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Article ID: 86346 - Last Review: January 18, 2007 - Revision: 3.4
Differences in feature capacities for Microsoft Project 1.x - 2003
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SUMMARY
This
article lists some of the feature differences between Microsoft Project
versions 1.x, 3.x, 4.x, 98, 2000, 2002,
and 2003.
Version:
2000/2002/2003 98 4.x 3.x 1.x Maximums
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --------
* * 9999 9999 2000 Tasks per project
* * 9999 9999 2000 Resources per project
n/a n/a 249 249 255 (v. 1.0) Subprojects per project
n/a n/a n/a n/a 150 (v. 1.1) Subprojects per project
60,000,000 10,000 100 100 20 Max resource units on
an assignment
50 50 20 20 9 Max open windows at one time
998 1000 80 n/a n/a Max files in consolidation
* * 1000 1000 500 Tasks a resource can
be assigned to
* * 20 20 20 Entries on View or Table menu
65,535 65,535 10 10 5 Levels of outlining
999 999 80 20 20 Projects that can share
a resource pool
1,400 1,400 250 250 50 Exceptions per calendar
nolimit nolimit 100 100 20 Successors or predecessors
per task
nolimit nolimit nolimit n/a Project Links
nolimit nolimit nolimit n/a n/a OLE Links
nolimit nolimit nolimit n/a DDE Links
nolimit nolimit nolimit n/a DDE Names
255 255 255 255 80 Characters in table field
255 255 255 255 n/a OLE objects per task/resource
64000 3500 3500 n/a n/a Custom Bar formatting
64000 7500 7500 n/a n/a Custom cell formatting
* Limited by the amount of memory available to
Microsoft Project.
MORE INFORMATION
More information on specifications and limits for Microsoft
Project 98, Microsoft Project 2000, Microsoft
Project 2002, and Microsoft Project 2003 is available
in Help. To locate this information, follow the steps below appropriate for
your version of Microsoft Project:
Microsoft Project 98
- On the Help menu, click Contents and Index, and then click the Index tab.
- Under "Type the first few letters of the word you're
looking for", type limits.
- In the list of index entries, click limits in Microsoft Project, and then click Display.
Microsoft Project 2000 and Microsoft Project 2002
- On the Help menu, click Contents and Index, and then click the Answer Wizard tab.
- Under "What would you like to do?", type
limits, and then click Search.
- Under "Select topic to display", click Microsoft Project specifications.
Microsoft Project 2003
- On the Help menu, click Microsoft Project Help.
- In the Project Help pane, type
limits under Search for, and then click
the Search icon.
- On the Search Result pane, click Project specifications.
Tips for Working with Files
The following tips are ways to work with files to prevent problems
from occurring:
- Work with files locally instead of over a network
connection to avoid network interference when you save the file or update
it.
- Make sure all scheduling messages are turned on. To do
this, click Options on the Tools menu, click
the Schedule tab, and then click to select Show
scheduling messages. If you enter data that causes scheduling
inconsistencies, the messages will alert you. Make sure you resolve these
conflicts before you save the file.
- When you have a lot of formatting to do, change the format
of the task category instead of individually formatting cells. The maximum
number of cells that can be formatted is 64000 cells.
- Always maintain clean backup copies of your files in case
of problems. Save each file with a new file name and then store the files on a
server that will be backed up on a regular basis.
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003
- Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003
- Microsoft Project 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Project 4.1 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Project 4.1a
- Microsoft Project 1.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Project 3.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Project 3.0a
- Microsoft Project 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Project 1.1 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Project 3.0 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Project 4.0 for Macintosh
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