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		Project Version Comparison Compare the track and analyze, easy to start and reporting and communication features of Microsoft Project 2007 with previous versions of to see how upgrading to the 2007 version can benefit your business.

Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007 Version Comparison
Upgrade to Office Project Standard 2007 so you can plan, manage, and communicate project information quickly and more effectively. The tables below introduce you to the new features of Office Project Standard 2007. They also show you features, initially included in previous Project Standard versions, which have been improved to help you.

Note: Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 includes all the capabilities in Office Project Standard 2007. In addition, Office Project Professional 2007 provides collaborative enterprise project management capabilities when used with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007.


	Set up projects quickly Present project data in the appropriate format and print custom reports Easily follow task and resource interdependencies Quickly access the information you need and effectively track and analyze projects

Set up projects quickly

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=Feature Included

=Improved in Office Project Standard 2007

=New in Office Project Standard 2007

Features	Project 98	Project 2000	Project Standard 2003	Office Project Standard 2007
Import Outlook Tasks dialog box Easily import task data from the Microsoft Outlook To-Do Bar to create a Project plan.
Excel Import Wizard Easily import and use data from Microsoft Office Excel to start a Project plan.
Resource information import Import resource information from the Active Directory directory service or your Microsoft Exchange Server address book.
Smart Tags Get automatic, contextual suggestions alerting you to scheduling options.
Built-in online help Use Microsoft Office Online to get training, templates, and more.
Additional Project templates Jump-start common projects and promote consistency.
Interactive, step-by-step planning aid Set up and manage projects effectively with the Project Guide.
Calendar wizard Simplify the setup process for project calendars and changing working time.
Manage non-working time Named vacations and the option of setting up alternative work weeks enable users to control and understand when resources can work.
Change Highlighting When changes are made to a project, all affected task and resource fields are highlighted. Easily see how your change affects the dates of successor tasks, summary costs, and more.
Multiple Level Undo Reverse the most recent series of changes; that is, undo and redo changes to views, data and options. This functionality also enables you to undo actions or sets of actions from macros or third-party applications.

Present project data in the appropriate format and print custom reports

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=Feature Included

=Improved in Office Project Standard 2007

=New in Office Project Standard 2007

Features	Project 98	Project 2000	Project Standard 2003	Office Project Standard 2007
Presentation Wizard Smoothly transfer Project data to Microsoft Office PowerPoint, Microsoft Office Word, or Microsoft Office Visio.
Printing Wizard Easily format and print concise custom Project reports.
Visual Reports for Excel Use Excel to produce charts and graphs based on Office Project 2007 data. Analyze different dimensions of your project with PivotTable views and charts.
Visual Reports for Visio Professional Build work breakdown structure (WBS) or resource diagrams in Office Visio Professional. With data-driven diagrams, users can show progress bars, flag important tasks, color-code on cost, or create custom diagrams to match their project needs.
Report templates Office Project 2007 offers report templates for Office Visio and Office Excel to help a user analyze resource availability, understand project progress and costs, and perform other tasks. Users can customize these reports or create their own templates in Office Visio and Office Excel to share with other Office Project users.
Desktop OLAP cube Create customer reports or archive Project values with data exported from Office Project 2007 into a Microsoft Office Access database and Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) cubes. Six cubes are generated: task time-phased, task non-time-phased, resource time-phased, resource non-time-phased, assignment time-phased, and assignment non-time-phased.
Background Cell Highlighting Highlight important dates, costs, or tasks by changing the background color of cells in the table portion of the view.
Hijri Calendar The lunar calendar that is used in Islamic regions.

Easily follow task and resource interdependencies

Key:

=Feature Included

=Improved in Office Project Standard 2007

=New in Office Project Standard 2007

Features	Project 98	Project 2000	Project Standard 2003	Office Project Standard 2007
Gantt charts, calendars, and task sheets Present Project data in versatile views.
Network Diagram view Group tasks and display graphical indicators in the Network Diagram view.
Cross-project critical path Calculate the critical path across all inserted projects to see a single critical path for the overall master project.
Task Driver pane Shows prerequisites and resource constraints that drive the start date of the selected task. The user can click these drivers to link to the relevant information.

Quickly access the information you need and effectively track and analyze projects

Key:

=Feature Included

=Improved in Office Project Standard 2007

=New in Office Project Standard 2007

Features	Project 98	Project 2000	Project Standard 2003	Office Project Standard 2007
Reschedule uncompleted work Maintain constraints when uncompleted work is rescheduled, and select any reschedule date.
Assign a deadline to a task Keep track of when a task finishes without constraining the project plan.
Formulas and graphical indicators Assign formulas, pick lists, and apply graphical indicators to custom fields to keep track of projects.
Grouping Consolidate and report project information in a variety of ways by using predefined groups or creating custom groups. Group on assignment fields in addition to tasks and resources, and roll up time-phased data totals to group summary rows in Usage views.
Material resources Specify consumable resources such as lumber or concrete and assign them to tasks. Allocate these resources in units that make sense, such as tons.
Resource availability graphs Evaluate resource workload and availability using the Graphs button in the Assign Resources dialog box to identify the best resource available for the task.
Add-in for comparing Project files Compare two versions of the same project and report results.
Baseline rollup Control how baseline data is rolled up to summary tasks to help ensure up-to-date tracking of projects.
Cost Resources Helps enable users to define multiple named time-phased fixed costs on a task. These costs can be grouped and reported as part of a cost type. Supports integration of Office Project 2007 with accounting systems.
Budget Tracking Define a budget at a high level (program or project) so the project manager can allocate funds and track costs, work, and materials against the budget.

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