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Convert Projects into Programs

You can convert an existing project to a program only when the following conditions are true:

• The project contains no tasks.
• The project contains no staff.
• The project is not financially enabled.

Once converted, you can open the program and add subprojects, participants, or edit any of the available properties. Once you convert a project to a program, the Template field, which is used to designate a project as a template, disappears. You cannot use programs as templates because you cannot financially enable them, and because they cannot contain staff or key tasks.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the project to convert into a program.

   The properties page appears.

2. Select the Program check box and save the changes.

   The project is converted to a program and no longer appears in your list of projects.