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“What Milestones Can Do For You!”

Unleash the full power of Milestones! Beginning in February 2009, you can sign up for a FREE half-hour online session: “What Milestones Can Do For You!” This session will:

•	Demonstrate the possibilities through a variety of examples.
•	Show you how to format small or large projects. Milestones can do them all - so can you!
•	Get you up and running smoothly.
•	Wow you with Milestones features - both basic and advanced - so that you can take advantage of them all.

For a list of available times and dates, e-mail: milestones@kidasa.com.

Updated EBook - Successfully Presenting Your Projects

The need for clear, concise project reports
Is your project ready for prime time?
Use consistent symbology
Accepted Standard Symbology
Highlight Important Milestones
Report Progress
Report Project Cost
Present Earned Value
Get more on a single page
Reporting Accuracy: From Database to Project Report
Create Reports from Microsoft Project

Click here to get the free e-book.

Software Updated

If you are a Milestones Professional or Milestones Project Companion 2008 user and have run into any of the following issues, please update your software:

Copy All Pages to PowerPoint not copying all pages. (This issue was discovered when the Norwegian language regional settings were used in Windows and reported by two of our Norwegian customers.) This issue has been corrected in the update.
Several issues which are of interest to users of the Milestones Professional and Milestones Project Companion interface to Microsoft Office Project have been addressed in the update. The update affects the following reports: Earned Value Dashboard, Gantt Step-by-step, Resource Summary and other Resource reports, and Summary-Scatter chart.
A new option which makes it possible to select a flag to filter Microsoft Project schedules has been added for Custom Templates. This option was previously only available for non-custom templates.

Have a question, comment or suggestion? Contact us via: support@kidasa.com.

Latest Tips and Tricks

Have a Question? We have the answers. The KIDASA Web site support and Q&A sections have been reorganized to better meet customer needs. Here are a few of the questions our support team fielded recently:

Is it possible to copy the structure of a schedule? See Answer
Is it possible to create a new schedule that is exactly like the schedule I have (with all the dates and tasks), but 2 years in the future? See Answer
I have a baseline plan. Now I would like that plan to remain static. Can the baseline be "frozen"? See Answer
I'm trying to find a way to add a task line to a schedule with out going to a second page. See Answer
I own a copy of Professional Milestones 2004 but cannot load it on to my new computer which uses Microsoft Vista. Can you help me with this?
- Answer: Yes, older versions of Milestones (prior to version 2008) need to be installed and activated using Admin mode. Learn More.
I would like to delete the start date symbol from a bar that is on my schedule, but I would like to leave the bar and end date symbol. See Answer

Timely Timelines

Check out our new timelines:

Lincoln Presidency
Dow Jones 2000-2009 with Historical Events

The Mortgage Crisis Timeline
D-Day Invasion Timeline

	Order a training session today. Learn more.
"Thank you so very much for a clear, concise, and comprehensive training session on Milestones Professional 2008. I have used the program infrequently over the past 5-6 years, but now that I understand the full capability of the program, I fully intend to use Milestones as my primary project management tool." - Satisfied Customer

Schedule "Makeovers"

You've heard of house makeovers, body makeovers, face makeovers. We are taking a crack at schedule makeovers. Check out our Makeovers page to see a few of the schedules we have transformed. If you have a schedule you would like to see made over send it over and we'll take a look at it. Who knows, it might even be featured in a future issue of Major Milestones!