Sync from Microsoft Project MPP file Wizard

This wizard guides you step by step through the process of synchronizing data from Microsoft Project MPP file to eReminder 2008. The tasks of Microsoft Project MPP file will be added to eReminder 2008 as new tasks or new appointments, which is determined by your settings.

Best Practice:

Before starting Sync from Microsoft Project MPP file Wizard, please access the Preferences page to configure the synchronization settings.

Start Sync from Microsoft Project MPP file Wizard

There are several methods to start this wizard:

	Click Sync from Microsoft Project MPP file Wizard from the Welcome page.
	Click Sync from MPP from the navigator.
	Click Sync from MPP from tool bar.

Follow the wizard step by step

Step 1: Welcome page

Please read the information in this page, and make sure the correct wizard is selected. To continue, please click the Next button.

Step 2: Select a MPP file to integrate with

You can click the Browse button and then select a MPP file from the Open File dialog or just input the full path name of an existing MPP file you want to select.

Once the MPP file is entered, you can click the Next button to continue.

Note:

It is a little slow to open the selected MPP file, please wait a while after the Next button is clicked.
If the MPP file entered does not exist, or you do not enter a MPP file at all, an error information dialog will pop up to prompt to enter correct MPP file when you click the Next button.

Step 3: Select MPP tasks

In this step, all tasks included in the MPP file you selected are listed in a grid. You can select one or more tasks you want to synchronize to eReminder 2008 by checking the most left check boxes of each entries.

	To select all tasks listed in the MPP file, you can click the Select All button.
	To clear all your selections, you can click the Clear All button.

Column description:

Column Name	Description
Check box	Clicks to select or unselect the task in the row.
Task Name	Name of the Project task, which will be shown as subject of eReminder Task/Appointment when the import process is complete.
Notes	Notes of the Project task, which will be shown in the Body field associated with the eReminder Task/Appointment when the import process is complete.

Best Practice:

Behind each column name ,there are two arrow buttons. The first one is used to sort the tasks ascending or descending. The second one is used to filter the tasks by contents of this column. Click the down arrow button, then select an item listed in the popup menu to display only the tasks with the same feature. For advanced filter, please click the [Custom...] item.

Command button description:

Button Name	Description
Select All	Selects all entries listed in the grid. This is useful when you have a large number of Project tasks and you want to import all or nearly all of them into eReminder tasks/appointments.
Clear All	Unselects all entries in the grid. This is useful if you have a large number of Project tasks and only a few of them you want to import to eReminder tasks/appointments.

Best Practice:

Use the down arrow button to filter the tasks and then click the Select All button to select all tasks listed in the grid, which have some identical feature.

Context Menu description:

Menu Item	Description
Flag As Selected	Selects all entries which are highlighted.
Flag As Unselected	Unselects all entries which are highlighted.
Select All	Selects all entries listed in the grid. This is useful when you have a large number of Project tasks and you want to import all or nearly all of them into eReminder tasks/appointments.
Clear All	Unselects all entries in the grid. This is useful if you have a large number of Project tasks and only a few of them you want to import to eReminder tasks/appointments.

Best Practice:

Press the Shift key and then left-click mouse to highlight multi entries. The right-click mouse and select the Flag As Selected in the context menu to select all the highlighted entries.

Step 4: Integration result

This step is the actual action of integration. The integration process and the final result will be shown in the memo area and the log page.

Click the Complete button to finish.

Note:

	If you want to use Microsoft Project MPP Integration, Microsoft Project 2000 or greater must be installed on your machine.
	The task name, start date, finish date and notes are the only fields imported from Microsoft Project to eReminder. Other task information of Project file, such as percent complete, are ignored.

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