from Project Server
dialog. As you work
>with the offline project, simply click Save to save the
changes.
>
>When you return to your corporate network, launch
Microsoft Project and log
>into Project Server normally. When you click File -
Open, you will see your
>offline project listed with all of the other projects.
Open it and then
>click File - Save Online to synch up the changes you
made. Hope this helps.
>
>--
>Dale A. Howard [MVP]
>Enterprise Project Trainer/Consultant
>http://www.msprojectexperts.com
>"We wrote the book on Project Server"
>
>
>"Michelle" <Michelle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:957e01c4d17d$0a5c8810$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> What is the workflow behind opening a published plan,
>> saving it offline to work on later, updating the plan
>> offline then publishing the updated plan to the server?
>> I can't figure out how to do it without reimporting the
>> new plan and deleting the old.
>>
>> Thanks!!
>
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