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Set helpful Project options

Set helpful Project options

- [Voiceover] Project has dozens of options, so you can tell it how you want it to work. Many of the default settings work for most people, but here are some you might want to change. When you go to the backstage view, on the left side, click options. That opens up the project options dialogue box, and it goes to the general category. While we're there, let's go to the date format box. To change the default date format, click the down arrow, and then choose the format you want. For example, if you want a really concise date format, you can choose this one with the month, day, and two digit year. You can always come back anytime you want, click the down arrow, and choose something else. For example, one that has time in it. Next, let's go the save category. The first setting is save files in this format, and it's set to the project format. That's usually what you want. If I click the down arrow, you can see that if you work with people who have a really old version of project, you can…

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