Book Out dialog
You use the Book Out dialog to book out one or more charts or summary groups from the master project to a destination project for remote editing. You use this dialog to specify the name and location of the destination project, to specify which charts and summary groups to include in the book out and to specify which baselines - if any - to include in the book out.
How to access the Book Out dialog
To access the Book Out dialog:
- Select one or more expanded tasks or summary tasks, then on the Project tab, in the Data group, click the Book In/Out dropdown and select Book Out.
- Right-click an expanded task or summary task in the bar chart and select Book Out.
- Right-click a chart or summary group in the project view and select Book Out.
Explanation of the fields and buttons on the dialog
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Destination | Enter the location and name of the .PP destination project to which you want to book out information. You can select a new file name, or an existing file, which will be overwritten. Click Browse to specify the location of the destination project using a file selector. |
| Browse | Click this button to browse for the location of the destination project to which you want to book out information. |
| Scope | Select the check boxes to the left of those charts and summary groups that you want to book out. You can include any number of charts and summary groups from anywhere in the project hierarchy in a book out. |
| Baselines |
If you want to include information from one or more of the project's baselines in the book out, select the check boxes to the left of the baselines that you want to include.
If you include a baseline in a book out, most baseline functionality is available in the destination project. However, when you come to book the data back into the master project, any changes that you have made to the baseline are discarded and are not booked in; only changes to the project itself are booked in. |
How do I...
... book out one or more charts or summary groups to a destination project?
- Enter the location and name of the .PP destination project to which you want to book out information in the Destination field.
- In the Scope field, select the check boxes to the left of those charts and summary groups that you want to book out. You can include any number of charts and summary groups from anywhere in the project hierarchy in a book out.
- If you want to include information from one or more of the project's baselines in the book out, select the check boxes to the left of the baselines that you want to include in the Baselines field.
If you include a baseline in a book out, most baseline functionality is available in the destination project. However, when you come to book the data back into the master project, any changes that you have made to the baseline are discarded and are not booked in; only changes to the project itself are booked in. - Click OK. The specified charts or summary groups are booked out of the master project into the specified destination project.
The project view icons of the charts and summary groups that have been booked out into the destination project change to 
to indicate that they are now booked out. The master project and the destination project can now be worked on independently at the same time.