Project 2013 Intermediate

Lesson 3 – Assigning Costs

Project 2013

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Step-by-Step

View resource costs.

Switch to the Resource Usage view.

Steps

Practice Data

1. Select the View tab.

Click

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The View ribbon appears.

2. Click to select a Table.

The Table submenu appears.

Click

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3. Select the Cost command.

Click Cost.

The Cost table is applied to the resource view and cost information appears.

Drag the vertical split bar as far to the right as possible and then scroll to view the cost information.

Select the File tab and select Print. Use the Preview pane and click the next page arrows to view the last page. Magnify the last row on page 2. Notice that it shows the task information for the 31 Landscaping materials resource. Click the Page Setup link on the bottom of the Print view. Click the View tab. Enable the Print column totals option and select OK to close the dialog box. Notice that there is a new Total row with column totals on page 2. Return to the main view.

V IEWING T ASK C OSTS

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Discussion

Microsoft Project provides several ways to view the cost information for a project. You can view the cost information for the Fixed Cost , Fixed Cost Accrual , Total Cost , Baseline , Variance , Actual , and Remaining field for each task when you apply the Cost table to the Gantt chart. The following table describes each of these fields in detail:

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