Microsoft Project 2021 From Beginners to Advanced - Exercise 04-1

This video tutorial guides viewers through setting up a project using an Excel file as a basis. It covers opening the file, creating a new project, setting start dates, adding tasks, marking milestones, and organizing tasks into summaries and subtasks. The tutorial emphasizes using the spreadsheet as a guide and provides step-by-step instructions for each process.

What is the first step in setting up the project according to the tutorial?

• Write a business plan

• Create a new Word document

• Open the New_business_Lanxlsx Excel file

• Download a project management app

What should you do after opening the Excel file?

• Email the file to your instructor

• Print the Excel file

• Create a new blank project and save it

• Add all tasks as manually scheduled

How should tasks be added to the project?

• As completed tasks

• As deleted tasks

• As automatically scheduled tasks

• As manually scheduled tasks

What is the purpose of marking tasks as milestones?

• To delete them later

• To highlight important points in the schedule

• To make them invisible

• To duplicate them

What is the first step in creating summary tasks?

• Delete all tasks

• Print the task list

• Insert a task at the top

• Export tasks to a new file

How do you make a task a top-level summary task?

• By deleting all other tasks

• By indenting all other tasks under it

• By exporting it to a new file

• By renaming it

What is the final step in organizing tasks into phases?

• Print the project plan

• Delete all subtasks

• Indent tasks to create a structured hierarchy

• Export the project