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How useful is cost type in Project?

by Cecille Ramirez on February 17th, 2010

There are three (3) different types of resources in Project 2007. We have the usual, work and material types. The new one is cost type. With work, it is normally assigned to every resource that gets paid based on work rendered in hours, weeks or years. As for the material type, anything consumable is under this category.

Now, with cost type, remember there are tangible and non-tangible types of costing in every project. For example, how do we label airfare, meals, transportation and anything that incur cost? With the old timers work and material types, are they sufficient enough to do the labeling? Maybe this is what the cost type is all about.

To top that, another challenge for Project Managers is how to assign a budget roll-up to the entire project? This is what the budget attribute is for. I will cover this more in the next blog. It’s easier these days to accommodate all types of costing in your project. First, know the different types then decide whether we have to pair it with a budget attribute.

Is Office 2007 Amazing or What?

by Cecille Ramirez on February 8th, 2010

Microsoft’s Office 2007 is still new for some though Microsoft is already planning on the big launch of their 2010 version. First, we have to at least have better appreciation of 2007 new features.

Have you somehow wonder what’s with the added x in the file extension for most of the Office 2007 software? For example, Microsoft Word documents when saved are now “.docx”. PowerPoint is “.pptx”. Excel is “.xlsx”. So what’s with this x?

The way to know is to have the same document saved in both versions then compare the file size. Just be sure that both have the same and literally the same content to really tell the difference. Which one is smaller in size? What makes it smaller?

The x means XML. It is a new technology in the background of Office 2007. However, the XML is not new in the arena. Implementation wise, Microsoft is trying to maximize its use to all of their platforms and that includes Office 2007. I bet all new versions will maintain the same.

As always, look for new features and understand well why a new version in the first place?

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