Project: Best Fit Selection for Resource View
  
PSS ID Number: Q102683
Article last modified on 03-15-1995
 
3.00 3.00a | 3.00
 
WINDOWS    | MACINTOSH
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Project for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0a
 - Microsoft Project for Macintosh, version 3.0
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use the Best Fit option on a Microsoft Project resource view
such as the Resource Sheet, you may receive the following errors:
 
   If you are using version 3.1 of Windows or Windows for Workgroups
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   WINPROJ caused a General Protection fault in module WINPROJ.EXE
 
   -or-
 
   If you are using Microsoft Project for the Macintosh
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   The application "unknown" has unexpectedly quit, because an error
   of type 1 has occurred.
 
WORKAROUND
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To reset column widths on a resource view, do any of the following:
 
   In the Column Definition dialog box, type a value in the Width
   field and choose OK.
 
   -or-
 
   Change the column width while you edit the table by choosing the
   Define Tables command from the Tables menu.
 
   -or-
 
   Use your mouse to drag the resource view column to the desired
   width.
 
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft
Project listed above. This problem was corrected in version 4.0 of
Microsoft Project.
 
Steps to Reproduce Problem
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1. Start Microsoft Project.
 
2. From the View menu, choose Resource Sheet.
 
3. From the Table menu, choose Work.
 
4. Enter a resource, "R1" (without the quotation marks).
 
5. Double-click the "Actual" column title.
 
The Column Definition dialog box appears and the Field Name says
"Actual Work."
 
6. Click the Best Fit button.
 
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Additional reference words: 3.00 3.00a
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