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FAQ

Can Seavus Project Viewer run on Microsoft Windows Vista and 7?
Yes, Seavus Project Viewer now supports the Microsoft Windows VISTA and 7 Operating System in addition to our currently supported platforms (Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional & Server, Microsoft Windows XP & Professional Edition, Microsoft Windows 2003 Server).
If a project plan has a protected password, is it possible to open a file with Seavus Project Viewer?
Seavus Project Viewer now fully supports opening password protected files. Project managers can decide to protect an .mpp file for appropriate team members viewing only the project information. When a user tries to open a password protected file with Seavus Project Viewer, a dialog window pops up for the protected password.
What type of file format is .ssv?
Seavus Secure Project File(.ssv) is a file format that is generated from Microsoft Project while using Seavus Secure View. It allows project managers to lock and hide columns that contain information which is not appropriate for certain team members' viewing and saves it in .ssv file format. When this file is opened in Seavus Project Viewer, users view only the information that should be displayed.
Does Seavus Project Viewer support .mpp files created in Microsoft Project 2007?
Yes, starting from Seavus Project Viewer 2007 version, all project plans created in Microsoft Project 2007 are fully supported. While working with Seavus Project Viewer 2007, users can view a new 3-D style for Gantt bars.
Can I save custom settings that I have made while using Seavus Project Viewer?
Seavus Project Viewer allows you to save settings; Seavus Project Viewer gives you the ability to upload these settings every time you open plans or upload to another appropriate project.
What is ODBC and what does Import from ODBC mean?
ODBC is an acronym for Open DataBase Connectivity and is a set of protocols, drivers and instructions for storing an access route which works 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 data and presenting this data to the user.
How can I export project information in Microsoft PowerPoint?
Seavus Project Viewer collaborates with Microsoft PowerPoint trough the Export to Microsoft PowerPoint function. You select which task and its data should be exported. The selected data then is exported in Microsoft PowerPoint in a previously prepared template, where you can make changes in its presentation.
Which file formats, besides .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).
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.
How can I send one task instead of an entire project plan?
Seavus Project Viewer allows users to send entire project plans or a 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.
What is Contextual printing?
Contextual printing (or Print with Seavus Project Viewer) is a feature that allows you to print a project plan faster (directly from Windows explorer). You 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 to have a printed version.
When can I use the Mail Recipient (As Schedule Note) in the Send To sub-menu?
Not only when you send project plans to other team members, but Seavus Project Viewer allows you to also send groups of several tasks to be viewed together. This feature can send both project plans and group tasks as a picture; the file format for these images is .jpg.
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 under the View tab select Print notes feature. After performing this action, all notes in the project plan will be printed on separate page(s).
Can I import a project created in Microsoft Excel?
Seavus Project Viewer supports importing project plans made in Microsoft Excel. To import, in the Microsoft Excel template (Excel Template.xls enter all necessary information regarding a project plan (duration, start and finish date, predecessors, resources, outline level of the tasks, notes, information regarding the resources).
What is the best use of a Relationship diagram?
The best use of a Relationship diagram in Seavus Project Viewer is for its Split window feature. In the top pane, you can select Gantt Chart, and in the bottom pane place the network diagram. When you've selected a task from the project plan in the top pane (Gantt Chart), you will then view the immediate predecessors and successors of that task in the bottom pane (Relationship diagram).
On which platforms does Seavus Project Viewer run?
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, Microsoft Windows VISTA and Microsoft Windows 7. Besides the 32 bit operating systems from Microsoft, the 64 bit versions are also supported.
Does Seavus Project Viewer support .mpt files?
Yes, Seavus Project Viewer supports .mpt files (e.g. global templates featuring views, filters, groups, or tables created specifically for employee needs).
Is it possible to view "shared resources" and if so, how?
Seavus Project Viewer supports viewing projects by 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 can access up-to-date information when viewing their projects.
How can I use my own timescale while viewing large project plans that have been sent to me? The project creator of the plan sent it to me with only days and weeks showing, and it is difficult for me to view.
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 a project's tasks and assignments, by changing the number of tiers shown on a timescale, labels shown for a time unit, and similar settings.
Our project manager has a special template used to create and display project plans. How can I see this template in Seavus Project Viewer?
Seavus Project Viewer can be personalized through its ability to associate a so-called global template file with an application, defining default views, tables, filters, groups, and calendars available for any project (.mpp) file, even when not saved to a file. By changing the default global template shipped with our product, organizations, and even end-users can tailor their copy of a product to their needs, ensuring one standard way of viewing all project plans is to their own needs, ensuring that a standard is established for viewing all project plans within the organization (allowing team members and project managers to share common views over tasks and assignments). It is even possible to design one standard of template for all Seavus Project Viewer applications, thus avoiding the need for administrators to constantly distribute changes in templates to each user separatelly.
How can I buy Seavus Project Viewer?
All details for ordering Seavus Project Viewer are described in the Order section on our Web site.
Are there any discounts available for purchasing multiple copies of Seavus Project Viewer?
Please contact your Reseller or customercenter@seavusprojectviewer.com
How many license types are supported by Seavus Project Viewer?
We have designed four licensing options for our customers:
  • Standard
  • Concurrent
  • Company
  • Enterprise
Does Seavus Project Viewer support sorting, Find and Go To options?
Yes, Seavus Project Viewer supports different task and resource sorting options and provides Find and Go To options.
Does Seavus Project Viewer support filtering options?
Yes, 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 new filters and modify existing filters by customizing a filter's criteria in Microsoft Project.
Does Seavus Project Viewer support different font types?
Yes, Seavus Project Viewer supports different font types, styles, sizes and colors.
What print options are available?
With Seavus Project Viewer, you can print all supported views including headers, footers and legends.
Can I print project plans with Seavus Project Viewer?
Seavus Project Viewer has an enhanced print functionality, including print preview and page set up, compatible with Microsoft Office and most other leading applications.
Does Seavus Project Viewer support large .mpp files?
Yes, Seavus Project Viewer supports .mpp files up to 10GB in size.
How fast does Seavus Project Viewer open .mpp files?
Seavus Project Viewer is highly optimized to open .mpp files of all sizes quickly. The speed has been segmented into three categories: .mpp files up to 1MB- open in less than 2 seconds, .mpp files from 1MB to 10MB- open in less than 10 seconds and .mpp files from 10MB to 45MB (including them) in less than 50 seconds.
Is an automatic update feature included with Seavus Project Viewer?
Yes, Seavus Project Viewer comes with a configurable automatic update feature. When a user starts Live Update, our secure Live Update Server is contacted and checks for available updates. The user selects the package(s) to be installed on their computer, and Live Update performs the upgrade.
Which versions of Microsoft Project files (.mpp) are supported by Seavus Project Viewer?
Seavus Project Viewer supports: Microsoft Project 2000, Microsoft Project 2002, Microsoft Project 2003 and Microsoft Project 2007 .mpp file versions.
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.
Do I need to have Microsoft Project installed on my computer?
No. Seavus Project Viewer is a stand-alone viewer designed to read Microsoft Project files, and Microsoft Project is not required.
Does Seavus Project Viewer support Enterprise fields?
Seavus Project Viewer besides presenting the standard project columns, supports as well displaying Enterprise fields from Enterprise Projects imported from Project Server 2007.
Where can I find more information about the Seavus Project Evolution suite?
You can register and download Trial Seavus Project Evolution components along with the documentation at www.seavusprojectevolution.com. You can contact us at support@seavusprojectviewer.com or support@seavusprojectevolution.com if you have any questions.
What is Seavus Project Search?
Seavus Project Search is tool for searching a text inside project files created in Microsoft Project (MPP files), stored locally on your PC.

If you spend lot of time searching through your mpp files and never knowing if the project file is the one you’re searching for, Seavus Project Search is the perfect tool for you. It operates like most of the known desktop search applications. You can use Seavus Project Search as a standalone application, or use the functions in Windows Desktop Search or Google Desktop Search. Still, you need Seavus Project Viewer in order to use the application.
How Seavus Project Search works?
Seavus Project Search acts as a meta-search engine for full-text search engines. A user specifies some keywords he/she would like to search and the search engine answers the query immediately by looking up the indexing result and responds to the user with all the documents that contains the keywords. The search engine itself doesn't understand format of a MPP document. Therefore, it looks in windows registry for an appropriate MPP index filter and finds Seavus Project Search. Seavus Project Search understands MPP format. It filters out embedded formatting and extracts text from the document and return text back to the application.
What is Task Update feature?
With Task Update option in Seavus Project Viewer the users now have the ability to collaborate with project managers so they will have up-to-date information about the current status of the project tasks and track if all assignments in the project plan are finished on time.

Team members that are using Seavus Project Viewer with Task Update and Project Managers using Microsoft Project for collaboration need only shared folder on which the project files will be saved and Seavus Add-in for MS Project on Project Manager's side.

Seavus Project Viewer Task Update can help companies to decrease their costs, easily track their projects, have better overview of their projects and avoid useless e-mail communication between project manager and team members.
How Google Apps Integration works?
The project manager creates a project plan using Microsoft Project and assigns team members to work on that plan and using Seavus Add-in for Microsoft Project, he uploads the project plan to Google Docs or Google Sites. All tasks from the project plan are added as events in the newly created project calendar. This way, the team member can receive notifications about upcoming tasks. When the team member wants to update progress on a project on which he has been assigned to, all he has to do is:
  • Open Seavus Project Viewer
  • Log in to Google using your Google Credentials
  • Update task progress in %Work Complete or Actual Work Time
  • Save and submit updates.

When the project manager opens again the project plan, she/he must check if there are any updates available. If there are updates for the project, they can be handled by simple Accepting or Rejecting assignment by assignment. When done with updates handling, the project plan is automatically updated, and the project manager must publish the new project version on the same place.;
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