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The time has arrived for you to begin to
learn about the SpecsIntact Editor, its

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components, and the Section structure.

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Some of the biggest mistakes made by new
users is ignoring structure and tagging.

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Although we are going to cover some of this
information, you should make sure to study

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the QuickStart Guide - Numeric located on
the SpecsIntact Website's Help Center page.

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The SI Editor used for this module is based
on SpecsIntact version 4.6.2, which

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may not be available to you at this time.

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We will learn some of the new features, but
will primarily focus on ones that apply

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regardless of the version of SpecsIntact you
have on your system.

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Let's get started by exploring the SI Editor
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All of the tools you need are available by
using the SI Editor's Menu Bar, Toolbar, and

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Tags Bar.

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All of the functions available to the Editor
can be accessed through the Menu Bar's

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dropdown menus.

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The Toolbar has some buttons that are
familiar Windows-standard functions such as

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cut, copy, and paste.

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Other such commands to show or hide screen
elements like Tags, Notes and Revisions are

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specific to the Editor.

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The Toolbar provides shortcuts to many of
the commands that are frequently used in

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editing guide specifications.

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There are four important buttons I would
like to bring to your attention.

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The first button is the Revisions button.

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When activated, this function will mark the
text for addition or deletion as you edit.

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Text to be added is identified with
underscoring and the green ADD tags.

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Text to be deleted is identified with
overstriking and the red DEL tags.

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The second button is the Show Revisions
button.

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This button allows you to either show or
hide the Revisions you've made in the text of

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the Section. The third button is the Toggle
Tags button, which allows you to either show

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or hide the tags within the Editing Window.

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Lastly, we have the Toggle Notes button that
allows you to either show or hide the

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Technical Notes contained in the Section.

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When selected, the Notes will be visible in
the text.

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When a Note is hidden, its location is
indicated by a teal triangle displayed at the

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left margin of the Section.

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The text of a specific Note may be viewed at
any time by clicking the teal triangle.

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Depending on your role, you may use this
function differently.

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The Technical Notes are paragraphs of
information included in the Section written

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to aid the Engineer, Architect or Specifier
when editing the specification.

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Regardless of whether you are editing from
within SpecsIntact or from a hard copy, the

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Notes should remain visible.

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A Specification Editor typically edits the
specification with Notes hidden.

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When you close the editor, the last used
settings for these buttons will be saved.

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The Tags Bar is a unique element to the
Editor.

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When a button is selected, a pair of tags
will be inserted at the cursor position or it

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will kick off some of the Editor's more
advanced tools - such as the Reference Wizard

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or Submittal Wizard.

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You can either insert the tags and type the
information between them or you can type the

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information first, select the text, and then
click the tag button to insert the tags

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around it.

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By selecting the Toolbar Options drop-down
arrow, you can customize the Toolbar and Tags

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Bar by adding or removing buttons of your
choice.

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As I mentioned earlier, the biggest and most
time costly mistakes made by users come from

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ignoring the structure and tagging.

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The tags not only distinguish the different
elements within a Section, but they also

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determine the format.

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The tagging also provides the intelligence
to produce intuitive Quality Assurance

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Reports. I strongly recommend that you
review Chapter 3 of the QuickStart Guide -

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Numeric in order to learn more about the
Section Structure and Tagging.

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Let's talk about the Navigator.

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The Navigator is designed with the user in
mind to simplify movement throughout your

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specification, as well as providing features
for editing Sections.

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We will learn more about the Navigator's
editing capabilities in the Navigator's

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module. Now let's examine the Editing
Window.

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When editing the Section, you should always
edit with the tags visible.

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I cannot emphasize the importance of
learning the tagging and how to properly edit

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them. Lastly, we have the Status Bar that
provides information regarding the placement

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of your cursor and your keyboard functions.

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The information in the center displays the
order in which the tags are nested in

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relation to the cursor position.

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The Status bar also indicates whether the
keyboard's Num Lock, Caps Lock, and/or Insert

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Lock functions are turned on.

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Now that you are familiar with the SI Editor
and its elements, let's talk about the

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Section Structure.

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In order to demonstrate the Section
Structure, I'm going to take advantage of the

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Navigator, which should look familiar to
you if you have used Outline views in other

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applications.

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The Navigator provides additional visual
properties so you know what level in which

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you're positioned. The body of the Section
is broken down into the CSI standard

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three-part format: PART 1 GENERAL, PART TWO 
PRODUCTS, and PART THREE

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EXECUTION. Here's a little lesson on the
Navigator's icons: the "P" indicates it is a

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PART; "A" indicates it is an article; the
paragraph symbol indicates it is a

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paragraph; and the "S" indicates that it is
a subparagraph.

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The symbols will change to indicate whether
a subpart may be hidden or to display if they

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have been added or deleted.

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The first subpart level below a PART is
known as an Article and the title will be

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UPPERCASE, the second level Subpart is known
as a Paragraph, and the third through sixth

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level Subparts are Subparagraphs.

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The titles for Paragraphs and Subparagraphs
use Title Case.

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PARTS have their own unique Part Tag, whereas
Articles, Paragraphs, and Subparagraphs share

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the Subpart tag.

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Again, I highly recommend that you take the
time to study Chapter 3 of the QuickStart

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Guide - Numeric to learn more about the
Section Structure and Tagging.

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Now that you are familiar with the Editor
and the basic Section Structure, you're ready

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to learn more about editing and the editing
techniques.

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Proceed to the next module of your choice.