When you are going to start a new project, choosing the right checklist format should be one of your first tasks to organize the project. Managing your project with help of documents allows you to avoid clutter and carefully plan even the smallest tasks while following common idea of the project. Advanced project management software lets you select needed format and export your checklists and templates to popular applications, such as MS Excel, MS Word, and others.

Using default format for project planning allows you to keep your project to standardized workflows and processes. Checklists will help you define a typical way for your project’s development – this means you and your project team can follow a predefined scheme of doing tasks when stepping through the project lifecycle. In project management software you can use tools that help you define desired formats as well as create checklists and templates in your own manner. For example, when planning for a meeting, obviously it is convenient to create a meeting agenda in Word format. But when you plan for a presentation you may need to use a presentation preparing template in PowerPoint file format.

If you like using web applications for project management, you may try Google Docs solution that lets create spreadsheets and simple documents which can be turned into checklists. But using checklist in Google Docs is not so convenient when you need to manage projects and documents locally, through using LAN. Obviously, web applications will not fit your needs. You should look for desktop applications.

VIP Task Manager is a desktop application for project management. It allows creating and using checklists, templates and to-do lists to plan and perform projects. VIP Task Manager features Task Exporting Tool that lets you export your tasks, todo lists and templates to HTML files and Excel sheets. By means of this tool you can create checklist in Excel format as well as generate templates in HTML format. You can benefit from switching between different formats and become more flexible in representing project information.

The software also features Task Importing Tool that lets you import tasks from MS Outlook. If you have checklist in Outlook you can insert it in your task list in VIP Task Manager. By using this tool you can painlessly switch between Outlook and VIP Task Manager, and your checklist in SharePoint can be always imported in VIP Task Manager.