SI Explorer File Menu - Process & Print/Publish: Sections

Illustration SI Explorer's Toolbar Print Publish Button

This command can be executed from the SI Explorer's Toolbar command, Right-click Menu, or keyboard shortcut Ctrl+P.

Illustration Icon Indicating How To Steps Click the tabbed commands on the image below to see how to use each function. Content descriptions are detailed below the image.

Illustration SI Explorer's File Menu -Process & Print/Publish: Sections

Illustration Icon Indicating Helpful Hint From the tree view, you can select DivisionEach Master is made up of Divisions containing groups of Sections that cover specific construction areas. Division Names and Titles are in accordance with CSI MasterFormat™.(s) or SectionA set of files within the Division of a Master or Job that covers specific aspects of construction.(s) by placing a check mark in the appropriate box.

Select Sections

All Sections option will be chosen by default, and will include every Section contained in the Job or Master. Choosing Some Sections will allow you to select only the Divisions and/or Sections you want from the box below. Selecting a Division will automatically select all the Sections within the Division.

Printing and Renumbering

By default both options are selected. The option to Print/Process Sections will generate the processed Sections for printing or viewing.

Illustration Icon Indicating Important Information To Note The Renumber Paragraphs options remains for backward compatibility with older Sections that used the traditional paragraph numbering.

The renumbering process only occurs in the printed and processed (.prn) files, not in the Section (.sec) files.

Reconcile

By Default, Address, Reference, and Submittal reconciliations are selected. These functions provide an automated system by which you can verify References, Organization names, and Submittals used in the Sections of your Job and remove those not used. These changes are saved to the print and processed files, not the Section (.sec) files, which are left intact.

Illustration Icon Indicating Important Information To Note If the selection for Addresses, References and/or Submittals are unavailable then the Sources for Reference Publications or the Submittal Procedure Sections were not included in the Job.

Process and Print/Publish common controls

Illustration SI Explorer's File Menu - Process and Print/Publish Common Controls

Printer

A drop-down box that provides a list of available printers. The Setup option opens the Windows Print Setup dialog box to allow setting changes like duplex printing.

Illustration Icon Indicating Important Information To Note The last chosen printer becomes the applications default printer.

Process & Print

Applies the choices made on the tabbed screens and sends a copy to the selected printer.

Process Only

Applies the choices made on the tabbed screens and sends the results to the Processed Files folder under the Job in the SI Explorer.

Save Settings

Saves the choices made on the tabbed screens (except for Sections selected to be processed/printed) so that the next time the box is opened, the selections you saved will be your new defaults.

If you want to save some but not all settings, make the ones you want to save first, use the Save Settings button, and then make the additional selections that you don't want to save.

Illustration Icon Indicating Examples Provided You want to make permanent changes to the Headers and Footers, but you will want to select different reportsAt time of print, several reports are available such as Address Verification, Bracket Verification, and a Test Requirements List among others. the next time you process Sections. You would make the changes on the Header/Footer tab first, click the Save Settings button, and then choose the Reports you want to run.