Create Links to Text Between Project Files

When you manage several projects at a time that have some information in common, you can link information dynamically in a sheet view from one Microsoft Project file to another. Then, whenever you change information in one file, Microsoft Project updates the information in the other file automatically. You can also use this technique to create links to information from different areas within a single project file and to create multiple links to one object.

You can create links only to text, not graphics, between Microsoft Project files.

To create a link to text in another project file

Open the project file containing the text.
On the View Bar, click the sheet view that contains the text, and then select the text.
Click Copy .
Open the project file in which you want to create the link.
On the View Bar, click the sheet view in which you want to create the link.
If necessary, add columns or create a new table to make the view compatible with the order and type of information in the object.
If necessary, add more fields to the table to accommodate the entire object.
If there is not enough room, information already in the view may be replaced by the incoming object.
Select the field where the upper-left cell of the linked information should begin.
On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.
Click Paste Link.