PRJ: Merged .MPX File May Change Outline for Unmatched Tasks

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Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. From the File menu, choose New. Add the following tasks so that they have the structure listed below:

        ID    Name     Unique ID   Outline Level
         1     1         1              1
         2     2         2              2
         3     3         3              2
         4     4         4              3
   					

2. From the File menu, choose Save, and name the document TEST1.MPP. Choose OK.
3. From the File menu, choose New. Add the following tasks so that they have the structure listed below:

        ID    Name     Unique ID   Outline Level
         1     a         1              1
         2     b         2              2
         3     c         3              2
         4     d         4              3
         5     aa        5              1
         6     bb        6              1
   					

4. From the File menu, choose Save As. Change the name to TEST2.MPX. Choose OK.
5. Close TEST2. (You do not need to save your changes).
6. Open and merge TEST2.MPX into TEST1.MPP.

After the files are merged, project TEST1.MPP resembles the following:

  ID    Name     Unique ID   Outline Level
   1     a         1              1
   2     b         2              2
   3     c         3              2
   4     d         4              3
   5     aa        5              3
   6     bb        6              3
				

In Microsoft Project version 3.0, task IDs 5 and 6 would be at outline level 1 (because this is the level they had in the original file). Microsoft Project version 4.0 uses its "smart insert" feature to indent the unmatched tasks (IDs 5 and 6) to at least the same level as the last task in the project.