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Copy values from one baseline to another

Copy values from one baseline to another

From the course: Microsoft Project Tips Weekly

Copy values from one baseline to another

- [Bonnie] Hi, Bonnie Biafore, here, with another project tip. Suppose you want to change the baseline for a project, but you don't want to lose the values from the original baseline. Here's a neat trick to copy all the values from one baseline to another. We're going to start by saving a baseline for this project. On the Project tab, in the Schedule section, click Set Baseline, then choose Set baseline on the dropdown menu. That opens up the set baseline dialog box. Now it's set to baseline, which is what I want, the option, Entire project, is already selected, so I can click OK to save that baseline. Now I want to save this baseline to baseline 10, before making any changes. So we're going to go back up and click Set Baseline, again, and choose Set baseline on the dropdown list. But this time in the set baseline dialog box, select Set interim plan. If you look at Project Help, it will say that interim plans only hold start and finish dates. However, you can use this to copy…

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