openproject/docs/user-guide/projects/project-settings/README.md

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# Project settings

Customize your project in the project settings.

Open a project via the Select a project drop-down menu and navigate to -> *Project settings* in the project menu.

![User-guide-open-project-settings](User-guide-open-project-settings.png)

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**Note**: You have to be a project admin in order to see and access the project settings.
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## Overview

| Topic                                                  | Content                                                      |
| ------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [Project information](project-information)             | Define project name, subproject, description, project status, and much more. |
| [Modules](modules)                                     | Activate or deactivate modules in a project.                 |
| [Work package types](work-package-types)               | Activate or deactivate work package types in a project.      |
| [Work package categories](work-package-categories)     | Create and manage work package categories.                   |
| [Custom fields](custom-fields)                         | Activate or deactivate custom fields for a project.          |
| [Versions](versions)                                   | Create and manage versions in a project.                     |
| [Repository](repository)                               | Activate and manage a SVN or GIT repository for a project.   |
| [Activities (time tracking)](activities-time-tracking) | Activate or deactivate Activities (for time tracking) in a project. |
| [Backlogs settings](backlogs-settings)                 | Manage backlogs settings for a project.                      |
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			`# Project settings`

Commit changes to project settings 5 years ago			`Customize your project in the project settings.`
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Commit changes to project settings 5 years ago			`Open a project via the Select a project drop-down menu and navigate to -> Project settings in the project menu.`

			`![User-guide-open-project-settings](User-guide-open-project-settings.png)`

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minimal changes [ci skip] 4 years ago			`Note: You have to be a project admin in order to see and access the project settings.`
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Commit changes to project settings 5 years ago			`## Overview`

Expanding documentation (#9091) * changed screenshots for projects chapter * changed screenshots in gantt chart chapter * moved "aggregation by project" from work packages to Gantt chart chapter * changed some links * move reference to Excel sync out of Gantt chart chapter * small changes * add initial setup section for administrators to documentation Idea and main content from @ivangriggs Co-Authored-By: ivangriggs <77022874+ivangriggs@users.noreply.github.com> * smaller improvements to docs * improve documentation of manual and automatic scheduling mode * small improvements in docs * small changes * adding section for search options in OpenProject * move section about hourly rate defintion to system admin guide * formatting changes * explaining assignee filter options * change section header to make it detectable when searching for "projects overview" * clean up table of contents, make titles consistent, remove excessive space characters, etc. * update screenshots * changes to project overview docs * add screenshot for search bar * make info about aggregation of changes in activity and notifications easier detectable * small improvements * add info about non member and anonymous role * changes/additions * small changes * add additional options to access context menu * add sum feature for work package list to docs and change screenshot * add/improve info about email notifications * link fixes (necessary due to structural changes in documentation) * working in review comments * changes for time tracking activities * change screen shots for wiki - more functions section * change screenshots and improve description for meetings * improve detectability of mention feature * move FAQ in authentication * add how to reset password * improve explanation on how to un-archive projects * mention Mattermost integration * small correction 4 years ago			`\| Topic \| Content \|`
Commit changes to project settings 5 years ago			`\| ------------------------------------------------------ \| ------------------------------------------------------------ \|`
			`\| [Project information](project-information) \| Define project name, subproject, description, project status, and much more. \|`
			`\| [Modules](modules) \| Activate or deactivate modules in a project. \|`
			`\| [Work package types](work-package-types) \| Activate or deactivate work package types in a project. \|`
			`\| [Work package categories](work-package-categories) \| Create and manage work package categories. \|`
			`\| [Custom fields](custom-fields) \| Activate or deactivate custom fields for a project. \|`
			`\| [Versions](versions) \| Create and manage versions in a project. \|`
			`\| [Repository](repository) \| Activate and manage a SVN or GIT repository for a project. \|`
			`\| [Activities (time tracking)](activities-time-tracking) \| Activate or deactivate Activities (for time tracking) in a project. \|`
Commit project settings 5 years ago			`\| [Backlogs settings](backlogs-settings) \| Manage backlogs settings for a project. \|`