Creating a new project

When you create a new project in Asta Powerproject, you can base it on a template. Doing this speeds up the creation of new projects.

Templates can contain information that you use regularly in your projects, such as resources, tables, code libraries, filters and many more items.

To create a new project in Asta Powerproject:

1. Click the File tab.
2. Click New. A list of available templates appears:
   
   
3. Select the template on which to base your project by clicking it. In this instance, click the Construction Template.
4. Enter basic information about the project in the fields to the right of the screen:
   • File name - Enter a file name for the new project, and optionally a path.
   • Title - Enter a descriptive name to apply to the project.
   • For - Enter the name of the person or organisation for which the project is being created.
   • By - Enter the name of the person or organisation that is creating the project.
   • Start - Enter the date on which the earliest task in the project begins.
   
5. Click Create. The project is created and you are presented with a blank spreadsheet and bar chart.

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