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The only other option that I have seen is called Projec.to which is an online project viewer. From what I have seen they have free accounts that would just let you view the file. Check www.project.to for more info.
Surprised they would send anything out-of-office in Project. Nobody ever has Project unless they use it day to day. A consulting firm not realizing this as well would be a red flag for me. Unless of course, they asked and one of your users told them you had Project or could handle Project files
There might have been a big lost because of the poor productivity if we reduce the number of MS Project licenses to purchase. But thanks to Seavus Project Viewer, we could reduce the license cost and improve productivity at the same time.
I want to thank you for the quick and thorough response This is just a little thank you and compliment to the Seavus Customer Support agent as well as to the sales person I contacted with: I want to thank you for the quick and thorough response. It was well explained, and answered all my questions perfectly! Thanks again.
We needed a tool to supplement our company's need just to view and open project files created by project managers with Microsoft Project. We wanted to deploy a lightweight Project Viewer software application that met our company needs and could reduce our license costs for expensive MS Project installations.
It is great to work with Seavus Project Viewer, very user friendly, and for a lower price then other viewers. It has exactly the same view as Microsoft Project Viewer, and some other features that allow me to configure my toolbar many the way I like. Very easy to use and with deep functionality.
I tried many Microsoft Project viewers before using Seavus Project Viewer, but none of them could display the usage views properly. I found it perfect in terms of viewing .mpp files at acceptable price levels. It is an application with excellent functions like highlighting whole rows, including Gantt bars when you select a task in a Gantt bar view...
We wanted a project reader which looked as much as possible as the MS Project version, but at a fraction of the price. Seavus Project Viewer was from our point of view the one which could answer this need. The product helps us reduce costs and I think all features are useful...
Housatonic provides project management solutions that power collaboration and empower team members. We're dedicated to serving the needs of project managers and their teams by developing powerful, cost-conscious solutions. After all, our ethos for providing software is "Built by Project Managers, for Project Managers." Basically, we provide two classes of PM solutions, an editor and a viewer:
To open any valid project file, click on the folder icon in the top bar of SPV and select "Open...". After selecting your file you'll see the Gantt View for that project. In the left pane you'll see the Gantt Table and on the right you'll see the Gantt Chart (see screenshot below). The splitter can be moved right or left to adjust the view. SPV has eight additional views: Timeline View, Resource Sheet, Resource Usage, Task Usage, Calendar, Network Diagram, Resource Graph, and Task Sheet. Access these views by clicking the appropriate button in the ribbon on the top of the main view.
SPV has two modes: Browse Detail (on by default) and Select Cells. With the Select Cells mode, you can switch between views using the left side buttons, select cells for copying/pasting, etc... Browse Detail mode allows you to navigate the project by making the data itself your means of navigation. Click here for a more detailed description of Browse Detail Mode.
The Gantt Table (left pane) describes each task in the project and is fully customizable. You can add or hide any column. Right-click (or Ctrl-click) in the table to use this feature. Using the toolbar labeled "Status", you can filter the view to see only certain tasks, e.g. Overdue, Milestones, assigned to a specific Resource, etc... Click the "Refresh" button to apply any changes to these filters.
When you downloaded Steelray Project Viewer (SPV), you probably received a trial key. To continue running Steelray after the trial period, you'll need to purchase and enter a purchased Subscription Key. There are two types of License Keys: Trial and Subscription. Trial keys are valid for a limited time after they are generated and allow all functionality; we do not disable any feature during a trial. Subscription keys are purchased and expire at the end of the subscription, which is typically one year. You cannot run Viewer without a trial or a subscription license key.
The Gantt View takes up most of the main window of Steelray Project Viewer and consists of two areas: the Gantt Table, the Gantt Chart. Note that you can move the splitter between the Table and the Chart to see more of one side.
This area contains tabular data about each task. The schedule type will determine the columns visible by default.For a Microsoft Project schedule (.mpp) the default columns will be Task ID, Indicators, Task Name, Start, Finish,Duration, Percent Complete, and Resource Names. For a P6 XER schedule (.xer) the default columns will be Indicators, Activity ID, Activity Name, Baseline Duration, Remaining Duration, Start, Finish, Resource Names,and Total Slack. Tasks are organized in a hierarchical manner. For example, in this sample project, "Gather Objectives for Website" is a sub-task of "Planning Phase" (see screenshot, below).
Tasks in bold with a collapsed (plus) or expanded (minus) icon left of their task name are Summary tasks, meaning that they have one or more sub-tasks. An expanded icon indicates that the task is expanded, and its sub-tasks are visible. A collapsed icon indicates that the task is collapsed, and none of its sub-tasks are visible. Clicking on a collapsed icon will expand the task, and clicking on an expanded icon will collapse the task.
Adding and removing columns is simple. Right-click (or CTRL-click) on any column (in the header or data), and choose to hide that column, or insert a column immediately before the selected column. You can add any number of columns in any order. The columns that you choose to show (and their order) will be saved from session to session.
You can also resize any column by dragging the border of the column in the table header and dragging it to make it smaller or larger. To move a column, click drag in the column header and move it to the desired location.
The Indicators column is available for Microsoft Project schedules. This column contains various information about a project such as Completion Dates, Hyperlinks, Constraints, and Annotations. In order to view this information, simply hover over the icon of the desired information. To add an Annotation, Right-click (or CTRL-click) on the target task and select Add Annotation. Icons for a given annotation may be selected through the edit annotation window as well. To edit an annotation, simply Right-click (or CTRL-click) the task with the target annotation and select Edit Annotation. Annotations are not stored in the actual project, instead they reside in the settings of Steelray Project Viewer.
You can Zoom In and Out (using the menu or the toolbar icons) to change to a different time scale. This is the Weekly view. The top of the chart shows a timeline broken down by week and showing individual days. The tasks Start and Finish Dates are indicated by the beginning and end of the lavendar bars (task bars). Percentage complete is shown by the black line running through the task bar. To the right of each task bar are the Resource Names. This is a preference and can be changed in the Preferences Dialog. The arrows indicate the relationship between two tasks. Weekend days are shaded in this view.
There are five filters in the Filter tab in the Ribbon, each explained below. All filters behave the same way. As changes are made to the available options the Gantt View will refresh with the options that you have selected. Note that all options take effect. For example, if you select Overdue, Summary, and Level 2, only tasks meeting all of those criteria will be displayed (which may be none).
The Timeline View displays information about specific tasks along a timeline, which may be useful in a presentation. By default, the Timeline View displays Milestones and encompasses the entire timeline of the project.
The tasks that are displayed can be changed by selecting "Select Tasks..." in the Timeline toolbar. In the Select Tasks dialog you can choose individual tasks to display in the Timeline View. To aid in selecting tasks more quickly you can choose All, None, or Milestones, which will toggle the appropriate tasks.
The left side view displays Resource ID, Resource Name, and Work. The Work displayed on a Resource line is the total Work for that Resource. Work displayed on a Task line is the amount of Work for that Task for the listed Resource. Expanding or Contracting a Resource affects that Resource only.
The right side displays information by time period for the corresponding line on the left side of the View. Zooming In and Out works as it does in the Gantt View. There are five levels, and each column represents a different time period in each zoom level.
The left side view displays Task ID, Task Name, Work, Duration, Start, and Finish for each Task. The Work (and Duration) displayed on a Task line is the total Work (or Duration) for that Task and all of its child tasks. Work displayed on a Task line is the amount of Work for that Task for the listed Resource. Expanding or Contracting a Task affects that Task only. Resource lines display information specific to that Resource's involvement in this Task.
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