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converted PowerProject programme mixed duration formats

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Andrew Owenson
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I have converted a Powerproject file to msp, however the duration & total float formats are mixed, ie some are "15 d" and some are "3 w". I cannot see where you can change them all to days??

 

Andrew

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Tom Boyle
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Andrew,

If you are running MSP 2010+ and are comfortable with vba, you can drop this into a module and run it:

Sub DurationDays()

    Dim t As Task

    For Each t In ActiveProject.Tasks

        t.Duration = Application.DurationFormat(t.Duration, pjDays)

    Next t

End Sub

 

(Method is supposedly different with earlier versions, but I have no way to test.)

Otherwise, you may be stuck with manually changing the durations, perhaps with a little clicking and dragging.

Good luck, tom