Moving project 2003 Custom Views to project 2010

How do I get the custom views that were created in project 2003 to show up in project 2010

Hi,
You can perform this workaround to copy Project custom views via Organizer tool.
Open the Organizer in Project 2003>
Copy Content into the Global Template. More detailed steps:
For Project 2003, on the Tools menu, click
Organizer.
     For Project 2010, click the File tab, click
Into, and then      click Organizer—but see note below for some differences.
In the Organizer dialog box, click the
Views tab.
The list in the right box contains the custom views in the currently      open project.
     Note    to see Project elements from other projects,      you’ll need to open those projects first.
The list on the left contains elements in the Global template (also      knows as Global.MPT). Your job is to move the custom element from the      right side to the left side.
Select the custom view on the right side, and then click
Copy.      The custom view will be copied to the Global template and be displayed on      the left side.
Now, it get’s a little tricky at this point. If your “Corporate Cost      Gantt” view contains columns that you’ve added, then you’ll need to copy      over the associated table
as the next step. The associated table is the      one you specified when you created the custom view in the first place.      Typically, this would be the Entry table for chart views. So your next
step is to click the Tables tab, and then copy the Entry table to      the Global template.
Quote from:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/project/archive/2010/10/22/tips-and-tricks-copy-custom-views-filters-tables-and-other-elements-to-other-projects.aspx
http://www.wiseowl.co.uk/blog/s152/using_the_organizer_in_microsoft_project.htm
Please Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.
Regards,
George Zhao
TechNet Community Support

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