Re: Project Duration / Hours

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From: Dale Howard [MVP] ("Dale)
Date: 05/06/04 

Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 14:02:25 -0600

Shawn --

Enter the Actual Work it took to complete the task, and then set the
Remaining Work to 0 hours. Project will automatically calculate that the
task is 100% complete. Hope this helpsl. 

-- 
Dale A. Howard [MVP]
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"Shawn" <snewby@msn.com> wrote in message
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>
> I want to track a project in two ways.  1.) How many
> business days will it take to finish (No problem here, I
> use the Duration Column and the standard calendar)?  2.)
> What is the total hours it will take to complete each
> task?  This is where I am having an issue.  I add the
> hours per task no problem but every time I mark a task as
> 100% complete, it changes the task Actual Work column to 8
> hrs.  How do I mark a task complete without it changing
> the amount of time that was originally entered?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Shawn
>
>

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