I have a project with a series of phases. Each phase has some identical tasks and some unique ones. I would like to copy the tasks into the phases rather than rebuilding them.

When I try to copy them, the links do not properly update.

For example, I have 80 rows of data, with dependencies, etc. I copy rows 10 to 50...they become rows 150 to 190. However, the dependencies still show to row 15 for example, rather than to row 165.



Is there a way to copy tasks and have the dependencies update to reflect the new rows (this works fine in Excel for example, the cell references update).

I should note, this is a work project using MS Project 2003 (updating to 2010 shortly)

Are you selecting the task by the row number and then copying? Have you tried collapsing the summary task, copying the summary and pasting? What service pack do you have applied to Project 2003? I believe it is up to SP-3

I have tried copying by row, by cell, only some cells, etc. Each time is the same result.

I will update tomorrow with the update version. Thanks.

it is SP3

However, I tried again with the structure collapsed, and the dependencies shifted properly.

thanks!

Great. The trick is to collapse the summary tasks and then copy the entire task - it should keep all of the relationships within the summary task correctly. Glad all is sorted.