The Leading Microsoft Project Reader

Compare sharing project files—the old way versus Steelray®.

The Old Way
when sharing project files through a PDF, You can only:

Create a PDF of your project file, sharing one static snapshot of your project.
Print project schedules a piece at a time, manually collating and assembling each schedule to distribute for use.

The New Way
sharing project files through Steelray Project Viewer:

Access the Gantt Chart, Calendar, Resource Usage, and all of the other core views that you’re familiar with from Project. Our Microsoft Project reader also allows you to search and filter your data quickly to find the information that you need.
Store your project file on a server, so that everyone with Steelray Project Viewer will be able to open the file and see the latest information the minute you save your changes.
Print more easily than with Microsoft® Project. Preview all pages, one page, or actual size before printing. Scale to any size and immediately see the effect on the output, and control the display of page numbers and headings on the output. Control paper size and orientation from a simplified interface integrated right into the preview window.

Our Microsoft Project reader is not a clone of Microsoft Project, but an improvement on the original. We took a user-centric approach to build collaboration and simplify project information access for all who need it.

Task Updates

With

Project Viewer

, your team members can send status updates to the project manager in two easy steps:

Prepare the Project File
Send Task Updates from the Project Viewer

Click Here for a detailed explanation of the process.

Additional Features Include:

Browser-like Navigation with Detail Views Our project viewer is the world's first (and only) true project navigator. Detail views let you delve into the critical project information. Back and Forward buttons allow you to retrace your steps.

Click on a task name, and we'll show you detailed information about that task. Click on a resource name, and you'll see the assignments for that resource. Click on a date, and you'll see what is starting, finishing, and in-progress on that date.

Built-In Search Engine Access the world's first search engine integrated into a project viewer. You can search through task information, resource names, and dates in your project to find the information you need.

The Ability to Send Task Updates to the Project Manager Users can send status updates to the project manager with just a few clicks. This new information is delivered to the project manager's inbox.

Excel Support

Create projects in Excel and open them with Steelray® Project Viewer. It’s the definition of simplicity.

Steelray can open project files that you create using Microsoft® Excel from our Steelray for Excel template. You enter information about your project in Excel using our template, and Steelray can open the file and display Gantt Charts, Calendars, and more.

Using Steelray with Microsoft Excel is very simple:

Create a project file using our Steelray for Excel template.
Enter tasks, dates, and resources into your spreadsheet
Save the Excel file
Open the Excel file in Project Viewer

Windows, Mac and Linux Support

Runs on Windows, Mac and Linux Steelray Project Viewer runs on most versions of Microsoft Windows, as well as versions of Mac OS X and Linux.

Project Viewer
will run on recent versions of Mac OS X and supports all versions of Microsoft® Project from 2013 going back to Project 98.

Features:

Open Microsoft Project Native MPP files on your Mac
No need to import/export or upload to a non-secure third-party server
Gantt Chart with visual progress and dependencies
Export the task list to HTML or Excel®
High-quality printing
Choice of date formats

Max OS X 10.6.4 or later is required.

Project Viewer
will run on most versions of Linux and supports all versions of Microsoft® Project from 2013 going back to Project 98.