Setup currency, hours and other details….

As our scenario customer is from Europe region we need to change the currency to Euro then default USD.

To do so, click on File menu and then select options. In Project Options dialog box select “Display” in left hand selection.

Change the currency to EUR automatically respective symbol will change. You can also change the decimal places if you want.

If you are following different calendar due to your project requirement you can change the calendar type in calendar section. There are three types of calendar is supported by MS Project , Default Gregorian Calendar, Hijri Calendar and Thai Buddhist Calendar.

Other interesting option on this screen is to show Entry bar option.

When you select this option Project will show Entry bar above your Gantt view like Excel.

Other than above the Schedule Menu has many different options that can change the look and feel and how Microsoft project calculate hours.

For example: The Week start on field can change the way weeks are represented in MS Project.

By default project assumes the standard working timings in your project is from 8 am to 5 pm and working hours in day are 8 and in week 40. You can customize it to your need if needed but usually it is not changed except someone really interested in micro managing the project.

If you are more concerned about how the values shown in Project you can check advance tab. It has many options  that you can play with to change the look and feel and behave however we will touch base the option whenever needed thus we will not go in much details here.