Project Plan 365 is compatible with MS Project 2024, 2021, 2019, 2016, 2013 and 2010.

What are the MS Project supported versions?

The following Microsoft Project file formats are supported: Microsoft Project files 2010, Microsoft Project files 2013, Microsoft Project files 2016, Microsoft Project files 2019, Microsoft Project files 2021 and Microsoft Project files 2024. In this way, you don't need to have Microsoft Project installed on your device so that you can access MS Project information.

In order to evaluate the real-time collaboration feature, please start a 30 days Business Trial on our Project Plan 365 Free Trial page by clicking on the “Start free trial” button. Then, Sign In with your email and password inside the Project Plan 365 app and open a file previously saved in My Projects - Drive 365 cloud service. Then, enable the Collaboration by going to menu Share – Real-Time Collaboration.

In order to see the outline number you can either insert the WBS column, go to menu File-Options and in Advanced tab check the Show outline number option or check the “Outline Number” checknox directly from the “Format” menu. The outline number will appear in the Task Name column.

To show or hide the View Bar, go to the Window menu and select View Bar, or right-click on the View Bar and uncheck the "View Bar" option from the list.

To create a summary task, indent a task below another task or click the "Insert Summary" button in the Task ribbon, and a new summary task will be inserted with a placeholder name and a new task beneath it; simply rename the summary task and press Enter to confirm.

To create a subtask, indent a task below another task or click the "Insert Summary " button in the Task ribbon, and a new summary task will be inserted with a placeholder name and the selected tasks will be demoted as subtasks of the newly created summary task.

To remove the Summary task for your project, click on File - Options – Advanced (or File – Info - Project Options -Advanced). Uncheck the "Show project summary task" option and then click OK or uncheck the “Project Summary Task” checkbox from the “Format” menu.

In order to see the total project duration, please insert the Project Summary Task by going to menu File - Options (or File – Info - Project Options) and in Advanced tab check the Show project summary option or by checking the “Project Summary Task” checkbox from the “Format” menu.

To see the Summary task for your project, click on File - Options – Advanced (or File – Info - Project Options -Advanced). Make sure the "Show project summary task" is selected and then click OK or by checking the “Project Summary Task” checkbox from the “Format” menu.

To exit the collaboration mode, you can close the file by going to menu File – Close, or press on the Exit button.

To enter in Real-Time Collaboration mode, first, you need to Sign In with your email and password inside Project Plan 365 app with an Editor account. Go to the menu Share – Real-Time Collaboration. If your file is not saved in Drive 365 cloud, you will be asked to save the file in Drive 365 and then the mpp file will be opened in Real-Time Collaboration mode. 

• Type "Indent” to indent the tasks in your project.
• Type "Change Working Time" to modify working and non-working days for your project.
• Type "Link" to create dependencies between tasks.

• Type "Task Information" to open the Task Information dialog, where you can edit task details.
• Type "Resource Sheet" to quickly access the Resource Sheet view and manage resources.
• Type "Project Information" to open the Project Information dialog, where you can set start dates, calendars, and other critical project parameters.

The "Tell Me What You Want to Do" feature can help you quickly access a variety of actions, such as:

• Inserting tasks, milestones, or summaries
• Assigning resources
• Changing project settings
• Managing dependencies between tasks, etc.

Essentially, it can locate any feature available within Project Plan 365.

The Wrap Text option can be applied to the Resource Names column.

The  Text Wrapping can be applied to all columns from the Column Definition dialog or contextual menu.

If you want the text to wrap to multiple lines if the column is too narrow to display it on one line, double click on the desired column header – from the Column Definition dialog check the Text Wrap checkbox and click OK.

Note: You can also wrap the text by right clicking on the desired column header and from the contextual menu click on the Wrap Text button.

On editable views, columns can be updated by double clicking on the column header in the grid or going to menu Format – Column Definition and changing the column definition (field name, title, title and data alignment or column width).

To change the width of an existing column precisely you must double click on the column, then change the width input by clicking the up and down arrows.

Note: You can also change the width of an existing column precisely by right clicking on the desired column header and clicking on the Best Fit button.