If you've worked with external vendors for any length of time, I'm sure you've noticed the variety of formats vendors use for a project schedule.  In some cases, it is a formal MS Project schedule.  In other cases, it is a set of dates described in an email or it is developed in every non-MS Project user's favorite tool - Excel or a spreadsheet variant.

The following is a brief tutorial on how to import an Excel spreadsheet project schedule into Microsoft Project.

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/tech-manager/?p=3373&tag=results;CR1