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Can Seavus Project Viewer run on Microsoft® Windows Vista?
Yes, Seavus Project Viewer now supports the Microsoft® Windows VISTA Operating System, in addition to our currently supported platforms (Microsoft® Windows 2000 Professional & Server, Microsoft® Windows XP & Professional Edition, Microsoft® Windows 2003 Server.
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If the project plan is password protected, is it possible that file to be opened with Seavus Project Viewer?
Seavus Project Viewer now fully supports opening Password Protected Files. Project managers have the ability to decide to protect the .mpp file for viewing and only appropriate team members can view the project information. When a user tries to open password protected file with Seavus Project Viewer, a dialog window will pop-up asking the user to enter the password.
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What type of file format is .ssv?
.ssv (Seavus Secure Project File) is file format that is generated from Microsoft® Project while using Seavus Secure View add-in. It allows project managers to lock and hide columns that contain information which is not appropriate for certain team members and save it in .ssv file format. When this file is opened in Seavus Project Viewer, users will view only the information that the project managers have determined will be displayed.
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Does Seavus Project Viewer supports .mpp files created in Microsoft Project 2007?
Yes, starting from Seavus Project Viewer 2007 version, all project plans that are created in Microsoft Project 2007 are fully supported. While working with Seavus Project Viewer 2007, users will view the new 3-D style contained in the Gantt bars.
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Can I save the custom settings that I have made during the viewing process with Seavus Project Viewer?
Seavus Project Viewer allows you to save the settings that you made during working process. Seavus Project Viewer gives you the ability to upload these settings every time when you open project plan or to upload only to one appropriate project plan.
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What is ODBC and what does it mean Import from ODBC?
ODBC is acronym for Open DataBase Connectivity and it is a set of protocols, drivers and instructions for storing the route to access and work with different data sources. The ODBC data source will allow Seavus Project Viewer to access data in DBMS (DataBase Management System) using SQL as a standard for accessing the data and present the information to the user.
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How can I export project information in Microsoft® PowerPoint?
Seavus Project Viewer collaborates with Microsoft® PowerPoint trough Export to Microsoft PowerPoint function. You can select which task and which task's information will be exported. The selected information will be exported in Microsoft® PowerPoint in previously prepared template, where you can make changes in the presentation.
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Which file formats, beside .mpp, can be opened by Seavus Project Viewer?
Seavus Project Viewer can open project files saved in the following file formats: .xml, .xls and .mdb. In addition, Seavus Project Viewer can open project files created in EasyProjectPlan (.xls file format).
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Which applications from Microsoft Office collaborate with Seavus Project Viewer?
The following applications from Microsoft Office collaborate with Seavus Project Viewer: Microsoft® Excel, Microsoft® Outlook and Microsoft® PowerPoint.
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How I can send one task instead of entire project plan?
Seavus Project Viewer allows users to send entire project plan or single task to other team members via Microsoft® Outlook. For this purpose, select the task that you want to send, click on the right mouse button and select the Send Task feature.
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What is Contextual printing?
Contextual printing (or Print with Seavus Project Viewer) is feature that allows you to print the project plan faster (directly from the Windows explorer) that in the usual way. You have to select the .mpp file, right click on the mouse button and select the Print with Seavus Project Viewer feature. This will lead directly to the Print window in the application. You only need to click on the Print button and have printed version of the project plan
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When I can use the Mail Recipient (As Schedule Note) in the Send to sub-menu?
Besides sending the project plan to other team members, Seavus Project Viewer allows you to send picture of the group of several tasks which you think that are important for your team member. With this feature you can send both the picture and the project plan. The file format of the picture is .jpg.
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There are notes in the project plan, but when I select the Print preview option they are missing. How can I print them?
Open the Page Setup window in Seavus Project Viewer and in the View tab select the Print notes feature. After performing this action, all notes in the project plan will be printed on separate page(s).
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Can I import a project created in Microsoft® Excel?
Seavus Project Viewer supports importing project plan made in Microsoft® Excel. For this purpose, you have to enter in the Microsoft® Excel template (Excel Template.xls) all necessary information regarding the project plan (duration, start and finish date, predecessors, resources, outline level of the tasks, notes, information regarding the resources, etc).
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What is the best use of Relationship diagram?
The best use of the Relationship diagram within Seavus Project Viewer is with the Split window feature. In the top pane, you can select the Gantt Chart and in the bottom pane place the network diagram. Any time when you select one task from the project plan in the top pane (Gantt Chart), you will view the immediate predecessors and successors of that task in the bottom pane (Relationship diagram).
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On which platforms Seavus Project Viewer is running?
Seavus Project Viewer is tested and certified to work on the following platforms: Microsoft® Windows 2000 Professional, Microsoft® Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft® Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft® Windows XP Professional Edition, and Microsoft® Windows 2003 Server. Beside the 32 bit operating systems from Microsoft, the 64 bit versions are supported through the built in Windows on Windows64 (WOW64) compatibility layer of the operating system.
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Does Seavus Project Viewer support .mpt files?
Yes, Seavus Project Viewer supports .mpt files .i.e. global templates prepared by the project managers in order their employees to have features (views, filters, groups, tables) created specially for their needs.
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Is it possible to view 'shared resources' and if so, how should/could I do it?
Seavus Project Viewer supports viewing projects using resources from a shared resource pool. When such a project is opened, the user can choose to load the resources from the shared pool, instead of the local ones defined in the project (.mpp) file. This enables Resource Managers to keep updated resource information in one file, ensuring that all Seavus Project Viewer users will always see the up-to-date information when viewing their projects.
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How can I use my own timescale whilst viewing large project plans that have been sent to me? The creator of the plan sent it to me with only days and weeks showing and it is difficult for me to see it that way?
Seavus Project Viewer provides a powerful timescale formatting feature, which fully matches its counterpart in Microsoft® Project. It can be used to customize the view over the project tasks and assignments, by changing the number of tiers shown on the timescale, the labels shown for each time unit, and similar settings.
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Our project manager has a special template she uses to create and display her project plans. How can we see her template in Seavus Project Viewer?
Seavus Project Viewer can be personalized through its ability to associate a so-called global template file with the application, which defines the default views, tables, filters, groups, and calendars that will be available for any project (.mpp) file, even if they are not saved in the file itself. By changing the default global template shipped with our product, organizations, or even end-users can tailor their copy of the product to their needs, ensuring one standard way of viewing all project plans is established within the organization, i.e. team members and project managers share a common view over the tasks and assignments. It is even possible to use one standard place on the network for the global template for all Seavus Project Viewer applications, thus avoiding the need for administrators to constantly distribute changes in the global templates to each user locally.
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How can I buy the Seavus Project Viewer?
All details for ordering Seavus Project Viewer are described in the Order section on our Web site.
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Are there any discounts available for purchasing multiple copies of the Seavus Project Viewer?
Please contact your Reseller or support@seavusprojectviewer.com.
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How many license types are supported by Seavus Project Viewer?
Licensing system of Seavus Project Viewer is designed to support following license types:
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Standard
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Concurrent
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Company
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Enterprise
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Does Seavus Project Viewer support sorting and find & go to options?
Yes, the Seavus Project Viewer supports different sorting options for the tasks and resources shown in the views and provides find & go to options.
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Does SeavusProject Viewer support filtering options?
Yes, the Seavus Project Viewer supports all standard task filters, available by default in Microsoft® Project, for viewing specific aspects of tasks and resource filters for viewing specific aspects of resources. In addition, project managers can create a new filter or modify an existing filter by customizing a filter's criteria in Microsoft® Project.
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Does Seavus Project Viewer support different font types?
Yes, the Seavus Project Viewer supports the use of different font types, styles, sizes and colors.
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And what are the print features?
With the Seavus Project Viewer you can print all supported views including headers, footers and legends.
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Can I print project plans with the Seavus Project Viewer?
The Seavus Project Viewer has an enhanced print functionality, including print preview and page set up, that is compatible with Microsoft Office® and most other leading applications.
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Does the Seavus Project Viewer support large .mpp files?
Yes, the Seavus Project Viewer supports .mpp files up to 10GB in size.
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How fast does the Seavus Project Viewer open .mpp files?
The Seavus Project Viewer is highly optimized to open .mpp files of all sizes quickly. The speed has been segmented into two categories: .mpp files up to 1MB open in less than 3 seconds, and .mpp files from 1MB to 10MB open in less than 20 seconds.
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Is the automatic update feature included with the Seavus Project Viewer?
Yes, the Seavus Project Viewer comes with a configurable automatic update feature. When the user starts Live Update, it will contact our secure Live Update Server and will check for available updates. The user can select the packages to be installed on the computer and let the Live Update application perform the upgrade.
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Which versions of Microsoft Project files (.mpp) are supported by the
Seavus Project Viewer?
Seavus Project Viewer supports: MS Project 98, MS Project 2000, MS Project 2002, MS Project 2003 and MS Project 2007 .mpp file versions.
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Which views are supported by Seavus Project Viewer?
Seavus Project Viewer can interpret Bar Rollup, Detail Gantt, Gantt Chart, Leveling Gantt, Milestone Date Rollup, Milestone Rollup, Multiple baselines Gantt, Tracking Gantt, Network Diagram, Descriptive Network Diagram, Task Sheet, Task Usage, Relationship diagram, Resource Graph, Resource Sheet, and Resource Usage. See screenshots.
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Do I need to have Microsoft Project® installed on my computer?
No. The Seavus Project Viewer is a standalone viewer application designed to read Microsoft Project files, and it does not require Microsoft Project to be installed on your computer.
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