Keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Office Project 2007

Project supports a good set of keyboard shortcuts to save time.

To do this	Press
Move the timescale left one page.	ALT+PAGE UP
Move the timescale right one page.	ALT+PAGE DOWN
Move the timescale to beginning of the project.	ALT+HOME
Move the timescale to end of the project.	ALT+END
Scroll the timescale left.	ALT+LEFT ARROW
Scroll the timescale right.	ALT+RIGHT ARROW
Show smaller time units.	CTRL+ / (slash on the numeric keypad)
Show larger time units.	CTRL+* (asterisk on the numeric keypad)

To do more visit http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project-help/keyboard-shortcuts-for-microsoft-office-project-2007-HP010155012.aspx

How to replace resource on in-progress tasks?

Steps
1. Make sure you are in some Gantt chart view
2. Click on the task that you would like to replace the resource
3. Click on the Assign Resource icon (Shortcut key: ALT + F10)
4. Click on the resource name to be replaced
5. Click on the replace button
6. Click on the new resource
7. Click OK
8. Click Close to close the form

Behind the scenes
1. Project moves the remaining work to the replaced resource.
2. Split the view, and see the Task Form.
3. Right click the bottom pane, and select Resource Work
4. You will observe the replaced resource has remaining work, and the current resource has remaining work as 0.

Purpose of “Set as Default” button

If you visited the Options dialog under Tools menu to view or change the settings, you would have observed Project has a button labeled “Set as Default”.

What is the purpose of this button?

As per Project help,

Set as Default   The general options are all local settings, and apply only to the active project. If you want to make these settings the global default for all new projects, click the Set as Default button.

By default, the settings will be saved in the active Project. If you want the settings to be saved to the active Project and should be applied to all new projects, hit the Set as Default button.