SI Explorer File Menu - Properties: Options
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SI Explorer File Menu - Properties: Options

 

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  1. Units of Measure
    1. Use This Setting When Printing
  2. Use Revisions
  3. Automatic Paragraph Numbering
  4. Examples of Automatic Numbering Formats
  5. Manage Sections Remotely
  6. Print
  7. Standard Windows Commands
  8. Technical Support Information

 

 

This command can be executed from the SI Explorer's File Menu and Right-click Menu.

 

Illustration Icon Indicating How To StepsOn the image below, click the names of the other menus to see the commands located on each.

 

Illustration SI Explorer's File Menu - Properties: Options Tab   

 

The features available on the Options tab are global settings that remain with each Job and control the settings within the SI Editor.

Units of Measure

The default selection for a new Job is set to English, but depending on your Job, you can choose either Metric or Both.

Use This Setting When Printing

By default, this setting is selected and should remain checked if you want this setting to apply when printing.

Use Revisions

The Use RevisionsThe Revisions command reveals or conceals Revisions that are tagged in the text. Text to be added is identified with underscoring and the Add Tags, <ADD> and </ADD> . Whereas text to be deleted, or Redlined, is identified with overstriking and the Delete Tags, <DEL> and </DEL>. checkbox is enabled by default and will automatically enabled Revisions when editing this Job.

 

Illustration Icon Indicating Helpful HintThe Editor's Edit Menu provides more details about  the use and markup for Revisions.

 

Automatic Paragraph Numbering

The Automatic Paragraph Numbering feature provides the capability to choose whether the Job uses the Numeric or Alphanumeric numbering schemes.  All government Jobs use the Numeric numbering scheme, therefore all new Jobs are set to use Numeric by default.

 

Illustration Icon Indicating Examples ProvidedExamples of Automatic Numbering Formats

Illustration Example Numeric Paragraph Numbering

 

Manage Sections Remotely

This feature supports third-party file management applications and should be used with caution.  When you select the option ' Sections are stored remotely...' and enter the file path, SpecsIntact no longer manages the files and will offer to open the files from the designated location.  

 

Illustration Icon Indicating CautionWhen using this feature, the files are not visible from the SpecsIntact Explorer.  Therefore, the Process and Print/Publish features will not be available.

Print

Will print the contents from all the Properties Tabs.

Standard Windows Commands

Illustration SI Explorer's Dialog Box OK ButtonThe OK Button will execute and save selections made and make them partAll sections are divided into three parts: General, Products, and Execution. of your Job's properties.

 

Illustration SI Explorer's Dialog Box Cancel ButtonThe Cancel Button will close the dialog box without recording any selections or changes entered.

 

Illustration SI Explorer's Dialog Box Help ButtonThe Help Button will open the Help Topic for this dialog box.

 

 

Users are encouraged to visit the SpecsIntact Website's Help Center for access to all of our User Tools, including eLearning Modules (video tutorials), printable Guides, Knowledge Base containing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), Technical Notes and Release Notes, and Web-Based Help.  For additional support, contact the SpecsIntact Technical Support Desk at (321) 867-8800 or KSC-SpecsIntact@mail.nasa.gov.