Add holidays to Standard (default) MS Project calendar

Ever forgotten Christmas?

It is easy to forget to mark holidays as non-working days in your MS Project plan. To prevent this happening you can add them to the global (default) calendar for all MS Project files. The attached file contains all UK holidays until end of 2012. Dates are taken from http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/LivingintheUK/DG_073741

Steps to add holidays to Standard (default) MS Project calendar

Open the attached file UKHolidays.mpp.

Open a New blank project document.

Go to Tools and Organizer

Select the Calendar tab, select UKHolidays.mpp.

Select the Standard calendar in UKHolidays.mpp and click the Copy button to copy it to Global.MPT.

Click Ok to replace the Global.MPT file.

Now close the blank plan and open another. Go to Tools and Change Working Time. You should see the list of holidays have been added as non-working days to your default calendar.