Nov 15 2021 07:22 AM - last edited on Nov 09 2023 11:10 AM by
Hi
Can two MS Project files be opened on two different screens at the same time?
This option is should be there as it is for other usual MS software like Word, Excel etc.
Hope this can be fixed as will ease out while working from two parallel files simultaneously.
Appreciate if this can be looked at, please asap.
Looking forward
Nov 15 2021 07:54 AM
Nov 15 2021 08:17 AM
Nov 15 2021 08:38 AM
I don't understand what you mean. I can open multiple files and view them simultaneously using split screen via, View > Window group > Arrange all. It's not necessarily easy to work on the files especially with a small screen but careful use of filtering can make it easier. Another option is to temporarily create a master file with inserted projects.
If you are looking for the ability to have two separate instances of Project, then I suggest you submit a request via, File > Feedback > "I have a suggestion".
John
Nov 15 2021 09:21 AM
Nov 15 2021 11:13 AM
Nov 16 2021 07:44 AM
@John-project
Hi John
Thanks for your response back in regards to subject.
I definitely mean using two separate monitors connected to a single PC.
Unfortunately, with MS Project, it is NOT POSSIBLE.
Wonder if this can be fixed by developers at Microsoft.
Please let me know if you would like to speak on a call/screen share to help resolve this further.
Appreciated.
Regards
Nov 16 2021 08:12 AM
Take a look at this thread. Several options are given by various users like yourself.
John
Nov 17 2021 10:17 AM
Nov 17 2021 11:42 AM
Nov 18 2021 02:47 PM
Nov 18 2021 03:08 PM - edited Nov 18 2021 03:09 PM
As John has already mentioned, MS Project is a single instance application. You can not run multiple instances of MS Project but it can of course open multiple different mpp files, and multiple windows of the same mpp file. I hope they continue to invest in developing the desktop application further.
Mar 28 2022 09:54 AM - edited Mar 28 2022 10:06 AM
Wow, this is terrible customer service and I 100% agree with MZ_Rasheed.
The fact that the developers at Microsoft "do not see this as an issue or problem" is a terrible mindset and just goes to show that you all are not investing the time needed to meet the customers needs and/or you don't bother to even see with your own eyes what it is we need and don't care to know why.
Just because something has always been a certain way doesn't make it right and the fact that you're not even bothering to go after improvements being pointed out to you all is disappointing and shows a lack of ambition for improvement.
Mar 29 2022 12:43 AM
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Apr 27 2022 10:37 AM
Sorry, this is a miserable excuse!!! MS Project developers are completely ignoring the grave importance of users opening one MS project program file PER SCREEN!!! So, like Excel, Word, PP, or Outlook, I would be able to open one MS Project file for one monitor, and another different MS Project file for my second monitor! Can you and John NOT SEE what he is trying so ardently to say to you????? This IS A GRAVE OVERSITE (I think on purpose) of MSP developers. For those of us who have worked MSP for 15 years, this is a bad problem. This is why so many companies are nixing MSP and going P6 and Open Plan!! Deltek has covered the gaps where Microsoft refuses!! We are professionals who work multiple files every single day and some of us are working project files with 50 thousand task lines and more!!! Give us a break!!
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Feb 14 2023 03:51 AM
SolutionYou can open either 2 windows of the same file or 2 completely different files at the same time across 2 screens.
I use a triple screen set up with my laptop and 2 x 34 inch widescreen monitors, with the display setting set to extend the desktop.
To achieve this you just need to reduce the project window from full screen view to a resizable window and then drag it to fill the two screens. When you have both files open you can use the Arrange All button in the View Tab to have them side by side one on the left screen and one on the right. - Resize them as necessary to make them fit perfectly. I do this all the time and it works perfectly.