Wiley Office 2008 for Mac All-in-One For Dummies 978-0-470-46041-2 Manuel D’Utilisation

Chapter 1: Creating New Projects

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verybody wants to keep their projects organized and on track. The first 
step is planning, but no matter how well you plan, you’re sure to experi-

ence twists and turns along the way. Fortunately, Project Center is flexible — 
and it’s there every step of the way to help you manage your project for optimal 
results. Don’t worry, Project Center doesn’t do too much hand-holding, unless 
you ask it to.

Project Center may be just one of the Entourage applications, in addition to 
Contacts, Calendar, and so on. But Project Center is extraordinarily powerful 
software, so we give Project Center an entire minibook of its own! We want to 
highlight just how important this application can be to Office users and empha-
size that Project Center is a distinct application in its own right that isn’t limited 
to working with Entourage alone. Whether in Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, you 
can use Project Center to help you manage almost any sort of project.

  Incidentally, Project Center is available only on the Mac. Windows versions 

of Office don’t have a comparable program.

This chapter starts with a discussion of the kinds of project scenarios in 
which Project Center is the right application to use. Then, we give you an 
overview of what you can expect to get out of Project Center, as well as how 
to make your very first project.

Deciding When to Use Project Center

You may want to consider Project Center when the project you’re working 
on involves more than just one or two tasks. Setting up and managing a proj-
ect takes a little time, so you probably don’t want to use Project Center for 
every little thing. However, here are some occasions when you could benefit 
from using Project Center:

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Participating in a committee at work or tackling an assignment.

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Working on an office or home remodeling project.