Any group of options specified as being for the current file applies only to that file unless you click the Set As Default button. These options apply only to the current file.įigure 28-2. Click Set As Default to apply current settings to the project global template. These options are saved to the project global template. You can use the Set As Default button to add current project settings to your project global template (see Figure 28-2). Certain settings apply just to the current project file others apply to Microsoft Project as a whole and change the project global template. In the Options dialog box, various categories of options are available, like View, Schedule, Calculation, and so on. The project global template also contains your Microsoft Project-wide settings, which you access by clicking Tools, Options. Use the Organizer to copy customized elements to the project global template to make those elements available to other projects.įor more information about the Organizer, see 'Sharing Customized Elements among Projects' on page 812. Those new settings become your new defaults.įigure 28-1.

If you want your custom settings available to any project opened on your local computer, you can add them to the project global template using the Organizer (see Figure 28-1).

These elements include the following:Īs you alter settings in your project by customizing your view and calendar settings, modifying tables, and creating sets of custom fields, for example, those changes initially apply to just the current project. Essentially, the project global template is a collection of default settings for a variety of elements throughout a project file. The project global template, or global.mpt, is an integral part of every project file.

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