This manual attempts to follow these conventions. We use the word attempts because we are human and therefore fallible.

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Menu: Databases>Projects

Default keyboard shortcut: None

Function:

A description of the function goes here.

Photos and Screenshots

Screen shots may appear with older version branding than that of WireCAD v5.1. Please forgive us this. This allows us to spend more time on the program and less time on the documentation. Where new functions are included look for this symbol:

 

Noteworthy Changes

Items or functions that are significantly different from previous versions will be flagged with this symbol:

Normal Paragraph Text

Normal paragraph text appears like this.

 

Text You Must Type or Enter

In the event that you are required to enter text the instruction will be formatted as follows:

Please enter the path to the project in the textbox.

 

How To Topics

How to do something

 

 

Notes

Please Note: Notes will look like this.

 

Text That Identifies or Explains a Graphic

This is the Aerial Viewer

 

Button Presses

When you are Instructed to press a button and the button graphic is not shown the text will be formatted as in the following example:

Press the <Next> button to continue.

 

 

Menu Button Presses

Menu button presses will be formatted using the > symbol to indicate subsequent menu levels. If you are required to select a specific function or tab the ~ character will be used to indicate a selection to make once the form, dialog, or function executes. For example:

 

Will be displayed as: Click Tools>Inserts>Insert... ~ <OK> Then follow the directions...

 

 

Field Names or Other Program Labels

Field Names and Labels.

 

Warnings

In the event that we feel something is important or could possibly damage a project or drawing we will issue warnings as follows:

 

 

Tips

Tips are displayed as follows:

 

What we Call Things

 

       Button

       Text Box or textbox.

       Combo box or dropdown. Clicking the arrow on the right will drop a scrollable list.

       Tabs or tab collection. When prompted to select a tab the caption text will appear as follows: Select the Find Equipment tab.

       Property List. Information about the active property is displayed at the bottom of the list. Highlighting a property causes it to enter edit mode. You can then enter data in the field on the right.

Please Note: the field on the right-hand side of the property list may be referred to as a textbox, combo or dropdown depending on its type and function.

 

       Ellipsis button. Pressing this button in what ever the current context will bring up a context sensitive dialog.

 

 

       Checkbox.

 

       Expando-button. When the cursor is over this button and it is enabled the button will turn red. Clicking it will expand the present view.

       

        Listbox.