Custom Reports dialog box

Use the Custom Reports dialog box to select from the full list of reports in Microsoft Office Project, or customize one of these reports. You can:

• Select, preview, and print an existing report.

• Set the page layout, margins, headers, footers, and legend for an existing report.

• Customize an existing report.

• Copy an existing report to another report or to another project.

• Create a new report.

Dialog box location

On the Report menu, click Reports. Click Custom, and then click Select.

Details

Reports list

Lists all existing reports both built-in reports as well as custom reports you have created.

Command buttons for generating an existing report

Preview     Displays an image of the selected report as it will look when printed, including margins, headers and footers, and placement on the page.

Setup     Opens the Page Setup dialog box showing the tabs and controls applicable to the selected report. Use this dialog box to set the page orientation, scaling, margins, header and footer, and so on.

Print     Opens the Print dialog box, in which you can specify the number of copies, the specific pages to print, and more.

Command buttons for creating or adapting a new report

New     Opens the Define New Report dialog box, which you can use to create a new task, resource, monthly calendar, or crosstab report.

Edit     Opens a dialog box that controls the definition and details for the type of report that's currently selected. If Budget Report is selected, for example, the Task Report dialog box appears, containing all the information that defines the Budget Report. If Overallocated Resources is selected, the Resource Report dialog box appears. If the Who Does What When report is selected, the Crosstab Report dialog box appears. Use the dialog box to edit the definition and details of the selected report.

Copy     Opens a dialog box that controls the definition and details for the type of report that's currently selected. If the Completed Tasks report is selected, the Task Report dialog box appears, containing all the information that defines that report. If the Overbudget Resources report is selected, the Resource Report dialog box appears. If the Cash Flow report is selected, the Crosstab Report dialog box appears. In the Name box, "Copy of" appears in front of the report name. Change the name to one you want, and then edit the definition and details of the copied report.

Organizer     Opens the Organizer dialog box with the Reports tab selected. Use this tab to copy a report from one project to another, or to or from a global template. You can also rename or delete a report.