The first step in creating your project is to enter your project’s information. To open this dialog, click the Project menu and click Project Information.

You’ll see this dialog box:

On the left hand side of this dialog, you can enter the project’s start and finish date. You can also choose to schedule from the project start date or the finish date, to start tasks as soon or as late as possible.

On the left hand side of the dialog, the current date is displayed. You can also set a date to report various statistics about the project. And, you can choose what calendar you want to use and what priority this project will have.

Typically, you’ll only want to modify the fields on the left hand side. Note that you can only modify the start or the finish date; Project will calculate the opposite value once you have entered task information.

Once you’ve set your project’s information, click OK. You can come back at any time and modify it.