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If you know the amount of work (work: For tasks, the total labor required to complete a task. For assignments, the amount of work to which a resource is assigned. For resources, the total amount of work to which a resource is assigned for all tasks. Work is different from task duration.) that has been performed on a task (task: An activity that has a beginning and an end. Project plans are made up of tasks.), you can enter the actual work (actual work: The amount of work that has been performed on a task or assignment. When you enter actual work on a task, the remaining work is calculated using this formula: Remaining Work = Work - Actual Work. Actual work is often referred to as "actuals.") for the task.

1. On the View menu, click More Views.
2. In the Views list, click Task Sheet, and then click Apply.
3. On the View menu, point to Table, and then click Work.
4. In the Actual field (field: A location in a sheet, form, or chart that contains a specific kind of information about a task, resource, or assignment. For example, in a sheet, each column is a field. In a form, a field is a named box or a place in a column.) of the tasks you want to update, enter the actual work values.

   The recalculated values for percentage of work complete and remaining work appear in the % W. Comp. (Percent Work Complete) and Remaining (Remaining Work) fields, respectively. Press TAB to move to the field if it's not visible.

Note  When you specify the actual work for a task, Microsoft Office Project 2003 calculates the percentage of work complete (percent work complete: A percentage value that indicates the current status of a task, resource, or assignment, expressed as the percentage of work that has been completed.) and remaining work (remaining work: The amount of work, in terms of a time unit such as hours or days, that is left to be completed on a task. This is calculated as follows: Remaining Work = Work - Actual Work.) according to the formulas Percent Work Complete = Actual Work / Work and Remaining Work = Work - Actual Work.